I bought a faulty Cricut Maker 3 for spares or repair. I mainly needed a power supply for one they my wife bought second hand, but I thought we'd have a go at trying to repair it.
I found out a few things about these machines which I don't agree with!
If a unit breaks down, and is under warranty, Cricut ships out a replacement unit and then tells the customer to dispose of the original.
BUT.. They then blacklist the faulty units serial number, so it can't be used ever again. Even if you get it repaired, or buy one with a small crack in the casing for instance that has been replaced under warranty, you still can't use it!
This seems very wasteful to me, and definitely not good for the environment as the amount of energy and resources needed to create the unit in the first place.
Personally I don't agree with this. I think the company should either repair, or possibly sell the broken machines as refurbished or something, but to block them and tell the customer to junk them I think it's plain wrong. As someone who likes to repair things, and reuse items, it doesn't sit right with me.
Another thing I don't like, is to even use the machine you have to "Login" to the Cricut servers. If the servers aren't available for any reason (for example if your internet connection is down or the company is no longer trading) then you have a large paperweight which won't function. They say this isn't the case BUT I tested it myself!
Please let me know your thoughts on this in the comments!
Let's have a go at trying to repair it anyway and see what happens....
EDIT:Someone asked for pictures of the PCB. I took some and they can be found here:
imgur.com/a/qG...
EDIT2:
Interesting hackaday article:
hackaday.com/2...
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