Talking microwave stopped workingyesterday.

Brian Gaff snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote

Can't you get some sighted person to have a look at it for you ?

Batterys are different, you dont solder those.

Because that would allow you to select what you are about to cook rather than having to remember the settings to use with more complicated stuff like doing rice in the microwave.

And would allow you to wave the box at the microwave with microwave dinners etc too.

And get real radical and have alexa add it to your shopping list automatically when you zap a microwave dinner.

I love the way all you have to do is say 'alexa add butter' etc to have it add that to the shopping list and have the list available on your phone when you are in the supermarket doing the shopping or are doing you food shopping online for delivery. Leaves the previous approaches for dead.

depends on the application

I'm not convince the new lead free SnAuCu solders are any worse that the old leaded solders. The main difference is a melting point of 210C rather than 183C.

Most PCBs are now two or more layers and plated through holes. That increases reliability over the old single layer which was prone to dry joints. A test for dry joints was a hard thump!

Unlike PCBs, car batteries are nearly all recycled.

The apple iphone 4S would do that a decade ago.

Flow soldering is often used where through hole components are used, such as connectors. Through hole connectors can take a whole load more tugging before they leave the PCB.

Max Demian <max snipped-for-privacy@bigfoot.com wrote

No need, even a blindy can work out if the lever is up or down and can hear the toast pop up

F*ck off, I am having a rest right now.

alan_m snipped-for-privacy@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote

Nope.

Same with lead pipes and roof flashing.

Never saw anything like that.

You will have to change the settings depending on what type of bread is used.

Just turn the knob a bit one way or the other.

Nor with CAR batterys.

The difference is that you can have an echo dot in the kitchen and just say that when you notice something needs to be added.

In reality those things are very little use. For young kids, sure, it can read out wiki intros, but for adults the responses are too stupid to be useful. And you like them. Hmmm.

And thats what sighted people do too.

BULLSHIT

I use it all the time for the shopping list, because its a much more convenient way to do the shopping list and for the weather forcast and time of day etc and for multiple timers when cooking something that needs multiple timers.

BULLSHIT.

I really don't get all this. I bought a microwave for £40 a few years ago that is the simple kind with two knobs. One for power and the other for time. I expect similar are still available.

The power knob I always leave on maximum, and the time knob just has to be turned about 50 degrees for three minutes time. It pings when it is finished.

For a blind user a time knob that has a tactile click on the minutes, plus one for the half minute setting would help, as would a door release knob which sticks out rather than being flush. Otherwise it is suitable for a blind user. None of this is going to cost 100s of pounds.

Its only a matter of being shown how to set it.

As in click, click, click. That's three minutes.