RocketDog

Soooooo classy! He really has a rich sense of humor and of how to bring people together under his new administration. Surprising behavior you wouldn't expect from our First Felon. Not.

The enemy of my enemy stategy huh? Tried and true approach for those incapable of critical thinking. Is this not the 'follow the herd mentality' so soundly criticized by maga types? Asking for a friend.

All truth/credibility flows from Dear Leader I presume? LOL.

Will microamps drive an LED directly as your circuit implies, 0.44mA?

Of course. Note the batteries. Sure it can be done, but the cheapest, most common, and most reliable are the simple neon light and current limit resistor. This type a has been around for many decades. If the voltage is enough to light neon then it's likely to be enough to hurt you. The electronic led versions can sense lower voltages though. What do the LED sense of the cells are dead? No light means no voltage? I wouldn't trust it. Also, I dislike renewing batteries every time I want to use something. I fail to see the advantage. But... To each his own.

The older I become the less I understand. The world has been upside down for several years now.

Agreed. I don't even glance at postings about Thai people killing and being killed by each other. They don't care and I stopped caring years ago. likewise, foreigners killing or being killed. Same old same old. How can it be 'news' when it happens 50 times a day?

Totally agree. I've complained about this to lazada. It's happened to me four times in the last month. They promise to deliver hoping they can stock it in time to ship to you but when they can't either they or lazada cancel. Stores stock as little as possible taking a gamble with my time and lose nothing when they cancel. Lazada should fine them if they do this repeatedly. And yes the same vendor floods the site with many stores using slightly different names while being clearly the same store. I have to wade thru them to find an actual valid competitor. Personally I think it's all down to slower delivery from China. It's becoming more difficult to find vendors who don't ship from China. For many items one has no choice.

Wild? That's laughable. Anybody with eyes and a functional brain see the man fir who he is. The man shoots from the lip and often hits his own foot. He has no plan except to end elections and be king. Utter chaos he calls a brain.

Instead America chose.... Lol, Vote for me and I'll tear down anything anybody else has created.

Partly true 1MF. The tools might but I can't! 😔😒

Very observant. Double throw switches SPDT do however have a single pole contact. They are not interchangeable like SPST switches. Those are labels of the wires connected to the switch. As in Line and Neutral. You know...those voltage things.

When I was chopping out gobs of concrete around my pool plumbing to get at a leaking pipe ( I note that pvc plumbing requires solvent welded joints everywhere in the world except the Kingdom apparently) I used my hammer drill for hours. I'm sure I'd go thru several charge cycles with batteries. On the other hand that would have forced me to rest more than I did. Certainly the newer lithium cells, principally lithium iron phosphate LiFePo are so much better that the first battery tools that used nickle metal hydride or heaven forbid, cadmium cells. In general things like Sabre saws, drills, maybe even circular saws for light work are the way to go for battery tools. I used to do a lot of ripping on oak with my radial arm saw and so battery tools wouldn't work for that. But they are so convenient to use outside. I must say however that where your Li cells come from can make a big difference. Cheap cells are not only junk but they are dangerous to use. BTW,are you aware that if you store your tools for a while discharge the Li cells to approximately 30% charge. It will improve battery life. And don't let them freeze; yeah, like that will a problem here!

Neon is still used for those detectors because the ionization voltage is about 95V but current is micro amps. So even it's capacitive coupling only that allows such current to flow literary through your body to grounded. LED currents are generally in at least the milliamp range. To light one of those would require much more body capacitance and this be dangerous, about a thousand times more current than neon needs to ionize.

In general even connecting Line from two different breakers is OK since for houses since only a single phase comes in to the load center so all subsequent circuits will be in phase. It is not recommended practice though. Although load power factor may change each branch circuit phase very slightly there is too small a difference to cause problems.

Wrong. No current flow if light is connected to both line or neutral at the same time. Of course both switches should be fed from the same breaker. Current will only flow thru the light if one side is line and the other is neutral. Line to line or neutral to neutral there is no potential difference so no current flow. Check it out on the web about how double pole light circuits work. Maybe Crossy will come along to convince you. I spent over 55 years as an electronic computer circuit designer. I've also wired numerous switches this way. In DC circuits such an arrangement is used to switch polarity for reversing DC motors for instance. Think about it more and you'll see it. Change line and neutral to plus and minus and you'll see. Good luck.

unless the voters were stupid You said it, not me. But there's your answer. Stupidity has its own price.

Thanks. I'll check it out. Asia retired EE I have grown watery of battery powered tools that just don't have the necessary power or deplete the batteries very quickly. I love my 20v DeWalt drill but for angle grinder and hammer drill I use good old 220vac. Batteries Wil get better someday but they're not there yet. I spent a lot of my career studying battery tech and I'm still waiting. Almost everyday there are breathless articles about some new battery development that will change the world. I'm still waiting. But if it works for you go for it. Portable power tools are sure convenient but short battery life and expensive battery replacement cost discourage me.

Both top and bottom switches must the single pole double throw. Inductance has absolutely nothing to do with it. There may be some leakage somewhere in the wiring or even capacitive coupling bit these would only allow minimum current that might partially light very low current devices. My bet is that the switches are wrong. The two wires from the light go to the center poke on both switches. The two power wires go to the other two switch contacts. Draw a diagram and you'll see.

You've lived a sheltered life indeed. Count your lucky stars.

When a left America two months ago after going back to sell my house and cut my roots I left behind quite a few high quality tools and power tools. Too heavy to be worth shipping and 120VAC powered. Profit ftom my house means I buy what I want now and I like good tools. The problem here is finding them because few people will pay for them here. So I stick to Bosch, Makita, and DeWalt mainly. Hand tools are a loss. I keep them until they rust apart in a year and then throw them away and buy more garbage from China. The only way to keep it is to wrap the tools in rags soaked with WD40. How do the like the "stainless steel" so ubiquitous here that turns brown in a month? If I'm shopping for anything stainless I take a magnet with me.

Cheap Thrills indeed. Actually only a few less than your demigod/demagogue but don't let the facts confuse you.

My asus laptop is over 8 years old now. I never turn it off since I torrent books and movies 7/24.

No divination necessary. Who and what he is has been too obvious to sane people for a very long time now. It's only the low information crowd that still struggles with that reality. Just wait a while and it will all become clear to you. You will wake up to nothing but soggy sticky sheets when your hate-charged dream ends.

Just another lousy inch was all we needed to have a better Christmas.