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Powtek Brings 2 Million Unit Factory Output to European Trade Shows

POWTEK Group presented three appliance brands at trade shows in Warsaw and Istanbul. The show follows the commissioning…
#Europe #EU #appliances #European #HVAC #Istanbul #kaltec #Manufacturing #morrtop #powtek #retailsupplychain #turkey #x-crafter
https://www.europesays.com/europe/137348/

The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-best-label-makers-for-an-organized-home/

The Error-Code Era: What Smart Appliances Changed About Fixing Them https://visualmodo.com/smart-appliances-error-codes/ 🏘❌🤖🎛 #ErrorCode #Smart #Appliances #Diagnosis

I've been told by multiple people many times that spinning a dryer drum by hand is gonna fuck up the belt. I call bullshit. I've been doing it my entire life and it's never once caused a problem. I think it can if you're a dumbass about it and spin it really fast over and over. Indeed, you can actually feel the belt start to slip if you spin it too fast, so then back off a bit.

Why do I do this? Simple. I spin it just enough to where there's a gap in the fins at the bottom, then I sort of funnel all the clothes into a pile and push them from back to front and pull them out. I find it easier to manage that way than if one of the fins is at the bottom which basically splits your clothes into two piles.

I think the people who do this are the same type of people who get in their car when there's a lot of snow on the ground and just fucking gun it thinking they can get unstuck that way. No nuance, no feeling. I feel like I'd have a better chance getting a car out of a snow drift than some people out there.
#blind #appliances #bored #Friday

So, just finished this month's Repair Cafe in #Regina.

There's a depressing pattern where small #appliances, typically #kitchen stuff, fail after just a year or so. The warranties are invariably one year. Nobody, especially the manufacturer, offers service - "Just buy a new one, it's cheaper" is the refrain. Of course, we're trying to "reduce, re-use, recycle" and keep this stuff out of the #landfill.

Even trying to service them is a pain, and sometimes impossible. The cases/shells of modern stuff are frequently absolute b*stards to take apart, and really new stuff now features "one-way clips" - there's literally no way to unclip the shell after it's been clicked together at the factory. You can't access the latching bit, so you have to force it and break the #clip, and then #bodge it back together somehow.

Mandating a longer #warranty, like in the EU - two years, three? - would help, because stuff would have to be designed better.

The two most frustrating from today:

1) A Keurig coffee maker, used twice, a year old. Got it apart, it had leaked water onto the back of the (massively #overcomplicated) CPU board, and shorted it out. Poof, magic smoke gone, tears in the rain, time to die, etc. Who puts the CPU directly under a join in the #water pipe?

2) A gas-powered leaf blower. Fuel line rotted, but to be able to feed new one through from the carburetor to the fuel tank, you have to take the shell apart - which requires disassembling the engine!

#RepairCafe #SK #EWaste

Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
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#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

#EPA Retreats From Plans to End the #EnergyStar Program
The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular #energy #efficiency program.
#LeeZeldin, the administrator of the #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help #consumers to choose energy efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other home #appliances.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/climate/epa-energy-star-program.html
https://archive.ph/V5rUo

🇨🇿 Play revendique une attaque informatique à l'encontre de Helicar (helicar.cz) #czechia #transportation #play #services #manufacturers #ransomware #distributors #appliances #freight #industries #vehicules #cargo #delivery #partnership #sensitive #trucks #customers #firms #storage #software #management #cars #solutions #databreach #shipments #business #threats #market #informatique