What did you do in your shed / man cave today?

[chester ver2.0]

I spent 2 hours cursing and swearing
My Lowrance Hook 2 7 Inch fish finder and GPS suddenly wont switch on
All fuses good
Power to the back of the unit (as confirmed with a test light)

Absolutely no help from Lowrance at all

[glenm64]

Nice, as always Pottsy.

Cheers Glen

[DrewXT]

I spent 2 hours cursing and swearing
My Lowrance Hook 2 7 Inch fish finder and GPS suddenly wont switch on
All fuses good
Power to the back of the unit (as confirmed with a test light)

Absolutely no help from Lowrance at all

My old Lowrance for the kayak Shit the bed due to the connector from the transducer not being salt water friendly... The whole thing ended up all corroded.

My new one (can't remember the model) I setup with the connection permanent, and full of dielectric grease...

So far so good

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[Fizzie]

More beautiful work, Pottsy

Are you following instructions / plans to build these models, or is it all just your own doing

[Pottsy]

More beautiful work, Pottsy

Are you following instructions / plans to build these models, or is it all just your own doing

Thanks Fizzie

I have plans but I do tend to change some things, add extra trims, change lights etc. sold the semi yesterday, it got snapped up pretty quickly.
Got plans yesterday for an ore truck, 3 side tippers so it’s nearly 5 1/2 foot long 74 wheeler.

[paul.o]

Chester,

My old man had a similar problem the other day, ended up being that the screen brightness was turned all the way down from night use, and you couldn't see it in the daylight.  Just a thought.

[chester ver2.0]

Chester,

My old man had a similar problem the other day, ended up being that the screen brightness was turned all the way down from night use, and you couldn't see it in the daylight.  Just a thought.

Yeah i had heard that one on the internet and tried it out but no luck it wont even boot up

If has been loosing the depth reading intermittently over the last couple of weeks so not sure if there is a gremlin in the system

[Hairs]

 
 
Listened to some tunes, played a couple games of darts, 
Talked BS  with a mate.

Happy days
 

[shakey55]

I spent 2 hours cursing and swearing
My Lowrance Hook 2 7 Inch fish finder and GPS suddenly wont switch on
All fuses good
Power to the back of the unit (as confirmed with a test light)

Absolutely no help from Lowrance at all

Chester - do you have a mate with a low range head unit that you could connect to your wiring to see if it powered up.  If you do and that works, I’d say it in the power up button.

Are you getting any sounds from other buttons.  Also replace all fuses associated with the unit to be sure.  Good luck

PS: Buy Garmin next time


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[Fizzie]

Talked BS  with a mate.

No!!!

I just don't believe it!

[Hairs]

No!!!

I just don't believe it!

True story 

 

[Pottsy]

Customer order, 1930s Ford Phaeton, loose interpretation. Approx 14” long 350mm

[Hairs]

That's awesome mate.
 
 

[chester ver2.0]

Chester - do you have a mate with a low range head unit that you could connect to your wiring to see if it powered up.  If you do and that works, I’d say it in the power up button.

Are you getting any sounds from other buttons.  Also replace all fuses associated with the unit to be sure.  Good luck

PS: Buy Garmin next time


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Result got the bastard going again... After some really deep diving into the internet forums i found the solution. The transducer cable is a double push to seat it into the back of the unit and you need both the transducer and power cables seated properly for the unit to work.
If they come loose again i will put some silicone around it to hopefully stop it moving. The unit was loose on its bracket so i would say the movement and vibration had caused the plugs to partially come out

[D4D]

Managed to fix a life ending disaster for my son in the shed today. He left his gaming headphones on the couch, the cat decided he liked them too and chewed completely through the cable. It was the end of the world for my son, I suggested he go outside to play and meet his friends in real life, apparently kids of today don't do that... Given I trained in electronics 30+ years ago I thought I'd have a crack at fitting a new plug. I stripped an end however I couldn't find any conductors which I thought was odd as I was pretty sure physics was still the same as when I went to school. A trip to Jaycar to get a new plug and the kid who served me said the conductors are enamel coated these days and you need to burn it off, I was dubious but it turns out the kid was right. After carefully checking the pinout twice, stripping/burning/tinning and finally soldering the conductors to the new plug the big test came. Plugged the headphones in and they worked, seems that education all those years ago wasn't misspent after all. I did notice I can't see as well as I could 30 years ago as I needed to wear my glasses and have a big lamp lighting the bits I was working on and it was still hard to see. I did manage to get a stifled 'thanks dad' before my son went back into his room and carried on playing Fortnite.

[Hairs]

D4D,
I've spent countless hours fixing toys thst cost probably only 30 bucks, just caurse it was their favorite, it gives great satisfaction.

Well today I worked in a mates shed,
Converting it into a home office for him.

[Fizzie]

That's a pretty flash shed!

& are the bars & fence to keep him in, or everybody else out

[GeoffA]

Nice work on the repair, Jamie.

....... I did notice I can't see as well as I could 30 years ago as I needed to wear my glasses and have a big lamp lighting the bits I was working on and it was still hard to see....

I can relate to that. As well as glasses, light etc, I need to use a magnifier for fiddly work these days.

This sort of thing.....

Magnifier

 

[Hairs]

That's a pretty flash shed!

& are the bars & fence to keep him in, or everybody else out

That fence is Workcover Approved to keep the Minuture Dashhound(Gavin) out of the work Zone. 

 

[D4D]

I can relate to that. As well as glasses, light etc, I need to use a magnifier for fiddly work these days.

Yeah that would have been handy.

[edz]

Doing the brakes on he wifes hack, Down to  the squeal pads, Then a  grinding sound from the right rear a day ago " Bugger  "   Left rear all good,  then start on right rear .. Yep the disc has been scored, Should have been enough pad left though for it not to scrub ... Found the culprit, A seized and broken  top caliper slide bolt, Allowed the caliper to cock sideways .. Had been  broken almost completely through for a long while.
Tried most every wrecker in a 50 km  radius ..  Out of a good dozen or so around our area, I found thee open on a Saturday .. What wrecker dosnt work Saturdays these days,  We used to ...
No joy Ohh well off   to work .
Tried  Jury rigging  another pin using a high tensile bolt as the slide bolt, this morning .  BUT the diameter of the bolt was just a little too undersized for my liking, only talking about << 1 mm difference total .
Out on the road somewhere as a fix to get home, I'd have gone with it ..
But for the sake of a day at home, We can wait for Monday and the parts places to be open for the correct bits .

[Black Diamond]

Doing the brakes on he wifes hack, Down to  the squeal pads, Then a  grinding sound from the right rear a day ago " Bugger  "   Left rear all good,  then start on right rear .. Yep the disc has been scored, Should have been enough pad left though for it not to scrub ... Found the culprit, A seized and broken  top caliper slide bolt, Allowed the caliper to cock sideways .. Had been  broken almost completely through for a long while.
Tried most every wrecker in a 50 km  radius ..  Out of a good dozen or so around our area, I found thee open on a Saturday .. What wrecker dosnt work Saturdays these days,  We used to ...
No joy Ohh well off   to work .
Tried  Jury rigging  another pin using a high tensile bolt as the slide bolt, this morning .  BUT the diameter of the bolt was just a little too undersized for my liking, only talking about << 1 mm difference total .
Out on the road somewhere as a fix to get home, I'd have gone with it ..
But for the sake of a day at home, We can wait for Monday and the parts places to be open for the correct bits .

Not wrong Edz, Saturday arvo was always a good day for a wrecker. With the internet and the ability to buy used and get it delivered to your doorstep quickly has probably not made it feasible for a lot plus a lot of workshops not  opening up as much on Saturdays.

[doc evil]

That fence is Workcover Approved to keep the Minuture Dashhound(Gavin) out of the work Zone. 

 

ummmm........the dog bowl is on the wrong side of the fence............or is it the "tradie refreshment stand on the right side???

[Hairs]

ummmm........the dog bowl is on the wrong side of the fence............or is it the "tradie refreshment stand on the right side???

Ahahaha,
Good spotting, but the dog was still in the Laundry

[Pottsy]

Finished off a 1933 Seagrave Fire Engine, approx 450mm long. Custom build for a customer.