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kid sinister posted:Posted 2 pages ago Cool but this post turned it into 3 pages ago so you're wrong
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Jul 25, 2023 04:18
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Powered Descent posted:I have a ceiling fan on which I've put in LED bulbs for three of the four sockets on the light fixture. Why not the fourth? Because if it's all-LED, then when the light is off, one of the bulbs will still faintly glow. Having one incandescent somewhere in the fixture will prevent this. Needless to say, it isn't on a good old fashioned analog switch, but some fancy-rear end electronic thing in the wallplate. I don't know if it's X10 or something else, but I guess whatever tiny control voltage is there at all times is enough to barely light an LED. I hate LEDs on fans since a lot of the light is wasted. For a time I experimented with linear globes which did the job, but they were invariable cheap chinese crap that failed. I installed downlights in the bedrooms and had the light part of the ceiling fans disconnected.
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Jul 25, 2023 11:52
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~Coxy posted:I hate LEDs on fans since a lot of the light is wasted. Do you mean wasted like projected generally not where you want it?
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Jul 25, 2023 13:27
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I really liked the ceiling fans at my old rental. If you flipped the switch off and on, the light would come on regardless if you turned it off by pulling the cord. So, if I left the fan on with the light off during the day, night came and it was too dark to see anything, just flip flip, light is on! No wandering around looking for a dangling cord in the dark.
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Jul 25, 2023 13:56
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Edit: Misread!
The Dave fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Jul 25, 2023 |
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Jul 25, 2023 14:51
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Never seen another one do that! At my current place, switch puts power to the fixture, but the fan and lights are in the state they were when I flipped the switch off. My mom's, the switch only controls the light, the fan is only controlled by the cable. That may have been my dad loving around with the wiring, though. Uthor fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jul 25, 2023 |
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Jul 25, 2023 14:52
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Oh I read that wrong, my bad.
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Jul 25, 2023 14:57
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Edit: Reply is not an edit, apparently.
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Jul 25, 2023 14:57
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Jul 25, 2023 23:07
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Future archeologists are going to assume this is some sort of dazzle camouflage to confuse invaders, just like the thing about castle stairs being uneven
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Jul 26, 2023 02:09
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the yeti posted:Do you mean wasted like projected generally not where you want it? Yeah, typical LED bulb has the diodes pointing "down" but when you put that in a fan luminaire it's now "sideways". I have seen fans that have a "bulb" that is a single large circular circuit board so all the diodes point "down" but they look like they will be impossible to find a replacement for and hideously expensive even if you can.
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Jul 26, 2023 09:55
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I've never really had any issue with name brand LED bulbs throwing light directionally, unless they are supposed to like in a flood lamp or spotlight. The built in diffusers seem to work very well. In the room I'm in I have a fan with a four bulb fixture loaded with this style of GE LED bulb from Lowe's and the brightest spot is directly under the fan.
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Jul 26, 2023 10:30
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Yikes.
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Jul 26, 2023 16:47
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Freaquency posted:Future archeologists are going to assume this is some sort of dazzle camouflage to confuse invaders, just like the thing about castle stairs being uneven Naw, these stairs were clearly used in religious ceremonies to induce a psychedelic trip.
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Jul 26, 2023 17:34
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Buttchocks posted:Naw, these stairs were clearly used in religious ceremonies to induce a psychedelic trip. Wile E. Peyote
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Jul 26, 2023 17:41
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canyoneer posted:Wile E. Peyote Now that's a username.
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Jul 26, 2023 18:21
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SCP-015 trying to make an inroad. VelociBacon posted:
 This makes me *furious*. It's like the cargo-cult version of bricklaying. They saw actual bricklaying done once and vaguely remember some details. Powerful Two-Hander posted:Dry air can take more water than moist which is what your room air will be, and if your room is cooled you're using energy to heat that air then immediately throwing it out . LOL, y'all have your dryers in your house. I wish ours was in the house, in a dedicated laundry room, instead of taking up space, along with the washer, a sorter and half the laundry, and a drying rack my wife insists can't *possibly* be outside in the back yard, in my drat garage... 3D Megadoodoo posted:LED "bulbs" are manufactured by capitalists. That's the long and short of it. Only the very shittest ones are sold at retail. Can't be worse than incandescent (which were supposedly made to last less longer than they could by collusiion among manufacturers back in the day) but go look up "Dubai bulbs" and be infuriated. Fake edit: never mind, I did it for you: https://hackaday.com/2021/01/17/leds-from-dubai-the-royal-lights-you-cant-buy/ Cat Hatter posted:I went all in on LEDs about a decade ago and I've had to replace maybe one bulb and I have one builder grade fixture that gets left on constantly that's just starting to flicker occasionally. I had one of the original rubber-coated glass Cree bulbs running literally constantly on my front porch for about a decade. It's still fine. I only replaced it to put a smart bulb out there so it would turn on and off on a schedule, and I could change colors for seasonal stuff. The reason the bulb was on constantly was that the day/night sensor built into the fixture died and I couldn't be arsed to fix it. It must be said, however, the Cree is noticeably dimmer that, say the Feit or Utilitech "60W" bulbs I have elsewhere. I don't remember what equivalent brightness it was supposed to be, so I don't know if it has dimmed over time, or was always a "40W" or whatever. I don't think I've replaced any other LEDs, either. I don't think I have any incandescents left, and only a few fluorescents.
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Jul 26, 2023 20:11
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7Bs98KmnY
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Jul 26, 2023 20:14
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The Phoebus lightbulb cartel did a good thing for a bad reason. The world would be poorer and more polluted if everyone bought long-lasting incandescent bulbs that produced less lumens per watt, as an inescapable tradeoff of the physics by which they glow.
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Jul 26, 2023 20:23
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Those are actually good points. Same reason I replaced my 30-yrear-old fridge when it really just probably needed re-gassing, rather than find someone who could do it. Anything I bought new would be vastly more efficient, using a friendly(er) gas plus the wife wanted a fancy bottom freezer Dutch door, and if mama ain't happy...
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Jul 26, 2023 20:45
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Darchangel posted:This makes me *furious*. It's like the cargo-cult version of bricklaying. They saw actual bricklaying done once and vaguely remember some details. Is it normal for the brick to be 98% air like the ones we see in this video? Every brick I have seen in real life has contained a lot more brick.
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Jul 26, 2023 21:49
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Those are hollow clay bricks; they're a real thing that has legitimate uses. I think that because of the design they have much better insulation than regular bricks, and the channels also make them significantly lighter. They're usually used for interior or partition walls, or for external walls in certain situations. They're not supposed to be used in foundations and I think can only be used in load-bearing walls for relatively small structures. Also in none of those legitimate uses should they be treated or stacked like that.
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Jul 26, 2023 22:16
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Darchangel posted:This makes me *furious*. It's like the cargo-cult version of bricklaying. They saw actual bricklaying done once and vaguely remember some details. I like the hardhat that's been stitched back together. That's a level 2 hardhat now, right?
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Jul 26, 2023 22:23
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EssOEss posted:Is it normal for the brick to be 98% air like the ones we see in this video? Every brick I have seen in real life has contained a lot more brick. It's so the manufacturer can pull a Capitalism and announce a new model the next year that has smaller air channels thus 7% more brick per brick.
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Jul 26, 2023 22:42
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Jaguars! posted:I like the hardhat that's been stitched back together. That's a level 2 hardhat now, right? "Kintsugi Hardhat" will be my next band's name.
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Jul 26, 2023 23:13
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Arrath posted:It's so the manufacturer can pull a Capitalism and announce a new model the next year that has smaller air channels thus 7% more brick per brick. Cave Johnson here. Introducing the consumer version of our most popular military product.
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Jul 26, 2023 23:24
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Darchangel posted:
If it makes you feel any better it's actually in a garage that's attached to the house which is where re heating system is as well. One day I'll convert it into a proper utility area if I can work out a way of doing it that gives space for both work surfaces and a sink. Having a drier in a completely detached garage is also inefficient btw.
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Jul 27, 2023 00:14
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Ashcans posted:Those are hollow clay bricks; they're a real thing that has legitimate uses. I think that because of the design they have much better insulation than regular bricks, and the channels also make them significantly lighter. They're usually used for interior or partition walls, or for external walls in certain situations. They're not supposed to be used in foundations and I think can only be used in load-bearing walls for relatively small structures. Also in none of those legitimate uses should they be treated or stacked like that. I also gave this a bit of research as I've seen them used in southern europe a lot and asia. I would guess that clay is a lot more available around the world than concrete as well, and these are just more complex bricks essentially. Lighter and bigger, requires less labor and transport cost for the amount of wall area.
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Jul 27, 2023 20:11
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Yeah, they're sort of a cross between a brick and a cinderblock. I've seen a very few outbuildings using them here in Texas, none recently, and none new even when I saw them years and years ago. The last I recall was a wellhouse on my great-grandparent's property, I think. Or something like that. Nowadays you would just use cinderblock if not wood framing. Cost, maybe?
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Jul 27, 2023 20:54
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https://i.imgur.com/Q78OxAV.mp4
StormDrain fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jul 28, 2023 |
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Jul 28, 2023 17:08
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Can't timg an mp4 mate
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Jul 28, 2023 17:55
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Flipperwaldt posted:Can't timg an mp4 mate One of the most annoying things about this website. It worked fine on the app probably because the app corrects for this. How did you do it again? Quoting doesn't give me the source code.
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Jul 28, 2023 18:20
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StormDrain posted:One of the most annoying things about this website. It worked fine on the app probably because the app corrects for this. How did you do it again? Quoting doesn't give me the source code.
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Jul 28, 2023 18:51
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Flipperwaldt posted:Url tags are what's appropriate for this. Which is a bit odd all things considered. Amazing. Great website. What's fun is I actually did also try that and IMG tags and it came up twice so I deleted the URL tag figuring it was the app making it work and not the way it was supposed to be. The right motive and method on the wrong subject.
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Jul 28, 2023 19:13
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Well it's working now and all I can really say is AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Jul 28, 2023 19:42
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"Heh, that panel comes out, that is crappy construction. Hey wait, what's that behind OHHHH NOOOO"
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Jul 28, 2023 20:41
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Just slap a “GFCI PROTECTED” sticker on the door of the panel, good to go.
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Jul 29, 2023 07:16
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My coworker had a phone charger that was so big (40,000 mAh) the airport staff wouldn't let him take it on the plane. They held it at the airport until he returned from vacation. Next time he used the label maker to print a ｃａｐａｃｉｔｙ ２０，０００ ｍＡｈ sticker, he put it over the original labeling, and the airport let it through.
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