रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Aug 31, 2024

Awesome:

“Air Con: $1697 For An On/Off Switch”, Christian Inkster (https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/advantage-air-ezone-tablet-diy-repair/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386319

#AirConditioner #Android #RipOff #DIY #Repairability #Australia #Daikin #AdvantageAir #eZone #InternetOfShit

Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch

Forcing customers to replace an entire system just because the cheapest component failed might be really profitable, I have no idea… But I do know that it annoyed me enough to make me want to fix it myself. While I understand that what I do next is beyond a large number of Advantage Air customers, in my investigation I found that there seems to be only software choices preventing modern tablets from working with older control systems.

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Jo the Neenish TartAug 29, 2024

This guy is cleverer than "those clever humans at Advantage Air". His aircon controller broke and they wanted $1697 for basically an old #Android tablet, so he wired it up to an old Samsung Galaxy Tab.

#AustralianWeather #Aircon #AdvantageAir

Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch
https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/advantage-air-ezone-tablet-diy-repair/

Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch

Forcing customers to replace an entire system just because the cheapest component failed might be really profitable, I have no idea… But I do know that it annoyed me enough to make me want to fix it myself. While I understand that what I do next is beyond a large number of Advantage Air customers, in my investigation I found that there seems to be only software choices preventing modern tablets from working with older control systems.

Hopefully Useful