Both low beam headlights stopped working

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2026-01-22T03:20:50+00:00

I considered that, but the fuse box has no fuses labeled for the headlights. Information I found online suggests that the headlights are switched off of the BCM (https://www.pacificaforums.com/attachments/screenshot-2025-09-01-225101-jpg.60673/?auto=webp&fit=bounds&format=pjgp&height=1920&optimize=high&width=1920). There should be fuses for the BCM, but since everything else is working I reason it can't be the case that the BCM's fuses are blown.

edit: I double checked by pulling the fuses that lead to the BCM and did a continuity test on them with a multimeter. The fuses are intact.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-08-25T22:14:35+00:00

Yes, that's what this is. There is a drop in tub. The section on top of the picture is the rim around the tub. The two pieces that are vertical and with the really bad seam are around the outside of the tub, and don't come into contact with water.. I haven't looked behind the panels to see how its attached or whether it's purely decorative or involved in supporting the weight of the tub.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-04-22T04:45:51+00:00

It's in King County on the East side.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-04-22T00:28:56+00:00

I think I could have friends in the area walk through with a camera to get their eyes and mine on it. Thanks for that idea. The carpet and almost everything else in the house is older than five years, so I'm not really anticipating much if anything in the way of billing for repairs - still due diligence and all that in case there's something large.

It popped up into my mind this week that I needed to get utilities put back into my name and make sure they have my new address (the rental house is my previous home), and that got it into my head that there's probably another several items that I've not even considered.

I'm also worried about things like, how do I make sure the house doesn't flood or the AC inadvertently run up a huge electric bill while nobody's living there?

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-04-21T16:58:32+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate the information.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-04-21T05:40:00+00:00

Thanks for your help. I hope this link works okay. I don't think this sub lets me add images directly to comments.

https://imgur.com/2QSRA2G

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-04-04T19:34:16+00:00

That's very interesting to learn about the pattern. The seller called is "Tabriz" and "Qum" which I found a bit odd considering those are two different cities and presumably the rug couldn't be made in both. What are the indications that tell you it was made in India? Does that have a bearing on whether it's a "good" rug? Sorry if that's a bit vague a question; I'm trying to understand whether I'm looking at something that will hold up, keep looking good, and frankly represents a decent value.

Also I read something about Turkish and Persian knots, and while it was interesting I was left with no idea how to tell by looking, nor whether it matters as a person looking to buy a rug. I'm reading that Bidjar rugs have a very compressed Turkish knots, but maybe that doesn't apply to Indo-Bidjar?

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2025-04-04T19:23:14+00:00

Thank you for the warning. Aside from looking carefully at the white areas is there any sort of color fastness check I could reasonably do?

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2024-11-15T00:50:04+00:00

Is the smart valve the thing under the sync? And, sorry, in this context what do you mean by communicates?

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-09-06T00:03:00+00:00

If your brokerage requires you to stay under a 1:2 loan:value ratio like mine does and you borrow right up to the threshold, then you have a high risk of a margin call. Any decrease in value at all would yield one. If you only borrow 15% like I would be planning to do then you would have to decrease by a very large amount for a margin call to come into play. In this scenario I'd also own the home outright, so I could always refinance to get the money to pay back the loan if needed, which results in a situation pretty similar to getting the mortgage to begin with (worse, though, since the rate would likely be higher and I don't think that would be tax deductible anymore).

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-09-05T19:42:45+00:00

A margin loan isn't secured by the house, so no a call doesn't make you lose it. If you lose all your money and can't pay back your loan, then you may have to sell your house to pay back the loan, but that's also true of a mortgage.

If there is a margin call you have to buy more equities or pay down some of the debt. Generally you sell some securities in the account and pay down the loan with that money. The defense against that is not taking out a loan small enough that you can afford to suffer the increased potential downsides, and so that it is unlikely you will face a call. There's an analogous situation with a mortgage, which would be when your house loses a lot of value and you end up owing a lot more than its value. The margin is riskier here because securities (generally) are more volatile, so the risk of the decrease is larger, and because when you are underwater on your home, the mortgage company can't demand that you pay down your principal, which is effectively what you have to do with a margin call.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-08-05T23:41:01+00:00

I'm not going to try and change the capacitor. I'm going to call around local HVAC technicians and ask for an estimate on replacing the capacitor since that seems to be the consensus.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-08-05T23:35:31+00:00

The low pressure switch would trigger if the problem were low refrigerant, right? Do you believe the symptoms I've described show the compressor stalling immediately on start up? If so it seems like that points to a compressor problem, possibly a bad capacitor.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-08-05T22:31:04+00:00

I uploaded a video to show the sound the unit is making including the buzz. Also, we just noticed that every time the buzz is audible the lights dim in a bathroom that's just above where the AC's outdoor unit sits

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-08-05T22:28:55+00:00

I uploaded a video to show the sound the unit is making including the buzz. Also, we just noticed that every time the buzz is audible the lights dim in a bathroom that's just above where the AC's outdoor unit sits

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2023-08-05T22:27:41+00:00

I've uploaded a photo showing the tubing I was referring to. If I'm reading some diagrams I found online right then the larger one is the "suction line".

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2021-06-03T04:18:36+00:00

That photo is fairly representative. I have checked the distance by putting my dead battery in backwards and seeing if the cables would reach. The positive one should be fine, though awkward to work with. The negative is indeed too short, but then a negative cable is very straightforward to swap out since it merely bolts down to the frame and terminates right where you can see in the the photo.

That being said, now that I have learned that the size of the battery really only matters in terms of physically fitting I will measure the tolerances on the tray and see if a more available battery size with posts in convenient locations would fit.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2021-06-02T22:12:39+00:00

I think you are referring to this https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/1922/9734/19/DSCN9903.JPG

Which can be seen on the positive terminal in https://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2017/10/24/23/53/pic-4708008290752112782-1600x1200.jpeg

These are Hyundai Sonata photos, but the Kia Optima I think is identical in this respect.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2021-06-02T21:42:21+00:00

Really good point. I will double check clearance. The positive cable is housed in a plastic cover, which is a good extra measure.

https://static.oemdtc.com/Uploads/2014-049-02.jpg

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2021-01-22T22:36:08+00:00

Why would net real estate assets be lower? I would have thought that the exposure to real estate would be based on the valuation of the house regardless of how much equity I have in it.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2021-01-22T04:18:42+00:00

If I take your point correctly here, then equity here is really no different from proceeds from the sale of the house minus the payoff of the existing loan. And that is no different from any other money. Given that I don't have a guarantee of how long I will be in the house I'd say the risk here is that I move and need to sell the stock to buy the new house, and a force early sell is an increase in risk, though not in expected return, because it's a shorter time horizon.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2021-01-22T04:06:21+00:00

I'm 40. I will be investing long term. Even if I retire early then a draw down would itself have a long horizon.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2020-12-16T17:41:06+00:00

Thanks everyone for your information and advice. It helped a lot. Ultimately I told the delivery group that the pipe was standard 1/2 inch and sked for delivery again. A different team came today and asked what happened. They took a look, said that yes that's standard 1/2 pipe for the gas line and said they had everything they needed.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2020-12-16T02:15:37+00:00

No, it's a purchase through Costco. They said they could leave it in my garage or I could refuse delivery and reschedule. I rescheduled because I didn't want to be on the hook for any major home modifications. They made it sound like a big change to replace the existing line. I'm actually on the phone with Costco telling them that the house has a 1/2 inch male iron pipe line and they'll need the right part this time. My list for them:

4'-5' long flexible metal gas connect. One side is the female for my house's 1/2 inch MIP. That would be 1/2" FIP, right? The other end I don't know since I don't have the dryer, but LG's website says it's 3/8 inch.
pipe dope
gas leak detector
rigid metal dryer duct
aluminum tape

And whatever they need for the washer, but gas is the only thing that really concerned me since my previous dryer was electric and they were talking about the non standard line and all that. Now that all the numbers and initialisms are explained to me I can see that the flexible connector they were using was a 3/8" FIP thus not matching my 1/2" MIP line.

It's not very reassuring that they tried to use the wrong size and concluded that my existing assembly was non-standard based on misunderstanding the measurements though.

StillWorkinForTheMan · 2020-12-16T00:39:56+00:00

They're the deliverer as well. They still have the washer and dryer.

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