#garfield Logs

Feb 03 2019

12:00 AM zhanx: Evening __MooN__
12:04 AM __MooN__: Hows it going?
12:04 AM __MooN__: oh
12:04 AM zhanx: goodish
12:04 AM __MooN__ is now known as RonoldoMoon
12:04 AM zhanx: no i didn't send it out, money is tight
12:04 AM zhanx: heat bill was 486 dollars this month
12:04 AM rue_shop3: ouch
12:04 AM RonoldoMoon: holy
12:04 AM rue_shop3: how about I shoot you shipping!
12:04 AM rue_shop3: fer whenever you can get out
12:04 AM zhanx: well the high was -5f for 2 weeks
12:04 AM rue_shop3: tuesday is gonna be a killer
12:04 AM RonoldoMoon: how so?
12:04 AM zhanx: rue_shop3, in 2 weeks i can ship it and not hurt
12:06 AM * RonoldoMoon dissapears to watch Xfiles
12:07 AM zhanx: rue_shop3, any truth to this? i forgot to ask, my mailman said ship to you as donated teaching aids for kids so its cheaper
12:11 AM rue_shop3: could be
12:11 AM rue_shop3: border crap
01:01 AM * rue_shop3 loks around for 1
01:04 AM rue_shop1: I have a vfd screen from a cash register
01:05 AM rue_shop1: its serial
01:05 AM zhanx: i was gonna say that
01:05 AM rue_shop1: gnd, rxd, txd
01:05 AM zhanx: 9600
01:05 AM rue_shop1: ____ and _____
01:05 AM rue_shop1: I marked it as DSR and DTR
01:05 AM rue_shop1: but....
01:05 AM zhanx: 8 bit
01:05 AM rue_shop1: I think it might be cts and rts
01:24 AM rue_shop1: ok, gonna plug in the usb adpater...
01:25 AM rue_shop1: hahahahahaha
01:26 AM zhanx: and?
01:27 AM rue_shop1: well it works
01:29 AM zhanx: nice
01:32 AM rue_shop1: I'll post pics
04:51 PM rue_mohr: did you see the pic?
04:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/images/p1110207.jpg
05:02 PM RonoldoMoon: :D
05:43 PM rue_mohr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCwkGiXA8vQ
05:43 PM rue_mohr: led oscilloscope, cause, I cant think
06:10 PM Tom_L: that's alot of leds
07:00 PM rue_mohr: yea...
07:00 PM rue_mohr: didn't know they wouldn't fit in a 0.1x0.2 grid properly
07:03 PM rue_shop1: arg, the boiler needs an anti-freeze run-up
07:07 PM rue_shop1: aaaand tiger torch isn't working
07:09 PM rue_shop1: iceplug, ironic, got it.
07:37 PM Tom_L: how much do you save using the heatplant?
08:07 PM rue_shop1: nothing right now
08:07 PM rue_shop1: no house radiators
08:08 PM rue_shop1: didn't get a new one installed
08:08 PM rue_shop1: otherwise about 25-40%
08:20 PM Tom_L: how long do the boilers last?
08:49 PM rue_shop1: I'v had to replace the firebox about every 2 years or so, but the exchanger has never failed (knock on wood)
08:50 PM rue_shop1: I should have shown Jymm a chart of the boiler temp, with the tank hotter than the output of the boiler
09:10 PM Tom_L: yeah, is he trying to make a home heater or something else?
09:12 PM Tom_L: 68F right now by Thur even 10
09:12 PM Tom_L: err Thur AM
10:34 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, if i am gone all next week i got the vsat job
10:35 PM zhanx: waiting on the call tomorrow