Comments on: Guatemala: Where They Send All the Crap

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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:42:38 +0000

We use a UPS for most of our big stuff and power bars (which die on a regular basis thanks to the surges) for the others to help prevent that problem. They did set up a ground when they did the last round of electric, but before that, we didn’t have it properly set up.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:10:50 +0000

I bet electricity fluctuates a lot in your town. You might not even notice it, but voltage goes up and down dramatically and that kills all your electronics stuff. Did you have the electrician set up the “tierra” for you house? (I don’t know what it’s called in English, but it’s what the third prong is for in most appliances.) That should help you out. Good luck with finding a good remote.

By:

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:30 +0000

Isn’t that insane? My dad just told me that most weird name electronics are actually made by the big companies for cheaper places. If you get a universal remote, he told me you can just try all the codes and chances are high that one of them will work! Definitely going to try that!

By:

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:08:56 +0000

Thanks, Jimmy! I just left a ton of comments on your photos of the boys on your Facebook, lol. They’re too cute!

By: connie

connie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:13:00 +0000

In Cairo, power and dirt ATE our DVD players on a too regular basis. So we bought the cheapest thing we could find… it was a Coby (It was $30-40…??). A book-sized box that only plays discs. That little cheapo, what we thought would be throw-away, electronic.. it was, and is, awesome.

By: Leiani

Leiani — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:02:40 +0000

Why is it that our precious time seems to get wasted trying to sort out annoying and unnecessary problems like the one you describe. I too would feel like throwing the remote!!!

By: Sweaty Christian

Sweaty Christian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:40:01 +0000

I linked to this post btw on Sweaty Petén.

By: Sweaty Christian

Sweaty Christian — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:18:03 +0000

Great post. We have noticed the same thing that everything we buy “name brand” from the States usually has some fatal defect that explains why it’s in Guatemala. That’s why it’s best to by crap from China so that you go into it expecting it to fall apart soon…