“Cool” New Refrigerators

The lettuce is soggy, the tomatoes moldy, and the onion even more pungent than usual. Yes, that produce that set visions of salads and sauces dancing in your head has gone bad again, victims of an improperly regulated crisper drawer. Crispers are nothing new, but the ability to keep relative humidity at a higher level than in the rest of the refrigerator is a development that’s saved many an apple. Unfortunately, keeping that humidity set at the wrong level can lead to some ugly outcomes. 

At Etratech, our controls are used to enable some of the most forward-looking new features of traditional technologies, like boats  and RVs. Our specialties stretch beyond recreational and transportation applications, though: many of our controls are used in the displays of appliances, including refrigerators. And controls for the crisper are just the beginning for some of the refrigerators on the market today.

A far cry from the one-door models you may have once seen, the latest refrigerators can have up to four doors, and a multitude of compartments, each with varying temperature and humidity capabilities. This article talks about a fridge with an outer drawer with a wide range of temperature settings – want easy access to your Diet Cokes? Keep it around 40 degrees. Need to store some extra chicken that was on sale? Go below freezing, into the 20s. That’s an exciting development, but it’s got nothing on the wifi-enabled refrigerators that Samsung and LG have out now. Of course, all of these features need exacting controls, chips, and displays to make them operate, and that’s where Etratech comes in. We can’t make you eat your veggies, but we can make sure they stick around in the fridge for as long as possible.

It’s Boat Show Season

Break out the sunscreen and dust off your lifejacket, it’s boat show season!  Nothing makes this more apparent than the jam-packed event calendar on the boatshows.com website. The month of February is filled with shows all across the US, Canada and Europe. Heck, there’s even a boat show in the middle of Iowa, so it’s clear that people really love their recreational watercrafts. These shows offer everything from $300 kayaks to yachts that can cost more than $1 million. However, their real purpose is to display and promote the latest in boating technology.  Today’s demanding and educated consumers are surrounded by technology 24-7, from smartphones, to internet enabled TV’s, to cars that have more computing power than the space shuttle. Therefore, it is only natural that they expect their boats to come with advanced options and expanded functionality.

There’s no doubt that boating is one of the more challenging leisure activates out there. Water, be it in a lake, river, or ocean, is rarely forgiving. To guarantee a high level of safety and comfort, you have to make sure that you have the latest and most reliable electronic gear. The days of hopping in a rowboat with little more than a transistor radio and a fishing rod are no longer the norm.  The marine experts at Etratech understand these modern needs and demands. We design and manufacture many of the innovative electronic controls that make your boating experience safer and more enjoyable.  Etratech provides the marine sector with everything from pump controls, to transmitters and receivers to navigation and fish-finder controls components. All of our cost-effective control components are resistant to vibration and environmental conditions, which comes in handy because Mother Nature can be quite unpredictable.

So, as you stroll through the aisles of your local boat show, just remember that the experts at Etratech played a role in designing, engineering, and producing many of the high-quality switches, timers, and instrument panel controls that make this year’s models safe, more interactive, and just plain cool.
Have questions about the latest marine control components? Contact us today and we can help.