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8 years is pretty good. I personally like Bosch. Is a fridge with an icemaker not always problematic? How about biofilm? What is the advantage of an inductive

8 years is pretty good. I personally like Bosch. Is a fridge with an icemaker not always problematic? How about biofilm? What is the advantage of an inductive stove? Will they even work in the US? I think in Europe they work with 360 V if I remember right. I realized two things: 1. You can cook nearly everything with a ricecooker. Just throw everything inside. Yes, even the minced meat on top. 2. An airfrier is better and faster than a shitty oven.

southwindcg 1y ago
Only eight years for a dryer is definitely not pretty good in my mind. It's barely acceptable unless you have a huge family and are doing laundry daily. I had a low-end Capri (Sears house brand) that was 21 years old and still going strong when I moved away. It was serviced once, by me, to replace a fuse. If I'd paid twice as much and gotten only eight years out of one, I'd be furious.
- EvanAnderson 1y ago
  Yeah-- I was thinking that 8 years isn't even broken-in. My old Sears dryer was 27 when I had to replace a pulley and a thermal fuse. It ran just like it was new after that. I left it with that house but, hopefully, it's still running today.
  - userbinator 1y ago
    Sears (Kenmore) appliances from that era are manufactured by Whirlpool in the US.
  - FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
    The motor died on mine and they "didn't make it any more". I tried to find something close and make custom gearing but it ended up being cheaper to get a new dryer.
darkwater 1y ago
> What is the advantage of an inductive stove? That you can control temperature changes better than with a ceramic hob, on par with methane stoves. > I think in Europe they work with 360 V No, normal 230V (or 220V)
- smallstepforman 1y ago
  3 phase is 380V
  - margalabargala 1y ago
    Three phase consumer induction stoves are approximately 0% of the consumer induction stove market.
    - buzer 1y ago
      My understanding is that many of them can be wired as 1, 2 or 3 phase at least in Nordic countries, though admittedly the ones which allow 3 are somewhat rarer especially when looking at stove top-only models (not combined stove+oven).
      - margalabargala 1y ago
        As far as I can tell, there are a single digit number of municipalities on the planet where two phase power is available. Do you have more details on that I can read? There's not a ton of.info on Wikipedia and I'm interested to know more.
        buzer 1y ago
        If you are asking about some stoves that can be installed that way, there is for example FÖRDELAKTIG from Ikea. The manual is at https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/manuals/foerdelaktig-induction-hob-integrated-extractor-ikea-700-black__AA-2312628-5-1.pdf https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/manuals/foerdelaktig-induction-ho..., you can find the wiring options from page 13.
FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
All inductive ranges pretty much use the same 2700 watt elements. In the US, you have to do a dedicated circuit (50 amp required but I had bigger wire pulled because of resistive heating and sag potential with some ovens triggering circuit breakers). Inductive tends to be much more efficient than gas (which is what I have) and vastly more efficient than straight electric.

southwindcg 1y ago

Only eight years for a dryer is definitely not pretty good in my mind. It's barely acceptable unless you have a huge family and are doing laundry daily. I had a low-end Capri (Sears house brand) that was 21 years old and still going strong when I moved away. It was serviced once, by me, to replace a fuse. If I'd paid twice as much and gotten only eight years out of one, I'd be furious.

EvanAnderson 1y ago
Yeah-- I was thinking that 8 years isn't even broken-in. My old Sears dryer was 27 when I had to replace a pulley and a thermal fuse. It ran just like it was new after that. I left it with that house but, hopefully, it's still running today.
- userbinator 1y ago
  Sears (Kenmore) appliances from that era are manufactured by Whirlpool in the US.
- FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
  The motor died on mine and they "didn't make it any more". I tried to find something close and make custom gearing but it ended up being cheaper to get a new dryer.

darkwater 1y ago

> What is the advantage of an inductive stove? That you can control temperature changes better than with a ceramic hob, on par with methane stoves. > I think in Europe they work with 360 V No, normal 230V (or 220V)

smallstepforman 1y ago
3 phase is 380V
- margalabargala 1y ago
  Three phase consumer induction stoves are approximately 0% of the consumer induction stove market.
  - buzer 1y ago
    My understanding is that many of them can be wired as 1, 2 or 3 phase at least in Nordic countries, though admittedly the ones which allow 3 are somewhat rarer especially when looking at stove top-only models (not combined stove+oven).
    - margalabargala 1y ago
      As far as I can tell, there are a single digit number of municipalities on the planet where two phase power is available. Do you have more details on that I can read? There's not a ton of.info on Wikipedia and I'm interested to know more.
      - buzer 1y ago
        If you are asking about some stoves that can be installed that way, there is for example FÖRDELAKTIG from Ikea. The manual is at https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/manuals/foerdelaktig-induction-hob-integrated-extractor-ikea-700-black__AA-2312628-5-1.pdf https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/manuals/foerdelaktig-induction-ho..., you can find the wiring options from page 13.

FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago

All inductive ranges pretty much use the same 2700 watt elements. In the US, you have to do a dedicated circuit (50 amp required but I had bigger wire pulled because of resistive heating and sag potential with some ovens triggering circuit breakers). Inductive tends to be much more efficient than gas (which is what I have) and vastly more efficient than straight electric.