Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair
by throwanem on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:03AM
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The prices on those controllers are totally absurd, too. You end up paying four hundred bucks for something with a sub-$20 BOM cost.
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Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair
by souprock on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:21AM
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They do the slow fade-in effect when you open the door. That's got to cost something.
I, mistakenly, bought the refrigerator with LED lighting because I hated how old-style bulbs would turn on slowly in the cold. LED lighting should be instant I thought. Oh no, totally on purpose it was made slow.
Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair
by throwanem on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:16AM
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PWM is trivial to implement, but you can sell it for real money as a feature. Or, in this case, a "feature". Not that it wouldn't be easier to just wire the door switch into the power rail for the internal lighting, but then it wouldn't also be able to play a cute jingle and tweet Elon Musk when the door opens.
Regarding slow starts - not that it's terribly useful to mention now, I grant, but most incandescent appliance bulbs can be replaced with compatible and much less temperature-sensitive LED ones these days.