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Technology Connections talks about a red fridge from Walmart for an hour (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by Rentlar to c/technology

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In a video by @Techconnectify@mas.to, Alec goes into a deep dive into the simplicity of his particular model, its shortcomings and variety of data logging tests in an attempt to fix them.

TL,DW: Very simple, cheap and ingenious design, with one compressor loop between the fridge and freezer in series. However, its temperature sensor is wonky and so the fridge is more affected by how long the compressor operates than the actual temperature itself. There is a signficant temperature differential between the top and bottom, fans on the exterior or interior could help but with the faulty sensor only made matters worse. With the controller replaced with a proper temp control unit the fridge functioned much better.

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[–] TechConnectify@mas.to 40 points 1 year ago (21 children)

@JWBananas @Rentlar @SilentStorms sooo... the follow-up had a very specific point. Many people were getting a residue after trying powder detergent, and I wanted to help with that.

My main issue with detergent pods isn't so much that they're wasteful, per se, but that they cost a lot more for, potentially, worse results.

Many dozens of people continue to tell me that trying powder detergent both saved money *and* made their dishwasher work better. I stand by that.

[–] Zamboniman@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

TIL the Technology Connections guy is on Lemmy via Mastadon.

And that's awesome!

[–] Coeus@coeus.sbs 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad you made it to the fediverse.

[–] fedosyndicate@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure he was on Mastodon way before the migration! Alec was one of the first few federated accounts I looked for once I got the word we were all moving.

[–] Coeus@coeus.sbs 1 points 1 year ago

Nice!

[–] throwmeinthekbin@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He walks among us mere mortals.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

I just want to say I love your channel and find it incredibly interesting. Nice to see you on the Fediverse.

[–] Rentlar 6 points 1 year ago

@Technology Connections I'm glad you found my Beehaw thread about your video, even if it's just to defend your dishwasher video from someone talking smack. Thanks, and feel free to lmk if my post title doesn't do your video justice (though overall it seems well-received on Lemmy).

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

question.

It seems you have replied to, and carried on a reply chain with (meaning that presumably notifications went both ways), a user on Kbin from your Mastodon account.

How on earth do you do that?

[–] atocci@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I'm probably a bit late to reply, but... He was @ mentioned in the body of the original post, which Mastodon would have notified him of because mas.to is federating. Opening the notification would bring him to this thread on Mastodon, where everything would appear as it normally does when viewing a thread on Mastodon. From there, you can hold a conversation as normal with notifications and all. Unless you were looking at instance URLs, you probably wouldn't even notice the user you're replying to isn't on Mastodon themselves.

Beauty of federation! It (mostly) just works!

[–] GTG3000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Oh hey, you're around here! Fancy that.

Was wondering if you considered that the sensing bulb location in the fridge was chosen to enforce a duty cycle and preserve the pump?

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