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I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by wongarsu »

codelikeawolf wrote: post #15

It's always interesting to me to see what you can get away with washing/getting wet without ruining it. I bought a bunch of vinyl 45's off of eBay several years ago and they were pretty gross. I stumbled across a forum where someone recommended washing them with water and a little bit of dish soap. As you can probably imagine, a lot of people freaked out in the responses and said it was a terrible idea. I gave it a w…

Most vinyls are made from PVC. That's actually where the name comes from: the V in polyvinyl chloride. So they are actually pretty resistant and can deal with a significant portion of the stuff found in your cleaning cabinet.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

hughdbrown wrote: post #16

My son is starting his first week of high school. I am recommending to him that he pose related questions to his physics teacher: - "Is it okay to wash a toaster in a dishwasher?" - "Is it okay to put an electric hair drier in a fish tank when it is plugged in?" And I am hoping he gets a very productive year of science for the effort.

If he's anything like my high school science teachers he'll be told to shut up and hated by his peers for daring to ask questions.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by klodolph »

MathMonkeyMan wrote: post #39
klodolph wrote: post #36

“GFCI” is maybe a bad name because it describes what the system is supposed to accomplish but not what it does. It interrupts the circuit in response to a current imbalance between hot and neutral. Kirchoff’s laws… if the current is imbalanced, it must be going somewhere else .

Technology Connections has a good video on the topic, but you probably already knew that.

Most of my electricity / electronics knowledge comes from books and old forum posts. I would have loved Technology Connections if it came out when I was younger.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by throwaway7ahgb »

klodolph wrote: post #36

“GFCI” is maybe a bad name because it describes what the system is supposed to accomplish but not what it does. It interrupts the circuit in response to a current imbalance between hot and neutral. Kirchoff’s laws… if the current is imbalanced, it must be going somewhere else .

New homeowners: Know where your GFCI reset switches are located.

I just had a fun time debugging why some of my outlets weren't working. Turns out there was a GFCI tripped in the garage, a few rooms down from the outlet.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by nashashmi »

I used to ask electrical engineers who design building utilities if they ever touched a live wire with voltage running. If not, "how do you know it is really dangerous? How do you know it will electrocute you?"

They don't. EVER. Want to talk to me again if they don't have to. #ConventionalIgnorance

For reference, I touched 10k volts with microcurrents. It hurts! I touched 240 volts wire and felt the vibrations run up to my elbow before realizing what happened. It terrifies. And I touched 120v electricity leaking through a brick wall in vicinity of a lighting fixture. That hurts too much but doesn't kill.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by Alupis »

yourusername wrote: post #32
mikedelfino wrote: post #30

On a related note, I wonder if people around the world are familiar with electric showers. Essentially, it's a resistance similar to the one found in a toaster, placed right inside the showerhead. It heats the water as it flows through. People hearing about it for the first time are usually shocked that we don't die from electrecution.

I still wonder how electrocution is not a big issue. My local electricity codes say absolutely no electricity within zone 0. I get a bit nervous about hooking up IP 65 rated lights to a IP X4 rated switchbox a meter away from the shower head

There's a reason you don't see this type of water heater in most of the world.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by robotnikman »

jmclnx wrote: post #43
robotnikman wrote: post #35

I've done this with dirty keyboards before, it works pretty well actually!

I would never do it with a toaster :) But curious, how did you dry the keyboard ?

I just let it air dry for a day. I turned the heated dry option off on the dishwasher just in case.

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF »

codelikeawolf wrote: post #15

It's always interesting to me to see what you can get away with washing/getting wet without ruining it. I bought a bunch of vinyl 45's off of eBay several years ago and they were pretty gross. I stumbled across a forum where someone recommended washing them with water and a little bit of dish soap. As you can probably imagine, a lot of people freaked out in the responses and said it was a terrible idea. I gave it a w…

I'd be more worried about a scrub sponge than the water itself. Those things scratch metal

Re: I put a toaster in the dishwasher (2012)

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Post by klodolph »

throwaway7ahgb wrote: post #45
klodolph wrote: post #36

“GFCI” is maybe a bad name because it describes what the system is supposed to accomplish but not what it does. It interrupts the circuit in response to a current imbalance between hot and neutral. Kirchoff’s laws… if the current is imbalanced, it must be going somewhere else .

New homeowners: Know where your GFCI reset switches are located. I just had a fun time debugging why some of my outlets weren't working. Turns out there was a GFCI tripped in the garage, a few rooms down from the outlet.

I have never seen a GFCI reset switch in a different room from the outlet. I’m not surprised it exists, but it would make me unhappy.
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