Edited-I have owned Siemens ( @ jean-paul corrected the spelling error), LG front loading WM with temp control. If I set the machine cycle at 60 degrees, the live pin of the 15A rated plug would get too hot , resulting in deformation & discolouration while the wire insulation would be soft and warm to touch. The wire provided by Seimens was of 0.75 sq. mm. instead of 1.5 sq. mm. Post warranty, I replaced the power cord with a better DIY plug and wire.
Any domestic audio product will have lesser power demand (except power ON surge) when compared to a coffee maker
Any domestic audio product will have lesser power demand (except power ON surge) when compared to a coffee maker
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That would be Seimens, a fake Siemens. Like Cuccy is to Gucci and Dolce & Banana to Dolce & Gabbana.
Siemens/Bosch/Neff/Gaggenau (or BSH-Gruppe) sometimes go outside the quality curve with certain products (belt drive lawnmowers.....) but in general these are a good choice and ... spare parts of the stuff that goes kaput are the same from the cheapest till the most expensive of the collection. Literally anyone can repair their dishwashers for instance.
If you have a fat wallet because you are not in the audio hobby 🙂: buy Miele and don't look back.
Oh and repairing whitegood stuff is pretty Zen. Makes you think ready made audio is not that badly constructed after all.
Siemens/Bosch/Neff/Gaggenau (or BSH-Gruppe) sometimes go outside the quality curve with certain products (belt drive lawnmowers.....) but in general these are a good choice and ... spare parts of the stuff that goes kaput are the same from the cheapest till the most expensive of the collection. Literally anyone can repair their dishwashers for instance.
If you have a fat wallet because you are not in the audio hobby 🙂: buy Miele and don't look back.
Oh and repairing whitegood stuff is pretty Zen. Makes you think ready made audio is not that badly constructed after all.
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No yours is. You dismissed a video I posted of a properly conducted experiment suggesting that nothing on YouTube is worth your time. You refuse to engage in debate properly.
Better to be safe rather than sorry.
Go for high quality reputed brand products.
The noise may be filtered out, but the parts deterioration will cause long term effects, sometimes hard to correlate.
An arcing switch or socket can make contact erratic, and act as a resistor, reducing supply voltage, causing it to pull more current, till it fails...
And it is less headache to use such switches and sockets, than repairing a damaged part, which may be unobtanium.
Go for high quality reputed brand products.
The noise may be filtered out, but the parts deterioration will cause long term effects, sometimes hard to correlate.
An arcing switch or socket can make contact erratic, and act as a resistor, reducing supply voltage, causing it to pull more current, till it fails...
And it is less headache to use such switches and sockets, than repairing a damaged part, which may be unobtanium.
Bit late to the party, but IKEA for electrical fittings? Hmm, doesn't sound great. In the UK "MK" brand electrical stuff has been around for ages and is solid stuff - don't think I've seen any failures and they use thermosetting polymers. Fashion brands for safety critical parts isn't a great idea!!
I've used Tripp Lite for years on customer equipment without a problem. That said, I've recently been using Wattbox devices by Snap One due to a couple of reasons, neither of which have anything to do with TL quality or performance.
The first is an integrated network monitor that will reboot the on site modem via a selectable outlet in the event of lost connectivity. Secondarily, the remaining outlets can be automated or switched individually over the network. I personally don't mind charging a two hour minimum to drive to a site and reset a modem but my customers have been very happy with the upgraded capabilities and savings over time.
They're a little on the expensive side but may be worth a look for some of you, particularly those who remotely access their home or business systems.
The first is an integrated network monitor that will reboot the on site modem via a selectable outlet in the event of lost connectivity. Secondarily, the remaining outlets can be automated or switched individually over the network. I personally don't mind charging a two hour minimum to drive to a site and reset a modem but my customers have been very happy with the upgraded capabilities and savings over time.
They're a little on the expensive side but may be worth a look for some of you, particularly those who remotely access their home or business systems.
LK from Denmark, and the UK firm MK were highly regarded for their quality. The US firm GE and Siemens were also well regarded.
LK got taken over by Schneider, IIRC.
Polycarbonate in FR grade, and Noryl (a brand of what was GE Plastics), and some special grades of Nylon are among the UL (and equivalent) approved grades for electrical swithgear, thermosets have very slow production rates, and must be cleaned of flash...there are less than 100 thermoset injection moulding machines here in India, in a population of more than 100,000.
No ties to any names here.
LK got taken over by Schneider, IIRC.
Polycarbonate in FR grade, and Noryl (a brand of what was GE Plastics), and some special grades of Nylon are among the UL (and equivalent) approved grades for electrical swithgear, thermosets have very slow production rates, and must be cleaned of flash...there are less than 100 thermoset injection moulding machines here in India, in a population of more than 100,000.
No ties to any names here.
The problem is that when you grew up with quality you can and do see the difference with today's stuff.
There aint no YouTube video showing that. Many would not recognize quality when it is standing in front of them 🙂 Maybe you can start to be a hardware quality influencer/YouTuber, NareshBrd. I will give you likes.
There aint no YouTube video showing that. Many would not recognize quality when it is standing in front of them 🙂 Maybe you can start to be a hardware quality influencer/YouTuber, NareshBrd. I will give you likes.
Thanks, Jean-Paul, for the compliment.
I find it hard to convince people about what quality should be.
I do not have access to goods made abroad, and what is sold here is quite different, for example round pins, from what is sold in Europe.
So on line videos will have little effect on the viewers outside India.
And India is a price driven market, sometimes very cheap material like HIPS, is used for plugs and switches, it melts and is fire prone...
So I am very careful about what I use, it is at times a matter of life and death.
I find it hard to convince people about what quality should be.
I do not have access to goods made abroad, and what is sold here is quite different, for example round pins, from what is sold in Europe.
So on line videos will have little effect on the viewers outside India.
And India is a price driven market, sometimes very cheap material like HIPS, is used for plugs and switches, it melts and is fire prone...
So I am very careful about what I use, it is at times a matter of life and death.
In all honesty I've never had one fail myself. It would need to be pretty bad quality and I suspect you'd start to notice the switch acting up before anything bad happened.
Yep, I had a Bosch front loader (made in Asia) for years from when we had young kids. It was well and truly flogged by the family such that I replaced the motor brushes twice over its life. Other than that, I only replaced the tub dampers (like shock absorbers) and that was it, other than maintenance such as cleaning out the pipes and pump. It was very easy to work on and was a brilliant machine The only reason it was replaced was that the commutator wore too thin, and the tub dampers were worn out again, so Mrs Stuey decided she wanted a new one.
It was replaced with another Bosch (Serie 8), this time with 'Made in Germany' proudly written on the front.