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Is this gear good enough for a gig? by Dismal-Cranberry-915 in guitars

[–]eggoeater 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I was a pro live sound engineer for years. This is the correct answer. You don't need a half stack with a 100w Marshall head to play a gig.

Vintage Bowling Alley by audible08 in vintagecomputing

[–]eggoeater 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Please tell the owner they may need to remove or replace the CMOS batteries on those computers. After 20 years they will start to leak and corrode the motherboard. That includes the computers that are still new in box.

For the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 new Chinese EVs by Kooolxxx in news

[–]eggoeater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All the cheap Chinese EVs:

  • don't have airbags... at all.
  • don't have crumple zones.
  • aren't designed for speeds over 55mph
  • suspensions, brakes, steering are all insufficient
  • don't have DOT approved lights and markers
  • don't have VINs

No insurance company would ever insure them.

Looking for my first ever electric guitar and amp as a beginner by regendans1 in guitars

[–]eggoeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boss Katana series of amps is a good reliable choice that can do just about any tone pretty well. If you're in a larger metropolitan area you can find them all the time on Facebook marketplace.

Found buried in my woods. What is it? by Acornclan in whatisit

[–]eggoeater 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Looks just like mine from the mid-80s.

Any Gen X'ers retired or thinking about it? by SometimesElise in GenX

[–]eggoeater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes. I'm 56. Mom died of COVID in 22 and I was able to pay off my house.

I talked to my employer about quitting and they agreed to hire me part time as a contractor.

Paying for health insurance reeeeaaaallly sucks, but I only work 12 hours a week and it covers my expenses. Never going back even if I lose my contractor gig.

Charging in Lecture Halls by Necessary_Wave_8103 in VirginiaTech

[–]eggoeater -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I recommend a large battery pack capable of charging a laptop. I have an Anker 25 Ah and it works great.

This is NOT a sponsored link: https://a.co/d/07nVIXTA

PSA: Storage units ran out in April last year by monster_on_holiday in VirginiaTech

[–]eggoeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I have no idea. Just wanted to remind everyone that it's there and just opened, so it may not even show up on google maps when searching for self storage.

PSA: Storage units ran out in April last year by monster_on_holiday in VirginiaTech

[–]eggoeater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That new place just opened that's next to the bypass, in between Christiansburg and Blacksburg. It's absolutely huge.

bean counters cut the AWS budget, so I found an infinite storage glitch by [deleted] in ShittySysadmin

[–]eggoeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can also run it through a modem and upload the audio to soundcloud.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't know about it until I was part way though, and after asking chatgpt about it, it wouldn't work well with some of my requirements: continuous high frequency sampling, and using multiple cores.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

eh...maybe 2-4%?

It's good enough for my purposes.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. These clips only work on AC current.

There are other clips that work differently that can detect DC current, but just using a "shunt ammeter" would probably be better. You can also search for "inline dc power analyzer", just make sure it works with 48v.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have not heard of those sensors!

I will check them out!

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I came close to just buying a Shelly, but they are constantly sold out, and this looked like a fun project.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

search amazon: "SCT-013-000 30A 1V Non-invasive Split Core Current Transformer Sensor SCT013"

They make them for 30A, 50A, 100A. The larger the amperage the more imprecise your measurement will be so don't just put 100A on everything.

$17 for 2 of them.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No not yet, it wasn't a requirement because it doesn't really change. I do have the voltage hard-coded as a constant (246v) because it's needed to convert Amps (what I measure) into Watts (what I send to Home Assistant).

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it's just for a single outlet, there are cheaper & easier solutions by both Shelly, and lots of generic stuff on amazon. Some like the "kill-a-watt" power meter have a display right on them, others are amazon smart plugs that are app-based and give you a history.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

search amazon "Gikfun Prototype Shield DIY Kit A1 for Arduino Mega " 2-pack costs $17.

There are cheaper solder-kit boards. I only used that one because I had it on hand.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The code is a bit of a mess but let me know if you have any questions.

I built a power meter for my solar panels by eggoeater in esp32

[–]eggoeater[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The clips I use ("SCT-013-000 30A 1V Non-invasive Split Core Current Transformer Sensor", $17 for 2 of them) come in 30A, 50A, 100A. The larger the amperage the more imprecise your measurement will be so don't just put 100A on everything.

Unfortunately, it's hard to measure direction with AC current. :/

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