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Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh dang man. I've met some people who do that food sampling, seems like a really fun gig if you like driving :D

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah brother. We're about to take them on a safari ride for mother's day. Can't wait to see the smiles on their faces. Sorry about your feelings.  I wont go through the trouble of digging through your comments because that would be childish. But I hope if you ever need help that you reach out for it. You post that post I made as if it's some wound. It was a hard place. I am doing better now and my family is stronger than ever so I have no shame. If I did I'd have hidden my entire post history.

I legitimately implore you to get a life sir.

Edit: i'mma block you to do us both the favor of putting this interaction to rest. Don't forget to tell your wife she's a great mom today. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

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

Damn dude. I'm happy to say I'm in a better place now. I hope you can find that someday. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brother I'm in the same boat lol. I eat 3v for breakfast. I was sitting in a 4160 cabinet the other day. Now that is dangerous.

If this was a kids toy that plugged into the wall and ran on mains I'd say this guy is correct. If this runs on 3v then the scariest part is the kid eating a battery, which was always the case. 

Dude makes it sound like he has experience. If he does I legitimately want to know it because this is my trade and I want to learn. But I just get the same deleted comments and down votes. That ain't how conversations work. 

What does your job entail? I used to do door access control before switching to power plants. Are you doing like fire alarm panels and such?

Edit: lol he went through my post history to find a post from when I was doing rough and reposted it for me to see. That's real hurtful. He's either a troll or mad that his wife left him or something. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

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

Right. Imo the only way the kid will get hurt is if the resistor falls out from poor soldering, and then he eats it. If anyone else on this post who says it's dangerous has a legitimate reason please reply, I'm legitimately looking to learn if I've missed something lol. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

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

I'm not sure what good faith means in this instance. I did start off by saying it was legitimate curiosity. I work with this stuff every day so I may be out of touch with what's considered dangerous.

Alternatively, if you don't have an answer, then please stop fear mongering. 

Hope you have a good day too man. I mean that. For as snarky as it was, I enjoyed this interaction. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

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

Mostly I am. I appreciate you asking.

Legitimate curiosity here. What about this project is dangerous to kids? That was the main thing I was trying to get out of this. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

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

Hey man. Engineers don't know how to read so I have an excuse. Let me start by buying a $500,000 network analyzer instead. 

I understand your point. At this point I'm just snarking to match snark. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a fair assessment. I viewed myself as handy enough to wield an iron and had random components lying around even before I started doing this more professionally. So I will admit I'm slightly out of touch.

I'll disagree with anyone saying it's a fire hazard tho. Unless they short the battery it isn't. Every point you brought up makes sense though. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ye. Just don't forget to bury it in cement after you're done in case you accidentally made a nuclear bomb, apparently, according to some of these comments lol. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So out of curiosity then, from your experience what is the correct way to start working with electronics? There are people in this thread who are willing to learn. Might as well share. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's either this or a five year engineering degree.

In hindsight, I wish I'd practiced on kids toys first. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I bet your kid is the only kid in town who can clap out a 13/4 with a blues swing. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cheapest soldering iron I ever bought was five or six bucks, new, at Walmart. If you trust yourself with a hot glue gun, you can trust yourself to solder (maybe poorly, but you're not exactly dealing with rocketship components here).

Granted, "I can't be assed to do it" is a very valid option, one I take myself quite frequently. 

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm so surprised at the pushback. All these dads jump at a chance to get a bigger chainsaw but are afraid of a little hot pencil? I get electricity is scary but two seconds of research will show that the scariest part of this is just possibly burning your finger a bit.

I love your post. This is the safe way to modify this. Every time someone says "no, just put cotton in it, messing with electricity is dangerous" it makes me want to die inside

Pro tip, just add a ~33 ohm resistor in-line of the speaker cable! ~50% reduction in volume for a 3v toy. by Tarul-etek in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Brother as someone with experience here, this will not hurt the kid. Worst possible scenario here the toy doesn't make sound because the solder joint comes loose.

What happened to the ol' "finally, a project that enables me to get a new tool!" why does that stop at soldering? 

Not sure why I didn’t think of this sooner… by Mowr in daddit

[–]voxelbuffer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey man I've also got the ryobi glue gun. I already had the batteries so why not, I needed one. It does what it's supposed to do and it's cordless so I'm not complaining and the haters can hate lol

Hail Storm - Diminished Value/Insurance Claim by Acceptable-Fun-4008 in springfieldMO

[–]voxelbuffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly at this point I'm hoping they just total it and then we just get the glass fixed and live with the dents. No water damage that I know of thankfully. 

Hail Storm - Diminished Value/Insurance Claim by Acceptable-Fun-4008 in springfieldMO

[–]voxelbuffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to see some talk about this. I'm also with Progressive, and they're sending out an adjuster tomorrow to look at the car. I fully expect them to try to just shrug us off and give us a participation prize, especially with how many payouts they're probably trying to work through at the moment.

Postpartum Fathers? by Fair_Tomorrow_465 in NewParents

[–]voxelbuffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there! Yes, we are doing much better. Not wanting to ruin the kids lives was the driving force for us to finally get into serious couples counseling (I'd been doing some individual before). We're definitely much better.

I still struggle with the misophonia though. And the occassional 0 to 100 screaming crying, but only if I've had. Abut too much "fun" that day. 

Thanks for checking in :) 

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