Simmerstats: The genius old tech that controls your stovetop

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  @WanJae42 · 2 years ago (edited)

  "My favorite channel is talking about stoves today" ... My friends have learned to expect this sort of remark from me.

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• JD

  @JD3Gamer · 2 years ago

  Home appliances be like<br>“Wait it’s all bimetallic strips?”<br>“Always has been”

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• DE

  @dekopuma · 2 years ago

  I love the bit about &quot;I added lights, because it pleases me. I&apos;m not going to show you how.&quot; I can&apos;t help but assume there&apos;s some questionable wiring going on inside that box.

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• MI

  @MinnesotaGuy822 · 2 years ago

  At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff04ecF9Dfw&amp;t=330">5:30</a>, Alec threatened not to go down a tangent, the savage. I held my breath, alarmed! I was deeply relieved when he stayed true to his brand and went down the tangent!<br>By gum, we come for the tangents, nerd stuff and witty observations, dang it! :) &nbsp;Keep up the great work, my man!

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• DJ

  @djhsilver · 2 years ago

  &quot;Didn&apos;t imagine this script would get so out of hand&quot; my Brother in Christ, you have never written a script that is in hand.

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• DE

  @decb.7959 · 2 years ago

  If there&apos;s one thing this channel has taught me, it&apos;s that the simplest and cheapest way to reliably cycle something on and off is a bimetallic strip coupled to its own output.

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• ZE

  @ZergrushEddie · 2 years ago

  I saw the thumbnail and went &quot;why would I watch a video on that?&quot; and then I realized it was Technology Connections and I went &quot;oh boy, that sounds more wonderful, sign me up!&quot;<br>It isn&apos;t just the topics and interesting discussion, amigo, YOU are the reason this works.

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• BO

  @boredincan · 2 years ago

  With many of my favourite YouTubers giving up the game lately, I&apos;m glad to see one that say &quot;bugger the algorithm, I&apos;m going to make videos about stuff I like at (mostly) my own pace&quot;.<br><br>Thanks for keeping up the informative entertainment that fits right into my wheelhouse.

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• AN

  @andrew2473 · 2 years ago

  Babe wake up, toaster boy is making another connection to… somehow every other video they’ve ever made.

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• MA

  @matt65535 · 2 years ago

  A tangent... a 100% accepted and demanded tangent!

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• AL

  @albynton · 2 years ago

  My takeaway from this channel is that the bimetallic strip is the pillar of pre-electronic control circuits. Good job for a small piece of metal!

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• SU

  @surferdude4487 · 2 years ago

  As a blind person, I heartily agree with your comment reguarding replacing knobs with touch buttons. I can cook on a stove with knobs. Even with the glass cook-top, I can generally center the cookware on the elements by bo hovering my hand on either side of the cookware and blocking off the heat. With knobs, I can adjust cooking heat by feel. But with those cheap touch buttons, I cant&apos;t tell what the stove is doing.

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