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  1. Flyinfool
    I can agree with that. Under inflation can cause a tire to blow out, Max pressure will at worst cause a harsh ride and center tread wear.
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    I would hate to see either.......
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    Max sidewall pressure is not always best. Max sidewall pressure is for if the tire is to be loaded to its max weight carrying ability. If the tire can carry a lot more weight that it will ever see where it is mounted then a lower pressure may be more appropriate. Perfect case in point. Do you run the max sidewall pressure in your MC trailer tires? Have you heard of anyone that thinks it is a good idea to run max pressure in a MC trailer tire?
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    I was afraid that between Bob and I we had your eyes spinning in counter rotating circles..... Funny you mention military cargo, I just got off the phone with a friend that is a load master for every cargo plane the AF has.
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    OK Bob, now stop messin with us. Your colors chart is off by 1 Black is zero not 1 white is 9 not zero. Normally your description of power is correct. But there is more to consider with LEDs. There is no such thing as a 12V LED. What the manufacturers do is to build in whatever resistor is necessary to operate the LED in a 12V system which is really a 14V system with the engine running. As for the current draw, with modern LEDs that are series parallel circuits the 20mA per LED does not apply, you have to check the manufacturers specs. I added 180 LEDs to the back of my bike and the whole batch draws 1 amp at full brightness, that works out to 5.6mA per LED. In this case he is using the resistor to dim the LED, so the resistor is not dropping the full 14v. with the LEDs that I used on my bike the 330 ohm was dropping ~5V so 5 x .02 = .1W so again the 1/2W resistor has plenty of headroom. I think I really cornfused thins now.
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    OK Red Red Yellow would be 220,000 (220K) ohm Orange red yellow would be 320,000 (320K) ohm I'm guessing that yours are Orange orange yellow for 330,000 (330K) ohm You should have orange orange brown, the last band can be any color for this application. RS should have the 330 ohm resistors, good excuse for another ride...... What value trimmer pot did you get? The 47ohm resistors will function, but there will be only a very small difference in brightness. Good thing resistors are cheap.
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    I think there is still a time limit, but that can depend on the particular food item and the particular floor. A dry cookie on a clean floor that has been there a full day could still be good. A steak on that same clean floor would not be good after a full day. Any food dropped on the bathroom floor for any amount of time would not be good.
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    There is you problem. 330K is way to much (330K means 330,000 ohm). It should be 330 ohm resistor. No K and no M after the 330. As was described in the "Original Flasher Modification" thread. There are colored bands on the resistor what are all of the colors on the resistor you are using? The first two bands should be Orange.
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    When I drop food I don't even bother to look down to see where it landed. The dog usually gets it on the way down. Dogs are a lot faster and smarter than cats. If it does hit the floor, it will never last 5 seconds anyhow before the dog has it, even if she is on the opposite side of the house. It is safest to just get out of the way. I find it amazing how the dog can sense falling food, even while sound asleep and still wake up and be there to catch it even from a great distance.
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    The door sticker on my truck calls for 35psi. With the tires that I have on it I run 50 psi. I just changed out the tires after 50K miles and they were worn perfectly flat and even across the thread which means that my load, pressure and alignment was perfect. As everyone else said, forget the door sticker, unless you still have the original factory tires. Even if you get a new set of the same make, model and size of tire. the pressure may need to change a little due to changes in method of manufacture or raw material sources over the years.
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    You said you were going to take pics to document this project. Did you take a pic before you covered it all up in shrink wrap? Maybe we can spot something amiss.
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    Best of luck to you both.
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    How about miles left in tank. Burned out headlight HI / LO, tail, brake High beam indicator. Oil level. Passenger mute button...... Several trip odos Clock Stopwatch Just trying to think of what all is on the current display that will be gone. User settable rev limiter. Will it have a function to calibrate the spedo and odo? I don't think that it needs to be displayed other than while doing the calibration.
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    Its obvious. You missed all the levels of state and local government.
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    Are you going to pack up some of this cold weather to bring with you so that you do not get homesick??
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    To bad it is only in black. Might look nice in a pearl yellow or pearl orange.
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    ALL!!!!!
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    Hey! That sounds like something I would do.......
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    When talking resistance (and a lot of other things) the K on the back of the number means to add 3 zeros. So 330K means 330,000 ohms. In this case you need a 0.33 ohm resistor. So the ones you have are 10 million times to big. The short answer is no they will not work.
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    There are some seat mods that can be done to get your feet down lower. Look up Rick Butler. aka the butt butler.
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    BUT But but..... Your waist size just before delivery:fatsmiley: was still smaller than mine........ And I'm not even close to delivery yet..........
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    Several years ago my boss tried to get me to fly to Australia in January because the air conditioners that we built were failing. I thought it sounded like fun till I found out that they were failing because the temps were 130-140+F in the shade. The AC units were only designed for a max of 130F. I then explained to my boss that he should go, and I will stay here to figure out what needs to be done and then he can implement the field change. I spent a bunch of time running in and out of a 150F environmental chamber testing the "fix". that was bad enough. I cant imagine being there. I don't do heat well.
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    When your hot your hot........
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    While training your body to eat properly you will often start by gaining weight before you start to lose. If you were starving before, then your body will try to store those six meals a day till it learns that food is always coming.
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    Way back in the olden days when I was at a buddies house and he was helping me build my first stock car. I was welding on the roll cage in one of the top front corners. I could hear everyone laughing. Didn't think anything of it, I was concentrating on making a good weld, it was a critical joint on the roll cage after all. As soon as I finished the weld and flipped up the helmet, I saw flames shooting up from my crotch. 2 Seconds later as I was starting to scramble to climb out of the car window (race cars have the doors welded shut) I was hit with a 5 gallon bucket of water to douse the flames. Fortunately they also had the forethought to have someone turn off the welder first. They all laughed really hard after the bucket of water. Fortunatly for me the only damage don was to the crotch of my jeans:scared:
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