16 Dec
2011
16 Dec
'11
5:52 p.m.
On 16/12/11 11:54 AM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
I have a big problem with it!!!
ben wrote:
> On 12/15/2011 9:05 AM, TeoZ wrote:
>
>> The problem is engineering tools got better and better so the fudge
>> factor needed to make sure the part lasted as long as it was designed
>> for got lower and lower. Metal use dropped as plastics got stronger, so
>> parts get brittle with age instead of lasting forever. Things like this
>> are done to make parts cheaper to compete better (basically to squeeze
>> more profit out of something), so we have items designed to fail after
>> the warranty expires. The cheaper something is sold for the shorter the
>> warranty needed so by design things become cheaper and disposable.
>>
>
> Fine Print. Warranty may be void under the condition the user applies
> electric current this product. I think standard caps are only good for a
> few 1000 hours. You get what you pay for.
Not really true. There is apparently little attention to thermal design
or component quality. Ergo: Built-in obsolescence. If we ask "who
benefits?" we get a useful answer, too.
Ben.
So we all now have no problems with that, or what?
We are all buying things day for day that while not lasting long gonig to
the waste disposal. We are wasting the resources of our children...
Absolutely. But who THINKS about this?
--T
Regards,
Holm