discussion Rants etc.....

[Lysrin]

When you need a UPS for your couch for safey reasons something is wrong

Apparently enough people got stuck in chairs and such during power outages that a lot of models do come with a battery backup built in for power outage escape!

 

[Shadowarez]

When you need a UPS for your couch for safey reasons something is wrong

when your sofa is a safety hazard someone needs to be fired for allowing it to be sold and pass a safety inspection lol like those danged Shin grinder pedals from the 80's damn amazon still sells these ><

 

[Lysrin]

when your sofa is a safety hazard someone needs to be fired for allowing it to be sold and pass a safety inspection lol like those danged Shin grinder pedals from the 80's damn amazon still sells these >< View attachment 45114

Come on! It wouldn't be a proper childhood without the back of your leg being torn up by that a couple of times!

 

[Shadowarez]

Come on! It wouldn't be a proper childhood without the back of your leg being torn up by that a couple of times!

what worse is when i was this age the community i was living in had a Nursing station not a hospital with steps made of these all way to the door after gettin tore up a few times i never wanted to go to that place those stairs brought back memories lol.

 

[ipaine]

It is called the Hush 72" Power Sofa Bed, the SKU at the brick is HUSHGYSB

My daughter has slept on it a few times now (unplugged completely while sleeping) and she says it is quite comfortable, plenty good enough for people only staying a week or so. Just with this issue it kind of defeats the purpose of it being super easy for old frail people to operate it.

Just as an update. The Brick did get back to me and they tested all they had and they all do the same thing. Funnily enough there is a power chair from same people that pairs with it and it works fine. The have been reassured that it is getting fixed and they are not going to be selling any of the current ones. You can still find it on the site, but all delivery even in store pickup isn't until mid Nov, which they are hoping to have the replacements by then.

The idea is that it has a memory in it and for that sofa it wants to default to sofa and not bed, so when it powers on to see if it is in the default state and if not then well it makes it so that it is.

And thankfully they haven't sold a ton (it is very new) so they are notifying all who purchased it to advise them of the issue and how the customer wants to proceed. For us since we know and are capable of dealing with it we will wait for the fixed one and they will swap it for us.

All in all, while they did take a bit longer to contact me than I had hoped, they have been busy and are taking it very seriously, so points for them.

 

[Shadowmeph]

Just as an update. The Brick did get back to me and they tested all they had and they all do the same thing. Funnily enough there is a power chair from same people that pairs with it and it works fine. The have been reassured that it is getting fixed and they are not going to be selling any of the current ones. You can still find it on the site, but all delivery even in store pickup isn't until mid Nov, which they are hoping to have the replacements by then.

The idea is that it has a memory in it and for that sofa it wants to default to sofa and not bed, so when it powers on to see if it is in the default state and if not then well it makes it so that it is.

And thankfully they haven't sold a ton (it is very new) so they are notifying all who purchased it to advise them of the issue and how the customer wants to proceed. For us since we know and are capable of dealing with it we will wait for the fixed one and they will swap it for us.

All in all, while they did take a bit longer to contact me than I had hoped, they have been busy and are taking it very seriously, so points for them.

I have never heard of that sofa myself, I currently sleep on one of these

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BCJPJ6MB?th=1

 

[sswilson]

Just as an update. The Brick did get back to me and they tested all they had and they all do the same thing. Funnily enough there is a power chair from same people that pairs with it and it works fine. The have been reassured that it is getting fixed and they are not going to be selling any of the current ones. You can still find it on the site, but all delivery even in store pickup isn't until mid Nov, which they are hoping to have the replacements by then.

The idea is that it has a memory in it and for that sofa it wants to default to sofa and not bed, so when it powers on to see if it is in the default state and if not then well it makes it so that it is.

And thankfully they haven't sold a ton (it is very new) so they are notifying all who purchased it to advise them of the issue and how the customer wants to proceed. For us since we know and are capable of dealing with it we will wait for the fixed one and they will swap it for us.

All in all, while they did take a bit longer to contact me than I had hoped, they have been busy and are taking it very seriously, so points for them.

Presumably it should just be a swap out of the current control board. Might even be possible to "flash" it with an eprom programmer, or (less likely) it might even have a usb port for that kind of function.

Did they suggest that they were going to replace the whole unit, or just repair it? At least they accepted the issue as not being acceptable and are offering to mitigate the problem.

I'm assuming this is some kind of digital control? An analogue switch would be better in that it would just respect whatever setting you had.

 

[ipaine]

Presumably it should just be a swap out of the current control board. Might even be possible to "flash" it with an eprom programmer, or (less likely) it might even have a usb port for that kind of function.

Did they suggest that they were going to replace the whole unit, or just repair it? At least they accepted the issue as not being acceptable and are offering to mitigate the problem.

I'm assuming this is some kind of digital control? An analogue switch would be better in that it would just respect whatever setting you had.

At this point they are waiting on manufacturer and not sure if full replacement or if they will be able to just swap out the control board. I men it should be doable, but you never know.

And back to the other rant of the switch and outlet.

Just taking a quick look before I have to head out briefly but this is what it looks like in the switch.



Now from the quick look am I right in thinking the easy way would be to just completely bypass the switch? Just take the hots off switch and connect them and put a blank plate on. Of course then I am stuck with a sensor light but I mean that isn't that bad of an option either.

Thoughts?

 

[sswilson]

At this point they are waiting on manufacturer and not sure if full replacement or if they will be able to just swap out the control board. I men it should be doable, but you never know.

And back to the other rant of the switch and outlet.

Just taking a quick look before I have to head out briefly but this is what it looks like in the switch.

View attachment 45118

Now from the quick look am I right in thinking the easy way would be to just completely bypass the switch? Just take the hots off switch and connect them and put a blank plate on. Of course then I am stuck with a sensor light but I mean that isn't that bad of an option either.

Thoughts?

Looks like it's a straight up single pole switch. If it were me I'd take the chance and just tie them together if you absolutely have to use that outlet for your freezer.

I'm assuming the light is a ceiling light? Maybe one of the wireless remote switches like this one?

https://www.amazon.ca/DEWENWILS-Control-Wireless-Controlled-Expandable/dp/B07HRG9WRC/?th=1

 

[ipaine]

Looks like it's a straight up single pole switch. If it were me I'd take the chance and just tie them together if you absolutely have to use that outlet for your freezer.

I'm assuming the light is a ceiling light? Maybe one of the wireless remote switches like this one?

https://www.amazon.ca/DEWENWILS-Control-Wireless-Controlled-Expandable/dp/B07HRG9WRC/?th=1

Yea we really do have to use that outlet, not going to be daisy chaining extension cords for the freezer.

But that is a good idea you sent, and actually more for the laundry room since the mrs has already complained it only has the pull chain light. Between that or just using a motion sensing bulb, this will work easily enough. I mean I already have the blank plate, and everything else needed for tying them together.