I couldn’t find anywhere that would tell me what kind of motor is usually used there. And I don’t know enough about motors to be like… well of course it’s this kind… But once I know what it is… how does it work? Like different adjustable bases move different intervals for a single push of the remote button (at least according to my wife). So that got me thinking, what controls the minimum interval of difference between two positions the motor will support? I don’t hear clicks, so I don’t think it is a ratchet type thing which would have a clear min interval. Yet, if you unplug it, it doesn’t just go flat. So there must be some sort of passive hold mechanism of some type…

  • @Modern_medicine_isntOPEnglish
    5•7 days ago

    screw motor. Thanks. I googled an image of that and it all made sense. Pretty sweet. And based on that, the motor doesn’t seem like it would have any impact on the minimum difference between height settings. It would just a question of some kind of control that converts the remote signal into a burst of on or off for the motor. So likely there are an infinite number of positions the bed could achieve because holding the the button would be nondeterministic as to how far it would move. Thanks.