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cfastie "Thanks Bob, that's encouraging. My bricked card just gets hot to the touch when I put it into a card reader. I don't have much hope for it. " | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Hi Gretchen, I also wondered whether the change in logging frequency was caused by the Riffle dropping below 0°C. There is more about that possibi..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "For $25 that hydro generator has got to be a good thing. It is an impartial solution for my spring house because it can't freeze (operating range 4..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "That hydro generator says it needs 3 liters per minute, which we have. Sorry about revealing your irrelevance. Also, we wouldn't need the internet..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Why does this work when the two wires (the extension cord) are insulated? It must be that the electric field extends outside the wires into the wat..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Don have you described somewhere how in the world this thing measures water depth? I need this and I discovered today that my spring house up in th..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Threaded lamp pipe comes in zinc plated steel, but I don't think we will find stainless. Here are two bulk suppliers of nipples: http://www.antique..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Threaded lamp pipe. 3/8" OD. $3.27 for 8 pieces http://www.homedepot.com/p/Westinghouse-8-Assorted-Nipples-7015000/204836020?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHoriz..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Any hollow bolt can be a cable penetrator. These cost $1.20 apiece, but you also need two nuts and rubber washers. The hole is only 2.3 mm in diame..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Yes Nalgene. Remember when BPA drove all responsible mothers and other tree huggers to abandon Nalgene water bottles? I have a box in the shed ful..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "How many sensors can a Riffle monitor gracefully? Considering that the typical sensors that might be used are cheap and maybe unreliable, does it ..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "I wonder if I will miss Markdown when the Rich Editor is implemented. " | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Let's see if the backslash (\) escape works: #0 machine screw #2 nylon washer In a list: #0 machine screw #2 nylon washer " | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "Thanks for the tip about cheaper SD card modules and RTC modules. I see now how you made your pro-mini logger for $13.00. One of those sensors I l..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "I am really impressed with the new tutorial. Thanks for that great effort. This definitely lowers the barrier for me to try this. I just dove into ..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
cfastie "This looks very promising. There are a couple of controls that might add a lot to the interpretability of your tests. 1) With the water bottle in ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
cfastie "The configuration with the stopper held in firmly with the threaded bottle cap looks really good. How hard is it to get that to work, i.e., to get ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
cfastie "This looks like a surefire way to waterproof the wires. But now you have to waterproof the seal between the stopper and the bottle. Plastic water b..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
cfastie "These are compelling results. Would you conclude that: With these sensors, You would have to stay in one place for about 10 seconds to get a rea..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
cfastie "That's a great idea to use rice to make the bottle non-compressible. It can also keep your payload dry if a little water leaks in. For the testing ..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
cfastie "This is a good definition of the problem: "..sensors be exchanged easily between bottles and; caps seal between sensors and bottles with cheap, of..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
cfastie "Eelgrass beds in New England have been traditionally mapped using normal color aerial photographs. Apparently the tricks of the trade are to have m..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
cfastie "DataStream " | Read more » almost 11 years ago
cfastie "Excellent test. What do you think is in your water? Particulate matter? Or something dissolved, like a salt? Either way, if you boiled some down to..." | Read more » over 11 years ago