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 threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
So like, doing a load that takes 10 minutes to dry then a load that takes 30 minutes to dry: that's an A
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
Anyway back to slightly serious things: a few people asked how old this thing was but I didn't know at the time.
The answer is apparently 8 years old.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 4, 2024
my spouse and I usually sleep while listening to letsplays, but somehow the playlist got messed up this morning and I got woken up early by it playing a video on how to repair dryers.
I was tossing and turning and they were like CAREFULLY REMOVE THE BELT FROM THE TENSONING WHEEL and I was like THIS IS THE WORST NIGHTMARE, I AM FIXING DRYERS IN MY DREAMS!
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 4, 2024
it's still not fixed: it turns out I had to replace the dryer felt seal too, as it had partially come off.
That took a day to get here, and then the glue takes 24 hours to cure.
but maybe tonight, I'll finally finish the job?
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 5, 2024
I'm not an expert, but wheels are supposed to be round, right?
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 5, 2024
It's all back together and currently supposedly drying some towels. Hopefully it's working, I won't know until they come out
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 5, 2024

The final tally, btw:

This dryer has the following items that are the main failure points that will need to be replaced if any of them break:
4 barrel wheels
1 tensioning wheel
1 belt
4 sensors
2 felt drum belts.

Of those, how many were broken?
Well, it's easier to list which weren't:
1 felt drum belt
0-4 sensors (replaced anyway as they be bad)

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️
So if one more felt belt had died, this dryer would have had basically every major breakable part replaced. This isn't even the same dryer anymore, really.
Jun 5, 2024 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 5, 2024
It is the dryer of theseus!
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 6, 2024
and it works! better than before it "broke", because it was probably at least partially broken before we even moved into this house
Show threaddan 💾Jun 6, 2024
@foone the magic of finally getting the scsi termination right!
Show threadlp0 on fire Jun 5, 2024
@foone, that or Trigger's dryer.
Show threadUpLateGeekJun 6, 2024
@foone you could say you put Schrödinger's towels in the dryer of Theseus.
Show threadJos DingjanJun 6, 2024
@foone My grandfather had one of those…
Show threadMatt PalmerJun 5, 2024
@foone "this here's great grandpa's dryer"
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Jun 5, 2024

@foone is it one of those ones that plays a cute song when a load is finished?

If so, would it be within the parameters of your arrangement to make it play the DOOM theme?

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 5, 2024
@kboyd good question! If I hacked in it more, maybe. But if I make this repair project take any longer just for Foone reasons, I risk my roommates murdering me
Show threadCaptain | 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 Jun 5, 2024
@foone Dryer of Theseus, Locke's dryer
Show threadThe cat who walks thru wallsJun 6, 2024
@foone So if it is not the same dryer, then it is not even your dryer any more? As in, it is not the same dryer that you promised not to run Doom on?...