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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by eropple on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:35PM (#30662886)
Yeah - and the problem here is that there are many parts.

Getting a plastic wheel for my dishwasher's lower roller shelf is $12 from a third-party source (it's $16 from the manufacturer). It's like four grams of plastic. But the rarity of demand just doesn't make it make sense to keep in stock.

(That sort of thing has me halfway convinced to buy a 3D printer. I just don't have anywhere to put it yet.)

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by newaccount74 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @01:19PM (#30663434)
Make sure to check for generic wheels too! I think 90% of dishwashers have the same wheels but with different parts numbers.
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by eropple on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:57PM (#30716789)
Good shout! The wheels are largely interchangeable but the wheel mounts on the basket aren't (and one of them popped free and melted on the heating element just this week!).
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