It beeps when it’s done.

It beeps when you press the button.

It beeps when you place it on the base.

But today, it beeps no more.

I classify this as a repair.

  • balgruuf@nord.pubOPEnglish
    30·
    10 days ago

    Luckily this is a pretty simple thing to diy, at least for a kettle.

    If anyone wants to repeat this, but doesn’t know how:

    • Unscrew the bottom (if the screws are different, keep track of which goes where)
    • Locate the beeper and…
      • Remove it with a soldering iron
      • Cut its legs off with some kind of clipper
      • If you have neither, wiggle it until the legs break, or carefully rip it off the board
    • ladicius@lemmy.world
      10·
      10 days ago

      keep track of which goes where

      Is it a legit repair if you don’t have some parts left over after reassembling? 🤔

      • balgruuf@nord.pubOPEnglish
        18·
        10 days ago

        I don’t think piezo buzzers are exactly resistive loads, or that cutting speakers would break appliances either way. My kettle works the same as before, just less annoying.

        • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          10 days ago

          Fair enough. It’s just in my mind that anytime I see one of these posts they always replace the component with a resistor, so I was wondering why this post didn’t. But that makes sense, so thanks!

    • djmikeale@feddit.dk
      3·
      10 days ago

      Will it still work even though there’s no longer a connection across where the beeper used to be? Got a toaster that beeps so high that even our cat gets freaked out

      • balgruuf@nord.pubOPEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        I can’t make guarantees, but it should be fine. There’s some microcontroller inside that’s programmed to turn the voltage high or low. It just flicks the switch and doesn’t know or need to know what happens behind it.