Thanks. Picked up 2 for under my cabinets. They are good. Going back for 2 more tomorrow.
What did you do in your garage today..?
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Are those the ones with the remote and motion detection?
Relax
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Nope, they don't carry those anymore, which is a big bummer for me. I have two of the motion ones and love them. They're plug and play and also have a remote you can mount anywhere as opposed to needing a wall switch, but you never need it because it just turns on whenever you walk into the room. I have one installed in my garage. The current one has a pullstring, or if you want to use a light switch the switch has to control an outlet. I suppose you could use a smart outlet, but that's a pain. Each light has a power socket you can use for daisy chaining or to power other stuff, but when I tested them they were passthrough (always on). So unless the first one is plugged into a switch-controlled socket, you have to pull the chain on each of them. Would have been nice to have the chain control both the light and the socket.
I have a bunch of these. In the basement that I am refinishing I hard wired one into an existing switched ceiling light fixture and then daisy chained another 3 lights into the hard wired one. Flip a switch and they are all powered on. Great lights and great value.
Relax
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FWIW, I haven't had any Barrinas die on me yet. I have something like 16 installed various places. All of Gary's died though. Costco lights are $8/1000 lumens, Barrinas are $4/1000 lumens. Barrinas are also available in different lengths if that matters. I have only used the 4' 5000 Lumen 5000K ones.
I had 6 or 8 of these at my cottage garage. I never used the remotes but did love the motion detection. They were pretty sensitive though and my wife was always upset that one of them often seemed to be on when it shouldn't. I assume they were getting tripped reasonably often by chipmunks or mice. It was great being able to roll open the door and have the lights turn on.
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No LED's in my garage, though I did install a 200W incandescent bulb that doubles as a space heater for the empty space above. I do need to rearrange the lighting, as the current setup has one of the two fixtures blocked by the roller door when it's open. It's also the one above the lift/bench, so things get dark fast when the door is open in the summer.
Anyway, the actual work done in the garage was balancing the throttle bodies and using the Guzzidiag program to upload a Beetlemap tune to the Griso. Turned out to be super easy once I worked out all the wiring for the Lonelec cable and box, and I was correct in assuming the map was stock.
The stock map is quite jerky coming off a closed throttle, making for a rough brake/gas transition unless you're really focused on a smooth right wrist. Apparently the Beetle map cures that, along with flattening out a dip in torque between 3.5-4.5k rpm, and massively improving fuel economy from about 7.3 to 5.4 l/100 km. With a 14 litre to reserve tank, that adds nearly 70 km to the fuel light coming on (192 km to 260 km), which will be quite handy. It also apparently gives a few more ponies at the top end, but I suspect that'll rarely be noticed.
All in all, possibly the best value upgrade I've ever made, as it cost about $70 for the cable, $140 for the map, and the software is free. $210 to get a more power, smoother fuelling, and a 35% increase in fuel mileage is hard to beat.
Now I just need to get out once more this year to actually try it out an see if it lives up to the experience of others. Looks like Monday might be my best bet, so fingers crossed...
Anyway, the actual work done in the garage was balancing the throttle bodies and using the Guzzidiag program to upload a Beetlemap tune to the Griso. Turned out to be super easy once I worked out all the wiring for the Lonelec cable and box, and I was correct in assuming the map was stock.
The stock map is quite jerky coming off a closed throttle, making for a rough brake/gas transition unless you're really focused on a smooth right wrist. Apparently the Beetle map cures that, along with flattening out a dip in torque between 3.5-4.5k rpm, and massively improving fuel economy from about 7.3 to 5.4 l/100 km. With a 14 litre to reserve tank, that adds nearly 70 km to the fuel light coming on (192 km to 260 km), which will be quite handy. It also apparently gives a few more ponies at the top end, but I suspect that'll rarely be noticed.
All in all, possibly the best value upgrade I've ever made, as it cost about $70 for the cable, $140 for the map, and the software is free. $210 to get a more power, smoother fuelling, and a 35% increase in fuel mileage is hard to beat.
Now I just need to get out once more this year to actually try it out an see if it lives up to the experience of others. Looks like Monday might be my best bet, so fingers crossed...
IIRC, I have close to 400 watts of LED's on the switch. Separately switched, there is also 250 watts or so on the bottom of the shelf above the garage doors (makes it nice to work on car engines), another 100 watts above the ski sharpening bench and 50 watts or so on the workbench. All that and I still break out battery lights for a lot of jobs.
Relax
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What do you do to keep grinding dust from getting everywhere?
I hang the shop vac hose under it. Works a bit.
Does grinding metal present a threat to starting a fire inside your dust collector/shop vac if you have wood or other dust there?
I have a fairly decent sized cyclone dust collector and was told accidentally sucking up a screw could ignite the contents of the bin via sparks...
No way would i use the vacuum if grinding anything that might throw sparks. Ninety percent of the grinder time is with the brass brush.
In my machine shop days we had a metal bin vacuum and it was used only for metal/grinding and ended up with some water based coolant mixed in. Hoses didn't last all that long but insignificant risk of fire.
Malks
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Well I parked the bike in its corner and placed the snowblower at the door in the hopes that snow will be arriving this year. I also found a use for those two plastic bins that have been sitting empty in the basement for two years after our move to this house. Saw this idea online and decided to make use of the bins for outdoor Christmas decoration storage.
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I’ve never seen one of those.Do they require venting?
Relax
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Yes, there's an exhaust that needs to be routed outside. Especially if you're burning a "dirty" fuel, like used oil. Whic is illegal in some (most?) places.
