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  • Part of the whole multipurpose craze is also just that few people can afford to own multiple vehicles anymore. My dad owns a little hatchback for a daily driver and a fuckoff big pickup for when hauling needs to be done but he can only do that because he knows enough about vehicles to buy and fix cheap old piles of crap and keep them going. The average person doesn't know how to do that so they need to buy newer vehicles and those vehicles are heniously expensive now so buying one daily driver is enough of a struggle let alone buying a seperate work vehicle. If they need to both take the kids to soccer practice and haul things then I can see how someone might think a suburbitank is a good idea.

    But like you said, there are also a lot of people who own these massive trucks but don't need them. If the paint on the truck is unblemished or there isn't a spot of dirt on it then that driver can go fuck themselves because clearly the only utility that vehicle is serving is as an ego prosthetic. Real working vehicles get beat up. Seeing a clean spotless truck is like seeing a mechanic without a spot of dirt on them; they both clearly aren't working.

  • You can still find the old mazda b-series pickups or ford rangers (they're the same truck) around ocasionally. They're the perfect size for an all in one vehicle. You get the utility of a truck without having to own multiple vehicles or daily drive a land barge. Sure, you won't be hauling farm equipment with one but they're the perfect size for moving furniture, hauling materials for light to moderate construction work, or trailering a normal sized fishing boat. Hell, if you don't care about the truck you can do even more than that. I once hauled an entire pallet of landscaping blocks in the bed of my 90s B2200. Probably around a ton of blocks. Sure it bottomed out the suspension but I used back roads, took the drive home slow, and got home without any issue. You could get all that utility in basically the same wheelbase as a modern car.

  • That's all fair, but that the same time this was training for the technicians who are already trusted to perform complex brazing work on the system. It just seems weird that they trust the field techs enough to swing around an oxy-acetylene torch in a compartment chock full of burnable bits but they don't trust us enough to make a good crimp.

    You're probably right as far as the reasoning goes. It just seems like a weird requirement to have for professional techs.

  • Electricians @lemmy.ca
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Wago Connectors Required?

    Fridgie here. Just got some manufacturer training on some equipment that uses R-290 (propane) as the refrigerant and one of the interesting things in that training is that this manufacturer requires the use of wago lever connectors for any repairs on that equipment. They specifically tell you not to use any wire nuts or crimp connectors.

    Why would they specifically require wagos? As far as I was aware the main benefit of them was ease of use and that doesn't seem like it would make any difference as far as the manufacturer is concerned. I especially fail to see how they could be more safe and robust than crimp connections. Is there something I'm missing here?

  • Her losing was due to the fact that she was the rightmost candidate the DNC could find in their ranks. People keep saying that Hillary and Kamala lost because they were women. How about we try running women who are at least slightly left of Regan before we say the problem is just that people are sexist.

  • This used to be a thing. My dad always talks about going to the local scrap yard and picking usable car parts out of scrap metal piles for scrap prices back in the day. I do some refrigerant reclaiming for my local scrap yard so I talk to the guys there a fair bit. From what Ive heard the reason you can't dig through the piles anymore anywhere isn't because of the loss in profit (because they would make you pay for it anyways) it's because of liability and people making a mess. Scrap yards are dangerous places, if you got injured there then they would be on the hook legally speaking. Also when people would dig through the piles they would often throw shit everywhere leading to a large amount of extra cleanup. If it wasn't for those two issues, I know my local scrap yard would love to go back to being able to sell some scrap locally.

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  • Yeah, it looks like I might need to actually make a forum account and ask. There are posts all over the place talking about doing this with newer imfotainment system equipped trucks/vans but none that I can find for the mirror display.

    Also see my other comment about the manual hinting at thermal issues with the camera running too long. It's starting to look like the idea is a no go on this particular van.

  • It's factory unfortunately so I currently have no idea how it's wired. I was going to go hunting for wiring diagrams but I figured I'd check here first to see if anyone here had already done this on one of these before.

    If it's as simple as moving a power wire to a switched circuit I can definitely do that. I'm just concerned that, with it being factory and there being built in diagnostics for this camera, it won't be quite that easy. Looking at the manual it says there can be an warning thrown for the camera being on too long so I'm not sure if that's going to be an issue or not. However it also looks like that warning is what pops up and shuts down the camera only if it gets too hot. So maybe theres thermal issues with it being on too long. Next time I'm in it I'll have to try just sitting stopped in reverse for a bit and see if it throws a warning at me. If it overheats when it runs too long then my idea of just keeping it on is pretty dead in the water.

    Honestly the more I dig into the camera system on this thing the more overengineered and janky it looks.

  • Mechanic Advice @lemmy.world
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    2014 GMC Savanah keep backup camera on all the time

    I drive a 2014 GMC Savanah cargo van for work. It has a handy backup camera display built into the rearview mirror. However the camera is only on when the truck is in reverse. Seeing as how this is a cargo van with a solid wall directly behind the seats, the rearview mirror is useless for anything besides that backup camera display and checking my hair. I figure if I could get it to leave the backup camera on whenever the truck is on then I could also see whatever is directly behing me when just driving normally far more effectively than I can with just the side mirrors.

    Is there any way to just keep the backup camera on whenenever the truck is on? Is there any reason why doing so would be a bad idea?

  • Euphoria is a very common start up side effect of adderall that should go away after a few weeks. It's like antidepressant startup sideeffects except this one happens to be pleasant. It could have just been that.

  • That really depends on the humidity. I can take a desert 90F or even 100F all day without AC without issue but 80F temps with a 70F dew point absolutely kills me. I lived in my area without AC for years. I never got used to it, I just stopped functioning when it got hot and muggy.

  • Ask Electronics @discuss.tchncs.de
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room?

    So I'm not sure what the right community for this is but I'm hoping yall can help. I'm a refrigeration service tech and recently I was tasked with replacing a sensor in a room used to store ethanol drums. Due to the nature of the room every device in it had to be rated explosion proof and I couldn't use any tools that could pose any risk of ignition (no heat gun, basically nothing with an electric motor, and definitely no open flames) while working in there. Normally when I splice wires I use heatshrink to cover the splice simply because it looks far more professional than electrical tape and it holds up better over time. However in this case I could not figure out any way of shrinking said heatshrink without posing a potential ignition hazard so I was stuck just wrapping the splice in tape. We do a lot of work for this company so I'm hoping to find a better solution for the next time I am in a similar situation.

    So do any of you know any way to shrink heatshrink without posing an ign

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Do snakes prefer to drink warm or cool water?

    So when I drink water I always like cold water even if I'm in a cold environment. But that makes sense because I'm a warm blooded creature.

    On the other hand snakes are cold blooded and they require external warmth so I could see them prefering warm drinking water. At the same time though, in a natural environment any water they drank would be cooler than the air so maybe cooler water would feel more normal. Also in a properly setup terarium a snake has ample access to warmth from other sources so they don't really need the additional heat from warm drinking water so maybe having cool water would be a nice change and allow better temp regulation. But warm water also has the side benefit of helping boost humidity.

    Anyways, this is just what I decided to overthink today. I'm also not talking actually hot or cold, just lukewarm or cool. What do you all think? Would my pet snake prefer to have their water dish topped up with cool or warm water?

    Personal Finance @lemmy.ml
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    401k loan for catching up and preparing for new job

    Location: USA

    My last job was barely paying me enough to get by and when I had a health issue last year I fell several months behind on my mortgage and other bills. That medical issue has since been resolved so I am no longer falling further behind but I am also not catching up.

    Things are starting to look better though because I have recently gotten a new job which should pay slightly more (starting hourly rate is barely higher but overtime is more likely) and it should vastly reduce my expenses (cheaper and better insurance along with a company provided vehicle and gas). In addition it is going to be a far more secure job in the comming economic crisis. Honestly, it's also looking like my dream job. However this new job requires me to purchase many of my own tools. There is a tool stipend but it accumulates hourly and only pays out quarterly so I will need to front my own tool costs to start with. The problem here is that even the cheap tools are going to cost me about $1000 and i

    Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    I hate fabric softner.

    My old washer just let the smoke out of the control board in the middle of a load of laundry the other day but luckily I had my moms old washing machine (still newer than mine was) laying around to hook up instead. Except now I realized that my mom aparently loves fabric softner and every compartment on the thing needed a waxy fabric softner buildup scrubbed out of it.

    I can't exactly complain about a free appliance but damn do I hate fabric softner. It makes my fabrics water repelant and it gums up washers. Awful stuff.

    No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Will getting my drivers liscense renewed mess with my employer checking my driving record?

    Title pretty much says it all. I just got accepted for a new job at a new employer and they're going to be running a check on my driving record. However my liscense is expiring shortly so I want to get it renewed. Ideally I want to get it renewed before I actually start the new job because once I start I will be working durring DMV hours. But I don't want to delay things with my new employer or iritate them by messing up the MVR check.

    So can I safely get my drivers liscense renewed now or should I wait until after I start at the new job and the MVR check is done?

    196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    Canonical_Warlock @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Cronch rule