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    Grandpa??
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    Good deal!!! He might find doing 2 10hr days a little more advantageous...
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    Does it light up the trouible for you, or does it mean when you use it there's trouble???
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    Good job Tom!!!
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    Is that some kind of yellow aftermarket exhaust part in those pictures???
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    Well, for question 1 I answered "Electricity." On question 2 I was a little more specific and said "Dirty water." Question 3 to be perfectly honest I see more greenhouses made using plastic than glass so I answered both. For question 4 although I am 65 I would never drive a bus in London...:banana::banana:
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    Add me to your list, Mr. Condor!!!
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    You can always do what I did besides my yearly flu shot, retrire and hybernate for the winter...
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    +1 for the E3's, they wear like iron!
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    Yes Jeff is right, the numbers should start with zero and end with nine. My bad, I'm getting old and senile!! I'll fix it later. Jeff, I based my approximate current draw on the lights he bought which have 3 led's in them if you look at his picture...
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    Yes, I don't see any block for "Just how hungry are you??"
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    Yup!! There's your problem!!! 330 ohms is Orange Orange Brown for first 3 markers. 330,000 ohms is waaaay too much resistance! OK now for today's class... First, the resistor color code: 1 = Black 2 = Brown 3 = Red 4 = Orange 5 = Yellow 6 = Green 7 = Blue 8 = Violet 9 = Gray 0 = White To remember this, Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly. First letter of each word relates to the color. To read the "code", the first color is the actual number as is the second color. The 3rd color is the multiplier or number of zeros following the first two numbers. The other bands are for tolerance, silver is 10% +/-, Gold is 5%, etc, other bands can be for wattage or temperature coefficient and other technical junk you don't need to worry about. Wattage rating is often the physical size, which brings us top the 2nd part of today's lesson, Ohm's law, etc. I = Current or amps E = Electromotive Force, or Volts R = Resistance in ohms Volts is a electrical "pressure" or force Current is a rate of electrical flow or the number of electrons that physically pass a point in the wire per second. Basic ohms law, E = IR, I = E/R, and R = E/I. With the same voltage, the more the resistance, the less the current in a completed circuit. If the circuit is not complete, you can put one end of a bazillion ohm resistor on a battery and until you put the other end of the resistor on the other end of the resistor on the other battery terminal there will be no current flow, therefore with a voltmeter you will read the full battery voltage between the unconnected end of the resistor and the other battery terminal because there is no current flow which means no voltage drop across the resistor (no IR drop across the resistor). Watts is actual power or load across the supply. P (Watts) = IE. With a constant voltage, the more current you draw (also the smaller the resistance) the more power you use. Now seeing as the average LED draws around 20 milliamps give or take (milliamp is 1/1000 of an amp) then the power draw is going to be 0.02 x 12 or 0.24 watts. Double that for a safety margin and a 1/2 watt resistor should suffice...
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    PS What colors are the wires from the LED light?? If they are white and black, the WHITE wire is ground and the black is power...
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    What value resistor are you using??? The turn signal should not have a resistor. The stripe side of the diode should be going to the light...
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    Congradulations to your Daughter Lewis!!! Sounds like she done good! Nursing can be some long hours and many heartbreaks along the way but it is also a very rewarding career. Best wishes and prayers to her. PS it's perfectly OK for you to feel very proud of her!!!
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    Wishing you both luck and success!!!
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    Awww, come on, what's wrong with all of you?? It's plain to see it's a bellhop bell...
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    Well, I'll agree with the 49'ers but I'm afraid it will be against Mr. Brady and co. with the Brady Bunch taking all...again! Not that I'm pleased with that, not a NE fan myself being a Bills fan. I will say one thing, after watching the Bills all season it is refreshing to see some professional teams play in the playoffs!
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    Mooooooose!!!!!
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    Yes Dave, it came out a couple of months ago. There was a thread on it at the time. A sports gold wing I guess...
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    ***SIGH*** I wish I could be 183 lbs again. Haven't seen that weight in about 20 years... From the title of the thread I thought you had a conversion chart from pounds to kilograms so the Canadians could relate to us! Good luck Brian, get more exercise, it helps!
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    Yah! I'm thinking down the road you are going to be another victim of the dreaded ignition switch failure...
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    Yes, what Rick says!! Also there is no Barons lowering kit for the 1st gen Venture, that is strictly a 2nd gen part. As far as riding with zero air pressure, it makes for a very squishy bouncy ride and it does not handle as well. Try the "Low" setting on the preset of the controller, or run about 5 - 10 psi in front and around 20 psi in the rear. I once considered adapting a 2nd gen type seat arrangement as I have a 29 inch inseam but never pursued it. Take your seat off and swing a leg over and understand why I thought of this...
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    :confused24:Yah Annie, I stayed out of it, really!!!
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    Wise choice for the battery!! The DEKA is a good strong battery!
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