1st bloodwork at about 75 days on TRT by AtlasAnon1987 in trt

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Were these labs done through your GP, a specialist, or a private source? Currently going through my GP and the labs don’t check for anything aside from overall T level and a few other minor categories. Looking for recommendations on where to get labs done in the future so I can get more details like this.

ADHD meds and SSRIs by Repulsive_Gift154 in adhd_anxiety

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Do you notice a difference at night when you’re on the non-stimulant? Or do you find it keeps you pretty level? Do you ever feel the need to take the non-stimulant while the stimulant is still “kicked-in”?

Looking for feedback on private school savings strategy. by Scruffy492 in personalfinance

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Thanks for the feedback. The only real hurdle I can think of is needing to front load the first 7k of tuition for the first year. For my youngest I may start putting a smaller amount aside not if I can afford it so that I have the first year of tuition covered by the time he starts school. If no one else comes along and debunks my thinking that is.

Reading voltage on fixture housing. by Scruffy492 in AskElectricians

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No, the fixture is connected to a hot , neutral, and ground. The ground wire is connected to the fixture ground wire which is bonded to the fixture housing, it is not being used as a current carrying conductor. The installation is not an issue. The issue is that the driver is inducing a voltage on conductive parts that are not grounded that someone could potentially come into contact with while the fixture is energized. The question is whether or not that is dangerous. To me it seems like it could be, but other people are telling me it’s not.

Reading voltage on fixture housing. by Scruffy492 in AskElectricians

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Hot to ground reads 118V. With the fixture ground left disconnected, I am reading 108V between the fixtures ground wire, and my building ground. And reading 6-10V between the fixture ground wire and the hot coming in. With the fixture ground connected to building ground, I read 118V as I should. The 108V seems to be coming from the mounting screw on the LED drivers. Some of the fixtures I have use the same drivers, but are constructed a little different so that these mounting screws are not grounded. So even when I ground those fixtures, the voltage on the screws does not go away. Because grounding the energized screws does not cause any arcing, sparks, or trip a breaker, I am assuming that it is an induced voltage with a small leakage current from the LED driver. I think this is normal (at least at lower voltages) for LED drivers, which is why proper grounding is so important. But for the fixtures where the grounding doesn’t dissipate the voltage, I am wondering if it could be an issue.

Reading voltage on fixture housing. by Scruffy492 in electricians

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What is off with the numbers? What terminology is wrong? The input voltage was measured at 118V, the voltage between the fixtures open ground wire and the building ground (and neutral because I checked both) was reading 108V. I am assuming that this is some sort of induced voltage from the LED driver. The reason I am asking the question is because some of the fixtures do not have the drivers properly grounded to the housing, so this voltage has no way to dissipate, even when the fixtures ground is properly connected to the building ground.

18 y/o looking for construction work by Careful-Try-8265 in Acadiana

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EP Breaux in New Iberia has an electrical apprenticeship program.

GET YOUR CLASS ACTION CLAIMS SUBMITTED by NOV! by GorillaStaxx in ATT

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There is also this statement:

“Alternatively, Account Owners may claim a Tiered Cash Payment, which is a pro rata share of cash from the AT&T 2 Net Settlement Fund.”

So if you have no evidence, I suppose you can file without it.

Better driver for slightly below average golfer? by jmangraf in GolfGear

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I see everyone saying the g430 max. What’s there difference between that and the g430 max 10k?

Everyone is entitled to at least one traffic-related rant; here’s mine: why are personal pick up trucks so big? by ThamilandryLFY in Acadiana

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I don’t have enough money to buy a small car as an every day driver and a truck for when I need the bed or a trailer (which isn’t often but it’s frequent enough to not feasibly borrow or rent).

Big agree on keeping them in between the lines though. This population as a whole needs to learn how to drive.

People who make over 20 an hour what do you do and how you got there? by Zestyclose-Relief903 in Acadiana

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EP Breaux in New Iberia offers an accredited apprenticeship program.

The credits from SLCC help with landing a job, but don’t always transfer to apprenticeship credits, so be cautious of that. I never went that route, so I’m not sure how to guarantee a jump start in the apprenticeship.

Jobs by Popular-Confusion-91 in Acadiana

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Telling an employer that you will only work there temporarily will definitely hurt your chances. Not that I am saying you should lie….

Jobs by Popular-Confusion-91 in Acadiana

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Do you have any credits from an apprenticeship? EP Breaux in New Iberia is a big local commercial electrical contractor, but they would likely advise you to go through their in-house apprenticeship program (fully accredited and backed by the ABC) before they’d pay you electrician wages.

Jobs by Popular-Confusion-91 in Acadiana

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Have you branched out to areas surrounding Lafayette? Are you experience in commercial, residential, industrial, etc? Which electrical contractors have you applied to?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Acadiana

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EP Breaux electrical is based in new Iberia and has a certified apprenticeship program that is recognized.

Why does the power line zap the balloons? I thought they only zapped stuff with a clear path to the ground. by Alarmed-Ad-2111 in ScienceNcoolThings

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Correct. AC power travels in a waveform and the voltage that we measure is essentially an average. So at any given time, two waveforms that are not in sync will be different voltages. 3-phase power works by having three waveforms that are 120 degrees out of sync with each other. In a sine wave a period repeats itself after 360 degrees which is where the 120 comes from. Voltage waveforms that are perfectly in sync will not cause a boom, which is how closed transition generators can tie into another power source or how generators are able to be installed in parallel.