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On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:00:55 -0000, <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > On Dec 14, 3:40 pm, Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote: > >> For all the expense, and size, most of them are quite simple. Some >> controls, some electronics now, the motor in a washing machine, the >> heating elements in an oven. Yet often very bulky to work on, and >> nobody >> is going to take it in to fix it, they require a serviceman to come to >> the >> house. > > After usage for some time, repairing a major appliance isn't usually > econonically justified. Labor and parts are expensive, and it becomes > cheaper just to get a new one. > > I don't think of an automatic washing machine was "quite simple". It > may be old technology, not as complex as an automobile, but it does > various tasks fully automatically. It knows how to fill the tub with > water of the proper temperature, to stop filling when full, then start > the wash cycle, to drain the water, knowing when to stop, then refill > with rinse water, then draining and executing a spin cycle. The > controls engage and disengage multiple electrical-mechanical > components in the course of that process. There are some safety > interlocks built in, too. It has some measure of durability and > reliability (commercial grade units have more ruggedness). > This is a standard Forth programming example! Which I don't have to hand ATM. Hopefully a Forther can post it. (xpost added) -- [dash dash space newline 4line sig] Money/Life question
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