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.
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I had to do the same to my fridge. Normally it’s supposed to beep if you forget the door open or after a power outage, which is good, but at one point it started erroring out and beeping just randomly, so measures had to be taken.
This post inspired me. I managed to mute my pressure cooker even though the mute function is not mentioned anywhere in the manual. I did a little dance.
Do you mean that you blocked the steam release valve?
You can lower the volume of those piezo alarms by putting a 6-32 screw through the hole. It will push on the diaphragm on the inside and muffle the vibrations. You can actually dial in the volume you want by turning the screw just right. Or just kill it with fire
I don’t think I’m up for a screw that short
(Obviously your solution is far more graceful and honestly solid work I just…cannot even)
Can you do this with my microwave? I truly hate the beep
Fun fact: Some microwaves have a hidden mute feature (my GE did). Can’t hurt to google the model number for the manual to see if yours does.
I always stop it seconds before it reaches 0 to avoid that shit
Teach me your ways master
Uh, you just watch it and hit the cancel button or open the door before it hits zero lol.
If you’re microwaving something for more than a minute or two, there are much better appliances out there, like an air fryer
Do I have to stand there or can I bring a chair
I have one that not only cannot be disabled but its beep is so fucking loud you can hear it across the house and beeps 4 fucking times when its done.
If im microwaving something im not going far, usually not even leaving the kitchen, why does it need to summon the foreign legion?Look for a “my settings” function.
You are doing the Lord’s work. Thank you
Failing that, office space is good inspiration
You never checked if you could change it?
I found the best solution is just to put a small piece of foam tape overthe hole on the top. It greatly attenuates the sound, and still keeps the beep for others who want it but only when you’re close to it
Ive also filled the hole with glue. Same thing
Do you have a preferred foam tape?
I’m probably going to be buying some in the next couple weeks (I will probably need some shims) and anything foamy will work
I normally use tesa double-sided mounting tape.
I classify this as a repair.
An upgrade, even.
OP woke up dull, will be going to bed tonight a king
I did the same with my fan. Fucker beeped when the sleep timer ended
beeped when the sleep timer ended
Oh, so, it was an alarm clock after all
That’s an insane design choice.
There’s a fan here that has a bright blue LED capable of lighting a whole room. That LED shines when the silent mode for the night is activated 🙄
So many electronics insist upon themselves. You’re a fan that blows away the fart smells in the bathroom, you are not the star of the show.
I mean… it depends how bad the fart smells are
Light a candle (before is better than after, I’ve tested this extensively. I should probably submit my documentation somewhere and at least go for an associates in farts or candles, idk) and if that’s not enough, they make this deodorant you can eat if you have weapon grade farts
but what if my fart fan had RGBs…?
OH YEAH? LISTEN TO THIS!
beepbeepbeeeeeeep
I use a black permanent marker on all blindingly bright LEDs. Most of mine were actually sticking out so was able to paint over them without messing up the rest of the device. Tones them down nicely, but you can still see if it’s on.
Is that how you make black lights?
I clipped the wires in all of my salvaged case fans.
At first I loved the blue LEDs when they showed up in the early 2000 but I’ve grown to hate them. Why can’t a soft green or red be used.
And why do they have to shine with the power of industrial lasers??
Hans, switch on the Flakscheinwerfer!
Because it werfes Flakschein!
And do they need to be so bright that they light up the room?
Gaffer tape. Gaffer tape everywhere. And for those LEDs that you actually want to see, but not light up the whole room, two pieces of gaffer tape with a hair’s breadth between them. Makes for an indicator light that can only really be seen when your looking straight at it.
When super bright LEDs became a thing they felt they needed to put them in everything. “It is new!” I went into my home office to get something and didn’t turn the light on and wondered what the blue glow in it was. It was an LED in a monitor telling me it was plugged in. My wife has me put black tape over leds on things like usb hubs because they are blindingly bright.
Don’t get me started on leds flashlights that all have multimode including rapid flashing so when the battery connection is poor, like when the flashlight gets old, if there is a split second break in power it switches to rapid flashing. Just what I need when trying to get around in the dark.
The comment so nice, you posted it twice.
Stupid browser fart!
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leds flashlights that all have multimode including rapid flashing
Or even worse, bike headlamps.
bike headlamps.
i’d love to hear your complaints. mostly so if i’ve got something wonky with my bike i can fix it. i’m not trying to blind anyone with that damn thing, just make sure both i can see and be seen. mine’s got less than half the luminosity of a car headlight, so we might be talking about different types of headlamps tho. some people get nuts with their headlamps.
I used a flashlight mount on the handlebar, and pointed it at the ground in front of me instead of forward into space. Worked very well and didn’t shine into people’s eyes. I also didn’t use the blinkenlights mode on the rear light despite it being the popular option around here — it’s just annoying.
I’ve had a run-in with blinding lights when I was in a group of people cycling at night, and on a path through an unlit park we encountered a group riding the opposite way. Couldn’t see shit except their lights.
Time’s up, now get back to work
I have a bluetooth headset with a stupid bright blue led angled perfectly to reflect in one’s glasses, because I’m too stupid to notice the music means the thing is on, I guess… At least I know the designer has perfect vision.
Next, remove the stupid loud beep from the smoke detectors.
I mostly solved that by not having fires often.
I would love if that was enough. My fire-and-spider detecor is very loud.
Ah, my dust detectors wake up the kids, myself and the neighbour’s dog.
Aaaargh, this hits too close to home. I gave up on the pause-every-10-minutes at 3 am on the last one and drowned the sumbitch in the old diaper bucket…
Smart. Need to remember that.
Nooo, not my precious alarm clock… it’s the only thing that still works for me. I always manage to sleep through the loudest alarm volume on two different phones, regardless of whatever tones or music I choose. Not even El Sonidito works anymore.
I’ll be dead (metaphorically, at the least) if the smoke detector stops beeping for me :(
I am so done with kitchen appliances fucking beeping at me. The only beeps I accept is the one to let me know I didn’t close the freezer. My stove does not need to beep when it’s turned on, beep when a plate is selected, then beep with every step of temperature increase. Don’t even get me started on the microwave, when it is done heating, it just keeps beeping forever, LOUDLY.
Like, FUCK YOU I WILL COME WHEN I SO GOD DAMNED PLEASE. One ping only please. Jesus it infuriates me.
RTFM, there might be settings to stop the beep.
Rage the fucking machine?
How dare you.
This seems to be the problem with the tech trend of removing tactile knobs or actual buttons.
Now we have these “touch” screens that can only provide feedback through annoying beeps, because you can’t feel them or hear them click anymore.
My electric kettle for example has a lever to press down and start it. No beeps needed, because when it’s done you hear the mechanism click off as the lever returns to its off position.
On the other hand my air fryer can get fucked with that one “everything knob”. I’ve accidentally turned it a smidge many times pressing it in to start. This resets all the settings that I have to dial back in and makes me want to yeet the fucker out the window.
if only they used the same damn knobs they used in the 1980s. what measured analog resistance instead of checking for bumps and shit. there’s a damn chip in there, use it to convert the analog to digital. the analog dials have SO MUCH BETTER tactile response.
I know right?! Knobs are the best; I love feeling them with my hands. Nothing can replace the tactile satisfaction of a good knob. Instant feedback when you give it a twist, with ridges and texture for your pleasure.
Sometimes I find knobs can get a bit stiff, you really have to give them a good jerk when that happens.
Now we have these “touch” screens that can only provide feedback through annoying beeps, because you can’t feel them or hear them click anymore.
We’re so buried in our phones. Instead of giving someone a real smile, we send an emoji. I mean, we don’t even look at porn at our computer anymore, we look at it on our PHONE?
Someone needs to get spanked
Well someone is gonna have to do it!
My 20 year old microwave has multiple beeps? Like soft ones when you press stuff, a couple of loud ones when it’s done. Some acoustic feedback is nice.
My recent kitchen appliances just beep the same volume regardless of what’s happening. To loud when using the device, to soft to properly notify you when completing a task. That air fryer experience hits close to home. Fuck modern appliances. Although my new washing machine is a shitload more efficient.
I don’t want smart tech, I want old fashioned pre 2008 dumb tech. Just make it home assistant compatible, kthx.
But then how will the multinational corporations be able to get your data? 🥺👉👈
Wait shit, the face is supposed to be first? I’ve been 👉👈 🥺ing like an idiot
Oh the fucking microwave. Newer ones supposedly have a setting to turn off the beep but mine doesn’t. It constantly beeps when it is done which is a delight if I’m in the bathroom trying to excremeditate.
I hate the beeps too, but these are ultimately accessibility and safety features. Disabled folks may use these beeps to sus out what the appliance is doing.
Maybe so, but give me a way to turn off the beeps then. I’m not disabled, and don’t need my airfryer to yell at me for every single minute I adjust its timer.
I await your explanation of how the second and fifth beeping after a microwave stops is accessibility or safety. Other than the designers conflating microwave ovens and oven ovens.
What’s wrong with making it optional?
I can’t use half my kitchen when having a migraine.
and like all accessibility features they should be removable
Actually it’d be quite nice if stoves and ovens made a noticeable background sound when they were on. Like something pleasant, but noticable, so you don’t accidentally leave them on.
Does not help. If you don’t notice the burner is hot, you’d think the flame would be obvious. It’s not
My new stove beeps when it is on but there’s no pan which seems like a good idea at first, but that means it yells at me when I pick a pan up such as to help the butter or oil spread around
i’d at least want to be able to program how i got yelled at. if i’m getting yelled at in a kitchen it doesn’t feel right in bitcode. can we at least train the stove to wave a knife around while it yells at me?
I hate that modern appliances beep constantly. Whatever happened to giving a shit about being annoying or not? Old appliances would beep or ding once. If you’re the idiot and leave something sitting forever that’s on you. I would rather have my food get cold than my microwave beep every five seconds indefinitely. Sometimes finishing up a task that is going to take 20 more seconds is the right thing to do, stop aggressively beeping at me.
My friend just bought a toaster that plays a tune when it’s done.
A toaster. That needs to tell you when it’s done.
My toaster just triggers the toast catapult when he’s done with his thing. Noise notifies me, toasted bread flies around, what’s not to like?
The toast artillery.
The … toastillery, if you will.
A toast distillery? Hmm…
For the pure essence of breakfast
o7
Kachunk!
what’s not to like?
it’s not a trebuchet!
but think: what if you could tell the toaster what tune to play?
and what if the toaster played La Llorona instead anyways, in different styles every morning, because The Toaster has better taste in music than you
My rice cooker plays twinkle twinkle little star and I always dance to it when it’s done.
The difference is the rice cooker doesnt have metal parts launching upwards creating a very loud distinct sound that already indicates in the room that the toast is done.
With that said there were some really cool old toasters from like the 1950’s that had self toasting where you put the slices in and it automatically drops down and then rises quietly back up when its done. If that one had a small song I could at least understand that.
My cheap rice cooker has a single switch and when it’s done it flips position. That sucker is super loud, and I love how basic it is
Only gripe is that you have to unplug it to turn it off fully, otherwise it’s in “warm” mode
Those are so fucking cool
Edit: Sunbeam Radiant Control
For the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
You’re welcome.
as if the house rattling launch of the toast wasnt enough to tell you, your neighbors, and the russian seismograph monitors on the other side of the world that the toast was ready.
Does it require a Bluetooth connection? Lol I wish that was entirely a joke question
All of my Korean appliances sing the songs of their people once they have accomplished the most menial of tasks.
Mine goes ding. Still has the mechanical clockwork timer switch with a bell in it.
ONE. PING. ONLY.
Please.
Sean Connery is not an actor, he’s a movie star.
Yesh, I am a British shecret agent.
Yesh, I am a Shoviet Shubmarine captain.
Wouldn’t help the people in the office that go toss a bagel in the toaster then never come back for their burnt charcoal that got stuck because it was too plump to pop up
Skill issue
My car has no fewer than five different beeps when starting up. Sometimes it just keeps beeping forever. It did when I went to see it for the first time. I was trying it and stopped at a light, and it just kept beeping. Forever. The sales person had no idea why. I wanted it so badly, it’s pre-spyware car but the beeps were untenable. Spent 20 minutes looking up what the f is up with it. I found an obscure old forum post where someone had complained about the overly sensitive sensors and there’s a secret tiny hidden button that doesn’t feel like a real car button when you press it and it mutes them until you restart the car. I found it, pressed it, and the beeps went away.
I’ve had the car for a decade now and the beeps persist, lest I press the “beepn’t” button, and yknow… that’s alright. I wouldn’t trade it for anything, but that’s a hilariously bad design flaw.
beepn’t. Excellent.
Honestly sounds like a seat belt sensor malfunction or similar as those usually offer an override
It’s actually insanely aggressive proxy sensors! I’d bet there’s a way to disable them…
I have a relatively new appliance that doesn’t beep on completion. It sings. A song. Like, . . . a 20 second song. Like an ice cream truck.
Yeah I just moved from an apartment with a washer like that. It’s cute for the first 2 seconds, the first couple of uses. After a while it feels almost passive aggressive
Beeping increases accessibility for folks with vision loss. It’s there to help more than regular sighted users be comfortable using the product.
i prefer the tactile vibration with “button” presses, but that takes more battery than a beep. i’d rather have the battery life.
my favorite science fiction future I/O bullshit was from Mass Effect, where you could have little haptics implanted in your fingers, what would vibrate on “impact” with the virtual panel (yes, i read allllll the journal and codex entries can you tell). one of the reasons i like science fiction is some of those dreams (the well-dreamt ones, anyways) eventually become realistic.
Okay cool. Allow me to turn it off without a super complicated process.
But now how will you hear that it’s done from your neighbour’s house or as you’re cutting weeds?
Similar to how people in public places have their phone ringer set to “Hear it from across town”
it’s set to “my phone lives in my purse and my purse lives in a closet and i close that closet door as soon as i get home”
Right, guess I’ll be pulling a wire from my kitchen to the neighbour tomorrow.
This should be a service. And some fancy EU regulation banning ones you can’t mute.
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
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
keep track of which goes where
Is it a legit repair if you don’t have some parts left over after reassembling? 🤔
Is there no need to replace it with a resistor of equal value?
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.
I doubt a beeper would be put in series with something important…
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!
I mean, then again…
Yeah! Yeah! CUT ITS FUCKING LEGS OFF!
IT BEEPS NO MORE.
Have they stopped, Clarice? The beeping of the appliances?
They’d mumble something about safety I bet, I’m on team remove the beeper however.
I hate it when stuff beeps super loud or makes noise without being able to turn it off. Its such a simple thing and it drives me nuts.
I went out of my way to find a microwave that I can turn off the beeps because it just doesnt need to beep.
I know I pressed the button. I can hear when the microwave is no longer running. Your beeps are worthless.
