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Of all the technical, complex stuff I do, replacing three-way light switches never fails to screw me over. gently caress three-way light switches.
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Jan 10, 2017 17:12
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Seminal Flu posted:Of all the technical, complex stuff I do, replacing three-way light switches never fails to screw me over. I think this is why the PO of my house just painted the three-way light switches instead of buy white ones when he went to redecorate.
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Jan 10, 2017 18:34
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3 way and 4 way light switches are dumb simple. Use a multimeter to figure out which is the common terminal, or if it's broken completely, open it up and figure it out. 3ways are literally just an SPDT toggle, 4ways are a DPDT prewired to either run the two wires straight through, or cross them over internally. Tomarse - I have no idea how to ship things internationally or pay duties but if you can get me a list of poo poo you want for your assortment, I can buy grade 8 fasteners by the pound at TSC and mail them to you. 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, and 1" UNC are all in stock in many lengths, if you need UNF or 7/16 you might be toast. Also, try ordering from boltdepot.com if it will let you, they are awesome and stock drat near everything you could ever want and the prices are great, especially if you don't mind stocking up just a little. They're my go-to for metric stateside since I have the opposite problem, but they do cover UN threads pretty well too.
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I paid my student loans off recently thanks to my mum. She always felt awful that I had a massive student loan and she wasn't able to help, and one of our last conversations was about how she was at least glad that she'd be able to take care of that when she passed and she was glad that I wouldn't be paying $3000/month for 2 years to pay them off on my own It's bittersweet 
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kastein posted:3 way and 4 way light switches are dumb simple. Use a multimeter to figure out which is the common terminal, or if it's broken completely, open it up and figure it out. 3ways are literally just an SPDT toggle, 4ways are a DPDT prewired to either run the two wires straight through, or cross them over internally. If I wanted to go all the way into the garage to grabe the meter, that would have been fine, but I was just switching out a standard Leviton switch for a Decora Leviton switch. I just swapped wire-for-wire and it was all hosed up. Bottom line was that the two switches were wired differently and one of the common's placement on the Decora switch was different. Just never fails, though... 3 way switches always end up taking more time than they should.  funny Star Wars parody posted:I paid my student loans off recently thanks to my mum. She always felt awful that I had a massive student loan and she wasn't able to help, and one of our last conversations was about how she was at least glad that she'd be able to take care of that when she passed and she was glad that I wouldn't be paying $3000/month for 2 years to pay them off on my own Congratulations, TT. That's a big investment in your future, so thanks to your mom. In less emotional news, my wife and I paid off her loans from law school in November. It's more satisfying than I thought to take enough money to buy a new Mercedes and metaphorically light it on fire. 
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Never takes me that long? Hell, usually one of the three hot screws is colored differently or has a marking cast into the plastic housing indicating it's the special one. Easy! The thing that annoys me most about those sorts of things is the drat screws into the outlet box are always a little stiff going in and I freak out wondering if I cross threaded or chowdered the threads, and also back-stabbed wiring is the loving worst and never should have been allowed by NEC, the only thing it did was make slapping together mcmansions cheaper and faster during the last real estate bubble. Hopefully some of them burn down because of that.
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funny Star Wars parody posted:I paid my student loans off recently thanks to my mum. She always felt awful that I had a massive student loan and she wasn't able to help, and one of our last conversations was about how she was at least glad that she'd be able to take care of that when she passed and she was glad that I wouldn't be paying $3000/month for 2 years to pay them off on my own Genuinely good thing by your mum and good for you on being responsible. That is a huge kick start on making the life of your family into a prosperous one. That is truly a great way to honor your mum.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Genuinely good thing by your mum and good for you on being responsible. That is a huge kick start on making the life of your family into a prosperous one. That is truly a great way to honor your mum. yeah it's loving insane how huge of a kickstart this is for us. suddenly we can pay double payments on our mortgage and have a fully funded emergency fund. we've never been able to spend money without thinking "hmm it's this or some groceries which is more important" so it's going to be a whole new world for us it's such a huge blessing i can't even begin to describe it
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Jan 10, 2017 20:11
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Student Loans are the devil. The wife has 100k that she will never pay off because social worker but they hang over like a dark cloud. We have to file taxes separately since if we did it together they would expect her to pay thousands per month which really means I would be paying them since they would base the payment on our joint income and I make around 4 times as much as she does. Sorry to hear about your mother but it is good she was at peace before she moved on.
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Enourmo posted:whyyyyyyyyyyyy do 7:30 classes exist? yeuuup. I've learned that anything before 9am is a stretch. Class doesnt start for me for another 2 weeks FFFFuuuuuck student loans. I'm not there yet, but pretty sure I will be someday..  when the garage is flooded and parts are in the mail, build trucks.
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Tomarse posted:Cheers guys. My issue is that I don't know what size i need as i'm working blind on a few blind holes at the back of the heads. We have the opposite problem here in the US, despite all of the cars and everything from China being metric. Never mind that the hardware at the local home centers are slightly harder than cheese, anyway. edit: I've got about $9K left on my student loan, but my wife went back a couple of years ago, about to finish, and I'm in denial about what she owes. I really, really hope she gets a better job because of it. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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Jan 10, 2017 20:48
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kastein posted:3 way and 4 way light switches are dumb simple. Use a multimeter to figure out which is the common terminal, or if it's broken completely, open it up and figure it out. 3ways are literally just an SPDT toggle, 4ways are a DPDT prewired to either run the two wires straight through, or cross them over internally. There really needs to be a "home lighting for EEs" book and you need to write it because holy poo poo I used to be scared of them but hearing this and then looking at the below diagram has taken all the mystery out of them:  Like seriously why isn't all home wiring shown like this it's so loving easy to understand now.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:On Thursday night my older cat Smokie passed away. She was only 9, and my heart is broken  It's tough. You're always going to see her out of the corner of your eye too. Darchangel posted:WalMart: driving the race to the bottom. I actually had a run-in with a factory technical sales rep just today on $75,000 worth of  US-MADE heavy 6" pitch industrial chain. After the end user received it here locally, I was looking at it with them and saw a tag that said "MADE IN CHINA BY (US COMPANY) TO (US COMPANY) SPECIFICATIONS." Keep in mind this company has absolutely PRIDED itself on being MADE IN THE USA, #1, RAH-RAH MAKE SURE YOU DON'T BUY ANY lovely JAPANESE OR CHINESE PRODUCT!!!!So when I called him on it he said "Yeah, I know, but it's THE EXACT SAME AS OUR STUFF HERE SO DON'T WORRY" so when I asked if I can expect a refund of around 30% because it sure as hell cost them a poo poo-ton less to make and my client and I pay a premium for their product, he had an uncomfortable chuckle. I told him congratulations on basically losing the only reason many people still like dealing with them (being made in the USA) and you made your life a whole lot more difficult going forward because you're now glomped in with everyone else and it's going to be a straight pricing game. We had another run in with a very well known large North American Aluminum manufacturer a couple years ago where they literally locked key contract suppliers in a room at their head office and said "You are not leaving until you can lower our prices by 20%." Keep in mind these contracts are fixed margins, typically anywhere from single digits to low teens if you are lucky and they usually don't pay their bills worth a poo poo. Our guys thought about it for 5 minutes, said "No." there was no possible way we can do a reduction like that across the board. Maybe there was other ways to save money a little outside the box...? The company refused and said they needed an outright price reduction, so we said we couldn't. The aluminum company then said our relationship would end. As much as I dislike the agreements some of these corporate account fucks get us into, I'll give them a pat on the back for saying no and waking out on those dinks. The ironic thing, even though we almost immediately lost the corporate contract the local factory still insist on doing business with us (and I understand it is similar elsewhere) but since we are now out of the contract we can actually profit with them 
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kastein posted:The thing that annoys me most about those sorts of things is the drat screws into the outlet box are always a little stiff going in and I freak out wondering if I cross threaded or chowdered the threads,
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Adiabatic posted:There really needs to be a "home lighting for EEs" book and you need to write it because holy poo poo I used to be scared of them but hearing this and then looking at the below diagram has taken all the mystery out of them: There are plenty of excellent textbooks out there that cover this poo poo actually - hell, the one I read when I was 8 and used to help my dad wire the garage* in the mid 90s covered stuff exactly like that. I'll see if I can figure out which one I read. e: a 4-way goes between the two 3-ways and is a DPDT switch wired to either pass the red/black "traveler" wires straight through, or swap them. Now you know why you can toggle any of the switches and the light changes state!  national electric code has required neutral wires in every switch box since several years ago (unsure how many, anywhere from 09 to 14 depending on your muni I think?) so you need /3-WG romex to do all lighting switch circuits these days. A lot of electricians are bent out of shape over this due to the extra cost, I didn't really give a poo poo and just complied with the code. angryrobots posted:I never use the device screws to pull the device into the box. Push it in by hand and then thread the screws down to the device. Same, but those stupid tiny 6-32 threads always just feel wrong when I'm threading them in regardless. Maybe it's the brand of junction boxes I'm buying. kastein fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Jan 10, 2017 |
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I somehow fixed my transmission issues by removing my battery for 15-20 minutes to confirm I had everything connected properly and no wires had been attacked by the rat in my garage. Next car I buy has a stick, gently caress trying to diagnose issues with autos.
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Quick winter driving tip: when you've been plowed in it's easier to shovel yourself a path first than it is to dig out a high centered car.
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It's even easier to just back up a touch and floor it. Don't let off until you're out or it's on fire, either way, snow's gone.
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Root canal part 1 is done. My face is all numb. The last time I was in this situation, my boss said I was "talking stroke-y".
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funny Star Wars parody posted:yeah it's loving insane how huge of a kickstart this is for us. suddenly we can pay double payments on our mortgage and have a fully funded emergency fund. we've never been able to spend money without thinking "hmm it's this or some groceries which is more important" so it's going to be a whole new world for us double payments might be going a bit overboard, you might just be better off saving most of that money or starting to contribute more of your pretax wages to a 401k, especially if your employer offers matching contributions and you aren't already taking them.
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Hahaha! Turns out the kid who got shot PULLED A GUN AND AIMED IT AT THE OTHER CAR FIRST. It was an airsoft pistol but it doesn't matter. The other diver was defending himself.
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Rhyno posted:Hahaha! Turns out the kid who got shot PULLED A GUN AND AIMED IT AT THE OTHER CAR FIRST. Holy poo poo, how did he think that was a good idea in a gun crazy place like America?
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Rhyno posted:Hahaha! Turns out the kid who got shot PULLED A GUN AND AIMED IT AT THE OTHER CAR FIRST. Wow that kid is a real shining beacon of intellect. So now I guess the cops are gonna throw the book at him as well?
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Rhyno posted:Hahaha! Turns out the kid who got shot PULLED A GUN AND AIMED IT AT THE OTHER CAR FIRST. Wow that's a special kind of retarded. How are his parents taking it?
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kastein posted:Wow that's a special kind of retarded. How are his parents taking it? Regretting the mother drinking during pregnancy, I guess.
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His father is a cop! His is gonna be a hilarious ride. He absolutely didn't tell his parents that he aimed a gun at the other car but when witnesses started showing up he admitted he had a gun. He still claims he didn't point it at the other car but like every witness that has come forward says he did.
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God Bless America
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CharlesM posted:God Bless America Land that I love
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funny Star Wars parody posted:yeah it's loving insane how huge of a kickstart this is for us. suddenly we can pay double payments on our mortgage and have a fully funded emergency fund. we've never been able to spend money without thinking "hmm it's this or some groceries which is more important" so it's going to be a whole new world for us That is pretty awesome, but in a bittersweet sort of way. I'm about to get 65k more in debt thanks to student loans. The first time I went to school I should have just completed my poo poo then since It was affordable, but noooo I had to take 15 years off instead of just paying my way through initially with a 40 hour a week job, and a masters that would have been close to 8k over 2 years. I now get to take out a 65k loan for just an 18 month program for a masters. The ROI should be worth it though, hopefully..  
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:So now I guess the cops are gonna throw the book at him as well? Law enforcement in the US takes care of their own. Not likely.
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Sounds like he's the kind of problem that gets itself solved one way or the other.
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Oh my god. Without going into political chat too far, Trump just asked Robert Kennedy Jr to chair a task force into "Vaccination Safety" An anti-vaccer talking about "debating the science" under a presidential mandate should horrify everybody, not just Americans. http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/trump-asks-skeptic-to-probe-vaccine-safety-alarming-doctors-1.3235732
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Geoj posted:Law enforcement in the US takes care of their own. Not likely. is it even illegal to "brandish" an airsoft weapon? even if the kid's dad is a cop the shooter could probably walk scott-free i wonder if the kid painted over the orange tip?  slidebite posted:Oh my god. Without going into political chat too far, Trump just asked Robert Kennedy Jr to chair a task force into "Vaccination Safety" remember we shouldn't disparage trump voters or we might hurt their feelings
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slidebite posted:Oh my god. Without going into political chat too far, Trump just asked Robert Kennedy Jr to chair a task force into "Vaccination Safety" You don't need vaccines because urine is sterile.
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slidebite posted:Oh my god. Without going into political chat too far, Trump just asked Robert Kennedy Jr to chair a task force into "Vaccination Safety" Make Smallpox Great Again
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You don't need vaccines because urine is sterile. gently caress, beaten.
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We're about one step away from the Ankh Morpork logic of "well, any water that's been through that number of kidneys has got to be pretty pure".
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