I guess they also have to protect experienced repair techs from hurting themselves. =-O On 05/03/2019 03:19 PM, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote:
Officially dead after Industry groups including Apple lobbied saying that consumers can hurt themselves doing repairs.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxayy/right-to-repair-bill-kille...
On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Don Tai via talk <talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote:
I drilled out the rivets. Non-replaceable fuse was good, but the on-off timer switch was flakey, and probably not replaceable. I just scrapped a $250 convection oven due to an on-off switch. I am sad.
On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 11:31, mwilson--- via talk <talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 9:59 AM Don Tai via talk <talk@gtalug.org <mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote: >> >> A seemingly brand new small convection oven, Delonghi EO1270, made in >> China, came my way. Pristine clean and obviously unused, but did not [ ... ] > I would suggest that pop rivets are quite cheap and I'd doubt you > actually 'need' six to hold a tiny little board.
or sheet metal screws, if you find there's room on the inside.
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