Home Appliance
Home appliances are electrical/mechanical machines which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking or cleaning. Home appliances can be classified into:
- Major appliances, or White goods
- Small appliances, or Brown goods
- Consumer electronics, or Shiny goods
This division is also noticeable in the service area of these kinds of products. Brown goods usually require high technical knowledge and skills (which get more complex with time, such as going from a soldering iron to a hot-air soldering station), while white goods need more practical skills and "brute force" to manipulate the devices and heavy tools required to repair them.
Read more about Home Appliance: Major Appliances, Small Appliances, Networking of Home Appliances
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