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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Just hold their beer. Almost there!

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This would be a good time waster, but that depends on how they "repair" them. Do they diagnose the issues, or do they just install a new one and toss the old one?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its probably a 150 to 300/dollar loss I'm guessing.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That sounds more reasonable.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Drill a hole and spray a solvent into it to dissolve the plastic insulation.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It probably wouldn't take long to figure out that it isn't getting power through the solar panels. I'd guess testing the voltage on those connectors would be one of the earlier checks they do (there's probably even an led on that circuit so they can see without even needing the voltmeter).

Someone might get hurt when a strong gust of wind finishes that cut, too.

Sending someone out to test it is what costs the money. There aren’t “Flock Techs” that get a salary to fix these things, they just hire contractors to do installs and move on.

Every minute it’s down is a dollar out of Flock’s pocket because it’s not transmitting anything useful and every contractor hired to diagnose the issue is another dollar out of the pocket of the people that contracted with Flock.

Seems like a reasonably sound strategy outside of the safety concern imo.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Good way to hurt innocent people when that fall in the street or on someone.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What does this accomplish over taking it down? It does a funni? Same risk, but less effective

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

It's not legal or encouraging advice, just commentary. It's the equivalent of a dreded home improvement project where everything goes wrong but you don't know yet.

Let's update the toilet! So you go to Lowes (not home deportation depot) and you spent time getting it. Then you find out the valve is stuck so that's another Lowes trip. Next you get the toilet ready but the flooring is all rotted. So you take another Lowes trip. ETC.

You increase the servicing time per toilet. Like the difference between replacing an engine and having to diagnose a dead engine because your alternator stopped working at the same time that the starter and fuel pump stopped working.