What did you accomplish today?

[Chunky Stool]

Only one outlet on my smart plug was working. The power never went off even though a little light goes out and the app tells me it’s off.

So I did a little research and found out that if it’s clicking, the solenoid is trying to turn it off but a power relay is stuck (“fused”).
Hmm... there’s nothing like a little vibration to “unstick” stuff, so I dropped it on the garage floor repeatedly from ~6 feet.
Voila!
I’m back in business!

Gotta love low-tech solutions to high-tech problems.

 

[cannabineer]

Only one outlet on my smart plug was working. The power never went off even though a little light goes out and the app tells me it’s off.
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So I did a little research and found out that if it’s clicking, the solenoid is trying to turn it off but a power relay is stuck (“fused”).
Hmm... there’s nothing like a little vibration to “unstick” stuff, so I dropped it on the garage floor repeatedly from ~6 feet.
Voila!
I’m back in business!

Gotta love low-tech solutions to high-tech problems.

Murphy’s law of mechanism:

If it’s stuck, force it.

If it breaks, it needed replacing.

 

[Singlemalt]

Murphy’s law of mechanism:

If it’s stuck, force it.

If it breaks, it needed replacing.

The corollary to "A big enough hammer fixes everything"

 

[cannabineer]

The corollary to "A big enough hammer fixes everything"

Progress via percussion

 

[DarkWeb]

Everyone needs a BFH in their tool box.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Everyone needs a BFH in their tool box.

That and a "gentle persuader"..

 

[cannabineer]

That and a "gentle persuader"..

 

[raratt]

 

[cannabineer]

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I’d like to see him hammered

 

[farmingfisherman]

Hammers I have. Finish, framing, tack, 5 pound short handled sledge, 15 pound sledge and the 3 pound GP rubber mallet. Actually have a box in the garage labeled "hammers" kind of funny and sad..

 

[cannabineer]

Hammers I have. Finish, framing, tack, 5 pound short handled sledge, 15 pound sledge and the 3 pound GP rubber mallet. Actually have a box in the garage labeled "hammers" kind of funny and sad..

I have a hammer box.
The frontrunners: a titanium framing hammer that cost too much,

and a 450 gram octagonal Japanese hammer that has become my go-to.

 

[curious2garden]

The corollary to "A big enough hammer fixes everything"

The Stanford Solution

 

[raratt]

I used to be a professional at getting hammered. (Not like that Bear)

 

[cannabineer]

The Stanford Solution

When I was in grad school they had a hammer in one old goat’s labs spray-painted gold with a Dymo label on the handle “The Stanford Solution”.

 

[cannabineer]

I used to be a professional at getting hammered. (Not like that Bear)

My drink has always been the Impact Wrench

(think Screwdriver with NASA quality feedstock)

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

"If you grind as much as you weld then you're a grinder and not a welder"

 

[cannabineer]

"If you grind as much as you weld then you're a grinder and not a welder"

It takes real grit

 

[DustyDuke]

Finished a refresher first aid course, forgot how long that day drags out. Traffic management for the rest of the week exciting stuff but the last course I need to do for the new gig.

 

[raratt]

 

[cannabineer]