c16rkc's mad house

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From "more than you wanted to know about speed bumps" to "more than you wanted to know about Vernier Calipers"

https://www.geol.lsu.edu/jlorenzo/geoph ... liper.html

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Armidillo wrote: 23 Sep 2023, 04:07
PS they're Vernier calipers :)
Not the way I use them they're not :-D My measurements are always Verinear what they should be :rofl2:
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I'm sure that "Verineer calipers" was intentional.

I liked another one recently, "Spidometer", dying to use that one. Measure the recent influx of spiders and with the calipers see how close they approach.

I had to replace the battery in my Verineer calipers earlier this week and it has now gone completely scatty, over about 2cm. the display just counts up to the limit then rolls over and starts again.
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On that type of local naming my mate has a great collection of 'taposcopes'!! :-D
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Lost me with that one Mick.
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Would that be like a 14lb taposcope and an Engineer's taposcope ? :lol:
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Like that, but not really!
From https://memefort.com/funny/80770/client-showed-proof-hole-was-of-wrong-size-2/ but think I saw this in Facebook recently
From https://memefort.com/funny/80770/client-showed-proof-hole-was-of-wrong-size-2/ but think I saw this in Facebook recently
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mickthemaverick wrote: 23 Sep 2023, 08:42 On that type of local naming my mate has a great collection of 'taposcopes'!! :-D
Wrong thread, taposcopes (and Tap-o-meters!) Belong here: viewtopic.php?p=749758#p749758 :rofl2:
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Friday night came bearing goodies! My new key and PCB has arrived

Oddly I got two PCBs... I'm not complaining.

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But I'll have to wait to try it, as I have no CR1620 batteries for it...

My rear brake light bulbs arrived though, and even though the drivers side was OK, I decided to change it anyway.

Found this weird thing tucked in and lashed into the drivers side light. It's taped over so I have no idea what it is, guessing something for the dash cam?

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In a dash(board)

On Friday my phone holder bracket arrived, so on Saturday I fancied putting together a nice neat solution for my phone.

First I wanted a bluetooth solution hidden away, for listening to music.

My Bluetooth adapter is USB powered, so first I needed a USB socket I could splice into the wiring.

I started with this...

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...which I attacked and ended up with this... :lol:

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I then soldered on two wires for the 0v and 12v input.

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Then I used my heatshrink kit to cover over all the electric parts.

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So that's something to power my Bluetooth adapter. This is it.

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I fed the audio wire up and through a hole I found in the top of the glove box. Then using an 3.5mm jack to RCA adapter wire I plugged into the Citroen audio aux in.

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I soldered it into the power wires that have been spliced for the Dashcam... seemed rude not to. :mrgreen:

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Then tucked everything away neatly, and that's a nice Bluetooth Aux in solution that no-one would even know was there.

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I also wanted to fit my dashmount phone holder, and install a fastcharger for my phone hidden in the dash.

The Dashmount branded bracket is very nice, and I'm sort of pleased the Bridit one was not available. This one has holes pre-drilled in usable places, and even comes with a set of screws/nuts to attach the phone holder. You don't get that with a Brodit.

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I had to remove the radio first but I don't have the tools needed so had to improvise...

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...and it was out.

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Then popped off the air-con panel trim. It feels awful taking this off. Horrible clips really sound nasty when you pull it off.

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To my surprise there was no obvious way to get a cable out of the centre console to the side of the dash, so I dried myself a hole where it would not be seen.

I'd add that the internals of the dash look very well put together, and very solid, which is nice to see.

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Horrible to look in and see a scuffle hole... glad it will never be seen afterwards!

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The USB connectors are too big to go through the hole I made, both ends, so I had to splice and resolver the cable into the dash.

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Made another USB charger on flying leads, but this time used a higher quality fast charger USB.

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The pink wire is a permanent 12v, and the green/yellow is a 0v (pins 12 and 16). Sadly there does not seem to be an ignition wire, but I figured the USB would not draw much, so what the hell... :lol:

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So I cut in here, and spliced in my fastcharge USB charger, then plugged in the USB cable.

I may live to regret that!

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All back together, now I just need to fit the phone holder and tidy up the cable.

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Something for tomorrow :lol:
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@c16rkc

Could you upload your photos to the forum rather than use a hosting company? I have problems viewing your photos otherwise.
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I did not realise that could be done...

I've taken a look and I can only see how to add "IMG" code. How are photos uploaded to the forum?
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Pretty easy Chris, click on attachments below your text box, select add files, select your pics and add subtitles in the text box to the right and then put your cursor where you want the picture in your post and finally click place inline!! :)
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Testing...
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OK that worked nicely.

I'll do that going forwards. I wonder, does this reduce the image size like I normally would?
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It will post at the size of the original, you can then click on the pic to get full screen! :-D
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