r/howdoesthiswork Aug 20 '23

Request How does this Bunn B8 pour omatic work?

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How do I brew coffee in this Bunn coffee maker? Every manual I find talks about a switch on the left side of the machine but this one doesn’t have any switch other than the warmer switch on top. I tried and I got very gross not brewed coffee, so ignore what looks like coffee in the carafe in the picture. Any help is appreciated!

r/howdoesthiswork Aug 30 '23

Request Is this a shut off valve of some sort?

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I’ve found similar things online (e.g. https://www.watts.ca/dfsmedia/0533dbba17714b1ab581ab07a4cbb521/20185-source/c-wtv-pdf), but nothing tells me how it operates. It’s in an irrigation box labeled “irrigation shutoff valve” but nothing on this thing seems to move.

On the left side of the image, it looks like a black plunger and it’s attached in some way to the white plunger on the right. If I turn either one, it turns the other. And if I press on the black one hard, the white one moves out a little.

r/howdoesthiswork Oct 20 '23

Request I can’t seem to figure out the mechanism of this thermostat

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r/howdoesthiswork Sep 14 '23

Request Door with hinge but no way to open it

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Just bought a house and we have 2 doors like this. They are double doors with hinges but no way to open it. Is there a way to open that second door?

r/howdoesthiswork Sep 23 '23

Request How to lock and unlock the window? And what is the white thing for?

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So I moved recently to a new flat, I tried to lock the window using the key it doesn't seem to work, and I can not figure out what the white thing is used for. Your help is much appreciated.

r/howdoesthiswork May 12 '23

Request Weird Power Lines!

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Question is: why are they only on one balance point? (Isn't that more dangerous?) And how does this work?

My guess is that all of them have a really long poll that goes into the ground. And I have no clue as to why it goes to a single point, more cost effective maybe?

Just thought it was interesting, and possibly you lovely people might have an answer!

r/howdoesthiswork Jul 08 '23

Request How does Reddit work(I’m new)

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How does karma work, and what does an award even do?

r/howdoesthiswork Aug 12 '23

Request How Does Lightning Work?

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So i have developed an interest in electricity and have grown obsessed due to being autistic. Being not particularly bright, i'm constantly wrestling with extremely specific questions that illuminate my ignorance.

My question is, i have read that in a cloud, ice crystals are being thrown around by turbulent air and bump into one another. Okay. When this happens, they shes valent electrons onto one another, altering the charge? Okay. Positively charge particles, (Cations?) Congregate at the top of the cloud, and negatively charged particles, (Anions?) Congregate at the bottom.

Then, the negative charge at the base of the cloud wants to meet the positive charge (Why is the ground positively charged? Doesn't the earth have a neutral charge? Is it because it's an electron sink?) Of the ground. A stepped leader descends, a return stroke rises to meet it. Super fast, super hot, pow. Thunder and lightning. Very, very frightening.

My question is (finally) why is the negative charge attracted to the ground? Why would the negative charge not just reunite with the positive charge at the top of the cloud that's much closer? Is it because the ions in the cloud are being erratically hurled around? Sorry for this, but i have so many questions reageding this topic that it's driving me crazy.

Thanks.

r/howdoesthiswork Aug 10 '23

Request Stridex NSFW

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I was using stridex having just piped a pimple and when I wiped my face the blood quickly turned brown, I was just curious about why this had happened! Thanks Posted as nsfw due to mentioned blood

r/howdoesthiswork Jan 21 '23

Request How does this curtain rod work?

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My curtain rod fell down on its own. When I went to put it back up I couldn't get the rod to stay in the bracket.

There are three brackets, one in the middle and one on either end with a half circle end all pointing the same way. The rod just doesn't clip in because there's not enough circle to enable it to clip in.

So how does it work!? It just doesn't make sense. It is that the same mechanism for all of my curtains in my house (the curtains came with the house when I bought it). I'm too scared to pull them down and reverse engineer because I'm afraid I'll disrupt the anti-gravity magic that's keeping them up.

I know there is a missing screw but other rods also have missing screws and are still staying up.

It just doesn't make sense!

Please help....

r/howdoesthiswork May 07 '23

Request How is this able to fly?!

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r/howdoesthiswork Dec 29 '22

Request A lock on my window. I have no idea how to open it.

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r/howdoesthiswork Apr 22 '23

Request How do this firework "turns" in the air?

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I found this video on Facebook. A bit of digging shows it's an Easter tradition called Colombina's Dove Rocket and that it's centuries old.

I know how it propels itself but how on earth does it "deploy" without slamming against the ceiling of the roof? The little pause reminds me of the system for submarine launches missiles but I'm sure I'm overthinking it since this thing can't have electronics

r/howdoesthiswork Mar 26 '23

Request How do I take this light off

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I tried spinning, twisting, and pulling. There are also no screws or bolts. I'm about to rip it out of the ceiling.

r/howdoesthiswork Feb 05 '23

Request How can I trigger the light of this, without the original wifi-transmitter?

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r/howdoesthiswork Mar 03 '23

Request why would I hear a consistent, regular beeping from this room?

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r/howdoesthiswork Jan 16 '23

Request salus rt510tx thermostat help - can’t get it to turn on!

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The batteries had died so I’ve replaced them and I’m sure the last time they were replaced that it came back on automatically but no matter what I do, the screen stays blank. Every video I’ve found says to flip the two tiny switches on the back of the unit but that hasn’t done anything. Any ideas? It’s freezing in our house!

r/howdoesthiswork Jan 23 '23

Request Can anyone tell me how this is even possible with Facebook

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So I sent money to someone through zelle and then days later there Facebook came up and told me to add them as a friend.. so for example: I sent them money and there name is Jane doe.. then days later on facebook it suggested that I add Jane doe as a friend on facebook.. how is that possible because zelle doesn't share data. Or does it?

r/howdoesthiswork Aug 30 '22

Request Does anyone know how to work this burner? I can’t get it to heat up. In Rome if that helps

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r/howdoesthiswork Nov 24 '22

Request Just bought a house with this gas fireplace. Any clues on how to light it?

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r/howdoesthiswork Dec 16 '22

Request Got Gifted this, didn’t come with instructions and I can’t read the language. How do I use it?

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r/howdoesthiswork Oct 31 '22

Request I can’t send emails, Idek how it’s linked my photos to my phone. I’m so confused, I have an iPhone with a lot of storage, any ideas how to fix this?

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r/howdoesthiswork Nov 23 '22

Request I didn't pay attention when I took it all apart, now I wonder how it was.

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r/howdoesthiswork Mar 26 '22

Request calligraphy set my gf bought, no idea how to load the ink.

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r/howdoesthiswork Jun 28 '22

Request What is this weird hanger supposed to be used for?

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