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    Self Regulating AC Phase Controller for Heater

    Stop here as this is not very interesting for most.....You were warned, So I made a self regulating AC phase controller for a heater (light bulb based) I've made for my squirrel house (or whatever)..........The Home Depot/Ace Hardware type of light dimmer rheostats (Triac dimmer) do work well...
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    ghost in the machine ?

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    PLEASE HELP ASAP charging question

    The ground lead of the meter, if you could plz (and if you haven't), connect it (the ground lead) directly on to the rectifier's metal housing, then measure each of the two yellow wires in turn with the positive meter lead. With the motor running of course.....
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    PLEASE HELP ASAP charging question

    Wait as tick!!..........15VAC across the yellows? That is a good thing. Don't replace anything yet. That is a RMS measurement, so 15Vrms * 1.414 = 21.21 Vp and after two Si diodes (bridge rectifier) 21.21 Vp - (2*0.6) = 20VDC. You have an open/reg/rec issue somewhere after those yellow wires...
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    2002 EFI 115 4-Stroke Tachometer not working

    I think the problem could be your converter (#17 below) and/or tach aren't getting proper power (ig) and/or ground..... That particular tach converter (see below) is configured such that its power and ground come from the appropriate tach studs that both the converters wires connects to, hence...
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    Tach hook up again!

    Looks like it should be in there.........BTW, Cherry crop (Lamberts...yum) good this year? Think we're headed through Polson with the G. kids during the festival then up to Kalispell for an overnight. Maybe take them to the Voxtec house :laugh:
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    Wiring my West Marine VHF 480 to my Garmin Echomap 70 GPS using NMEA 0830

    Sorry about the confusing lead-up, my bad, my RS-232 just ain't what it used to be. This otta do it though.......Below is more real world however and is how I'll guess you'll wire it based on your post of just having the brown and blue coming from the Garmin. This assumes the Tx- and the Rx- of...
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    Wiring my West Marine VHF 480 to my Garmin Echomap 70 GPS using NMEA 0830

    Both are NMEA0183 appears............Thats good, same protocol, so 1. Connect the BROWN wire of the VHF 480 accessory cable to the NEGATIVE (-) wire of your chartplotter’s NMEA data INPUT (Brown) 2. Connect the WHITE wire of the VHF 480 accessory cable to the POSITIVE (+) wire of your...
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    Low Voltage at Fish Finder Display

    Geeeesh, that one flew right by me, never even thought to consider an open there........Dang, makes sense now looking back (20/20 hindsight is always so clear ya know) how the ACR was reporting the problem. Glad ya got it and thx for closing up what the fix was, will def help ppl later on down...
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    Low Voltage at Fish Finder Display

    ACR is toasted sounds like, and yes, triple flash is UVLO code............Blue's Rev 11 I linked above didn't state the three flash code sequences anywhere in the doc but, Rev 9 (below) does, guess you have an older ACR eh? How weird, wonder if then the newer ACR's (Rev 11 on) don't have the...
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    Wiring a light to relay that is driven by another 12V source

    ^^^
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    1994 force 120 ignition switch replacement

    Yes, just fired up my smoke'n beast two days ago, they loved it, I'm sure........Purred like a Dragon! Ice out smallie fishing tomorrow and friday.........Got me a new stick and reel to break in:tea:
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    Mercury voltage regulator problem

    It's electrically impossible (those mech's took your money) for that reg/rec (shorted, not regulating, whatever) to blow main fuse (#2)! They might as well have said the battery was also responsible for blowing the main fuse #2 and sold you a new one of those too........geeesh. ​ With the...
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    Bilge pump float switch install

    I added a diode so my buzzer/alarm only sounded when the float happened to be running the pump....... As I sometimes manually run the pump if i washing the bilge out or something, didn't want to hear the alarm in that case, otherwise, the float coming on-line means trouble and it sounds. BTW...
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    S8 verse S9 Camera

    Yes and what is so cool is most, if not all of the image quality in this goofy things is being done through digital signal processing, definitely amazing stuff! I WAS going to get the microscope cam to take this last night but nope, just shot it free hand with the smart phone.....The little...
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    waterproof electrical plug box on a lamp post

    Ahhh, got cha....... Then sticking with that standard curved pipe mount outlet in those links your stuck with but, then replace the "not in use" water resistant face/cover with a "in-use" water resistant face/cover? Might have to even swap out the innards if the form factor is off for the...
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    waterproof electrical plug box on a lamp post

    :rolleyes:
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    S8 verse S9 Camera

    s9
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    Tire sidewall repair

    Maybe the take away here regardless of how it was presented/perceived is that sometimes to limp out, when having no other choice and have survived to see (breath) another day, ya gotta do what ya gotta do even if it looks real real bad doing it..............:faint2:
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    Mobile Phone, Firefox and Floating Page Bar Mid Screen

    Samsung Galaxy 8, latest FW/SW yada yada............Firefox Browser (Chrome is ok), this (floating page bar, see screen shots below) only occurs when phone is rotated into the landscape position. Seems to have started when iboats created their new layout.
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