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Keep an eye on PP and any bank accounts that you have linked to them, they have been know to get there money back that way. They may also close your account until you refund them, Or they may just get their money back from the seller like they should have in the first place. Just keep a close eye on things.

I do not know if there is a market for more valve tools. I still have a couple left from the last batch I made. They are not cheap to make, it wears out a few Benjamin's worth of cutters. I have a hard time charging friends for me to play. I would never make money at being a machinist in my basement. Most of my machines are even older than I am.

Does it do the same thing with the turn signals?

OK, another easy test. go into the tail light and unplug just the Custom Dynamics tail light leaving the stock turn signals connected and see what that does????

Thanks Bum You do know that you are only as old as you feel, So I guess that means I am106 years old. I had never even thought of having my Dr say that I should stay at home. But then I do not think that I am high risk either. I have only been sick twice in my adult life. At least my employer has made it quite clear that they would really like to have me back once this Covid thing is over if I am still available. That does remove a bit of the stress of being desperate for a new job. But of course i am still out job hunting.

Since you did test them by connecting direct to the battery and they worked fine, Then I am sure we can get these to work on your bike. It just takes a long time to sort thru using a forum.

Now my curiosity is overflowing. Do you have a link to these lights? There is now smoke pouring out my ears. This is getting to be more fun by the minute.

AHHHhhhhhh........... the plot thickens. I do not think you need or want the converter box, that might be your whole issue. I think if you try it without the converter you will be happy. The LED strips ARE a 5 wire system You have You have Brake, Run, Left turn, Right turn and ground. This matches the lights of a 2nd gen perfectly with no converter needed. The converters are needed for trailer lights that are 4 wire systems where the same bulb element is used for both brake and turn. Your LED strips have a separate yellow element for the turns just like a 5 wire system.

Did you find the limiter? My truck has a limiter that will reduce engine power at 105 MPH.

I was referring to testing the LED strips with the breakout harness unplugged at both ends. If you want to run up here to mess with it I am game. I just got laid off so I can not travel but I do have a lot of time on my hands. Didn't you make it up here once for lunch at the Final Approach for one of my March get togethers?? Since the red turns off when the yellow comes on that means that there is some circuitry in the LED strips to do this, it is possible that this is not playing well with the wiring of the bike. If this is the case then I may just need a few properly placed isolation diodes to keep all the lights from talking to each other. Of course once we solve it we will have to post how for the next person that follows this link. HA! some of these test I can probably do a lot faster than I can type out how to do.

Falling asleep is not usually something that causes a sudden going limp. You can be pretty much asleep and still have enough of the brain working in the background to not let you fall over. I do it all the time falling asleep in a chair and not tipping over. If you become unconscious or become deceased, then there is nothing left to keep you upright. A friend of mine lost his 28 YO son when he passed away on a bike ride with his friends, he had the cruise set and passed away at 60 MPH, when the road turned he didn't. The coroner said he was deceased before impact.

I don't know that you did the correct tests with the ohm meter. You need to check for continuity from yellow to red and from yellow to white. There should be none. There should be continuity from white red and yellow to black. You need to check this with the both ends of the harness unplugged so that you are checking just the LED strip and the test is not being influenced any other circuits in the bike. The more we work on this it does not sound like this is the issue. It may be an issue with other things on the bike. But one test at a time or we will all get cornfused. With your LED strips, Do you know if the red turns off while the yellow is lit or does the yellow just overpower the red, or are they playing games with light mixing to make the yellow? I have some more ideas but I have to let some more smoke out of my ears yet before I have you check it. I sure wish you were closer, I enjoy noodleing thru issues like this.

The article does not indicate whether there was a backrest or not, I does say she went limp and then fell off. It is entirely possible that there was a backrest and she fell out the side.

If you were closer I would consider it, But I really dread the thought of relocating, or that 160 miles each way would be a pretty long commute. I have well over 6,000 lbs in just 3 of the machines in my basement. Where I was working we made parts for firetrucks.

Idle minds, especially mine can be a dangerous thing. You better find me a job quick before I do something crazy.

I hope that is the solution as it is an easy one.

Soaking your corn before grill is nothing like boiling meat where the boiling removes much of the flavor. Soaking corn is a very proper thing to do. Yes there are some things that must be wrapped in foil to grill as there is no other way to control it. Things like sauted onions and/or mushrooms and/or some veggies, where they would otherwise just fall thru the grate of the grill and be lost in the coals. But that is still not the same as covering the whole grill and cooking the meat on the foil to to keep out the grill flavors.

Funny that you should mention that. I don't know if you recall that @cowpuc,, a couple of years ago had tasked me with inventing some high temperature snow. His target for me was and still is 60°. I did send him a sample of my progress when i dumped on him late last spring at 48°, not quite 60° but showing progress. And now i have time to play with some new ideas, and nothing else to keep my devious little mind busy. I had put this on the side cuz i was so busy working at my new job I had very little time to even play with the WWW machine this winter cuz I was to busy working. To late, I have incredible hearing........... 1Just for you Puc

Do not try to handle it online with PP. You need to call at work with a human. The computers simply look for tracking and delivery. I human is able to understand that there is no way the ordered item could fit in that envelope. It also matter a lot to the computer as to what option you click for your reason for the complaint. If you picked item not delivered then it will look no farther than the tracking number. since they did send something you have to use the item not as described. I would call PP and talk to a human. I would also call the CC and have them start the refund from their end. That will also prod PP in to taking your side. Again with the CC do not use the online computers, talk to a human. If you still can get copies of the web page you ordered from and print them out to prove that you were not intending to pay $97 for a sheet of smiley faces. I just went thru this same thing over a Kurig coffee maker last November. We received a single sock of a size to fit a newborn child instead of the coffee maker. It took a month and a half but PP eventually sided with me. I had to provide them with pics of the add that I purchased from and pics of what was received and I had to explicitly ponit out that it was impossible for the correct item to fit in that tiny envelope. The tracking number may also show the weight of the package that was sent, It wioll not be the weight of the tools. But you have to point this out to them, You will be dealing with someone that has no clue of what your tool is. Take nothing as common since, you must explane every single detail to them.

I agree, precooking for the grill is a no no, especially boiling sausages. The other grill technique that makes me crazy is covering the grill with foil to cook on. If you do that you might just as well fry it in a pan on the stove in the kitchen, the foil will prevent the meat from picking up any of the wonderful BBQ flavors.

Well I will be working on a lot of things around the house that would have been difficult to do while taking time out to go to work every day. Some of the projects I already have all or at least most of the materials on hand so there will be no or at least very little required cash outlay. Today will be sunny and around 50° so it will be a good day to go outside and start working on all of the maintenance that is required as my truck turns over the 100K mark. Had I still been working it would have hit 100 K next week. So far this is just a normal weekend, It will hit home tomorrow morning when I am not heading to work. Then comes the dreaded annual task of cleaning the aquarium. I have made a great effort to set it up as close as possible to being a complete ecosystem so that it only needs to be cleaned once a year. There are critters in there that I may only see once or twice a year and then only for a few seconds, but they are there because they have a job to do. So much to do so little time,,,,,,,,,,Oh wait, now I have lots of time. Is this where I get clobbered by having used the excuse "I'll do that some day when I have time". I think I am in trouble cuz I think someday just got here......... At least I have a lot to kep me busy and not give my poor little brain to much time to think. @cowpuc favorite WWW was invented while I was off work on medical issues and was left alone with my poor little brain idling. .

If it is the internal shorting issue, it is easily fixed with one diode for each side. You need to do the checks with the ohm meter to verify if it is the internal shorting issue.

Yup it happened yesterday (Friday) was my last day of work. I was let go indefinatly due to things being slow from the Corona bug. No indication of if or when I might get called back to work. Boy there are slim pickings on the various job sites. This could turn into a LONG ugly stretch. I sent out 22 resumes today and will do more everyday till I find sumpin. Those who know me know just how dangerous it can be to leave me alone with my thoughts, BAD things can happen........

First off I never connect anything to a frame ground unless its design leaves me no choice, I have a big terminal block mounted near the battery for all the ground wires. Steel has a much higher resistance per foot than copper wire does and connections to steel like to corrode over time, leaving you to chase lighting issues. By far most of the electrical issues we chase down on this site end up being ground related. I do not know if the 2nd gens turn signals work like the 1st gen or not. But on the 1st gen the flasher when the in the off part of the cycle shorts the bulb side to ground, with some (not all) LEDs this makes for a direct short from running light power to ground because the running and turn signal parts share LED internal wiring. First test to do is to see if the turn signals are connected internally to any of the other lights. Use an ohm meter to check from each color of wire to every other color of wire (except ground)to see if any of them are internally connected. Second test is to connect a temporary jumper from the battery ground to light ground and ten from battery positive to each of the circuits to be sure that your light is not defective. We can work from here to track the issue down.

My cast iron is more than 40 years old, there is no brand name or markings on it so I have no clue what it is. I have not had to redo the seasoning more than 3 or 4 times in all those years. With all those years of use the cooking surface is worn quite smooth. Nearly as smooth as the ground ways on my milling machine. I do not do anything special for use or cleanup other than to never put it in water. Although sometimes I do have to use some water while cooking but I am sure to boil it all off before letting it cool down. Once you let it get below the boiling point the water will be sucked into the pores of the metal. Cleanup is paper towels once it is cool enough to handle. If I cooked something that may have damaged the seasoning I will oil it before putting away so it does not rust. If I were to get a new pan I think I might sand it with progressive grits to around 320 or 400 before I even start with it. Just like gluing things, a smooth surface is hard to stick to, That is why you rough everything to be glued up with 80 grit for a better bond. Now I am hungry again........