Another reef-pi build.

That Crusso Kid · Jan 9, 2019

Ranjib said:
Your build looks way more feature rich than any of mines :/)
It’s awesome

This right here! ^^^

That Crusso Kid · Jan 9, 2019

Ranjib said:
Yeah :) , happened to me twice . Now as part of field testing I use a ir thermometer . Turned out it’s a common practice to hover around all the mosfets , darlingtons (uln2803, l293d) for over hearing due to number of different things. But before things blow , they heat up.
Now that ir thermometer has become a contested thing between me and my son. We are equally amused by it , the laser light and the ability to take temperature of arbitrary things remotely :)

Pretty cool that you have to compete with your son for the IR therm! I use one to read heat values inside/ouside/around windows of homes to detect poor insulation. And then there's the fun of pointing it at my wife's backside and telling her she's got a hot butt!

b4tn · Jan 9, 2019

Ranjib said:
Yeah :) , happened to me twice . Now as part of field testing I use a ir thermometer . Turned out it’s a common practice to hover around all the mosfets , darlingtons (uln2803, l293d) for over hearing due to number of different things. But before things blow , they heat up.
Now that ir thermometer has become a contested thing between me and my son. We are equally amused by it , the laser light and the ability to take temperature of arbitrary things remotely :)

The IR thermometer is one of my favorite tools. So much so that it lives in the basket with our remotes. I use it so often! I have to watch out though. My dog is obsessed with it lol. He literally hears the click of the trigger and goes into hunt and pounce mode. He will sneak up and pounce on what ever that red dot happens to be on.

That Crusso Kid · Jan 9, 2019

b4tn said:
The IR thermometer is one of my favorite tools. So much so that it lives in the basket with our remotes. I use it so often! I have to watch out though. My dog is obsessed with it lol. He literally hears the click of the trigger and goes into hunt and pounce mode. He will sneak up and pounce on what ever that red dot happens to be on.

Ok... gotta ask for a dog picture now!

b4tn · Jan 9, 2019

LOL which one. We have 3 but the culprits that loves the red dot is our Cairn puppy.

That Crusso Kid · Jan 9, 2019

Nice!

We have 4. Chihuahua, Maltese Mix, American Eskimo and Pitbull. We also have 2 cats. And a mouse that lives in our garage. And fish. I'm a believer in what Andy Rooney said, "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."

ScottBrew · Jan 9, 2019

b4tn said:
The IR thermometer is one of my favorite tools. So much so that it lives in the basket with our remotes. I use it so often! I have to watch out though. My dog is obsessed with it lol. He literally hears the click of the trigger and goes into hunt and pounce mode. He will sneak up and pounce on what ever that red dot happens to be on.

I have to be careful using mine too, the big dog goes ballistic while the other two look at him like he's an idiot!

That Crusso Kid · Jan 9, 2019

ScottBrew said:
I have to be careful using mine too, the big dog goes ballistic while the other two look at him like he's an idiot!

Heyyyy... Happy New Year...haven't seen you in a while.
How goes it with the 3D printer? Last I remember you were waiting on a replacement part.

ScottBrew · Jan 9, 2019

crusso1993 said:
Heyyyy... Happy New Year...haven't seen you in a while.
How goes it with the 3D printer? Last I remember you were waiting on a replacement part.

Happy New Year! It's going fine, spent quite a bit of time with alignment and calibration and it prints very well now. Been learning CAD, half exciting and half frustrating. Finally getting the hang of it though.

That Crusso Kid · Jan 9, 2019

ScottBrew said:
Happy New Year! It's going fine, spent quite a bit of time with alignment and calibration and it prints very well now. Been learning CAD, half exciting and half frustrating. Finally getting the hang of it though.

I have a bunch of sketchup files for reef-related items you can make. i.e - Kalk stirrer, protein skimmer, brine feeder, reactors, bulkhead wrench, and a few more. If you'd like, I can send them to you. Only thing is you'll have to give me your email. R2R does not allow these type of files to be uploaded.

b4tn · Jan 9, 2019

Ranjib said:
It’s very simple :/). Google for how to use systems to set default target as non GUI in raspberry pi. Something along the line of systemctl set-default multi-user.target ..,

Tuned out to be supper easy. I just ran

Code:

sudo raspi-config

Scrolled to boot options and turned on boot to consol instead of GUI. Reboot time is ridiculous fast when there is no GUI to load and looks like it freed up 2/3 of the system resources being used.

Diamond1 · Jan 9, 2019

b4tn said:
Tuned out to be supper easy. I just ran

Code:

sudo raspi-config

Scrolled to boot options and turned on boot to consol instead of GUI. Reboot time is ridiculous fast when there is no GUI to load and looks like it freed up 2/3 of the system resources being used.

Very cool. thanks for sharing that. I'm not ready to give up my GUI till I feel more comfortable with Linux but I may be doing the same thing soon.

ScottBrew said:
Happy New Year! It's going fine, spent quite a bit of time with alignment and calibration and it prints very well now. Been learning CAD, half exciting and half frustrating. Finally getting the hang of it though.

@ScottBrew Happy new Year! That's cool you got you're 3d printer going, that will open up a whole bunch of DIY stuff.

crusso1993 said:
Pretty cool that you have to compete with your son for the IR therm! I use one to read heat values inside/ouside/around windows of homes to detect poor insulation. And then there's the fun of pointing it at my wife's backside and telling her she's got a hot ***!

@crusso1993 LOL That's too funny.

b4tn · Jan 10, 2019

Could it be!!??

Ranjib · Jan 10, 2019

b4tn said:
Could it be!!??

what happened? did the dogs do it?

b4tn · Jan 10, 2019

That’s a reef keeper lite on the floor.

That Crusso Kid · Jan 10, 2019

b4tn said:
That’s a reef keeper lite on the floor.

Throw that pile of mess away!
(Although I know you won't because of the "skeletonizing" factor!)

b4tn · Jan 10, 2019

One of these days I will build a nice wood cabinet to mount all this stuff in. But this will do for now. Reef-pi is officially running my reef. This weekend I will pull the lights apart to modify and plug them in as well.