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Exceedingly unlikely to ever happen. Even if the refrigerant was highly flammable one would need: 1. A leak (typically quite rare no?) 2. Accumulating the right fuel/air mixture to be ignitable. 3. An ignition source. It's totally blue sky here today, I don't have a lot of concern of being hit...

First off I'm not sure how one can see durability just looking at a photo. But there is no doubt that all products made today are subject to cost cuts. Those glorious old mechanical timers of the 60's that would run forever will never exist again due to cost of manufacture. Because of this I...

So if you use a Time delay fuse or circuit breaker then you can use 100 amp unit? Whoever worded that tag did a lousy job. I can't imagine installing any vintage dishwasher on a branch circuit under 20 amps. Any serious fault in the dishwasher will trip either size breaker. And yes it should...

Google searches are a poor replacement for actual electronics knowledge. Henrik I try to not be an ageist, but I graduated from electronics school 12 years before you were born. I have continued to work with electronics every day since and strive to stay current. Controlling an oven element...

Henrik, respectfully I think your experience with modern solid state high power electronics is behind the times. Back in the 80's I was working on vapor-phase surface mount soldering machines and the solid state relay modules had no durability issues switching 40Kw resistive heating arrays...

Even with a microprocessor there will always be some set point hysteresis. Of course with a microprocessor you could have more adaptive algorithm if they bothered to deal with overshoot and tailoring element wattage to cavity heat loss. There would be no need for different elements as power to...

I still use my 1987 Sony 2 channel 49Mhz phone at home for my Google voice number with my OBI End point. It is hard to find batteries for it anymore, I have to solder the connector wire onto batteries sourced from DigiKey. It has had two PCB solder joint repairs, one in the hand set and one in...

I use a bit of fabric softener on towels but only every other time or so to prevent build up. Don't feel it hurts absorbency at all but it does seem to help the loft. Powdered Tide sometimes with oxy bleach always in hot water. Tumble drying in a dryer without the blue light marketing gimmick...

Sure is a lot of off topic drivel in this thread. And of course a new thread won't change the facts. Nor the people that refuse to believe them.

That last thread did seem to bash heat pumps quite a bit. There was a lot of feel good dogma much as we see with gas vs electric/induction cooking and vertical axis vs horizontal washing machines. There will always be personal preferences and opinion, but neither of those can change empirical...

Heather, The only thing that would need replaced for the voltage change is the elements. There may be a voltage/wattage marking on the surface elements supports, but maybe not as it seems like you looked it all over.

What astounds me is the crazy proliferation of all the various sent boosters I see in the laundry product aisles. Stuff has to be selling if it is taking over shelf space. I know in my neighborhood at least two neighbors are buying it because I KNOW when their dryer is running... I think a big...

Swapping all the elements for 240v models would be a more elegant solution than a 10Kw Variac Welcome to Automatic Washer Heather! I'm the Facebook user that referred you

Evolution happens, we used to cook with coal, wood or kerosene. As homes get tighter there is just no reason to have a non-vented fire in the house. As for pacemakers and induction it's darned unlikely to cause any issues, but there is no way any medical professional would tell you that. Cover...

Doesn't look like a ridiculous part to remanufacture. Making them in stainless might make sense in a limited run situation. I'm assuming the collar in the center is a thrust bearing. This detail will greatly increase the cost of the shaft as it would have to be cut from a larger round bar...

My chair at work is a low cost Herman Miller Equis line. Used daily for over 10 years now, still has a year and a half on the factory warranty. I watch Aeron chairs on Marketplace and Craigslist. You can often find businesses that have a number of them for sale used, often lightly, for...

The Apple TV Remote the one with the touch pad on the top, is a design disaster. It is symmetrical so you its easy to pick up backwards. The entire touch surface is active so if it is laying on the couch and you move, things happen. Finally it is typically Apple thin and slick so it is awful to...

I've had some similar intermittants on some high current connections in our shop. It seems to be a run away situation where contact resistance in the connection is slightly high causing localized heating. Thermal expansion works the joint loose, and then resistance increases making the problem...

I think the idea that a slide can't be digitized to the limit of its resolution is false. Most slide film will struggle to do better than 12 Meg pixel under ideal conditions (the photographer is the biggest variable in image resolution). Some technical films used under ideal conditions might...

I've used a few Dexter and Maytag front load machines in a local laundromat recently. I was quite impressed with the Maytag hard mount machines, I'm tempted to drill holes in my basement floor now. As for top loaders in a laundromat... Just can't think of a more foolish thing today