Biggest problem with fridges today is trying to get the cu.Ft. size up by making the fridge deeper. Anything past the second layer is garbage within the next year.

I always thought when I built a new house I would put in 2-3 dishwashers and leave  the clean dishes in them instead of cupboards. What a waste of time and space stacking them in, then on the table, then back in the dishwasher. Of course old habits die hard,

Edited October 5, 20196 yr by larryllix

36 minutes ago, larryllix said:

Biggest problem with fridges today is trying to get the cu.Ft. size up by making the fridge deeper. Anything past the second layer is garbage within the next year.

I always thought when I built a new house I would put in 2-3 dishwashers and leave  the clean dishes in them instead of cupboards. What a waste of time and space stacking them in, then on the table, then back in the dishwasher. Of course old habits die hard,

I could live with that idea. My wife on the other hand......

The only thing that would interest me in a smart appliance is the ability to keep the time accurate on the microwave and oven.  Mine always drift off (in opposite directions).  But seeing as how my printer and pool controller (both connected to the network) can't keep the time right, it will probably take the technology of a manned Mars landing to get any appliances to keep accurate time.

Edited October 5, 20196 yr by carealtor

11 minutes ago, carealtor said:

The only thing that would interest me in a smart appliance is the ability to keep the time accurate on the microwave and oven.  Mine always drift off (in opposite directions).  But seeing as how my printer and ISY (both obviously connected to the network) can't keep the time right, it will probably take the technology of a manned Mars landing to get any appliances to keep accurate time.

A simple battery backup or even a capacitor would cure most of that problem. It is a PITA though. I have twenty-five lightbulbs that keep time and now a few clocks that use the rf time signal. They must be facing the correct direction though and then they even change to DST correctly.

Edited October 5, 20196 yr by larryllix