I kept burning my food or wait forever for the pan to heat up and I finally understand why. Each knob has a different direction for the Hi and Lo (also why isn’t it Low).

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One office I worked in had a toaster with a knob where “off” is almost all the way to the left.

    Turning the knob to the right lets you control the toasting time, like any other knob-based timer.

    But if you turn it left from the “off” position, that’s the “stay on” position.

    So if you’d set the timer, and then wanted to cancel it, you can’t just turn it all the way left like on any other knob timer. If you do that, you’re telling it to stay on forever and eventually scorch the table and set off the fire alarm.