West from Blueberry Hill
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Light bulb adapter
I have an idea for a cheap but useful invention: A light bulb socket adapter that contains 470 nF capacitor to reduce the current going to an LED bulb. For safety you’d also want to bridge the capacitor with a 1 megaohm resistor to discharge the capacitor.
The idea would be to greatly extend the life of the light bulb and significantly reduce power consumption while only slightly dimming the bulb.
But it would worth it even if you had to install brighter or additional bulbs to get the desired output due to greater efficiency. It would produce some reactance but they don’t charge for reactance and the apparent power still would be less.
Yes, I stole the idea from Big Clive so I can’t patent it. 💡
Lately I’ve been posting most of the maps I’ve been making either including property boundaries of nearby properties or where tax maps aren’t available from county or state, ownership center points
Lately I’ve been posting most of the maps I’ve been making either including property boundaries of nearby properties or where tax maps aren’t available from county or state, ownership center points. I think this is useful information, especially if somebody is looking to ask permission from a neighboring landowner to access the land or hunt it.
I’ve also been including buildings on my more recent maps sourced from Microsoft Building Footprints database, which can be used to locate one’s location, especially towards the edges of properties. That dataset isn’t perfect but it’s much more complete then what’s currently in OpenStreetMap.
Fading Tulips
With Mother's Day come and gone, tulips are rapidly fading at Washington Park. 🌷 🙁
Thursday May 16, 2013 — Washington Park
