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A DIY thermostat fix involved chewing gum and paperclips.
It held until the first hot day, then melted.
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adamclark7mo ago
Yikes, so the gum just oozed into the wires and made everything worse.
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the_shane7mo ago
Nah, gum doesn't really ooze into small spaces like that. It gets soft with heat, but it's too thick to flow into tight wire bundles. The real problem is it gets sticky and holds all the dust and crud together, which can trap heat. More often, someone just smushes it into a port and it hardens into a plug you can't get out.
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joseph9577mo ago
Seriously, everyone's missing the real issue with gum fixes. @the_shane is right about the gum not flowing, but the bigger problem is the false sense of security it gives. You think it's fixed until the heat builds up and the whole thing falls apart. That gum acts like a slow fuse, holding things together just long enough for you to forget about it. Then when it lets go, you're left with a bigger mess than before. It's not just about stickiness or dust, it's about people ignoring why the thermostat broke in the first place.
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