floe

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[โ€“] floe@hci.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@ItsGhost @avidamoeba I sense an extremely embarrassing ER visit in someone's near future ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Pulled a ~ 600 โ‚ฌ DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 โ‚ฌ in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now in c/coffee@lemmy.world
[โ€“] floe@hci.social 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

@agent_flounder Yes, big kudos to DeLonghi as well. They could just have glued everything together into one big epoxy block, but no, they chose to make it actually repairable (and even let you buy replacement parts). ๐Ÿ‘Œ

Pulled a ~ 600 โ‚ฌ DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 โ‚ฌ in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now in c/coffee@lemmy.world
[โ€“] floe@hci.social 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

@workerONE Officially, I'm a computer scientist ๐Ÿ˜‰ But over the years, I've fiddled around with enough electronics and mechanical engineering as well that I'm overall pretty good at fixing stuff ๐Ÿคท

Pulled a ~ 600 โ‚ฌ DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 โ‚ฌ in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now in c/coffee@lemmy.world
[โ€“] floe@hci.social 4 points 6 months ago

@gronjo45 I'd say roughly an hour to take the cover off and find the broken valve, one week waiting for the replacement to ship, and half an hour to put it back in ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Pulled a ~ 600 โ‚ฌ DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 โ‚ฌ in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now (storage.googleapis.com)
 

Pulled a ~ 600 โ‚ฌ DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 โ‚ฌ in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now ๐Ÿ˜โ˜•

(It would have gone even faster and without a puddle on the kitchen counter if I had put in the gaskets from the start. ๐Ÿคฆ Ah well.)

/cc @coffee

I need to replace milk in my coffee and I need ideas in c/coffee@lemmy.world
[โ€“] floe@hci.social 1 points 6 months ago

@ada I've been a cow's milk junkie for decades, but Oatly Original is a sufficient replacement IMHO.

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Anyone around who has experience with magnet valves? I got one here (in a coffee machine) that buzzes loudly when active, is that a sign it's going to bite the dust soon? Any suggestions for fixes, (storage.googleapis.com)
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Anyone around who has experience with magnet valves? I got one here (in a coffee machine) that buzzes loudly when active, is that a sign it's going to bite the dust soon? Any suggestions for fixes, like repeated descaling, or simply giving it a good whack? Or save myself the hassle and just get a replacement part?

/cc @coffee