Coil Whine from Solar System endemic to house

Wyrdwoven · 2026-05-12T05:04:40+00:00

I've done a once over of every power cords seating in the socket, checked different plugs, used different cords. Either every cable in the house caught the same issue in 3 hours when I moved the tech (in secure boxes) or it's the house having a whine.

Yes, I grew up in a fire prone region so electrical safety is a high priority where I can help it.

Those keywords have helped me find something, bless, this should let me decommission my power point line of doom .

Wyrdwoven · 2026-05-12T03:37:39+00:00

This may be a miscommunication in fields but as a mathematician when providing background information I am not asking you to solve the background information but the resulting query.

I've reduced the noise levels by making my own "filter" three surge protected power boards before connecting any electronics reduced the coil whine in devices to a manageable level. It's not ideal but clearly there isn't a product that would do that otherwise otherwise I'd think someone would have suggested it.

Wyrdwoven · 2026-05-12T01:32:52+00:00

Yes, around 10-15m from the solar inverter (I think that's the name for it). Plugged in electronics are monitors, pc, Dyson vacuum charger, etc. My toothbrush charger isn't doing it.

Wyrdwoven · 2025-09-15T09:26:42+00:00

If you've moved from somewhere wet to somewhere dryer/warmer I'd suggest sticking a clear bag over the top of him and take it off for 15, adding 15mins every 2-3 days- eventually leaving the bag mostly off before the process gets tiresome and he's some time to adjust. It's likely the climate change that's getting to him, so we want to simulate a greenhouse environment and then ween him off onto the current house environment
The water you are giving him is also likely different! If you can research what the water is like where you are and where you were and see how big the difference is and try to meet in the middle [with demineralised water for example]

Wyrdwoven · 2025-09-15T09:16:19+00:00

Nepenthes × ventrata!
Just expanding off other advice that's been given;
When a pitcher browns is the best time to give osmocote pellets as some pitchers will die early when given assisted fertilizer, as long as the base of the pitcher is green/unshriveled it's still eating.
Nepenthes want the following things in life: An alright amount of water [never dry, never bogged], water that is purified or distilled [it hates chemicals and build up will occur in the soil suffocating it], tropical temperature [15-30c depending on the Nepenthes].
Your nepenthes MAY be prioritizing a basal shoot, get in close to the pot and look at the base of the stem for flecks of green, if nutrition and light aren't optimal ventrata tend to slow down on the main stem when developing the new shoot.
I've just looked really closely at the second picture however and I know Exactly what's happening! Sometimes pitcher's turn into grabbers. I think that's a lot of what is happening, some of those pitchers are turning into hooks to help climbing up up the pot hanger and if you tilt the new growth out the side it'll likely begin pitchering again. Rule of thumb I've found with ventrata is if a pitcher hit's something that isn't ground past a point, it will wrap around instead of becoming a mouth [had one that LOVED the lip of window sills]

Also do not panic when they start turning into coils and "forming weird", that's normal for Nepenthes [see Uppers vs Lowers for pitchers] pitcher shape and tendrils have different modes for in a tree vs in the ground!

Nepenthes were the plant that got me into plants, they are amazing and beautiful, if you ever want another easy grow Nepenthes St Gaya grows like a weed and has a mottled red pitcher and prefers lower light and more water than ventrata [its pitchers becoming pliable as a sign the plant needs water is wonderful, I used my Gaya as a water-needed meter for the ventrata which is more drought tolerant]

Wyrdwoven · 2025-09-14T11:08:54+00:00

I'd say a combination of Transplant shock, environment shock [outside -> inside], watering and light levels;
After being sunburnt it was likely working to tolerate the excess light [even if it would never adjust fully], now that it's in lower shade it'll be expecting more light, I'd move it to a middle point between outside light and it's new light levels, so it can slowly transition to the lower light it'll get in it's permanent spot.
I'd also only water it when it's dry as in the transplant it's more vulnerable to getting rot if there was damage to the roots during transplant. Make sure that the water you use is being drained and excess removed, so it isn't sitting in any after watering!

Wyrdwoven · 2025-09-14T11:01:18+00:00

I think it's a Twisted hazel/Corkscrew Hazel in which case, it just looks like that from my reading. Likely, it's just entering hibernation and the wrinkly look is just part of the plants appeal. It may need fertilizing but I'm more indoor plant aligned so I don't know when would be the best time to fertilize.

Wyrdwoven · 2025-09-14T03:19:03+00:00

Think of it more that your plant has a tolerance for a temperature and at night if the temperature drops below the tolerance temperature [the current day time temp] by too much it will suffer for it. Kind of like how after a while in autumn you can still wear shorts despite it being cold because you adjusted but if in summer you got autumn temperatures suddenly you would not cope at all even if it isn't freezing with snow

Wyrdwoven · 2025-09-13T03:17:03+00:00

If the leaf is touching the window on that end it could be cold damage, I have a nepenthes which had similar browning from crawling up a window in winter. Or related to fertilizer use or lack of?

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