{"id":16,"date":"2008-07-04T11:02:04","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T09:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=16"},"modified":"2019-01-02T18:38:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T16:38:24","slug":"otto-bock-standard-aluminium-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Otto Bock standard aluminium hook (10A18) jams \/ unlocks with varying temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Otto Bock aluminium &#8220;gold \/ silver&#8221; look-tuned hook (model 10A18 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/catalog-otto-bock-2017-2018_prothetik_obere-extremitaten_de.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>]) showed some malfunction in our warm (hot?) summer weather with no air condition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hot (here achieved by running water over it, but a sunny 30 deg C weather will do) will expand the metal so that the Otto Bock Standard Aluminium Hook will not close any more &#8211; unless you give it a little whack<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_95236\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5WdAtpjhuE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The blocked Otto Bock hook can be brought back to function by cooling it.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the designers worked in air conditioned laboratories and saw no need to take their puppy for a spin for HOT WEATHER GARDENING WORK.<\/p>\n<p>Well guess what I had done.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_39325\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dz2XhT9qsvo?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The implications are staggering.<\/p>\n<p>Just imagine running around with lots of coolant steam running of your blech hook&#8230;. whoo whee.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=swisswuff\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Otto Bock aluminium &#8220;gold \/ silver&#8221; look-tuned hook (model 10A18 [link]) showed some malfunction in our warm (hot?) summer weather with no air condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brands","category-otto-bock","category-hook","category-prosthetics","wpcat-16-id","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-3-id","wpcat-8-id"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 23:01:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9209,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/9209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}