Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

[Iowan]

Looks like a nice setup. Living the dream! Work the land by day and relax the mind by night with music.

Thanks very much. The acreage no longer has farm equipment parked everywhere. Some was at other locations (more theft around here these days). Basically, I've achieved both Roy's and ACP's comments - I have the expensive stuff under a roof and also let neighbors know about the new debt.

 

[DACattack]

Rainy and gloomy day here, and a difficult day at work to boot. After a hectic day, I finally have time for a cup of tea and an hour of listening on headphones until my last meeting of the day at 2.

Here's a lovely, mellow record. Doing wonders to reduce my stress level.

Happy listening all, whenever and however you can manage it.

 

[Ripper2860]

Happy Wednesday (or Hump day, or 1/2 price margaritas day, or Thursday if applicable)!!

And for the non-Jazzers...

 

[Syan25]

Happy Wednesday (or Hump day, or 1/2 price margaritas day, or Thursday if applicable)!!



And for the non-Jazzers...

Thanks. I'll listen to these in Cabin B Level 5 on the USS Endurance. You see, I'm a newly graduated member of Starfleet.

 

[dstrimbu]

Use a cotton swab to apply dielectric grease to all the pins, both the socket savers and tubes. You can find it at most auto parts stores, or Amazon.

Isn't dielectric grease an insulator?

 

[Ripper2860]

Isn't dielectric grease an insulator?

Yep. DeoxIT is all I use.

 

[dstrimbu]

Yep. DeoxIT is all I use.

Me too. Non-conductive, but not an insulator. DeoxIT improves contact quality - Red to clean any contact, Gold to clean and protect plated (esp. gold) contacts..
I used to use dielectric grease on the tail lamp sockets of my 1990 BMW to keep them from corroding, due to condensation. I would be concerned that dielectric grease would increase the electrical resistance of that socket saver, as it has ~20 kV/mm dielectric strength.

I guess that if the tube fit properly into the socket, the grease would be pushed out of the contact zone, but... hmmm.

 

[MindBreak]

Valhalla 3 is back on my desk, and oh boy did I miss it. Listening to my Weekly Q:

Thank you to everyone at Schiit for the quick turnaround.

 

[Timster]

Lol! Also, when you live in areas with pretty rambunctious storms, you get a free car wash on a regular basis. A little hail just adds some abrasive to the mix and gets the car even cleaner. Win-win!

Little hail is OK, it's the big stuff that hurts!

The first brand new car I bought got caught in a storm a week after I got it. Was driving it at the time and couldn't make it under an overpass before it was dimpled like a golf ball. Luckily no glass broken. Unfortunately the insurance I had specifically excluded that type of damage. So I kept the car until I'd really had value from it, and didn't loose too much on the sale many years later.

 

[ricksome]

In our neighborhood, the HOA prohibits any permanent structure such as a shed. I've somehow fit two cars in the garage anyways, but may get a shed to see how closely they enforce it.

Not here to lecture you but, I hope you do not end up losing money on the shed. HOA's can be brutal.

 

[bcowen]

Me too. Non-conductive, but not an insulator. DeoxIT improves contact quality - Red to clean any contact, Gold to clean and protect plated (esp. gold) contacts..
I used to use dielectric grease on the tail lamp sockets of my 1990 BMW to keep them from corroding, due to condensation. I would be concerned that dielectric grease would increase the electrical resistance of that socket saver, as it has ~20 kV/mm dielectric strength.

I guess that if the tube fit properly into the socket, the grease would be pushed out of the contact zone, but... hmmm.

I can't imagine gooping up my tube sockets with dielectric grease. Clean is good, but goop absolutely not needed and likely far more detrimental than beneficial.

 

[Orange5o]

Not here to lecture you but, I hope you do not end up losing money on the shed. HOA's can be brutal.

My neighbor is on the board, we have some...ideas.

The hood wraps around a country club and golf course, so having an HOA was to be expected. Besides, I haven't gotten any letters about the semi-hidden chicken yet

 

[sam6550a]

I can't imagine gooping up my tube sockets with dielectric grease. Clean is good, but goop absolutely not needed and likely far more detrimental than beneficial.

That is the correct answer, even if you are @bcowen!

 

[JanMc]

Yep. DeoxIT is all I use.

That is what I was planning on using.

 

[Roy G. Biv]

I started a business from my garage once upon a time and as far as dollar value I cleared $97k my first year during a time when a car might be $25-$30k. Historically businesses might lose money their first year, break even the second etc.(not me)
There are exceptions to everything and it seems like I have heard of other companies that started in a garage. Not that I approve of filling a garage with junk and leaving vehicles outside of course.

Lots of good reasons for using the garage for something other than car storage - your situation is just one of many.

OTOH my brother has 2 cars worth ~$70K sitting in the sun/rain while the garage shelters 2nd/3rd hand furniture, boxes of magazines/text books and hand-me-down kid's clothes worth virtually nothing in actual dollars. His situation is what makes me shake my head and wonder where he learned his sense of value.