Ooh, the ennui arrived early this weekend...
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A three hour bike ride around Portland in mid January on a Saturday night.
Yes, I'm single, how could you tell?
I noticed the lights were showing signs of voltage drop by the time I got home, which is odd. I'll bench test the lights tomorrow and see if these LEDs are less efficient than the other rope light I used earlier.
[#]biketooter
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The sun has set. Time for a test ride.
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...now I'm wondering if I forgot to turn off one of the lights in the garage when I took the photo of the neon LED strips, or if my phone decided to auto balance the lighting for me...
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Well, we learned some things today.
1/2" rope light is barely able to fit; 3/8" is better but it retails at like $9 a foot.
1/2" rope light is not as bright as HD LED strips in a neon diffuser. I'm not an electrician but I suspect it is because it's 40 LEDs per meter as opposed to 120 LEDs per meter.
We'll ride with it for a week or two, see how it feels compared to the "neon" LED strips.
[#]bikeTooter #diy #electronics #3dprinting
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I should also test the relative visibility of different lengths of LEDs on the wheels.
I figure 12", 24", 36", and 72" are good lengths to try, as it takes about 72" of LEDs to encircle the rim of a bike will.
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My goal for this weekend is to get the LED rope light cut to length and wired up. Once that's done I'll have two sets of wheel lights to do A/B comparisons with.
It's been a struggle to find LED rope light that is "dimmable" ... but I've been reading up on PWM (pulse width modulation) and it is my understanding that any LED strip or rope light is dimmable using PWM since it toggles lights on and off at a high frequency to give the appearance of dimming?
[#]diy #electronics
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Maybe I should just go all in and invent a bike wheel that has the lights and battery built in...
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Looks like I've reached the end of life for the hot end that came with my 3D printer after barely three months.
I don't think I've been printing that much ... he says, knowing he's on his third spool of PETG.
How long are #3dprinting hot ends supposed to last?
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That's two prints in a row where the nozzle has clogged after the first layer. I wonder if it's time to clean or replace it...
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The list of tools I've used while developing these wheel lights now extends into my sewing kit.
An awl works on plastic, too.
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This type annotation will end me up on another government watch list.
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Correction - I did not test the rope light properly. It is 12V, just in a 120V box for some reason.
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Well that's disappointing.
After checking literally every store I could find, I found one that sold short lengths of 1/2" 12V dimmable LED rope light.
It arrived today.
120V.
Maybe it's an honest mistake, but it's not a good look. And I liked their prices because they were selling at a little over $1 a foot - most other suppliers I found charge $2 a foot.
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The best argument against society is five minutes with people.
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The most important thing we learned from the production outage this week, caused the database getting continuously deadlocked because users are ignoring instructions, is you need either:
or
-A mechanism to reboot every computer.
Preferably, both.
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When you have those near lucid dreams when you're waking up and wondering what your subconscious is trying to tell you.
I haven't played violin in twenty years, brain!
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Riding at night with the wheel lights on looks amazing in the reflection on darkened windows as I pass buildings.
I need to stop and get a picture next time.
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Me: Sends an email to (large delivery company) asking for clarification on their rules about shipping packages containing lithium ion batteries.
Them: "Please give us a call at..."
Me: "Fuck."
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