Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As much as I dread that word 'bypass' - recipe for disaster - I'm considering doing it in fixing my dishwasher. Google tells me the proper solenoid will be $350 kangabucks. Say $300 hollywoodbucks. eek! Rick. On 15/01/2007, at 1:43 AM, Rob McClure wrote: > I dunno. I love well-engineered things as much as most (BMW, > Omega, Mont Blanc, etc.), but sometimes items can be over- > engineered. As an example, our home came with a Clare Megasave > furnace. This is a Canadian unit, quite unique to my Ohio location > (the nearest dealer is 80 miles away). Initially I had trouble > with it failing to start and my neighbor, a retired Westinghouse > electrical engineer and mechanical genius, came over to help. The > electronic controls were unbelievably complex with all kinds of > redundancy built in to meet the high standards dictated by Canada, > where severe winters can cause a catastrophe in the case of furnace > failure. Unfortunately one of the backup features was conflicting > the circuit and keeping the furnace from consistently starting. He > bypassed the backups and it has worked perfectly these past 15 years. > > Rob McClure > > > On Jan 14, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Rick Dykstra wrote: > >> I spent today slowly pulling our Miele dishwasher apart, to figure >> out why its not filling fully. I think it's the solenoid. Not >> just any solenoid, but part of a failsafe twin solenoid leak-proof >> disaster safe design. And having seen the insides of this thing >> now, by golly what a beautifully designed well made, repairable >> bit of gear. An absolute contrast to the Australian made Vulcan >> gas heater I pulled apart last winter (worn out fan). And the >> Miele vacuum cleaner I pulled apart last year was also great to >> work on (worn out carbon brushes). >> >> So why is it that Germans are such good industrial designers? >> It's as if they know their work will be appreciated when customers >> finally need to fix the thing. :-) >> >> Impressed I am. >> >> Rick. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information