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deoju posted:I seriously wonder what that clock room smells like. There's gotta be a big rear end motor to generate all that torque 24/7, and those gears and shafts must need grease. The hands only have to move one sixtieth of an RPM, they’re not that heavy, and their weight can be counterbalanced. The Great Clock at the Houses of Parliament (“Big Ben”) is still wound by hand. It takes one person twenty minutes thrice a week with a hand crank. It could be run with less than one watt of continuous power.
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Platystemon posted:The hands only have to move one sixtieth of an RPM, they’re not that heavy, and their weight can be counterbalanced. Toil and suffering are the lifeblood of empires, living and dead.
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An electric winder was used for a while, but someone still had to climb three hundred stairs and operate it. It stopped the clock and broke some parts and was more trouble than it was worth, so it’s been dispensed with. Striking the bells takes far more energy than swinging the pendulum and moving the hands. That part does use an electric winder, but once again it’s manually operated. It doesn’t automatically kick in when the weight runs low.
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Platystemon posted:An electric winder was used for a while, but someone still had to climb three hundred stairs and operate it. It stopped the clock and broke some parts and was more trouble than it was worth, so it’s been dispensed with. well it was about time
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Quick Followup: According to the internet, those are 2x 300W halogen floodlights. So there's 600W sitting on an old dimmer. Pointed at the wall. And the thing I thought was a ballast in the basement? An old 120V > 12V power converter, probably for a shop light. In some ways not as crazy as I feared.
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I despise ceiling spots. I wear glasses, and those tiny, super bright lights always reflect off my rims and annoy the hell out of me. Some even cause spots if they reflect brightly enough. Give me a nice, large diffuse light source, like a fake skylight:  (for the tiny sum of just $40,000)
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revwinnebago posted:Quick Followup: At 600W your dimmer is not likely "overheating badly". You probably have just never felt a dimmer with any real load on it. Pull the plate and make sure it's a 600 or 1000 watt dimmer. If it is, that's just how a loaded dimmer feels.
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Motronic posted:At 600W your dimmer is not likely "overheating badly". You probably have just never felt a dimmer with any real load on it. To be really sure, give it the lick test. for the love of god don't actually do that
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I despise ceiling spots. Saw this video a few months ago on converting busted old TVs and PC monitors into something sort of like that-- although, probably not as nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JrqH2oOTK4
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I despise ceiling spots. I got excited in that moment between seeing the idea and seeing the price tag
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On the subject of large diffused light sources, i need a few ceiling lights for my apartment but Home Depot is failing me. I’m looking for one larger light and two or three smaller ones, ideally matching styles. Simpler is better, I’d be happy with just a big soft round light so it’s as diffused as possible. This one would be good at 2’ across: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XSDY5P6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_A4Z3DbNK0PQ0P Are LEDs a good idea in a light like that? I’ve never had anything like it and I’m afraid I’d just lose the remote. I don’t really shop for ceiling lights much so I’m kind of at a loss. Anyone have any suggestions for something like that? I’m open to buying online or buying in nyc.
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These huge disc lights are hella standard here in Japan. The LEDs are bright and good and the remote means you can dim and/or adjust brightness. We keep all our remotes for lights and the ac in one drawer in our dining room.
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Bongo Bill posted:why is that Exit sign not above the exit It's not a sign. It's a case containing a revolver and one bullet.
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Snowy posted:On the subject of large diffused light sources, i need a few ceiling lights for my apartment but Home Depot is failing me. Shockingly Ikea has a decent selection of flat panel LED ceiling lights. I have this in my office and it works great.
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For some reason I want to watch chitty chitty bang bang again...
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Thread's getting slow so it's time to go back to one of my favorite subjects - Otherwise normal houses that look like a drag queen's closet on the inside. Normal house...  Purple Rain     
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there wolf posted:Thread's getting slow so it's time to go back to one of my favorite subjects - Otherwise normal houses that look like a drag queen's closet on the inside. ngl I kinda love this I wouldn't want to actually live there but I would rent it for a night or two this house is committed to its color choice
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I wonder if your color perception is off after you leave that house after staying a while.
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SpartanIvy posted:I wonder if your color perception is off after you leave that house after staying a while. The occupants got desensitized to purple and so they had to keep adding more purple Quite the feedback loop
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Aside from the carpeted bathtub and kitchen, with additional invisible tripping rugs, that's a cool Saints Row crib.
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there wolf posted:Thread's getting slow so it's time to go back to one of my favorite subjects - Otherwise normal houses that look like a drag queen's closet on the inside. SAINTS ROW BITCHES
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SpartanIvy posted:I wonder if your color perception is off after you leave that house after staying a while. There's a hotel in Roxbury, NY with themed rooms. We stayed there once on a weekend getaway, and landed in the "Wizard's Emeralds" room, an Emerald City-themed suite where pretty much everything is green but a yellow brick road going down the middle of it. That definitely messed with my color perception after a fairly short amount of time, and going outside took a few seconds to recalibrate to seeing non-green colors. https://theroxburyexperience.com/room/the-wizards-emeralds/ - there's quite a few rooms on there that should probably be posted in here. 
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there wolf posted:Normal house... Its landscaping is bad.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Some fugly kitchens from Imgur: After the fire During the fire Gingerbread house Just the saddest kitchen.
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Oh noooo they put the laundry in the kitchen
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there wolf posted:Thread's getting slow so it's time to go back to one of my favorite subjects - Otherwise normal houses that look like a drag queen's closet on the inside. NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT POWER CLOCKS TICKING NOW JUST COUNT THE HOURS
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With this advanced dazzle camouflage, those German dreadnaughts will have a harder time sighting us in!
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Elder Postsman posted:Oh noooo they put the laundry in the kitchen That and a couple of the others is a Russian/Soviet era apartment flat none of which ever have room enough for laundry appliances or large tank water heaters or the like. When I lived in Ukraine in 04-06 a washing machine was still very much a luxury item. They always had amazing furniture that converted into really lovely beds, though. It was amazing. Lots of families slept in their living rooms but all their couches and arm chairs unfolded into beds.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Some fugly kitchens from Imgur: BlackIronHeart posted:With this advanced dazzle camouflage, those German dreadnaughts will have a harder time sighting us in! I don't think I've ever been more disoriented by a photo in my life. I always wondered how dazzle camouflage worked. Now I know.
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MetaJew posted:I don't think I've ever been more disoriented by a photo in my life. Someone post the semi-Euclidean bathroom TIA.
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That purple house looked a lot less intrusive last night when Flux was in full flow.
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I know it's been said before but that purple house gives off a powerful Saints Row vibe
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Jerry Cotton posted:Someone post the semi-Euclidean bathroom TIA. You’re going to have to be more specific.
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That Works posted:Wait what
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Slugworth posted:All I know is, if I bought that house, I would never, ever, ever change that. If I remodeled the entire house, like tear down to studs, that alone would remain. I would put googly eye stickers on it though.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Just the saddest kitchen. Beyond sad, that quarter-wall to the right of the stove is also pointless. I get the one behind, you need a place to put the gas and electrical lines. But that one on the right serces no purpose but to get in the way or larger pots/pot handles, and collect grease.
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