So what's it about, Cliffnotes version please?

Note: Nevermind, peeked the wiki link.

That would be a nope for me too. Social distance bike ride is a lie.

Predators take no prisoners.

37 bucks? Amazing. We had the Fluke insulation testing meter at the job. Generates 1000 volts to test up to 55megohms.
https://www.grainger.com/product/1BE...g!539404092930!

If you didn't have a Megger, you really shouldn't be doing high voltage vehicles. When I went to the state, that was one of the things I got rid of, once I determined I was going to stay here.

Fluke makes some quality products. The first run of the 2nd generation Volt transmissions (they call it the drive unit) had a problem where a steel shim was dropped into the trans during assembly and would get picked up by the magnetism of the motor and damage the windings in the motor. No drive after that. You have to remove the power inverter module to test the windings (a giant pain) but after the first one I knew how to diagnose it enough to convince GM to send out a replacement transmission without taking it apart. Don't tell them, please.

Closed on the house!

Now it’s just the pile of work to get ready to move... and then actually moving...

:bday:

My wife and I drove t a local rec area to start a ride and 4 of our friends were there in the parking lot getting ready to ride. They said they were being careful and I said, "Obviously, you're not." and then got back in the car before I said something worse. My wife told me I just need to keep my mouth shut but I figure if these guys are riding together than they are probably doing other stuff, too, in violation of the self-distancing thing.

Anyway, it started raining so we postponed the ride for an hour or so.

:beer:

:bday:

+1. When the batteries on the calipers go dead, the thing becomes a useless piece of junk until you find replacements. For whatever reason, mine takes something a little unusual that takes more effort to source.

It seems the surgeon knew what he was talking about. Hopeful as I was, it is clear that the hand is not yet ready to be set free. But it is improving markedly by the day. This morning I swapped wheels on two bikes, making one of them ready to ride, when the time comes. A few minutes later, when pumping up the tire on Mrs. Seeds' bike, the finger developed some pain. Back in the hammock again

I was watching a youtube video of someone taking apart a Chevy Bolt. The guy was pretty anal about the test equipment, the test leads, and the safety equipment. Your garden variety multimeter wouldn't be useful for what he was doing (most EVs have about 400V on the batteries when charged - and there is some talk of going to 800V). I recall that this guy used Fluke meters as they were rated for these higher voltages. For what it is worth, our solar PV system also has about 400VDC.

I know, right? The biggest money-loser for a flatrate tech, was opening their mouth. Your secret is always safe with me.

Anybody ever heard of those Kaiweets multimeters?

I worked on a lot of Bolts before I retired. You can get a lot of the information you need from the data lists on your laptop but sometimes you have to measure.

Fluke and Snap On snob here.

No but I have a cheap no name meter which has served me well for decades. It can't do what a sophisticated meter can do but it does a lot.
When the leads went bad I bought some Fluke leads for it. They cost as much as the meter did. When they went bad I cut them open and soldered them back together.

A lot of times you might take a chance on a no-name device based on its build quality, but not being able to touch & feel things online makes it a crap shoot.

Hawks are mean.

Hawks gotta eat, too. Notice the distinctive Bluejay tail feathers drifting away in the breeze.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...37e6098e85.jpg

I’d help but my back hurts. :innocent:

Based on a short aside I heard in a podcast the other day, bluejays are mean, too.

So sorry.

Yep, they do tend to bully smaller birds, who in turn hire peregrines to exact revenge. It’s rough out there.

They were talking about this. Looks like they exaggerated the prevalence.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/overview

Gross, did they hire some kids to shoot a bunch of them with bb guns? :wtf:

It’s too hot.

Nice block.