FortyCaliber
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2012
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- 113
I put the SF E1b into service to illuminate my notepad while making a grocery list because I was too lazy to get off the couch and walk over to the lamp!
:laughing: I would almost let you, but you would miss it too much Hoping to get one, maybe next batch as it has to be one of the more exciting releases for a long time............I think the desing and patina is genius, would not change a thing................love the style/form and well you know i love triples. Might have to self fund with a couple of lights with christmas around the corner...........decisions decisions.
No rush...................honest:devil:
I used my Ryobi 18 volt ONE+ work light to replace a part under the dash of my car.
Despite having a dozen+ lights at the ready, including a headlamp, I'd normally just use the well-worn SF E1b Backup with tailshroud that resides in my pocket, but on my way out the door, and without much thought, I grabbed the Ryobi. It was a good choice, as I would have had to hold the E1b in my mouth to get the light where I wanted it. The Ryobi head swivels so I can direct the light to the right place hands- and mouth-free.
Normally the Ryobi would have been tucked away with my powertools and not even been considered, but I recently upgraded it with an auction site P13.5S LED, so I've kept it in the house.
Prior to the LED upgrade I never used this light much because the output was fairly low and battery life was short.
Now the Ryobi is much brighter and battery life is longer, even though I use a tired old battery.
The Nitecore P12 and I took the new puppy out for a potty break at 1:30 this morning.
On a nice crisp fall morning... the kind where it is getting time to turn the heater on but you throw an extra blanket on the bed instead... you wake up to a chilly house knowing the hot shower will warm your bones, right?
Turn on water valves in your shower to your favorite settings, let it run the obligitory 30 seconds or so and stick your toes in behind the curtain to check for readiness... eh, not quite but you enter behind the curtain anyway. 45 seconds, still cool. 1 minute... uh, whut gives? You turn the cold off to kinda turbo charge the deal...
Todays episode resulted in luke warm with only the hot valve open.. uh oh.
I was pondering why the hot water heater was running last night when nobody had used any hot water.
Oh well, Ima flashaholic so this means a good chance to wear my new headlamp. It's kinda crazy how we actually look forward to home front issues for an excuse to use a flashlight.
Did the pilot thing. No worky. Get out instruction manual and study how the manifold contraption is installed, call work and tell them "hot waters out, see ya tomorrow" and jot this down here at CPF.
Time to perform surgery... more later...
lol..$8 part and some bending n twisting later... no go. Dratz!
The plumber thing is to ensure if anything ever goes wrong with the pipes I'm covered for insurance purposes.
But it sure was fun using a multitude of flashlights. A headlamp, a handheld light that starts at 15 lumens, and a bright one to see through the dust screen(s) as I vacuumed inside the burner cavity and around the tank.
Now my toilet has developed a leak between the tank and toilet. Already called out of work tomorrow for that one.
I have an expert available via text message. He has his own business... 350 miles away. lol. He keeps my climate control system tip top via text messages. That's the guy I send flashlights to whenever he helps me. This time next week he'll have a rainbow PL2 for his wife... so he can get his black one back from her.
Gas water heater going and toilet rebuilt.
So the plumber arrives, pushes down on the pilot fuel knob for about 30 seconds before pushing the piezo thingy. Woosh!!! She fired right up.
WHAT?!?! I hadn't purged the line properly it seems.
Embarrased but only out $50 the conversation quickly turned to his flashlight. He had a beat up Coast. He quipped "I love it except it eats batteries like crazy" so introduced him to eneloop pros.
I showed him the Bykfixer flashlight museum and he left with a Microstream to go with the Coast.
The toilet thing was an all day job. I took it completely apart, scrubbed the ceramic to like new, took parts from it with me to the store for assurance, then had a long lunch with my bride. Went to my sons for a while and played with his dog, spoke of projects to take place this winter and diagnosed a funky idle in his garage queen Prelude. (Cap and rotor) then returned home to reassemble the turlet. Actually that only took 20 minutes or so. But I re-tightened screws twice since. It allowed parts n pieces to settle into place before applying more torque. One final tighten and I'll let things sit all night. Tomorrow evening I'll check one more time.
Gives me an excuse to check crevices with my favorite G2x Pro.