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In case the wiring diagram doesn't make it clear, I'm accomplishing the "always on" by running the negative side of the switch's "On" output straight to ground, bypassing the factory dome switch. When I do this, if I want the lights dimmer, I know I need to give them less current, so what kind of resistor do I need to put in to accomplish this? I figured a 10 Ohm resistor would add 10 Ohms of resistance, effectively doubling the resistance of the circuit by my figuring, and therefore making the lights half as bright.

I know only enough to know I'm probably wrong about this.

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I'll be bumping with cute animals and additional questions. Stuff like: Is parallel the way to go for connecting the strips together? I've heard LEDs actually cause a voltage drop, so I figured wiring them in series would make them progressively dimmer and not matching.

I'll also add that I have a multimeter, and only a very rudimentary knowledge of how to use it.

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i cant says YES or NO coz the switch is a mystery. you need to redraw it with a standard notation so we can tell what connects to what inside the switch. use either the left or right representation in the pic provided. personally i prefer the right coz you can follow the current flow, instead of it being a black box.

>>1004472
Rich soil with good drainage, and you need potatoes to start potatoes.

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>>1004472
You can grow stuff in bags if you don't want to dig up your yard or you don't have much in the way of open ground, they are a kind of plastic fabric and with care can be reused for a few years, you can let your seed potatoes "bud" on a window sill and then plant them out, compost mixed with some well rotted manure (60 - 40 mix) will give them plenty of food to get on with, plant the seed potatoes in a half full bag then as the plants grow almost cover them over (leave a few leaves poking out) to force them to grow more/higher, this will increase your yield significantly.

When you harvest the potatoes don't throw away your soil, tip it out into a big pile (if you have the room) and cover to stop weeds and mix in more well rotted manure the following year and use again.

If you do not have a greenhouse to start plants off then you can use your window sills or build a cold frame, these are very easy to make and there are a ton of videos showing you how.

I grow lots of tomatoes and chilli plants and sell them in front of my house with an honesty box and donate the money to Hope For Heroes, the stall in the picture isn't mine but mine is pretty similar.

>>1004472
dig a little hole and put potato in it.

when the plant appears and grows some, pile good loose soil around the plant. leaving the top half the plant exposed. Keep repeating this every few days. Till your mound gets about a foot and half or two feet high.

when the plant above ground dies. tear the mound apart to get potatoes.

>>1004441
If you want them to look like shit

of course, they do it in prison

>>1004441
Sure just buy a tattoo engine on amazon and go ahead. You may want to practice on a pork-belly or a drunk friend first.

I use those for my components. I dont know how much shit you ordered but definitely buy enough cabinets so you can keep your different values organized. Keeping your resistors and shit organized takes up a lot of drawers. You're also gonna want something bigger to store whatever big shit you accumulate, batteries, power supplies, cords, wire, etc. Save the husky box for tools. A parts organizer like the one in your pic is like fifteen bucks at harbor freight so I don't think you're gonna get a better solution for less.

>>1004360

Whatever organizer you get, ensure that the "ceilings" of the drawers is solid. That is to say, completely enclosed. I like the organizers I have on the basis that they were cheap (like $20 for 64 2x5.5" drawers), but the cutouts in the drawer slots that were put in to save material means that things can get caught/stuck after you close the drawer. Not to mention the fact that if I ever knock the thing over (god forbid), parts are still going to be all over the place even if every drawer magically stays completely shut.

I'm inclined to say you should make your own if you have the capability. Partly because it should be cheaper than a decent, off-the-shelf organizer cabinet, and partly because you can ensure it's exactly what you need.

For most through-hole components, I use these:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#4629T34
For surface mount, the compartments are way too big. I use these instead:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMD-resistor-capacitor-storage-box-Organizer-0603-0402-144-compartments-w-lids-l-/281543611085
...and since I have like 100 of each, I keep them neatly store in map cabinets, aka 'flat files':
http://www.draftingsuppliesdew.com/flat-files/smi-natural-oak-flat-files-with-metal-glides

>>1004347
You didnt specify a price range, or what kind of sockets you are looking for.
All you have said is that you want good sockets that will last, and then contradicted that statement by saying that a chinese craftsman set seemed solid.

>>1004347
>craftsmen
>from OSH
I doubt he got a Sears brand from Orchard

>>1004355
>Sears brand

The CEO that moved all production of Craftsman to china, he also started farming out Craftsman sales to other hardware stores.

Getting ready for the inevitable of killing Sears off completely.

Aren't you looking for a battle station thread on /g/ ?

>>1004291
Goodluck hiding your jizz-rag in a blacklit room like that

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Here to help.

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My current room. Gonna diss the blacklights when I finish building my bedroom in the downstairs basement.

Still gonna keep the grey walls though.

>>1003940
>offline password keeper (push a physical button and it writes it out)
Writes on what? Can you actually fit a spool of paper in there?

I put a second hard drive in mine.

>>1003946
I think he means on the computer itself using the sata connection, which is an awesome idea.

>>1003745
No answer from me, but on this same topic, I was wondering if it's possible to remove the impurities from, say, 18k gold and make 24k gold out of it.

>>1003745
milled a block of graphite for a mold because its what I had on hand but I think most people would use investment casting.

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>>1003745
3rd cucked fag interested - getting tied in Oct.

I've contemplated doing a silver coin ring, just not digging the symbolism of being tied to the Federal Reserve.

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Backside of the chip

>>1003071

You either:

A.) Pulled the cable out of the crimp. In that case, not really your fault; that should have been essentially impossible to do. Stuff it back in and crimp it better.

B.) Pulled the contact out of the housing. Again, not your fault if you were able to do it; Anderson plugs lock in once assembled and shouldn't be able to come loose without deliberate effort. See if the pawl that holds the contact in is okay and push it back in if it is.

C.) Pulled the insulation back on the cable. Yet again, shouldn't really have been possible unless it was cut too far back in the first place. Cover it with some suitable tape and it should be alright.

>>1003076
thank you for your response. I was trying to push it back in before I closed the store, but I'm not sure if I accomplished anything. As far as I could tell, I couldn't at this point easily pull the cable or anything else from the connector. The black cable just jiggles a lot, and I can see copper which I don't like. Any tips on a fix?

>>1003076
Oh and I should have added, from my brief experience before I got frustrated and went home, situation A seems most likely

>>1002885
don't shoot your girlfriend

>>1002885
Don't cut off your leg OP, it's not worth it. Post pics.

>>1002885
1. at least four, less than nine
2. epoxy usually helps
3. you'll need to cut off your lower legs for optimum performance
4. 3 by 12 by 2

The rods will corrode, that's kinda how a battery works.

>>1002430
What I mean is how would this be assembled, the copper and zinc rods being combined with a chargers cord.

>>1002428
.25 x12 inch Zinc extrusion:15$
.25 x 12 inch copper: 8$
Wire: 5$, free
USB: 5$, free

23-33 dollar experiment OP. Amazon has everything you'd need. Hell, you cpuld probably source copper for free. Zinc may be harder.

>>1002024
That is odd. What country, how old, what style toilet? More pics would be great.

>>1002044
Australia. The house was built in the mid 1980s so I assume the toilet is original.

The brand on the bowl is "Fowler Ware" for what it's worth.

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another

Bookshelves

You just posted what you need in the avatar. What the fuck.

>>1001630
not exactly cheap mate, and from what ive read its a misconception on how much the deaden the sound they just stop re-verb and echo

Buy one.

>>1001514
kek

Should lend you my wife OP