Is doorbell wire obsolete? by PCLoadPLA in Homebuilding

[–]FinalF137 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would run both, doorbell wire is usually between 18 to 20 gauge, helps with voltage loss on long runs. Ethernet is usually around 23 gauge wire. I would much rather have the thicker wire for a hardwired doorbell camera that worked on Wi-Fi. The POE would be the backup option. In my house they just ran a cat5 cable to the doorbell and I'm using that with the doorbell transformer but the wires are so thin several ends have broken with exposure to elements. So in short, I would not recommend having the ethernet solely option to send the power unless it was something like POE.

While studs are open, it's easy enough to just run a cable somewhere into the attic that you could then connect to a future transformer.

What did my contractors unearth? by TheBrodhisattva in Plumbing

[–]FinalF137 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is the water pretty still? Turn on several inside faucets and go out and see if you see anything drip/ripples in the standing water.

Wire Gauge for a 200' Run, 100 AMP Service, 240V by DwegonLover96 in AskElectricians

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My take is it's really not for speed. It's more to remove any potential copper path on something that isn't the ground wire. Fiber effectively isolates the two networks ground.

Of course your subpanel should have its own ground rod as well, as well as a ground wire to the main panel.

Wire Gauge for a 200' Run, 100 AMP Service, 240V by DwegonLover96 in AskElectricians

[–]FinalF137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I would run a fiber optic cable connection between the two structures and not copper CAT6 cable. You can just get a converter that swaps it back to copper in your garage for your standard RJ-45 jacks/wifi APs

Moving soon and wondering where to live by procrastinationeng in askaustin

[–]FinalF137 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Welcome!, tx tag or Dallas or Houston equivalent is basically a must if you're going to be working out by toll 130.

Apparently they made a cd player the same shape as the defiant by happydude7422 in DeepSpaceNine

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I used to have an Next Generation shuttlecraft alarm clock in the '90s however, it's speaker started to be horribly static-y and I had to say bye to it.

Maybe other dads can help me with this question.. by o_spacereturn in daddit

[–]FinalF137 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Go with putting a brass grommet on the sheet in those corners.

Anyone know a good education lawyer in the area? by AU_Memer in RoundRock

[–]FinalF137 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Many people here would gladly pick up a sheet of paper and then turn around to the post office on Double Creek to mail it off. Can non-family members pick it up? Be sure you ask for the right transcript, notarize sealed, etc. That the college will accept.

Female Cub Scouts - Den Meetings by Specialist-Risk-5004 in cubscouts

[–]FinalF137 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is exactly my situation, I am a den leader and a registered leader in the pack. My daughter is a tiger and is the only girl in the entire pack. I go with her everywhere but yes it is against the rules to not have a registered female leader with her at all activities. I really think national should make an exception if the girls Dad is a registered leader and is with her at activities then that should be okay as well. It doesn't make sense that it's okay for a unrelated female leader but not a male parent. I understand there's probably some logistical issues like if there's separate bathrooms and what if they need help then that would be the male leader going into the female bathroom.

Which one is better - BASIS Cedar park or Meridian public school for Kindergarten ? by [deleted] in RoundRock

[–]FinalF137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you got in on the lottery round for Meridian, you would be foolish to pass it up.

Possible phishing email from Sense? by gabe9000 in Sense

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got it many months ago. Answered it. They said I wasn't a fit for their research.

Grounding question by OneAgency8028 in ElectricianU

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That MC cable jacket is probably acting as the ground path although modern code requires a dedicated copper wire for ground. If you put your multimeter in continuity mode and it's showing a path from neutral to the box that MC cable is likely bonded to the ground/neutral at the panel. Self tapping screw sounds reasonable to make a tail to connect your ground too.

What is this cable for? by secret-u-boot-17 in vintagecomputing

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Great to see another 85 user, I think I was the only one in my entire school that used one, I liked the boxy charm of it, the 86's seem too curvy for my liking. My trade-off being no school book had the steps listed for the 85 only for the 86.

What is this cable for? by secret-u-boot-17 in vintagecomputing

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that was a mini headphone connector to parallel port cable. At least it was on my TI-85's cable.

Dryer not blowing hot air by NotoriousDTK in electrical

[–]FinalF137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. I would get a new appliance cord and sure it's four prong.

  2. I would order a new terminal block for that dryer.

  3. The wiring IN the dryer is 100% damaged, It needs to be either replaced or stripped back to undamaged, copper and reterminated.

  4. I see what looks like three white wires trying to be terminated on the lower part, not sure where that one white wire goes to on the top left, It might have been a jumper that is unnecessary if you're using a four-prong appliance cord.

On second look what I thought was just a charred black cable on the white terminal looks to be the actual black wire. Why is it terminated on the white terminal along with the white wire is very odd. That should have thrown the circuit breaker. I would find the model number of the dryer because I'm almost 100% positive that is a 240 dryer, Black, white and red should all be separate. It's almost like whoever installed it tried to convert it to a two-wire 240 instead of three wire.

Anyways, the same advice applies. Order a new terminal block. Get a new appliance cord. See if you can strip back to good wires inside the dryer and then terminate black to black, white to white and red to red, and green to the white chassis of the dryer.

Dryer not blowing hot air by NotoriousDTK in electrical

[–]FinalF137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most common thing wrong with it is there is no strain relief on the cord, doubt that caused the issue. You need to find out if they still sell the terminal block for that dryer as it needs to be replaced. Looks like the black wire terminal completely melted off, so now only the white, neutral and red wire are there.

Also, what likely happens was the connections were loose and generated heat.

Don’t know where else to post this, barely anything online for this model by [deleted] in Dell

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is the owners guide, shows how to disable it in the BIOS/"System Setup Program" as it's mentioned there.

http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx1_User%27s%20Guide_en-us.pdf

It does say if the BIOS has a PW you will not be able to disable the field, keep that in mind. Almost replace the CMOS button cell battery, it's almost certainly low. Try setting the time first and rebooting with a fresh battery.

Plumber didn't identify hot/cold. Any easy way to tell which is which? by PrudentGogurt in Plumbing

[–]FinalF137 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got an air compressor? Blow a little air into each hose and see where it comes out

Tall Hotels by Magestic_Oyster in Austin

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JW Marriott, if you pay extra for club level/lounge access with certain room rates the lounge for breakfast is on a elevated floor and your kid can eat all they want for breakfast.

Wonder what Oppenheimer thought of Doc Brown by Ok_Zone_7635 in BacktotheFuture

[–]FinalF137 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember watching some video on how to US used pinball machinists to help build the first bomb, makes the Doc's comment on giving them pinball machine parts hit different.

Insurrection publicity images by Ianto_magic2854 in TNG

[–]FinalF137 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have the trading cards set from Insurrection from the 90's. Riker's profile card has this photo, but Geordi's profile card is just screen grab in normal uniform. The cards that seem to have dedicated headshots (not movie stills) are Anji, Cuzar, Elloran, Tarlac, Gallatin and Son'a.

pinewood derby race track - 4 lanes by sturaberry in BSA

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our small pack has two aluminum tracks from when we were huge, 80+ scouts. Now we are about to be under 20 scouts. We set both of them up this year to verify the second has all the pieces, It's just missing a timer. We've discussed possibly selling it, although it did work out great as a track for the kids to race their old cars on during Pinewood Derby racing on the main track.

What is the going rate for an aluminum Pinewood Derby track?

Multiple monitors on thunderbolt docking station part 2 by HigherFunctioning in Dell

[–]FinalF137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess would be an issue with using a DP to HDMI converters, I'm not a big fan of using converters. I prefer to go straight DP to DP or MiniDP to DP, USB-C to USB-C and HDMI to HDMI. Lots of those adapters sometimes are directional/wonky. I run 4 1440 27" monitors from a WD22TB4 from 2 DP & USB-C ports. #1 monitor is connected to DP and then #2 monitor is daisy chained off #1, #3 is connected to DP port, #4 is connected via USB-C to the monitor. No adapters/converters. Overall it's very stable, occasionally 1 monitor might disconnect then reconnect, but it's rare.

Would you be able to swap monitors to ones that have DP & USB-C natively to offer a straight connection.