On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 3:26:09 PM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 8:42:06 AM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 3:39:11 AM UTC-4, wrote:


You probably won't like my Saeco espresso machine either. It has a
green light to indicate when the water is up to temp and you can
proceed. It's lit when it's heating and goes out when it's up to
temperature. It's not labeled at all. I think that's backwards,
because most people would think the green light means "ready",
not "heating". If it was at least a red light, it would make more
sense.

I had the same thing with my waffle iron. The damned light is actually
labeled READY, but when it's on, the iron is still heating. We took
a sharpie and negated the label:

!READY

In accordance with the syntax of the C programming language.

Cindy Hamilton

One of my waffle irons has a clear window through which you can "see" the
heating element. Basically, you get an orange glow in the window when the
upper heater is on. As per the instructions, with the iron closed, you wait
for the "light" to go out, meaning that the element has reached max temperature
and turned off. That's when you pour the batter in. i.e. once the light out,
the iron is ready to cook.

Obviously, the batter cools the iron down, so the light (element) comes back
on. When the light (element) goes off again, the *waffle* is ready.

So in both cases, the light going out means that something is "ready" - either
the iron is ready to cook or the waffle ready to eat.