Talk:1780: Appliance Repair

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He took it apart because it's not working. It's not working because he took it apart. And so we are all a part of the Great Circle of Life. 162.158.122.102 15:22, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Reminds me of my Christmas present to my parents - a USB mains socket, and my time and work to install it. The old non-USB socket was working fine, but when I removed it, I couldn't get the new one installed due to some unusual wiring, and couldn't replace the old one either. This also cut the power to the fridge! We had to call an electrician to fix the problem - literally, that it wasn't working because somebody took it apart... Cosmogoblin (talk) 15:57, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

I added onto the transcript and description so it would be less barebones. If not, please add onto my work. Thanks. (It feels good to be back after so long. :)) --JayRulesXKCD (talk) 16:56, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Randall was right. :)) does look mismatched and wrong. How do you fix it?! --JayRulesXKCD (talk) 16:56, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

120V is a US standard - in the civilized world, or at least Europe, single phase domestic supply is 230V.

The three phases are 120 degrees apart. Wikipedia is over there. 141.101.99.137 18:10, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

I removed all references to actual voltage values. I was thinking only for me... Canada also uses 120V (and 240V too, for house heating, clothes dryers, and ovens), along with another few countries.--Jeanrenaud (talk) 19:06, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Not sure where you get the idea that Cueball is running an appliance repair business. Seems simpler to assume that he is taking apart his own humidifier. Rtanenbaum (talk) 20:27, 2 January 2017 (UTC)