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I fixed my 15 year old dryer with AI on my phone

His 15 year old dryer broke on Saturday. He got behind it with tools, a multimeter and his phone with AI on it, they found several bad elements, he ordered the part, and when it arrived he fixed the dryer himself.

How it works

  1. His dryer breaks on Saturday
  2. He gets behind it with tools, a multimeter and the AI on his phone
  3. They diagnose several bad elements
  4. He orders the part
  5. The part arrives and he fixes the dryer

Why it’s worth knowing

A man, a multimeter and the AI on a phone found the bad elements in a 15 year old dryer, and the part he ordered fixed it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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