OT: Bowtie and Panomaniac

[bowtie427ss]

Same here brother !! We usually don't get snow till around Christmas.But snow covered pumpkins ? Yikes !!!

We still have leaves on 30% of the trees. We're 30 inches, yes 30, above our average annual rainfall and have an incredible number of uprooted trees everywhere, the 6 inches of snow we're getting tonight is only going to compound that i'm afraid.

[Altec Best]

Yup I seen a lot of those tree branches down today,power outages.It was a very heavy wet snow with only about 4" and was bringing trees down because of all the leaves still on the trees.There's still a lot of trees with green leaves yet, but turning fast now.

[VolvoHeretic]

My ex is from Minot, so i have a clue what you're talking about.

What a small world Bowtie, I'm in Minot right now, with a balmy 40 degrees.

[bowtie427ss]

What a small world Bowtie, I'm in Minot right now, with a balmy 40 degrees.

Indeed!

Seems we have each other's weather, woke up to 19 degrees and 6 inches of the powdery white stuff. The sun is really working hard on it, the roads are bare now and the rest of the snow is shrinking fast.................... one of the nice things about the ends of the season, nothing lasts too long. I'm afraid the worst is yet to come for both of us. But don't worry, we'll be looking at longer warmer days almost soon enough.

[Panomaniac]

It's sunny, lovely and cool here. Leaves are at about 40% fallen. Wonder what it will be like next week when I return from the Bahamas?

For a Lepai soft start, use a 3 position switch.
1= OFF
2= Resistor inline
3= Full on

The resistor position lets chip power up enough to get the 5V portion going and the input caps charged. But it won't let the voltage go above 8V which is were the chip turns on fully. Caps are fully charged before the amp starts running. No thump.

[Altec Best]

when I return from the Bahamas?
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Have a nice time Michael !!

I may have some XO work for you when you get back !

Hope you have some time available soon !