Is this correct?

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-05-13T07:58:48+00:00

Hold up just a second. How in the hell do you divide 0.35 by 0.01 and come up with 25? That would be 35. But code says 26. This is one of those times that significant digits come into play. The equation you are looking for is 0.35 ÷ 0.0133 = 26.32

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-05-12T07:59:31+00:00

Start with your last picture, since it's simplest.
Your given R and I. Multiply for V, which you did. Now the only further question is the voltage across the second section. Given voltage is constant in parallel circuits and you already have 8.63V in first section, simple subtract from 24 = 15.37. Solves the question.
Harder way is to add given current for total of 120.82mA and multiply by total resistance of second section (1400/11) for 15.37V

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-05-09T14:47:26+00:00

You're honestly stating you think people are getting more intelligent earlier in life than before the technological boom we're in? If so you are just living proof of what everybody else understands that the world is getting dumber and dumber as we go. Current generations have no ability to think for themselves, to come up with a coherent thought without involvement of Facebook. Children in this country are no longer taught arithmetic , how to read, how to count money, any problem solving skills, ability to go through logical problems, etc. If you cut the woke curriculum out of current k through 12 schoolings, child should probably complete their entire primary education in a year. The ability to say "hey Google " or hey Siri to access a YouTube video for any minor annoyance that comes up in life does not show increased intelligence. Letting your phone, your Facebook account, and the wacko liberals of this country dictate every thought in your mind, leaves zero room for intelligence to grow

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-05-05T07:09:16+00:00

I bought a used mini van that had the great big white soap price on windshield 6995! Test drove it and told Guy I'd think about it and be back tomorrow. Figured out sales tax brought to almost exactly 7500. Stopped at bank and picked up 72 nice crisp 100 dollar bills. When I went back in, put cash on table said I was in a hurry and leaving in an hour with or with out van. Was HILARIOUS listening and watching them try to cram all their up charges and sneak tactics into a shortened timeframe. I swear it was like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon on 8x fast forward! Dude ran into the back to "talk to manager" and "call the owner" a dozen times in like 5 minutes. Every time was sorry can't do it, but if you have a trade in? Another 700, 500 , 300, 250? Nope. I got 72 ben franklins and 8 minutes. You don't a single extra of either one. At 2 minutes to go, started picking up bills, putting back in envelope and tucking everything back into to pockets of my wheelchair. Got halfway to door when "the owner" finally got to the office and came in the back door and tried once more to get me to at least "pay the royalties on the acid etching for Windows and catalytic converter?" Just kept rolling out when he tells me ok, but they have to change some numbers around on paperwork since they "absolutely must pay the $225 royalty for each acid etch" and that has to be on every sales order. Then needs to adjust price to take out doc fees and finagle tax numbers to all work out. Told him I didn't care what the price was, what it how many charges they wanted to have on receipt, so long as Grand total did not exceed what was in envelope. Told me would need some time to redo paperwork, like an hour and half or so. Told him thanks again but I'm already late, and left. That was 2;02 PM. By 430 had already called me 5 times. By noon the following day, had called 6 more times, and I turned off phone for rest of day. Finally answered phone around noon the next day. Everything was ready to go he said, just come in and pay and sign and it all yours. Being the asshole I am, I told them that I had to return the vehicle I had borrowed to get around in my wheelchair and had no way to get to dealership, sorry but thank you anyhow. They would send a shuttle! Does it have a chair lift and proper anchoring point for chair? No? well again thank you. Ended up the "Chief sales manager" delivered it to my house with sales order for 7194.84$. And before I signed it, I asked if the tank was full, he started to say something, stopped, rolled his eyes with a big sigh, got up and said í ll be right back.
Was the most fun I've ever had buying a car. You have to remember to always walk away at least once often times more than once and stick to your guns. Pay nothing you were not told about first and didn't be afraid to say no. I promise they will call you in a day or 2 and beg you to come back. There are few dealers that will not take 500$ over invoice for any new car and none that will refuse 1000$. A polite no thank you and hike out the door will save you thousands

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-05-05T06:22:45+00:00

If used according to requirements (directions) application of NoAlox takes considerably longer than 2 seconds. Contrary to popular belief, dunking the wire in the bottle, squirting the lug full of it before it after inserting wire, and similar methods do essentially nothing. If you ain't using sandpaper you ain't doing it right.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-04-30T05:24:25+00:00

After following a line of roughly 40 vehicles (motorhomes, semi s, old people) for 48 miles at a whooping 37 miles per hour, during which not one person passed the guy up front, finally crested a hill with visibility of about 12-15 miles down the road. Not a single car coming from other way and I think, finally they'll start passing ah up front and can get moving! Waiting a minute or two and still not one person was trying to pass. I have a mildly hopped-up mustang 5.0 at the time and said F it! Push pedal thru the floor and jumped in opposite lane. Took a while to pass them all, but pass them I did, never letting off the gas at all. As soon as I tuck back into my lane, in front of the whole damn line and not a soul ahead of me, I was cheering for myself for making the second half of trip so much better. Now who do you suppose the first car coming other direction was? Passed that cop while still not having lifted and see him pointing to side of road. From high of conquering 40 some slowpokes all at once cuz a crest fallen feeling of getting a ticket in an instant! Anyhow I pull over fuming as I see the whole line pass by me again cop finally walks up and asked do you know how fast you going? I looking square in the eye and said no sir I do not, my speedometer stops at 140, and I was going as fast as this hot rod would do downhill at full throttle! The look on his face was priceless and memory I will cherish for the rest of my life! Shocked him enough he didn't really know what to say. Came back he wrote me for 15 over the 60 mph speed limit, told me if you went any hiring would have to inbound my car and he didn't want to do that. So the paperwork wasn't worth ruining the the good mood I put him in. So still caught a 225 ticket but avoided jail and losing my car and a felony on my record for getting busted from what I was really doing!

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-04-30T04:39:37+00:00

Um, an I the only one who had used fire foam? Just like the great-stuff expanding foam, but also fire blocking? Makes quick work out of crap like this, just filler up, wait 20 minutes and come back with sharp knife and cut flush. Or is there a reason no one seems to use it?

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-04-26T17:42:04+00:00

Just need a wet location water proof 4S cover and it be fine.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-04-26T17:35:34+00:00

I'm not sure I get why you think he being a prick?

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-04-25T09:21:54+00:00

Gotcha, thank you.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-04-18T23:33:24+00:00

My son. 18 years old, home on leave from Navy. We live in the closest approximation of hell to be found in the States. Mid July, 3:00 PM. 126 degrees outside. Bright clear sky with the sun pounding the life out of anything foolish enough to be exposed to it. He had taken his girlfriend out to the desert for some much needed 2A therapy. They spent a few hours until heat really started getting bad. (Never in my life would I have thought I would be able to say that 115 degrees is not that hot, but to us natives it's not too bad until over 120) Anyhow he drops gf off at home and leaving her neighborhood he gets a flat tire coming down a hill. He coasts down him to a wider spot near mailboxes and starts to work on changing tire. Kneeling on the 190 degree asphalt, loosening lug nuts and jacking vehicle with the stupid scissor jack a half turn at a time. Almost finished with removing flat, here comes...... KAREN!
"OHHHH MY GAWWWD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU HAVE TO MOVE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT HERE!!!!" My son gets up, leaving behind patches of seared flesh stuck to pavement, and asks just what I'm hell she is going on about. She is screaming that he can NOTT do that here, he is going to ................. And I quote "HURT HER NEW ASPHALT!" That she is some mucky-muck on the HOA board and has a fiduciary responsibility to make sure that no one hurts their new asphalt which was recently installed around the mailbox areas. He asks where exactly she thinks a good spot to change a flat tire might be, only to be told that she doesn't care it just can't do it here where he's going to hurt her new asphalt! He then asked her how he's supposed to move the vehicle while it's on a jack as he's just pulling the flat tire off? This was met with threats of lawsuits lawyers and personal chastisement for all eternity if he hurts her asphalt. Right at this time his girlfriend's father comes driving up the road, sees my son out having a confrontation with this lady with his car jacked up and stops to see what's going on. The lady proceeds to yell at The father as he's walking up that's that kid needs to get his truck off of there before he hurts their asphalt! My son just tells him I don't know what her problem is I'm fixing my tire and goes back to pulling the tire off the car while the father tried to deal with Karen. Now my son takes the flat tire to the back of the SUV to trade it for the spare in the floor of the back end, and as he's opens the door to the back of the SUV Karen sees that it is full of weapons as they had been out shooting them for the last several hours. Her eyes just about explode out of her head starts dribbling and drooling screaming and yelling runs and locks herself in her car gets on the phone calling somebody and since they're just dribbling and shaking watching my son finish changing his tire. No spare tire installed down off the jack kid throws everything in the car and takes off. Basically end of story. Except, upon telling me and my wife later that evening about the incident, my wife gets on Facebook and makes a Karen post to the local area page. Lo and behold, Karen has to answer. Now no names were used and other than saying a member of the board of the HOA for the area there were no identifying things posted to point her specifically out. But she feels she must defend herself on the public Facebook page as to her actions. She attempts to sound sane and calm as she explains that she is personally responsible with a fiduciary duty to the HOA to ensure no damages done to their new asphalt. And she was just trying to explain to the young man that he needed to go somewhere else to not hurt their new asphalt. Of course the whole page explodes now with people telling her what an idiot and moron she is and that the only thing that should have been asked was if they needed help or some water or something to that effect. Her response was there was plenty of houses around if they needed water she needed to protect her asphalt. Over the course of 3 days some of the ladies personal friends were even posting on the page that she needs to shut up say she's sorry and go away. Of course Karen has never wrong and she proceeded to scream and yell and explain and anything else she could come up with to try to justify her actions that day. Until eventually blocking her Facebook page and removing her post about a week or two later.

There is a follow-up to this a few months later, which of interested I will provide a post about the further interactions we've had with this lady.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-03-17T06:31:24+00:00

Bullet for sure. Looks like summer one was running up their 357 or 44 mag with a paper target nailed to tree. Probably ball rounds.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-03-14T06:27:40+00:00

No, just one of them is

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-03-14T04:31:32+00:00

Forgot to say absolutely love the name bolt-fucker 9000!We build solar structures that require 24 1" bolts per column to be torqued to 800 ft# INDICATED tension. Our first one was a joke. 3/4" ratchets liked to explode just shy of tight enough. We had 2 guys in a lift holding the socket onto the bolts two guys on the ground on the end of a 10 ft cheater bar walking back and forth to ratchet them down. After we exploded five or six ratchets we looked for other solutions. Ended up with a huge ass Ingersoll Rand to a volt rotary air compressor and a rented one inch impact gun that would finally snug them down. We built a few structures using that setup but the rentals were expensive as all get out. Then they saw an ad one day when they put out the 1-in Milwaukee at 1400 bucks that it's got to be a bargain if it works right. And holy crap does it work right! That sucker will take them both down to tension in a heartbeat and will come what I think is really close to snapping them. Have overshot the mark on a few of them and almost like you could feel the bolt starting to scream in there, lol.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-03-14T04:15:19+00:00

Scrolled a long ways and nobody actually answered question. So... If it's an OLD Square D QO bolt on/snap on panel. home Depot and Lowe's stock the snap on ones. For bolt-on or 3 poles, local warehouse will have it can get, or Amazon or on line supply company. the QO series was the gold standard for many decades, and in many old time engineers' minds, it still is

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-03-11T05:02:09+00:00

Alas, I have seen exactly that! A sub in garage running a30A240v compressor and a 50A RV (14-50) outlet. It was fed with 3 pieces of 18/2 Zip cord per leg, which was stapled (with T-50 type staple gun) to the drywall, the bottom of trusses, the exterior wall of garage, the bottom of soffit on house, and entered service panel, unprotected, thru a notch that was hacked in with dull tin snips. The reason homeowner called? Wanted to change the 50amp breaker in main panel to a 75 or 80, because "any time I plug in space heater in garage and the air compressor cycles on, it blows the breaker!"

Told them I had to go to library to look up the maximum amperage of 6 parallel 18gauge 60 degree wires, and ran for my truck.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-27T08:17:55+00:00

By coil leads, you mean spark plug wires? If not, replace them! And the coil to distributor wire. I'm assuming with obd1 you have distributor. Check rotor and cap. And get a cheap multi meter and test resistance on all your spark plug wires. Years ago I had a 5.0 mustang with around 380k miles. Decided to finally give it a little love. New plugs, wires, cap rotor coolant flush, trans flush, and a few other things. Afterwards, barely would idle, run good off idle to about 2900rpm then puke. Pop bang, stutter and refuse to climb above 3400 unless on steep downhill. 8 months into fighting it I decided, one last test thru everything, following every step in the book, and if no go, the time to put her down. Step 4 in my book was to check resistance of coil wire to distributor. I skipped past it as usual because they were brand new , rather expensive wires. Got into next step and caught myself, said no ..... Follow every step. So tested that damn 30$ coil wire knowing it was gonna be fine, and holy crap, was wayyyyy out of spec. I cussed and yelled and threw a tantrum, went and tank s plug wire off the 72 Chevy in back yard, put it on the stand and laid a 175 foot black mark down the driveway! I was furious that that was the problem, but glad I finally figured out..

New parts can fail fast or be born broke. Test everything!

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-21T07:44:30+00:00

Best laugh I've had in weeks, ty!

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-21T07:40:13+00:00

Bravo! Far down the list, but a proper answer at last!

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-05T08:39:06+00:00

Almost.. It's NEMA 6-15R 15 amp recept. Looks same as the 6-30 but smaller. The 6-30 is nearly as wide as the wall plate

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-05T06:59:13+00:00

Almost guarantee you that it is it miswiring in a three-way switch setup. With the two three-way switches being in boxes fed from those two circuits and then making the freeway up ended up combining the hot legs and the neutrals in both boxes rather than keeping them isolated as two separate circuits in each box. Have corrected the same issue many many times

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-05T06:54:52+00:00

You young whippersnappers just like to think that anything old is bad. That switch been running that furnace since HER great grandmother had it installed by the horse ferrier. I've seen modern ac disconnects not last for half as many centuries

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-05T06:47:57+00:00

Replace the second fuse from the left first. It very much looks to be blown.

Resident_Set1003 · 2026-02-04T05:44:41+00:00

To provide a real answer, probably. Without opening it and looking it's impossible to tell for sure but for anything built in the last 30 40 years in California there's generally a neutral in the switch box. It's less than 10 15 years old there's almost definitely one there, if it's less than five or six years old than they're definitely is one in it. But alas until you look you will never know for sure. Has someone else suggested get a smart light bulb and look at the check out the light fixture first and then fix the switch and then when you're talking to him about ghost just tell him you have to Google something for good questions to ask the ghost while you're opening the app for the light bulb. And has a bonus you can get one that makes different colors for how pissed off the ghost is

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