Recent content by pontoon

Hi all, I bought 12 Barrina T5 LED lights. They’ve always had a rapid flicker when I use a heat gun. I can live with that since I don’t use the heat gun much. Now I’ve moved to a new house (built 1955, previous house slightly older). The leds are pulsing. Approximately once a second, the...

So I recently tried buying a variety of Snap On pliers. I got the 8” 3 position slip joint, diagonal cutters, 8” needle nose, 11” needle nose, 11” bent nose, and 8” bent nose. My favorite pliers were always a pair of 7-8” channellock bent nose pliers (about 45 degrees). Recently I tried using...

Yeah that is cool, I like the simplicity of the light colors.

I ride dirt bikes and dual sport motorcycles. Very few people opt to run supplementary fuse boxes on the bikes I own. I know about these fuse boxes. I’ve seen some nice ones used on restorations of old street bikes. I run one accessory direct to battery and typically everything else I run is...

Yeah that’s also a good option sometimes. Sometimes I’m doing this on a motorcycle which doesn’t have much of a fuse box. Or on my truck the fuse box and battery may be kind of far away. I like to do smaller runs if I can just to keep things tidy and looking factory. I’m not a huge fan of...

Yes most of the time I’m trying to do a mod like adding a dash cam, adding a usb charger, back up camera, extra lights, etc. For that at minimum I need to find power and sometimes a ground wire (sometimes I add or use existing earth ground).

I’ve thought about a power probe. So far I’ve always been able to use my multi meter so I haven’t pulled the trigger yet. So I looked into those non contact high voltage AC test lights and was hoping something like that existed for automotive. It seems like from the sound of it such a thing...

Hi all, I’m looking for an automotive voltage tester that can tell me if I have a hot wire without puncturing the wire insulation. Bonus points if it can tell me the actual voltage, as I think sometimes the voltage is 5v and sometimes 12v for what vehicles I have. Thanks

Probably under $300. Buy once, cry once, within reason. I like the idea of a magnifier and a light. Maybe separate light and magnification will make sense for me. I want to light up an area about the size of any random object being put on a workbench. Adjustable color temp is nice to have...

Hi, I’m looking for a high quality task light to attach to my workbench or wall next to the bench. I’m looking for an articulating light so I can reposition it above whatever work I’m doing. I think LED would probably be preferred. Any tips much appreciated. Thanks.

Ok, thanks. I’m thinking maybe I’ll just build my own with a raspberry pi. It doesn’t need to have an alarm. I just want to know where the levels are at.

Hi all, I’m looking to add some sort of air quality monitor to my shop and/or garage. What’s a good cost-effective option? What types of monitoring should I be looking for? So far I know of: - particle count - VOC - Carbon monoxide (no I don’t even have this) I’ve seen some cheap and crappy...

I checked some YouTube videos (should have done that first). Mine are completely normal.

Mine also closes this way depending on how the pliers feel. There’s a little play so it can close two different ways. When it closes like this, the pyramid points are touching.

Thanks, that is how mine work. The teeth poke the teeth on the other side.