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I’ve been running multiple rods targeting carp and barbel for over a decade no,m but what still frustrates the hell out of me is the amount of anglers who full the sensitivity on their bite alarms as soon as they have set up. I get it, you want an alarm that tells you the instant a carp even sniffs at your hookbait, but in tumultuous waters or a gale, max sensitivity is not the way forward. Every ripple, scrap of debris, even a gust of wind is suddenly a ‘bite’!

By the way, something I’ve been noticing on Youtube lately is watching side-by-side comparisons on different alarms in real time on a lake. What is really noticeable, believe it or not, is rod positioning; the line should just touch the roller not pressing hard into it. If you are too tight, you will kill off on sensitivity and if you are not tight enough the roller will simply not pick up all the little scale nudges. Its a guessing game! On that note, I have come across some surprisingly decent parts on Alibaba for custom builds if you are prepared to do a little workaround. Good solid basic alarms for half the price! But enough waffling, what do laugh at, in a ringing wind or strong current? What’s your sensitivity setting and setup for your rods to prevent a false bit e, without missing the act,takes? Any special tips?

Someone was wondering: can you wire up two AC motors together to drive a single heavy user? Or stick an AC motor on either side of a conveyor belt and wire ‘em both to run in perfect synchronicity? Or cascade three wee lil’ AC motors in series to buzz a big workshop fan, when you aren’t lucky enough to own a huge industrial one? And then they started doodling their nutcase scheme—one motors power out shaft directly goes to another motors starter pulley—it’s like a “power extension pack” build with generic gear sourced from the close by surplus shops and Alibaba. If manufactures can put out dual motor electric car’s, simple diy wood splitters or tiny homemade trommels in the same spirit?

And then they pawed about Instagram and found this small “viral” reel from some bloke down under off-gridder. He took three ‘dual’salvaged 1HP AC motors. Removed the casing, and mounted them around a centre gear hub he made himself. Each turning on in order if the main controller sensed a drop in voltage across the three “inputs” (motors has been wired to the terminals). The reel demonstrate him bargains logs all at a time into the mouth of his homemade chipper—the runt motor turn up, second when the chipper slow down, and third roared to life if he start grunted and got busy pushing thik branch aka trunks. Steps: (1) source three identical AC motors (nameplate for matching RPM), (2) build or buy a planetary gear hub rated for total torque, (3) wire each motor to its own contactor with staggered start logic, (4) install a current sensor on each leg, and (5) calibrate the controller so the motors indeed join when join together but one by one when under load and not completely at once. Fido has up/down more in the pocket under $400 using treadmill motors and the VFD enclosure.

Has anybody here tried interlocked AC motors with overlap clutch engagement, opposed to? Gearing? Wonder what the torque curve looks like when the second motor kicks in at 80% load as opposed to 50%?

A 2026 NITI Aayog report reveals that 98,592 schools in India lack functional toilets for girls, while 61,540 schools have no usable toilets at all, impacting student health and dropout rates. Despite improvements in toilet coverage from 85.17% (2014) to 94% (2024-25), significant infrastructure gaps persist in rural areas.

There’s something about building a fantasy in real time that just makes it hit harder. You’re not just reacting to what’s written, you’re deciding what happens next constantly. It keeps you way more engaged compared to just scrolling through something pre-written. Didn’t expect that to be the case but yeah.

Hey everyone, I’m planning to start a long trip in Sept, and I really don’t want to stop keeping my journal just because I’m on the road. I have a Canon PIXMA at home and the print quality is charming, but obviously it’s not something I can bring with me while traveling. So I’m thinking of getting a mini printer that can do vibrant color stickers especially for printing my photos. I don’t want to spend too much since I’ll mostly use it while traveling, but it still needs to be durable because I travel a lot. Am I being too picky? lol In the past I used Inkwon’s thermal printer and the results were decent, and I’m actually interested in their upcoming full color mini printer. Has anyone found other good portable printers that handle colorful photo printing well? Any recommendations? Thanks a lot!