Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 2, 2024
I finally figured out what's wrong with my dryer!
There's no drum to put the clothes in. This is a rookie mistake, Samsung.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 2, 2024
It's fun, I looked up the possible issues this dryer has: there's five wheels that can break, one belt, and four sensors.
I haven't gotten to the sensors yet but all five wheels are bad and the belt is gone
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
Supposedly there's a bolt in here somewhere
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
I'm not an expert but I don't think this wheel is in functioning condition.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
Honestly the hardest part of repairing my dryer is that it's got a computer in it, and I gotta resist trying to run Doom on it
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024

I promised my roommates I wouldn't run Doom on it, but here's an idea:
The dryer has a moisture sensor, right? So it can tell how long it takes to dry a given set of clothes...

What if I made this into a keyboard?

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
I just need to bin the different possible drying times and use them as input for a function that converts it to letters
Show threadvxo

@foone That or count the number of heater cycles at the end of the drying cycle, and open the door to enter the desired letter.

If you graph the power consumption of a dryer you'll find this really weird PWM function; it starts out 100% duty cycle and starts to iterate downwards until it's done

Jun 3, 2024 at 5:08pmWeb