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  1. SternWake

    What kind of fish do you like to catch & eat?

    I've done a fair amount of salt water fishing, but in Baja, NJ and North Carolina and Australia.  I don't bother fishing IN California, though I present myself as bait quite often here. I;ve caught perch and large mouth bass in lakes in Florida.  I was unimpressed with their fight, compared to...
  2. SternWake

    Dear Photobucket, Rot in Hell

    Every picture hosted by photobucket on a free account on every website/forum everywhere, but photobucket itself, is no longer functioning due to their extortion, kidnapping and money grab. Who in their right mind would pay 400$ a year just to have a third party host their photos. granted they...
  3. SternWake

    Switch to turn inverter on 6ft away?

    The inverter on off switch does not carry mych current at all. Long while back I pulled the wires from the switch, extended them with 18awg lamp cord and put a switch reachable from my bed, So I could turn off inverter, powering heating pad, from bed. As this inverter would eat up 0.68 amps...
  4. SternWake

    Dear Photobucket, Rot in Hell

     free 3rd party  image/ picture hosting from here: https://picload.org/ No membership required Just got to add the {IMG}  {/IMG} tags around direct link Substitute the [ for {
  5. SternWake

    Dear Photobucket, Rot in Hell

    Kinda of wondering how many people worldwide have deleted their accounts and raised a giant middle finger at them. I just got around to it. My adblocker said it blocked 58 ads on the page which said they would wait 48 hours before deleting it.
  6. SternWake

    Canine separation Anxiety, or a legitimate itch

    The spots she attacks when alone, seemingly heal within an hour as they are no longer red, and I cannot find ANY sign of bites/ The exception was the one event on her tail which took several days to heal as it got infected and I was not really around much to check on her with all the Shit...
  7. SternWake

    Dear Photobucket, Rot in Hell

    They want 6$ a month. NO sale. I viewed their site only as a place for hosting photos for 3rd party hosting. Their ad revenue will collapse. The site would freeze my computer if I had ad block turned off.  I've been really irritated with their site for a long time and NO way would I ever...
  8. SternWake

    Canine separation Anxiety, or a legitimate itch

    I usually leave her outdoors, as do her owners when they leave her alone. She prefers it outdoors unless everybody is inside Climate is mild, there is plenty of shade. Last time she chewed herself today there was some light volumed music on. They do not have a TV but perhaps I can get a talk...
  9. SternWake

    Dear Photobucket, Rot in Hell

    All of a sudden they say that in order to post photos to forums such as these that were are uploaded to their site, one must  subscribe and pay them. As if the horribly slow and unrelaiable uploads, and annoying ads, and frustrating format were so special that one should pay to have the...
  10. SternWake

    Canine separation Anxiety, or a legitimate itch

    I am house sitting and dog watching.  Me and the 4 to 5 year old  female Lowland Polish sheep dog are very  good friends.  While not my dog, everybody calls her my dog, even her owner's as I have played with her since she was a  tiny puppy. She is sweet, smart, loyal and tries so hard to be a...
  11. SternWake

    a rockin stereo

    6x9 might be designed with a trunk underneath them, but when the speakers are dangling from the door while powered up playing something, the second they get placed within the door panel the depth and richness of the sound increases many fold. While I would not choose this route again, both of...
  12. SternWake

    rechargeable headlamps

    Please be cautious with inexpensive haedlamps on Amazon or Ebay that come with 18650 lithium batteries and chargers. The batteries are usually rewrapped recycled laptop batteries, the chargers might recharge them above 4.2v which is unsafe. I had one whose light output and focusable beam was...
  13. SternWake

    rechargeable headlamps

    I was not aware of ThruNite headlamps. Thanks. I am kind of keen on having Cree's latest and greatest LED chip even though 2300 lumens is pretty insane. The HC50 when they first came out were not well liked, as the LED would glow very faintly when turned off. Would take 6 months to drain the...
  14. SternWake

    Small or large Inverter or both? ;)

    Before I lined the interior of my fiberglass roof with foil backed foam insulation, I got good tv reception with an antenna inside, after insulation I got nothing. usually my RFI is not an issue, only when hot and dry and I want channel 8 or 10(actual). My external antennas are just tiny Omni...
  15. SternWake

    Small or large Inverter or both? ;)

    Is outside. Inside i get no stations. Outside 30+. Usually, depends on weather with hot and dry bad. Cool and foggy best
  16. SternWake

    Small or large Inverter or both? ;)

    The DC to DC and AC DC transformers are electrically noisy too, and mine can knock out actual channel 8, which comes in at full strength otherwise. I have achieved a lot of mitigation of the RFI with snap on ferrites, and some shielding, but will at some point enclose the power supply in a...
  17. SternWake

    Blown off, and stewing

    Texting is not going anywhere. My older friends who refuse to text complain about being left out of gatherings, and are rather tortourus to speak with on the phone. Takes 10 minutes to relate what could be related in a 5 word text in 15 seconds. Talk a bout a waste of time. Now a long...
  18. SternWake

    Small or large Inverter or both? ;)

    It seems that inverters are widely seen as the solution to powering all stick and brick devices/appliances. But, my 12v to 19.5v 90 watt DC to DC converter uses significantly less battery power(12 TO 20% less) than does my 400 watt PSW inverter powering the AC to DC transformer which came with...
  19. SternWake

    Small or large Inverter or both? ;)

    Limited battery capacity, will only be able to power so much inverter. So one could have a 3000 HP drag racing car, but only have enough fuel tank to get 1/16 of a mile. powering a 4Kw inverter at 4Kw is going to require a lot more than 4 deep cycle golf cart batteries. Your proposed battery...
  20. SternWake

    Arctic King 2.6 cu ft 1-Door Compact Refrigerator

    I use a 12v 40mm computer fan inside mine. It only draws 0.03 amps and such a low amp draw should only provide modest extra heating for the cooling unit to remove. high CFM on an internal fan is not required, not desired My internal fan evens out nternal temperatures drastically, and also...
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