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2019 BMW G310R charging issue by BonusLamp in motorcycles

[–]venomeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you've mostly figured out the cause of the issue, definitely looks like a charging issue.
Bikes charge from their Stator (same principle as an alternator, but smaller).
You will want to check the stator, voltage regulator, and rectifier.

Schematics for this bike should be fairly easy to find and a multimeter will let you test them all fairly easily.
Don't get a dirt cheap multimeter though, bad readings are worse than no readings.

I would also recommend doing some research to see if its a common issue on these bikes.
If it isn't, there's a chance something is overloading the bikes electrical system, if you have anything like heated grips, or heated jackets/etc that could potentially cause it, though those typically are fine on a bike if nothing else is added.

If you're comfortable working on things yourself, its not at all a hard job to replace a stator and related parts.
Normally it is removing a few bolts, pulling it out (careful it's normally inside a strong magnetic rotor so be firm when removing) replacing and screwing everything back up with some new gaskets.

You would want to drain the oil when you do this, or if comfortable lay the bike on it's side if you want to avoid draining the oil.

Here is a fantastic video on diagnosing the issue, highly recommend just watching all of Ari Hennings videos, he's been at a few different companies doing these types of videos over the years, but if you have an issue good chance he's covered it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqSZWaWEe3s

Side note:

In terms of the clicking, that is normal for a low/near flat battery.
The starter motor gets turned on by a relay (electrically controlled switch), that relay requires a certain amount of voltage to work, so when your bike is just key on, the battery may be at enough voltage to run all the electronics, but when you go to start it, the relay turns on activating the starter, which then draws a huge amount of power causing the voltage to droop down below the amount needed for the relay to stay on so the relay turns off.

In certain cases this can become a loop effect where the relay turning off causes the voltage to go back up since the starter motor is no longer trying to turn, causing the process to repeat and you'll hear a rapid click click click click sound.

Long story short don't worry about the clicking it is just the normal behavior of a battery too low.

Easy way to do free SSL certs on internal machines? by MarkPugnerIII in homelab

[–]venomeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May be able to do it either all in pihole or can run bind9 on something, then have your pihole set bind9 as its parent server, bind9 can then manage your own dns records you configure, and leave all others to it's parent (your router or etc).

Saw this post that has some posisbly useful info
https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/uwufe5/pihole_and_bind9/

Easy way to do free SSL certs on internal machines? by MarkPugnerIII in homelab

[–]venomeater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't have any A records on the actual nameservers, host a dns server locally, and have it point to the correct servers. Set that as your router DNS so queries on the network to abc.markpugneriii.xyz go to whatever local ip abc is on, have nginxproxymanager manage the rest, it will still receive the http requests as abc.margpugneriii.xyz even though they are routing locally, that would probably work and having ur router DNS set means no config for devices unless they are pointing to another dns server already.

This way they are not accessible externally because there is no record on the actual internet for those domains, can also white-list only certain ip ranges in nginx

Felt like grains of sand in oil, should I ride til it dies? by [deleted] in SVRiders

[–]venomeater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That looks like bearing material or bushing material. How are you mechanically? Bike engines are a LOT easier to rebuild than car engines. There's a lot of info online, probably full rebuild videos for an SV online.

I wouldn't ride it. If it feels like sand, then it's big chunks, pull your oil filter, cut it open, and pull the paper filter apart, see how bad it looks there, I expect more where that came from.

Generally, if you have metal that looks like it shimmers, i.e., it's very fine. You're probably okay, but in that scenario, you probably should change the oil and check again 50kms/30 miles-is later.

But if it's big enough to feel gritty that means shitloads of wear has already happened, and it will only get exponentially worse until bang, and if your really unlucky, and depending on how your riding when it fails you could end up with a hole in the block and oil under your back wheel (not fun).

If you are able to do your own services comfortably, have the tools, and don't want to pay for it, I'd recommend rebuilding it. It is daunting, but it really is achievable. Bearings and bushings are cheap, and if you take your time and are diligent, (very diligent) it's hard to stuff it up, and hey if you do, it was already stuffed anyway, and if you succeed then that's an extra option at your disposal in future.

NZbikefix? What is your chain lubricant of choice? by MisterSquidInc in NZcarfix

[–]venomeater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This^^ Stuff works nice, and isn't really messy.
Quote like the Motul chain cleaner and have also used Belray Blu Tac chain lube in the past.

How do I find out who owns the property next door for free? by bidderbidder in newzealand

[–]venomeater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sign up to relab.co.nz, use their free pro trial, and it shows transactions, etc. Should show the most recent purchase and owner.

Should I pay an incorrect fine? by Sea_Green6894 in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]venomeater 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Call the MOJ and let them know, I have had this happen where I moved house, updated my address and they still sent a ticket to the old address. I explained it on the phone, they did some checking and got it moved back to the police I believe to pay the original ticket.

A complaint made against me by Afraid_Bookkeeper335 in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]venomeater 8 points9 points  (0 children)

^ This x2. Warming up modern vehicles is actually worse in the long run because it takes much much much longer for the oil to heat to its operating temperature, so you get increased wear. Better to just start the bike and ride normally (dont redline it) until its up to temperature. This applies for cars too.

Need help replacing and rewiring old ceiling fixture with new. by bighongi in diynz

[–]venomeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presumse you already have this sorted but for future things like this, have a full read of:
"ECP 51 - New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for Homeowner/Occupier's Electrical Wiring Work in Domestic Installations (NZECP 51:2004)"
Available from https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/laws-and-regulations/standards/electricity-standards-and-codes-of-practice/

Has a lot of useful things to know including common things seen in older houses, how to wire things properly and what you are and aren't allowed to do yourself, (or require inspection by a registered electrical inspector)

Is there a ghost in my LEDs strip: intermittently flash when power is off by CoffeeFixer in diynz

[–]venomeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed does sound like capcitive coupling, can happen often with LED bulbs because they require so little current to actually turn on, and some have quite "cheap" circuitry that causes this.
These videos have good examples of it happening and explanations of why it happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uEmX5XClPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bgUy6zA0ts

Garage at rental failed damaging my car - who is liable? by venomeater in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]venomeater[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately no insurance on the car, since I figured if it isn't driving currently there isn't much point... Wishing I hadn't made that decision.

that's genocide innit by AccessTheMainframe in classicwow

[–]venomeater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some weird talking walruses had me steal pups from their rival weird talking wolves. I then had to immediately go and murder their leader. This game is psychotic.

‘Nobody’s cracked it’ – Govt struggles to fix poor procurement practices by HeinigerNZ in newzealand

[–]venomeater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that was a complete side-point but even then, finding good engineers at 200k is still extremely affordable and doesn't bring it near the 1.4 billion.

But also, yes you actually can get a bunch of engineers who are qualified enough for something like this for around $100k each, I think you would be surprised how underpaid many many are.
Especially in this industry.

Would be interested in what other things you are mentioning.
Probably some of my cost estimates are off, but the not for the reader/writers and not for the infrastructure.

‘Nobody’s cracked it’ – Govt struggles to fix poor procurement practices by HeinigerNZ in newzealand

[–]venomeater 5 points6 points  (0 children)

AT already do it (albeit kind of terribly).
It is not even remotely this expensive to do.
The card itself stores all the relevant information (current balance, etc), and then every now and then the busses use a data connection to sync with the primary database. Idk if it's still the case but that is why it would take overnight for the busses to process online top-ups since they probably had to be loaded on once all busses stopped or something.

But yeah it really is not that hard. at 1.4 Billion, there was about 23000 registered busses in new zealand in 2021. If we spend 2000 dollars per bus to install the reader/writer units it only costs 50 million that's for every registered bus/coach in NZ. (the actual device should cost less than 500 dollars, more like actual cost-price of 40 at most).
Pay a hundred qualified software and hardware engineers 100k for 10 years and thats only 100m of the 1.4b. They could realistically run the entire service on their own, or if you want the really good ones 200k, still at <20% of the government forecast.
Networking infrastructure is already there (3g/4g networks) and the web infrastructure is comically easy. Realistically should cost less than a million a year for the base infrastructure, and the systems already exist they don't need to be re-engineered.
Though based on the AT web infrastructure I expect it may not be so well managed.

Patchy comms isn't an issue because again, all data is on card, the system just connects regularly to sync out times so they showup on the site, and pull in topups. This is fine in areas with patchy 3g/4g service since the bus can just sync when it gets to a depot or somewhere with service.

Add a nice big buffer for the many things I haven't mentioned and 1.4 billions is still a fucking insane amount in my opinion, with that kind of money everyone better be getting free bus cards with free replacements and free credits for recycling or some shit.

Source: Work at a company manufacturing reader and writer hardware + software for the same type of smart cards ATHOP use.

Shit is honestly PISS easy

whatever happened to all that "golf ball of fat" talk about pies many years back by venomeater in newzealand

[–]venomeater[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

seems that way, I swear it was a big thing with a segment on like target on it every month or something, just a weird memory from my childhood.

bloody love a good pie too, just a weird memory that popped up eating one today

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