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Renew and Refill Bob Cassettes for 98% Cost Saving!

13 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 5 stories, 8 comments · first 2021-05-02 · latest 2026-05-22

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    Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM for 98% Cost Saving
    story by docdeek · 2026-05-22 · 0 comments
  2. …the machine with Bob cassettes. Once empty, you can leave it there and add detergents manually. https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder?tab=readm...
    comment by beirut_bootleg · 2024-03-07 · in Bob_cassette_rewinder
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    Bob_cassette_rewinder
    story by popcalc · 2024-03-06 · 109 comments
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    Renew and Refill Bob Cassettes for 98% Cost Saving
    story by justinclift · 2023-10-14 · 0 comments
  5. There's an interesting project about refilling their proprietary detergent cartridges here: https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder
    comment by chpatrick · 2023-03-06 · in Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs
  6. …ttps://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/i2c/all [2] https://learn.adafruit.com/i2c-addresses/overview [3] https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder/blob/6227... [4] https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder/blob/6227...
    comment by mananaysiempre · 2022-05-30 · in Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
  7. Oh, and there's a continuous feed mod too: https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder/blob/mast...
    comment by tyingq · 2022-05-30 · in Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
  8. …their other guide, but yea, they did that. You do have to keep track of your reservoir manually. https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder/blob/mast... > The easiest way is to melt the solder on the WP pin, and gently lift it up…
    comment by Scoundreller · 2022-05-30 · in Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
  9. Yep, exactly that is also described on the tutorial page. https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder/blob/mast... (Hmm, the images are loading in way after my browser has scrolled to the anchor, pushing it far offscreen--first time…
    comment by mgdlbp · 2022-05-30 · in Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
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    Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
    story by dreamcompiler · 2022-05-30 · 346 comments
  11. …better than the $0.67 per wash if you use their cartridges? Or how that becomes "75 times cheaper". https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder#cost-show... How does this math make any sense? With that, the total cost per wash is:…
    comment by ARothfusz · 2021-05-02 · in Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
  12. …the electrical connection. The 4 pins are actually power, ground and I2C data and clock. Edit: Here https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder/blob/mast... you can see the white and red wires coming from the USB connector labelled…
    comment by nadavami · 2021-05-02 · in Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
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    Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM
    story by dekuNukem · 2021-05-02 · 404 comments