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Wow, that's mindblowing. I haven't considered using pots for anything in almost 15 years. Sliding contacts? No thank you. Just today I diagnosed my truck's fai
by zbrozek 4y ago
Wow, that's mindblowing. I haven't considered using pots for anything in almost 15 years. Sliding contacts? No thank you.
Just today I diagnosed my truck's failed climate control to be due to a failed potentiometer in the temperature control mix damper actuator. Curse on whoever screwed up and didn't use a magnetic sensor for this application.
- retSava 4y agoThe very popular Nintendo Switch is infamous for dying controllers. I've had to replace the thumb stick twice within three years, and we weren't even using it that much. The Playstation 5 also them, and I've had to replace it once. No idea whether Xbox uses them though, but I would not be surprised if they did. What's funny is that, the controllers are already pretty effin expensive. Buying a new single PS5 controller is ca 1/6 cost of the console. With the Switch it's even worse, then it's about 1/3.
- voakbasda 4y agoWho said they screwed up? The engineer could well have suggest the right solution, but management saw an opportunity to Design for Repair. No one builds things to last anymore, particularly not cars.