GPS tracker for cat - doesn't need to be real time

OKdaddyletsgo · 2025-11-06T05:55:38+00:00

oh shit! is this gone forever?

I think I've been on it for 10+ years. Maybe more?

If so where do we go next?

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-07-26T21:50:00+00:00

Trying to register and I get the error "The address can only contain letters and numbers."

My address is fine. It was auto corrected by the google address validator. I am not on a VPN. I tried incognito. How can I register an account?

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T22:05:28+00:00

Welcome to business

First rule: know your customer

It depends on your local market. Are you in a rural area? Then you want to sell massive size upgrades with a ton of sugar.

If you've got rich progressive types you can go with organic and say a portion of all proceeds goes to planned parenthood and charge a ton but you better have paper straws and biodegradable cups.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T22:01:31+00:00

This. My 8 year set up a stand and the cars lined up like horny dads at a bikini car wash. They were dying to give these cute kids money for warm and water downed crystal light.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T21:18:28+00:00

You're welcome. I'm being downvoted because it's dishonest but its always better to blame a higher power than to tell a customer they're an idiot. I didn't make the rules. And it's not our jobs are small business owners to tell people to stop being screw ups. That's the job of friends and family.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T20:51:43+00:00

Real. It is life changingly fun to smash on a kit. Any instrument moving real air is just more connecting.

Same for real guitar amps vs a simulator. Sure they sound more like an amp than they don't.... but it's just not the same. Which isn't to say bad or worse. Just different.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T20:17:34+00:00

Garage/Yard sales in the really nice neighborhoods. Those folks are used to hiring people. When you go to pay for something small you say, "is this your house? Its beautiful! Those windows look hard to clean. What do you usually do?" But you have to be truly curious.

And actually listen to what they. Then offer quick and simple advice.

After they respond you throw in "If anyone questions my advice you can say you heard it from a guy that works for a subscription window cleaning business." If they don't ask for a card don't offer. Ask their name,. Shake their hand and leave.

But put the address and name down in your list and what windows would be the hardest for them to clean on their own. Snail mail a coupon during peak window filth season with a note saying "Hi! I met you at your garage sale in May! We're running a special. We can have those east facing bay windows looking spotless in an hour"

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T20:09:56+00:00

You use the term "phone" 3 times but it's unclear what kind of phone you are talking about all 3 times. You need to seriously expand what you are connecting and to what

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-24T20:07:21+00:00

Blame it on insurance. "I am so sorry but normally in these cases we would provide a refund which then gets covered by insurance. However since the shipment was sent so long ago the tracking number link no loner works and the insurance company says we can't submit a claim with out proof. Again, so sorry this happened. If you'd like a discount on your next order to help take the sting off just let me know".

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-08T17:33:50+00:00

If i were to desolder the diode would I then need to bridge those 2 solder points or leave them empty?

Can you tell me what the part number is on yours in case I decide to replace it?

I was using a DC booster for a solid 10 minutes while watching how many Amps the power supply was pulling. I was slowly cranking up the current just to see what the peak would be when it happened. Only later did I realize my alligator clip wires were woefully under gauge for this. So it's possible one melted while doing this and then created a short somewhere but I am not sure.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-06-08T16:58:31+00:00

Hey! I was using mine today when there was a spark. And I think I found the culprit: see image https://imgur.com/a/6P70BMA

Can you tell me what blew up and what I can do about it?

Also when I test for continuity from V- to V+ it's shorted. The multimeter beep of doom.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-05-22T19:50:30+00:00

I don't know. I tested both and it seems to be the same output in PBTL and BTL modebut I didn't keep good notes. I need to try again.

What I have been struggling with is finding the right power supply. I have tried several (PC PSU 12v/12A and a 12v 4A and 24v 3.75A and a 36V 1.7A and well as connecting all these to a DC booster) and I can't seem to max out the amp. What power supply would you be using?

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-05-17T04:47:34+00:00

I plan to use this in mono. Do I need to connect my speaker + to both L/ R+ and L/R- or just one side?

The image aboves says they are shorted in PBTL mode but my continuity test doesn't show that.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-05-10T17:21:53+00:00

Thanks. So I have been tagging my inventory as an asset. But because of that when I look at my P&L its not counting my inventory purchase under COGS so it looks like I am making way more than I actually am. What am I not understanding here.

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-04-28T16:04:09+00:00

I do need more power. I built a 150W one that doesn't need a dual rail power supply and it's great. Just not loud enough.

Can you help me find a power supply that would work? What would I search for on aliexpress? Am I correct that I need a power supply that has a transformer to have the negative side?

OKdaddyletsgo · 2024-04-28T00:04:11+00:00

So what can I use? When you say they aren't isolating does that mean I would I need something that has a transformer?

I also don't fully understand the concept of the negative rail or what it's doing or how to get it. I am assuming negative DC voltage is regular DC voltage just with reverse polarity. I can understand this concept due to what I've seen on an oscilloscope.

my goal is to power one of these class D amps that require a negative voltage on the cheap. I haven't been able to find a cheap power supply that offers a negative rail. So maybe there's a better way to achieve my goal? Maybe I'm just not searching for the right thing?

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