ciferecaNinjo @ ciferecaNinjo @fedia.io

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i had the same problem with a front-load machine. Feet seemed to be even, but the machine pivots clockwise about left front foot causing it to screw in (and shorten), which then worsens as it goes. My fix was to lengthen that foot more so that it seems to bear more load than the other three feet. I don’t consider it a permanent fix because that leg still manages to eventually get shorter anyway, but takes much longer.

I guess my next move is to drill a hole in a circular piece of wood giving a donut-like shape, and use that as a spacer to stop that foot from shortening under vibration.

I’ve seen them on the “security group” for boilers in Europe as a pressure release valve. There’s a thick spring inside which is what makes it hard to turn. The instructions say to open that valve once a month and verify that water discharges. If no water discharges, then it means the pressure relief will not function when something else goes wrong and the pressure gets out of control.

I’ve not seen orange nobs anywhere else, but different regions may differ. Orange is just one color by one maker. I’ve noticed sometimes they are green, red, or yellow.

I can’t view the pic. FYI, #imgur is itself user-hostile. Specifically, it’s of the tor-hostile variety. Sometimes it works but often it kicks Tor users to the curb. Doesn’t sh.itjust.works support images? If not, you might be on a user-hostile platform ;)

I seem to recall favoring Epson 15 years ago when researching the various inkjet scams that were in play at the time. Like all printer makers who are in the US market, Epson has ethical issues:

https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/71413/10-liquids-that-cost-less-than-printer-ink#entry-comment-336967

but their main competitors are worse. Not sure I can develop enough self-hate to buy a printer that prints yellow #trackerDots though.

I would love to see printer makers get sued for the tracker dots on the basis of wasting yellow ink printing something the consumer didn’t ask for.

@Anticorp

just buy laser printers

If we didn’t have #climateChange, laser printers are favorable for most non-photographic use cases. But I hate to say it: laser printers are substantially less energy efficient than #inkjet printers.

My solution: own no printer. Use a print shop or library. A lot of the energy waste is in powering on and charging up the drum. If you have to stand in line to use a #laserPrinter, that’s a good thing energy wise because high volumes is more efficient per page (but AFAIK still never as effecient as an inkjet… but perhaps reasonable enough).

climate #energy

@lettruthout No I haven’t. Interesting idea.

I would like the hole to be as small as possible. I have a solid steel rod on hand (ø=12mm) but I could even get a smaller one. This would be the least intrusive on a structural wall (brick), which technically I’m not supposed to touch without planning permission. I would bend that rule for a rod ≤12mm. I’m not sure if removing a whole brick is bit risky since it’s an old house and the state of the brick is probably dodgy to begin with.

@Fredselfish This article gives some useful info:

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-soundproof-curtains/

I’m most interested in a cheap option so the paragraph on “Industrial Blankets” caught my attention. But it didn’t give much detail or mention how carpet fairs in comparison.

As an experiment, I took mattress someone threw out and pulled the memory foam-like pad out, and stuffed that into my window, then hung a cheap normal blackout curtain with a drop cloth safety pinned onto that, then i have a thermal curtain hanging on a 2nd support track. It seems to work well although I’ve not tried it on a noisey night. Weekend is coming so maybe I’ll have a better idea next week.

Gender is somewhat relevant here-- according to my women studies course in uni. When women are describing a problem, they don’t usually want solutions. They want support, understanding, & sympathy, contrary to the typical male response which is to give advice & propose solutions, which then has a good chance of ending badly.