Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep. Miele is expensive. Better buy their somewhat lower positioned but still German and almost equally well engineered Bosch and AEG cousins. And never buy SMEG for other things than furnaces: they're just rebadged very Italian Zanussis. Philippe Op 14-jan-07, om 21:11 heeft Rick Dykstra het volgende geschreven: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >