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Replaced half of our solar wiring today(first installed in 2016), will replace other half tomorrow. MC4 connectors... *giant sigh* aren't waterproof. It's ALL bad.
Honestly, electricity on boats is kind of ridiculous :angry_laugh:
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"-There was no “end of life” plan for these boats. Just like there was no “end of life” plan for the abandoned salmon feedlots that litter our coast, or for the collapsing canneries and piers from 60 years ago. The corporate owners have moved on, leaving their trash behind; and now it’s everyone’s problem." So apparently I sleep with my eyes partially open often... resulting in my eyes drying out real bad. *Researching treatments* "Relevant surgical techniques include skin grafting, sewing the eyelids closer together, or implanting tiny gold weights in the eyelids." Me: "W-what now?!" 😨
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 Uxn Oquonie versus the older version :>... We've made subtle changes to the designs of the lvls :D!
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I freakin' hate haggling. I'm already selling a thing at half price, a good quality, new, not once used thing... and it is insaaaane how persistent ppl are. *Item is listed at 50$* Guy: "Ill give you 30 for it!"
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 @rek stand your ground. Buyers will fuck sellers around in every possible way. I sell a lot on facebook and I just collect interest requests and puck a buyer, I don't even respond to lowballers. you don't owe them anything, not even a negotiation. that's why you should also never list at reserve price. add 30% so you can make a buyer feel better by knocking a bit off the price and still be happy as a seller.  Totally ditto. I list all things as "firm" and stick to it religiously, give people exactly one "it's non-negotiable" repeat, then don't even reply to further haggles. I would (usually) rather throw it out or give it away to a nice neighbor, than put up with that. PS: Never move to the Netherlands ... the Dutch are *soooo* into haggling. Sigh. Found a pair of 4$ converse at the thrift store! No laces, but I have a habit of keeping laces from old shoes so I've got a bunch to draw from.
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Looking at the Boat Projects section on 100r.co, it is crazy to see how many changes we've done to Pino over the years... and despite all that, there is still a lot we haven't yet touched.
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Re-watching Avatar the Last Airbender for the zillionth time. It's such a good show, and the animation is just 👌 @rek I have high hopes for the live action adaptation. nothing will beat the original ofcourse, but it's looking pretty promising! this video gives a good overview that its gona be good! https://youtu.be/hOczT5rDvAs @rek the show "The dragon prince" is made by the same people. Its in season 3 I believe. Its. Good and has some subtle references to the last airbender. Finally got a little knob for the rheostat that controls how many amps our engine's alternator gets to pump into our batteries :>. For now, I put little stickers so we know what the minimum(off, no charge) and max points are. Eventually, we'll put markings on the wood to indicate the charging strength for each 'position'.  @rek This seems kind of silly given the risk it introduces. What does a $600 marine regulator do that a $20 automotive one does not? Given the size of the engine you could probably use one from a garden tractor. Most boat projects on 100r.co have updates appended to the end of the page. We like adding notes, so others can see how a project ages, and if a repair or change worked out or not. To make it easier to find these updates, I added some links at the top of each page :>  Completed Oquonie playthough, found lots of little bugs :>. Will play again later. Moving onto the solar cooking write-up~! (Already started this a few days ago, but need to add more details, do more research, correct text, add drawings + photos etc). Just released the list of changes and updates to the HundredRabbits projects for March! https://100r.co/site/home.html#mar2023 Photo by Dayna Szyndrowski. Just finished watching Trigun Stampede.  @rek I watched the first episode and was really disappointed, the action and character design looked great but I was really put off by the rest of the animation and how they were unraveling the story. Didn’t think it was bad, just ok, maybe it’s not for me or nostalgia is clouding my vision. Would you say it gets better?
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Completed a 12-page comic sequence named "Who did what". Was a fun one. All of the Hakum comic stuff was done last summer while in Desolation Sound :). Crazy that we're in March, and I'm STILL not done processing everything. Pino has fore running lights again! Running new wires through the boat to get those working was a big pain in the :puppycat_saying_butt: It was a lot of wiring (9m, almost the whole length of the boat) just to get an LED working >_<...  @rek finally the techno party with stroboscopic light can happen, the marina will never be the same 5°C today, sun and clouds, no wind. Trying to solar cook some seitan :>... despite it being cold and slightly overcast, it is cooking~ Sun and clouds with an emphasis on 'clouds' XD... gonna have to leave it out for a long while today. Yesterday's lunch :>. Mac and (faux)cheese! 'Cheese' sauce is just a quick mixture of tahini, garlic powder, dijon mustard, plant milk, turmeric powder(optional, but it adds color), and miso.  One of the main reasons I like drawing comics is to draw expressions, especially extremes... like someone being very sad/happy/afraid, or mixed emotions, like a character being angry, but in a sad way. It feels really nice when I can capture that feeling right =^__^= (I don't always get it). I'm never sure what the best words for sound effects are in comics. I honestly don't care for "pow" for a punch. I'm probably the only one who thinks PAF! is appropriate, but I'm sticking with it XD.... 'paf' might be a french thing. |
@rek The actual mating connection (where the orange o-ring is) looks pretty solid and I don't have any reason to doubt it. I suspect most of the water intrusion in MC4's happens from the cable side. Those spiral silicone threaded crimp mechanisms are sketchy as. I'm going to seal mine with sealant once I have final layout organized.