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    Rats are eating my Car

    Honda sells anti-rodent tape to wrap around the wiring harness: https://www.collegehillshonda.com/product/4019-2317.html
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    As the price of gas at the pump skyrockets

    Not so. Teslas come with what they call a "mobile" charging cord which plugs into a standard 120V outlet. However, they don't recommend it for home because of the low charge rate, estimated at 2-3 miles of range for each hour plugged in: https://www.tesla.com/support/home-charging
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    Daylight Time vs. Standard Time

    I have to manually change 11 units: wristwatch, portable radio, alarm in bedroom, wife's clock radio, microwave, stove, wall clock in living room, wall clock in garage, my car, wife's car, and airplane.
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    Inverters--Pure Sine vs. Modified Sine Wave

    OP, your set up should work just fine. Your "transformer" is actually a switching power supply that converts the 100-240V input to 24VDC. Small switching supplies will simply rectify the input to a high voltage DC, then convert it to the desired output voltage. Because the input gets...
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    Thread about actual beer

    Are you bragging or complaining?
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    External battery connection - C182

    Actually, they do. A transformer is the most practical way to isolate the charger output terminals from the AC power line, which is required for safety reasons. The difference is that a high frequency (>20kHz) transformer is used. This transformer uses a ferrite core and is much smaller...
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    [NA]Anti-seize on lugnuts?

    Amen to this. The only times I've had a wheel get loose was with RH threads on the LH side. It seems disgraceful that manufacturers have discontinued the LH threads, presumably to save a few pennies at the expense of safety. Contrary to the above, old British cars with Rudge-Whitworth pattern...
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    Thinking about an Oscilloscope and Signal Generator

    For a little more money you could get two channels which is far more versatile. For example...
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    Thinking about an Oscilloscope and Signal Generator

    A fundamental problem with a sound card is that it will not pass DC. DC coupling is essential for an automotive use 'scope.
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    [NA]Anti-seize on lugnuts?

    I've found that if a large group tells you to do something one way, and another large group says to do it the other way, the truth is that it really does not matter. Aircraft spark plug copper gasket positioning is a good example of this. With automobile wheel studs I will keep them dry as...
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    [NA]Anti-seize on lugnuts?

    I'd say that the white "heat sink compound" used to improve thermal conductivity between a transistor and a heat sink is right up there on the messy scale.
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    Fruit
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    soup
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    John Wayne, uncut

    If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand...
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    Air Compressor

    I bought one of these for the hangar and have been generally happy with it...
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    Miami
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    Exhaust Valve Seat out of Round

    Remember the OP said: "the #3 cylinder had 0 compression, and whistling about the exhaust valve." My take is that a leaky valve caused the zero "compression", but LyCon checked everything out before doing any work and ended up condemning the cylinder due to an out-of-round bore.
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    Pig
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    Exhaust Valve Seat out of Round

    Huh? The way I read it Dan's post mentioned only guides, valves, and rocker arms. Please explain how a valve problem can cause an out-of-round cylinder bore.
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