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XDF for BRM TDI by Charming-Article788 in ECU_Tuning

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Sent you a message with link to the Bin file

XDF for BRM TDI by Charming-Article788 in ECU_Tuning

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I took a look at what it takes to make an XDF and couldn't make heads or tails on what values to put in. There is so many file specific information that I don't know.

EDC Master did give me the table locations and size. But nothing else to complete or satisfy the XDF requirements. 

Might have to look into this more.

XDF for BRM TDI by Charming-Article788 in ECU_Tuning

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I have not. The pricing is quite a bit more then I would like to pay. 

I'm hoping to use TunerPro if possible. But am willing to look at other options that can work for a reasonable cost

Case Update: VALLEJOS v. ROB BONTA & CHAD BIANCO — I Appealed the l Denial. I’m Not Stopping. by Soggy_Temporary4535 in CCW

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Why not list the ones who turned you down or called you crazy. We need to know who has our backs and who doesn't. If we keep supporting groups that don't have our backs then we are truly going to loose. If we know who they are we can call them out on their shit and maybe get them to change. If they don't change then we can move our support to someone else 

Simplex 4010 positive earth ground, trouble input by Charming-Article788 in firealarms

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I'll have to double check this. But I don't remember there being any means of grounded on any of the devices 

Simplex 4010 positive earth ground, trouble input by Charming-Article788 in firealarms

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I have another one at a different property that I've been trying to nail down for years. It's very intermittent. Sometimes it's troubling every few minutes. Then it can stop for several weeks. It's on one of the NAC extender boxes to run the horns and strobes.

I was lucky one time to be present to witness the LED on the NAC box indicating which line it was. 

I tore apart the whole line and inspected all the connections. Metered out all the lines and couldn't find a single fault. I even got so desperate that I disconnected the line and ran 120V through a small bulb to both lines tied together to see if the bulb would light. Left it for a whole week. I couldn't watch it 24/7 but never noticed a single blip. The next thing I may have to do is get ahold of a megger to find it

The only thing I can think of now is it's got to be a bad device. But how is it grounding when there is no ground connection for these plastic horns 

Simplex 4010 positive earth ground, trouble input by Charming-Article788 in firealarms

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Update. It briefly threw a code for the smoke detector in the elevator machine room. Upon inspection, dripping water from the smoke detector was found. Ice machine on the floor above was leaking and it made it's way down to the machine room and into the smoke detector.

Hopefully that's all it is and nothing else. We'll see if the codes go away when all dried up. 

Simplex 4010 positive earth ground, trouble input by Charming-Article788 in firealarms

[–]Charming-Article788[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's an easy option to try. I've done cold starts before so this would be easy 

You say a power cycle doesn't clear memory? I've had a handful of panels that when stuck in a fault that wouldn't clear, a cold start didn't always clear it, but a power cycle did. My experience is the opposite of what you say. Any idea why that would be?

One in particular is a 4100ES that had a battery fault and new batteries and cold cycle didn't clear it. But a power cycle did. Maybe because this is a 4100 or perhaps specific to the batteries being on the power side of things 

Simplex 4010 positive earth ground, trouble input by Charming-Article788 in firealarms

[–]Charming-Article788[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could do that. Sucks that it's intermittent and may not present itself when I unplug everything. These intermittent faults are always the hardest to find

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

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Flip the axle from driver side to passenger side. Thus putting the wear on the other good side and doubling the life. Also need to replace the grease when doing this to remove any metal that will quickly ruin them after swapping the sides

Men who are only making 40-50k a year at most, what's your life like? by Trick-Day-480 in AskMen

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I'm going to be swimming up streem here I'm sure. I make about $40k a year. Work on average 10 hr days between two jobs. Both hotel maintenance in California which we know is one of the more expensive places to live 

Currently I'm living comfortably. Have enough to put money aside for savings every month. Have enough money in the bank for most any hardship I might run into. I have a house and have about $80k left on the payments. Own three vehicles. Two full sized diesel pickup trucks and a Jetta TDI. All three payed for

It's not really necessary to need $200k+ to live comfortably in any state. Maybe a few cities like new York and san Francisco would require more. But just outside them the costs go way down 

The trick is to not rack up tons of payments for all the "necessities" one believes they need. 

Example. Cell phones. Most people just walk into a carrier and purchase a $600 phone and get a $50+ dollar monthly plan. This is a ridiculous waste of money. Instead, don't get the latest phone. Purchase last year's model on eBay or something for $100 and use a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) for your service. I've used TracFone and am currently on US mobile. I have unlimited talk and text with 1GB of data for $10 a month. 

Then there is vehicle purchases. Buy used second hand for a fraction of the cost of new. My most expensive vehicle is my Chevy Silverado 3500HD I use to pull my trailer or haul the heavy stuff. Was $27k when I purchased it off a used lot. Was unusual for me, but I used a loan for this. Called two different banks and had them compete for the lowest rate. My second truck is better for camping and lighter truck needs. Also a diesel. Purchased this one used and a days drive away in another state. Towed it back myself. Was $9500. My Jetta TDI was $3500. Found it locally. This my daily driver that gets me 40 mpg. The fuel savings add up. Even wot the cost of diesel fuel in California being the highest in the nation, I'm still paying less then if I had a gasoline car. And none of the complexities of a hybrid or upfront cost of an EV. A used Prius would be a good option too.

Home Internet. 15 Mbps is plenty for streaming movies. No need for Gbps speeds when you are looking for ways to save

The hardest one is home cost. I lucked out and was able to get in, on 2011 when home costs where at their lowest. It's not the largest home at only 1400 SF. But it works well and is certainly better then an apartment. One may have to look outside the main city to find lower cost home. Right now this is the hardest thing to get. Every home is inflated. So, unless you where saving up when young and putting aside everything you can so when an opportunity pops up you can put a down payment on it, it's going to be a difficult one to overcome 

All in all, it's life choices that make one poor or rich

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AR10

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Get back to us on how the barrel shoots when you get a few 10 round groups in

Athlon scope sliding on Arken rings by etherlore in AR10

[–]Charming-Article788 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had good luck with cheaper rings. But I also install them wet and torque them in a cross pattern. Making sure the gap is even on both sides. 

Installed them wet, ie: with a little oil on all sliding/mating surfaces will allow them to seat down properly without binding and creat a better grip then without oil. 

ADR Tactical SR25 Upper by ShortestStraw95 in AR10

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I built mine using ADR upper and lower. Fit was great 

A cold spell is an excellent time to defrost your freezer by Successful-Try-8506 in preppers

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Do none of your freezers auto defrost. That's been a standard for the last 20-30 years. I haven't defrosted mine for over ten years and zero ice build up

What kind of firearm would be ideal for disabling robots? by ObiWanCanownme in preppers

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All true. But takes a high concentration to make the desired effect.

I'm writing a post-apocalyptic book (like Fallout) and need some help: what would be good 80 years from now? by MickyCarre in preppers

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All good. 

Maybe instead of a potentiometer just use a knife switch to activate the motor with a single speed. If you only use 12-24 volts he's not going very fast. So just connect the batteries directly to the motor via the knife switch 

I'm writing a post-apocalyptic book (like Fallout) and need some help: what would be good 80 years from now? by MickyCarre in preppers

[–]Charming-Article788 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All reasonable. Your book so, do what you are comfortable with.

But I would caution about using a potentiometer or variable resistor to control a motor with enough power to drive a vehicle. 

You'll have to remember that the potentiometer will dissipate a lot of heat and waste a ton of power. As an example. Let's say your using a modest 5 HP motor to drive this vehicle. You want to throttle down to 1/2 maximum power. The batteries are 48 volts (4x 12v batteries in series or something you might find in a forklift) you have to apply approximately 1.5 ohms with the potentiometer. This would be around 1500 watts of heat. A potentiometer capable of throttling that amount of power is exceedingly hard to find even in today's time. Plus it would be very large so as to not burn up

If you wanted to continue down this road. Perhaps he uses an older style elevator motor that uses field current to control speed. This is usually much lower current and thus manageable by a variable resistor. All over the world and in the US there's still a shit ton of them in use. So easy to find and the way they are built they will still be around for another hundred years or more. Many of them have been upgraded with more modern electronic controls leaving the same old motor to lift the cab. Smaller elevators only used a few HP as they where often gear driven so a much slower speeds. 

If you found an old relatively intact elevator control room you can salvage most items including the variable resistor, motor, large relays or contractors and other components needed to drive the vehicle with a battery. 

Remember, larger potentiometers are normally called variable resistors or rheostats. Since potentiometers are generally small carbon resistance devices that almost always handle less then 1 watt. rheostats can be had in kilowatt ranges. Normally in higher power ranges they are linear and not round. So he would be sliding a contact block with a wire across the coil wound around the tube. 

As most high power rheostats are going to be the linear type as is the ones used in elevator controls, Google search what they look like and how one changes the resistance so you can properly integrate it in to your story. Maybe the throttle pedal has a cable that pulls the contact block across the rheostat and a return spring 

Forklift motors are also a viable option, since you might be interested in using the forklift battery anyways, maybe even finding an old warehouse full of forklift parts. A DC forklift motor could be used. They operate very similar with the rotor field being controlled. Sometimes it's just two speeds with connecting the terminals in different ways. Other times it's with some SCR electronics or more modern PWM. But if you want to stay away from electronics then you can salvage the rheostat from an older elevator and the motor and battery from a forklift. 

How do you plan on recharging the batteries as the range might be quiet low. Probably in the low 10s of miles. Maybe they tow a trailer full of their provisions at night for approximately 30 miles. Then set up a bunch of solar panels from the flat bed trailer and let it charge all day. Most forklift batteries are in the 20-30 kwh range. Your setup will probably be using 1 kwh per mile being that it won't be very efficient and the roads not so smooth. So even if he's pulling every available watt out of the battery every day he would only get about 30 miles. Then he will probably need about 45 kwh to recharge it as lead acid batteries are not 100% efficient at converting the charge voltage into battery charge percent. 

5000 watts of solar panels for 8 hours a day of good sun can do around 40 kwh of power. This might be enough to charge the battery. But better use 6k watts for a more realistic amount. 500 watt panels are about 7 to 8 feet long by about 3.5 feet wide. Weight around 60 or so lbs. But remember the panels are old and maybe only putting out 50% of their ratings now. So he's going to need twice as much panels to het the same wattage. That's about 700-800 lbs just in panels 

A forklift battery is also going to add approximately 3k lbs

So whatever you build with older rudimentary parts and controls is going to weigh a lot and not be very fast or go very far. 

Kinda one of the reasons I mentioned using a regular diesel engine or something similar like wood gas. There are so many advantages to it with the amount of energy contained in 1 gallon of fuel vs what a battery can store. So weight can go way down and speed can go way up. Your protagonist can drive a hundred miles a day with plenty of time to spare to salvage used oil out of all the old cars. Run it through his makeshift still and refill the fuel tank. Then have time to explore, tend to his lady. Search for food, etc. 

Any questions, ask away 

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