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Well, that was kind of my point. I doubt many fridges break because the metal corrodes or the doors fall off. A fridge is made of quite a bit of material that i
by Inconel 9y ago
Well, that was kind of my point. I doubt many fridges break because the metal corrodes or the doors fall off. A fridge is made of quite a bit of material that isn't comprised of the cooling system, and it seems like a shame to throw it all out when the cooling system could be replaced.
- agumonkey 9y agoThat's a very particular spot to discuss. I often wonder what the hell is in a new washing machine. I suspect that most of the new machines mostly give you a bit newer dashboard and a few program options. All in all, if house appliance were designed to be modular, you could keep a piece and use another one with it. Alas I don't want it to end up like the computer world where standard competes and forces other problems. Maybe a middle ground with blocks that aren't too coupled/soldered and more modder communities to discuss how to adapt etc
- logfromblammo 9y agoYou would need standard form factors. Like my ATX tower computer case, which hosted a grand total of three different motherboards before I ended up with some free cap-rot era Dell workstations. After re-capping their boards, I discovered they were not ATX compliant, and couldn't be moved to any other case. My high-quality ATX case thus sits idle, awaiting the day when I get a new board for my newer mini-ITX case, and make it my backup machine. Those non-standard Dell cases and power supplies will go into the trash.