• frog@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    I like reading instructions for the simplest things. I go to the warning section and I imagine that someone had to type out text to not submerge the mechanical part of the my mini food processor because someone decided it was a good idea to wash a mini food processor by submerging it in water.

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      2 days ago

      Well you can definitely wash it by submerging it. The warning was probably about washing it while it was plugged in. I once washed a keyboard in the dishwasher. Worked perfectly fine afterwards. You just have to make sure it gets dried and there’s no corrosion forming.

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          It’s generally fine. Some medical grade keebs are specifically designed to be cleaned in such conditions as well. If you run it just with water and let it fully dry there’s nothing that’s gonna short it, and it should still be enough to remove the gunk and sanitize it.

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            I wouldn’t bank on mechanical key switches to dry out while they’re assembled. A membrane keyboard would probably be fine though.

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              Some medical grade keebs are specifically designed

              We know as a species how to do a lot of stuff we don’t normally do because there’s no market. In this particular case you can get one of those keyboards starting at around $100. I wonder how many of them are never washed because the doctor’s office doesn’t have a keyboard dishwasher installed?