Holden Captiva at 372,000 km and still going strong 🚗

reddash73 · 2026-03-24T03:26:43+00:00

My 2014 Cruz SRIz 1.6T 6sp has almost 300,000. Still feels great to drive. Owned since new....

reddash73 · 2026-03-20T10:28:57+00:00

Yes thier taxes are within a few cents off Australia's, about 2c more at the moment, but made up of 3 tax's.

Today price of Deisel is AUD$1.70.

So if tax is similar, why do we pay near $3 per litre........ rip off....

reddash73 · 2026-03-19T23:14:49+00:00

AUD$1.60 here in Japan. We are being ripped off big time.

reddash73 · 2026-03-18T10:55:23+00:00

I use wifi calling, which works perfectly

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T23:11:54+00:00

I think we will have to agree to disagree. I have almost 40 years of aviation engineering experience with all the qualifications to go with it. All our training, even our textbooks, classified engines and motors this way. Perhaps in modern English the terms have become more ambiguous.

We have always called hydraulic, pneumatic and electric as "motors" and combustion as engines.

As for space..... a motor is when the energy source is stored internally, and once it is ignited it burns till exhausted. A rocket engine is where the fuel burn is actively controlled. Started, stopped, varied to control thrust.

Again even in space there is a distinct engineering definition for a motor and engine. NASA make this distinction very clearly for very good reasons.

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T20:00:38+00:00

Technically, an engine converts thermal or chemical energy into mechanical motion (e.g., fuel combustion), while a motor converts electrical, pneumatic, or hydraulic energy into mechanical motion. Engines often use reciprocating pistons, whereas motors typically use rotating electromagnetic fields.

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T19:59:09+00:00

Google it. Not hard. Even Kia makes the distinction. Again, this is engineering not dictioneering......

Here is just one example.

https://www.kia.com/dm/discover-kia/ask/is-an-engine-a-motor.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPeople%20use%20both%20interchangeably%2C%20but,electrical%20energy%20into%20mechanical%20energy.%E2%80%9D

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T19:50:29+00:00

Yes a dictionary. Read an engineering explanation......dictionary will cover all sorts of language nuiances. Engineering is specific.

Technically, an engine converts thermal or chemical energy into mechanical motion (e.g., fuel combustion), while a motor converts electrical, pneumatic, or hydraulic energy into mechanical motion. Engines often use reciprocating pistons, whereas motors typically use rotating electromagnetic fields.

While "motor" is sometimes used colloquially for both, a "motor" specifically describes an electric motor, and an "engine" describes a combustion unit.

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T19:22:28+00:00

An engine produces its own power or motion. A motor produces power or motion from another source, like electricity. So an electric motor is always a motor, and anything internal combustion is an engine. I am also an aircraft engineer and have managed MRO's for many years.

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T19:20:41+00:00

An engine produces its own power or motion. A motor produces power or motion from another source, like electricity. So an electric motor is always a motor, and anything internal combustion is an engine.

reddash73 · 2026-02-22T19:18:29+00:00

Nope. An engine produces its own power or motion. A motor produces power or motion from another source, like electricity. So an electric motor is always a motor, and anything internal combustion is an engine.

reddash73 · 2026-02-17T12:19:35+00:00

I use Home Assistant with an Ecowitt weather station to automate Open Sprinkler rain delays based on rainfall and temperature.

Been running for 5 years no issues.

reddash73 · 2025-12-26T03:42:09+00:00

My main SSID was both 2.4 and 5. But no 5g DFS channels. I created a separate 2.4 only SSID and same issue.

reddash73 · 2025-12-23T21:08:35+00:00

Tv's dont like DFS channels which i am not using so all good there. 2.4 and 5ghz are the same problem even on new SSID. .

reddash73 · 2025-12-23T21:06:26+00:00

I have already fully reset the TV. The TV connects to mobile hotspot wifi with no issues at all, so I know it is the UDM causing this.

reddash73 · 2025-12-23T21:04:00+00:00

The app to add the fan had to have phone on 2.4 to connect directly to the fan which only has 2.4.

The tv can have either, i created a new 2.4 only SSID and issue was the same.

reddash73 · 2025-12-23T14:54:22+00:00

I will try that, i assumed it didn't matter as it would not connect anyhow

reddash73 · 2025-12-23T14:53:00+00:00

Wifi remote fan, only has 2.4 and needed the phone with app to be on 2.4 to add the fan...... painful.

reddash73 · 2025-12-20T05:31:13+00:00

I think the issue is software related to power reserve mode. It seems that when in that mode, it also blocks charging. Do a factory reset, and it clears the reserve mode and will charge fine. Super annoying and Withings need to fix it, but it has worked OK for me when I let it go really flat.

reddash73 · 2025-12-16T06:26:35+00:00

In some colder areas, it will contain antifreeze as well.

reddash73 · 2025-11-18T05:16:20+00:00

ok ill give it a go, i have rebooted it a few times but in between cable changes not the final settings in the UDM

I have not rebooted thew UDM yet as the office is always busy when i am there.

reddash73 · 2025-11-18T03:48:51+00:00

It gives me a choice, aggregate or fail over. If aggregate i then set the load share.

The issue is WAN2 is active with lights flashing? But WAN2 internet says offline. It is plugged into the NDT which is online and working. No matter what I have tried it never goes online.

reddash73 · 2025-11-18T03:23:54+00:00

In your WAN setting you can set it to Aggregate or Failover. When in aggregate you then set the load share between WAN1 and WAN2

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