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Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by Lio »

andsoitis wrote: post #36
nofunsir wrote: post #35

I just want normal buttons and dials back. Not time-based capacitance buttons that take 5.02 seconds to activate, not 5.0 seconds; nor free-spinning encoder wheels that mandate you give it a jiggle before the washer does anything, even if it's already on the setting you want. I want kachunk-a-chunk back first. Then we can decide if it needs smarts.

Can we keep the happy sunshiny tune it plays when it completes the job?

No. That was the first thing I disabled on my washing machine.

I want it to be less intrusive and irritating not more.

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by McNulty2 »

leakycap wrote: post #4

They better not be airing my dirty laundry! My washer/dryer has a microphone so it can hear the tones from LG support over the phone that tell it to play back its diagnostic code. Kidding aside, the trust we put in the myriad of internet-connected devices with microphones in our spaces is mind-boggling. Even lightstrips and lightbulbs have microphones to sync with music, and often show up as open Bluetooth devices fo…

I've also got one of those LG machines. Keep hoping for it to break so I can use that feature haha

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

nofunsir wrote: post #35

I just want normal buttons and dials back. Not time-based capacitance buttons that take 5.02 seconds to activate, not 5.0 seconds; nor free-spinning encoder wheels that mandate you give it a jiggle before the washer does anything, even if it's already on the setting you want. I want kachunk-a-chunk back first. Then we can decide if it needs smarts.

I recommend Speed Queen.

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by exe34 »

nofunsir wrote: post #35

I just want normal buttons and dials back. Not time-based capacitance buttons that take 5.02 seconds to activate, not 5.0 seconds; nor free-spinning encoder wheels that mandate you give it a jiggle before the washer does anything, even if it's already on the setting you want. I want kachunk-a-chunk back first. Then we can decide if it needs smarts.

my microwave oven has two knobs: how hot and how long. I paid an extra £50 to get a model of fridge without WiFi. sadly my washing machine is already at the free-spinning encoder stage - I don't hate it with a passion, but more of a low-enthusiasm.

I dread replacing anything that breaks in the next few years.

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by exe34 »

Lio wrote: post #41
andsoitis wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can we keep the happy sunshiny tune it plays when it completes the job?

No. That was the first thing I disabled on my washing machine. I want it to be less intrusive and irritating not more.

was this a UI option or did you have to fix it with wire cutters? mine is mildly irritating.

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by zbendefy »

exe34 wrote: post #45
nofunsir wrote: post #35

I just want normal buttons and dials back. Not time-based capacitance buttons that take 5.02 seconds to activate, not 5.0 seconds; nor free-spinning encoder wheels that mandate you give it a jiggle before the washer does anything, even if it's already on the setting you want. I want kachunk-a-chunk back first. Then we can decide if it needs smarts.

my microwave oven has two knobs: how hot and how long. I paid an extra £50 to get a model of fridge without WiFi. sadly my washing machine is already at the free-spinning encoder stage - I don't hate it with a passion, but more of a low-enthusiasm. I dread replacing anything that breaks in the next few years.

Why not get the wifi enabled fridge and just not hook it up to your router?

Genuinely asking because I plan to do this once I have to get new appliances, is there something missing that way?

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by Propelloni »

ahofmann wrote: post #39
N19PEDL2 wrote: post #33

How to measure the internet usage of a specific appliance? By installing a sniffer in the router, or is there another way?

Good routers show usage by device. I don't know, why the sibling answer is dead, but ubiquity routers seem to have this feature. Mikrotik and keenetic are other routers, that are capable of that. Maybe recent Fritzbox routers too.

That's surprising. The last time I ran a Fritzbox was in 2012 and I think it was capable of doing that. I think virtually all routers showed these kinds of statistics back then. I'm on OpenWRT the last five or so years, so I haven't kept up, has this changed?

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by mavamaarten »

kennywinker wrote: post #32

I am playing with home automation, and one of the reasons i’m only using zigbee devices is that they have no outside network access. I have two wifi thermostats that I bought before, and one of these days I’m going to have to set up a firewall of some kind to block them from outside access.

I'm sad I went for a WiFi based solution many years back (Tado). They say cloud costs are getting too high and are suddenly super aggressive in limiting API usage. Give me a fully working local API then, you twats.

I haven't found a good local-only or ZigBee based system that allows precise room control that controls the central heater efficiently based on demand. I could get a bunch of ZigBee radiator knobs, but then I'd have to do a lot of programming/automation to get a good system as a whole. I have to say that Tado does that brilliantly (that's why I chose them in the first place)

Re: Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)

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Post by ssl-3 »

nofunsir wrote: post #35

I just want normal buttons and dials back. Not time-based capacitance buttons that take 5.02 seconds to activate, not 5.0 seconds; nor free-spinning encoder wheels that mandate you give it a jiggle before the washer does anything, even if it's already on the setting you want. I want kachunk-a-chunk back first. Then we can decide if it needs smarts.

The problem with kerchunk-a-wheels and real pushbuttons (and the not-smarts they imply) is that they're expensive.

They're more expensive (and more failure-prone) than the rotary encoders, mush-buttons, and brain-boxes that replaced them.

But one cool part about things like motorized kerchunk-a-wheels is that, upon failure, a motivated person on Gilligan's Island can often mend them back into service with a screwdriver and a sharp rock.

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