r/redneckengineering

Here's the video if any one wants to see. https://youtu.be/khBs1KaRPRE

As seen on I-75 in Chattanooga today. Not sure if the reflective tape is for safety or is holding the camper top on.

behold, the adjustable cinema in bed! all you need is an iPad, a curtain rod and some tape! the angle and distance are fully adjustable to suit your preferences

When you don’t have a partner around to hit those hard to reach sore spots.

Long story short, I threw the phone into a wall (it even left a dent), and after countless bootloops and failing to even show anything at times, I figured out that the battery's BMS circuit board was fried from the impact. I then tried a bunch of different solutions of trying to power the phone, I eventually decided to take the risk and remove the BMS from the forbidden pillow (I will dispose of it properly, don't worry).

After removing the BMS, I tested it, the ground was fried, so I effectively soldered two wires, one to the remaining positive (aluminum, meaning I had to put it under flux and solder that way), and then find a raw ground, scrape off the protective plastic and solder my ground there, I then built a ridiculous breadboard to use as a power supply for the thing, and connected the two terminals I made to it. Sure enough, I managed to boot my phone back up!

Yes, I ordered a proper replacement battery, just that it will take like 2 weeks to arrive.

Edit: yes, the date on the phone is incorrect. That's because the battery was removed and the phone effectively got amnesia and currently has no idea what time it is

So this 80s Chevy GMT400 gets driven maybe twice a month, and each time it needs a hump.

I have trouble shot each fuse to try and rule out where the micro drain is but threw in the towell when nothing produced fruit.

This is an inexpensive solution- These two were laying in the scrap bin.

I originally bought the fancy disconnect you see in the pics, but it's huge overkill and needs a proper fkn mount to not dangle and rattle itself silly there liver nuts!

And all the cheesy ass 30amp switches and cheesy ass, and using a inline fuse i can yank out...thoese fuses don't yank easy there rubber neck!

So i connected all 3 conductors to the plugs (making the hot + side female so it doesn't short by touching anything) and there ya have it.

Picked this up recently. Tows very nicely for a short trailer. At first I thought the double tailgate was impractical but even with it down it doesn’t affect the turn radius for normal driving. It is interesting can’t find much about it, truly a home build.

Wrong answers only please….

so i got two of these and the assorted setup, and i opted for blower fans for maximum airflow while still being able to change my mind and not permanently alter anything.

i plan on not overclocking anything until a more permanent solution is found, but you know the saying:

nothing more permanent than a temporary fix

parts list:

2x bc-250

2x apevia 400w psu

2x - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2SS4TXW loud ass blower fans

2x - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVSDKQ5W this is the 24 pin adapter with switch and 12v barrel plug leads

1x burnt out dryer heating element from my best buy dryer

1 scrap mdf board

1x dremel

too much time

both are 40CU, one is 8-core, the other stuck with 6.

i plan on using those 12v plugs to power my monitor or other small drain stuff with usb-c with an adapter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD735LFG

probably gonna adapt the 6-core one into an arcade cabinet soon

edit: I do wanna stress that this is not the permanent home for these, lol

or cooling solutions, more than likely.

Believe it or not this constitutes an improvement, factory crimping on Corsair PSU cordset was faulty, disks on that bus would consistently drop out of the array they are in, self test would initiate but always result in device reset. Decided to ohm out the cordset and one of the ground leads was measuring 12Ω to source, <1Ω would be typical.

Cut off the crappy molex connectors + adapters and just soldered up some strip board to act as power distribution, traces on strip board are reinforced with additional solder to handle current and isolated from each other.

Question, is this more or less if a fire hasard than the original setup?

Got tired of wheeling my trash cans down my long, inclined driveway.

This worked, but I reckon the can is going to get demolished in the long term. Is there a "proper" piece of equipment that would solve this? Bonus points if it can take two trash cans at a time. The issue being they get quite heavy and I can't pick them up into my trailer/wagon. Trailer with a ramp perhaps?