<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:41 PM, saul newman via Avodah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Overriding the switch is against American law and so prohibited by dina</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">demalchuta.</span><br><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">---overriding what switch is this referring to?</span></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Presumably the switch that makes the dishwasher cut off when the door is opened. But I find this surprising: I understand such a law applying to people *selling* dishwashers, but is it really illegal to modify an appliance which is your property and you use in your own home?</div></div>