It beeps when it's done.

It beeps when you press the button.

It beeps when you place it on the base.

But today, it beeps no more.


I classify this as a repair.

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[–] 127 points 3 days ago (26 children)

I did the same with my fan. Fucker beeped when the sleep timer ended

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  • [–] 76 points 3 days ago* (22 children)

    That's an insane design choice.

    There's a fan here that has a bright blue LED capable of lighting a whole room. That LED shines when the silent mode for the night is activated 🙄

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    [–] 62 points 3 days ago (36 children)

    I hate that modern appliances beep constantly. Whatever happened to giving a shit about being annoying or not? Old appliances would beep or ding once. If you're the idiot and leave something sitting forever that's on you. I would rather have my food get cold than my microwave beep every five seconds indefinitely. Sometimes finishing up a task that is going to take 20 more seconds is the right thing to do, stop aggressively beeping at me.

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  • [–] 49 points 3 days ago (24 children)

    My friend just bought a toaster that plays a tune when it’s done.

    A toaster. That needs to tell you when it’s done.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 days ago (9 children)

    My toaster just triggers the toast catapult when he's done with his thing. Noise notifies me, toasted bread flies around, what's not to like?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    My car has no fewer than five different beeps when starting up. Sometimes it just keeps beeping forever. It did when I went to see it for the first time. I was trying it and stopped at a light, and it just kept beeping. Forever. The sales person had no idea why. I wanted it so badly, it’s pre-spyware car but the beeps were untenable. Spent 20 minutes looking up what the f is up with it. I found an obscure old forum post where someone had complained about the overly sensitive sensors and there’s a secret tiny hidden button that doesn’t feel like a real car button when you press it and it mutes them until you restart the car. I found it, pressed it, and the beeps went away.

    I’ve had the car for a decade now and the beeps persist, lest I press the “beepn’t” button, and yknow… that’s alright. I wouldn’t trade it for anything, but that’s a hilariously bad design flaw.

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    [–] 36 points 3 days ago

    I classify this as a repair.

    An upgrade, even.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    I wish my kettle beeped when it was done.

    But I totally understand wanting to make something quiet. I helped someone remove a speaker from a dishwasher because it would play a litle tune when it was done.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 days ago

    (Obviously your solution is far more graceful and honestly solid work I just....cannot even)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    I prefer to jam some paper towel in the transceiver. You still get the notification, but now it's just a vvv sound instead of a piercing beep.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 days ago (24 children)

    I am so done with kitchen appliances fucking beeping at me. The only beeps I accept is the one to let me know I didn't close the freezer. My stove does not need to beep when it's turned on, beep when a plate is selected, then beep with every step of temperature increase. Don't even get me started on the microwave, when it is done heating, it just keeps beeping forever, LOUDLY.

    Like, FUCK YOU I WILL COME WHEN I SO GOD DAMNED PLEASE. One ping only please. Jesus it infuriates me.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago (9 children)

    This seems to be the problem with the tech trend of removing tactile knobs or actual buttons.

    Now we have these "touch" screens that can only provide feedback through annoying beeps, because you can't feel them or hear them click anymore.

    My electric kettle for example has a lever to press down and start it. No beeps needed, because when it's done you hear the mechanism click off as the lever returns to its off position.

    On the other hand my air fryer can get fucked with that one "everything knob". I've accidentally turned it a smidge many times pressing it in to start. This resets all the settings that I have to dial back in and makes me want to yeet the fucker out the window.

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    [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    women don't find this kind of thing dull IME

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    You bought a kettle that beeps? My god man!

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I would have bought the simplest one with only an on/off switch. The thing's a little too big and it beeps, but now that I have it, I'll keep it until it dies or becomes nasty.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    I have a fancy one with multiple temp setting and a keep warm feature and still no beeper. But I also drink "fancy loose leaf teas" that are best steeped at different temps. I mean, steeping the Iron Goddess of Mercy Oolong in boiling water will get you no mercy from her. Just a bitter nasty cuppa. But at 85C she is as gentle and merciful as a cool summer's breeze after a day in the hot afternoon sun.

    I didn't even know kettles could have a beeper.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    Next, remove the stupid loud beep from the smoke detectors.

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    [–] 25 points 3 days ago

    OP woke up dull, will be going to bed tonight a king

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  • [–] 37 points 3 days ago (15 children)

    This should be a service. And some fancy EU regulation banning ones you can't mute.

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  • [–] [S] 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (13 children)

    Luckily this is a pretty simple thing to diy, at least for a kettle.

    If anyone wants to repeat this, but doesn't know how:

    • Unscrew the bottom (if the screws are different, keep track of which goes where)
    • Locate the beeper and...
      • Remove it with a soldering iron
      • Cut its legs off with some kind of clipper
      • If you have neither, wiggle it until the legs break, or carefully rip it off the board
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    [–] 12 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    You can lower the volume of those piezo alarms by putting a 6-32 screw through the hole. It will push on the diaphragm on the inside and muffle the vibrations. You can actually dial in the volume you want by turning the screw just right. Or just kill it with fire

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    [–] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I had to do the same to my fridge. Normally it's supposed to beep if you forget the door open or after a power outage, which is good, but at one point it started erroring out and beeping just randomly, so measures had to be taken.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    Did you fix the switch or remove the buzzer? If the switch is bad, the inside light mat be on all the time. I've heard of feed spoiling that was next to the light.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    I simply desoldered the buzzer. I think the problem is in some of the sensors, because the thermostat for the fridge part shows an error instead of letting me adjust the temperature (but I'm guessing it's still falling back somewhere within the adjustable range). I'm positive that the light turns off on a closed door, I can hear the relay switching it off and I can see the light coming on with a delay (like it normally does) after opening the door.

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    [–] 21 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    My water dispenser needs this repair. Beeps a total of six times for a cup of warm water. Come to think of it, most of my appliances need this repair. Can't even throw a frikandel late at night in the airfryer without waking the whole appartment building. And it is called a Ninja?

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    [–] 18 points 3 days ago (12 children)

    Now do my stupid LG dryer, it beeps out a song thats like a full 40 seconds long

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    [–] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    But now how will you hear that it's done from your neighbour's house or as you're cutting weeds?

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    [–] 9 points 3 days ago (12 children)

    Can you do this with my microwave? I truly hate the beep

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    [–] 14 points 3 days ago*

    this post versus the series of recent posts about removing microphones from TV remote controls:

    Giancarlo Esposito (actor who played Gus Fring in Breaking Bad, albeit not doing so in this photo) wearing a suit and adjusting his tie. It's the "we are not the same" meme template, but with no text.

    (links to some of the posts)

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