"jariten1781" (jariten1781)
09/26/2014 at 14:51 • Filed to: None
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"jariten1781" (jariten1781)
09/26/2014 at 14:51 • Filed to: None | 1
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So coworker gives me a broken lamp. Says he contacted the company (Luxo) and they want 50 bucks to repair it. Figuring it's just a fuse or broken lead I take it. Find a fuse door on the bottom, open it up, and strangely it's blanked off. Go inside and find this:
Assholes soldered the leads straight to the fuse...sloppily too. Why?! Especially when you designed in a fuse slot into the body. Now I have to take it home to finish the job.
Oh well, free 250$ lamp.
tromoly
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 14:54 |
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There are no words to explain my thoughts upon seeing that.
CalzoneGolem
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:00 |
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It must be cheaper to build this way. That's the only reason I can think this would be the solution.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:02 |
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Holy excessive solder, batman.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> CalzoneGolem
09/26/2014 at 15:02 |
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By Grabthar's hammer... what a savings.
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jariten1781
> CalzoneGolem
09/26/2014 at 15:04 |
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But this is a company that builds 150-1000$ lamps and magnifiers...I'd expect something like that from a 10 dollar K-mart piece...they can't be worried about an additional five cent cost when the markup is 100x the build cost.
Pixel
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:09 |
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Doesn't mean their quality matches their price points. Sadly there are a lot of companies that try to cheap up their products as much as possible to maximize their profit margins.
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CalzoneGolem
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:10 |
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Making $X + $.05 > Making $X
drdude
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:18 |
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I have seen plenty of "non-user serviceable" equipment that has the fuse soldered in.
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jariten1781
> CalzoneGolem
09/26/2014 at 15:19 |
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But losing every customer that needs to replace a fuse plus everyone they tell = many negative dollars.
Of course I'd never pay 250 bucks for a damned desk lamp in the first place so I guess I'm not a loss.
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CalzoneGolem
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:25 |
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Seriously no one fixes these things anymore. They throw it away or give it to the weird guy at work.
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jariten1781
> drdude
09/26/2014 at 15:27 |
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I've seen it before where the fuse is soldered directly to a board...that's one thing...and still dumb, but at least there's a savings by not having to solder a cradle then attach the fuse.
Here there's already a cradle...it's just as easy to solder to the cradle as it is to glom it on to the fuse. Oh well.
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jariten1781
> CalzoneGolem
09/26/2014 at 15:29 |
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I do get a lot of free broken stuff...
desertdog5051
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:34 |
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Looks like they put the trainees on that task until they get good at soldering.
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CalzoneGolem
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:38 |
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My work here is done!
webmonkees
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:43 |
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Oh, and don't trust those dollar store USB adapters. Fuse? the rating of the wire connecting the leads, I guess. Peaks out at car voltage instead of 5, fried a media player.
BJ
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 15:46 |
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The fuse is there for safety reasons only and isn't user-serviceable because you can't charge $50 for just a fuse... Also, profit. If some assembly line guy makes 10 extra lamps per shift, the profits stack up quick.
Edit: I agree that it's stupid.
Future ND Owner
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 16:00 |
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I bet that it was designed correctly; i.e. with the wires soldered to the cradle; the manufacturer probably decided to cut corners by soldering the fuse in. Luxo's QA/QC department probably didn't catch it upon delivery.
FriskyDingo
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 17:00 |
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Could this be a copy?
uofime
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 17:06 |
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the company that makes the lamp is most assuredly not the company that sells the lamp. the actual manufacturer probably has less than a 20% margin on the part
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jariten1781
> FriskyDingo
09/26/2014 at 17:14 |
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Anything is possible, but I doubt it. The materials are pretty nice and there's details like chamfered edges and multiple radiuses on some tubular parts that I wouldn't think a fraudulent company would bother with.
Racescort666
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 17:35 |
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I guess at least it's not wire nuts... For level of shadiness, not for serviceability.
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FriskyDingo
> jariten1781
09/26/2014 at 17:46 |
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They could possibly take real lamps and put shoddy guts in them, its possible but i doubt it.