sunflowercompass t1_j15dysg wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:06 PM

Fingers crossed it affects appliances and not just Iphones.

You shouldn't have to spend $400 to replace a gasket on your clothes washer, or resort to grey market shenanigans to replace a circuit board on your air conditioner (they only sell to licensed HVAC techs).

73577357 t1_j160q5k wrote on December 21, 2022 at 10:39 PM

There's concerns she will do amendments to the bill and limit it based on recommendations from lobbyists. We probably won't know how bad it is until she signs it.

The John Deere exemptions already in the bill were extensive. The state is going to require you to get an electric lawn mower in a few years and you'll have to throw it away and buy a new one every three years because it will be too expensive or impossible to repair, but it's electric and green lol.

sunflowercompass t1_j16m447 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 1:19 AM

Thanks for the info

I think big appliances are important to fix because they are expensive ($3000 LG fridges are not that rare, for example.) If we can get big markets of NY and Cali going perhaps we can revive small appliance repair as a trade.

I do have a cheap little electric lawn mower. It's great. The only maintenance I foresee is having to sharpen the blade and change the battery eventually.

(I had a gasoline snow blower and I had so many problems. Apparently normal gas will gum up the engines, you need to find gas without ethanol. And then somehow drain the tank after winter is over? Too much of a pain. )