16 Apr
2013
16 Apr
'13
12:07 p.m.
On Apr 16, 2013, at 2:16 PM, "Alexandre Souza - Listas" <pu1bzz.listas at
gmail.com> wrote:
I fix things for fun, but fixing this coffee maker has NOT
been fun. Part of that has been the awful construction of
the machine - it was clearly NEVER meant to be taken apart,
because a lot of the wiring harnesses were run through small
slots BEFORE their sockets were attached, and the resulting
wires are too short to allow the thing to be taken apart.
The other not-so-nice part has been the apparently indelible
scent of toasted cockroach mixed with the aroma of soggy,
stale coffee beans that fell over the years into the water
reservoir.
I'd rather fix the percolator next time, but I doubt it'll
break before this thing kicks it again.
- Dave
I still think
I can fix it, since I've identified the bad
transistor, but if it weren't a $200 coffee maker, I don't
think I'd have considered it worth the effort. Things just
aren't made to be fixed anymore; you can't buy replacement
PSU or controller boards, so if the microcontroller had died,
there'd be basically no hope.
Some people do that for fun. Like me :o)