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    Shrink-flation: Post your examples

    I bought a two pack of wasp spray last month. When I put the cans next to the old cans on the shelf I noticed the difference.
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    Shrink-flation: Post your examples

    I chuckle when I see icecream in smaller packages. In the US, during the 70's, going to the metric system was all the rage. If we had shifted over, a half gallon of icecream would have become 2 liters or a slight increase! Now 50 years later with shrinkflation, we would be back down to a half...
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    Electrical Inspection Wall Of Shame

    Without context it tough to tell. Looks to me like 10 2 awg wires coming from a generator to bus bars. Is BOY limited to 480 or can be used on any 3 phase circuit? 10 2 awg wires could carry over 1000 amps so I guessed a 4160 generator.
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    Things that make me go Hmmm?

    I signed onto amcrestcloud.com and they have no billing information for me so that is a good thing. My account shows lifetime view only but there are no cameras listed. I got two emails said they are going to stop doing health checks until I fix my cameras configuration. They got me to sign...
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    Things that make me go Hmmm?

    Got an interesting email today from Amcrest Cloud Notification service. They said that my one camera was offline. That is fair enough except I have not had an Amcrest Cloud account since July of 2019. Everything was right on the camera like name and my username. That camera has been retired for...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    @Rooster I bought a miniptz (PTZ425DB-AT) and was surprised that it came with a power supply. I believe they are all 12 volts. Just be sure the power requirements are met. The specs show max 10.5 watts at 12vdc, so a 1 amp power supply will work. Since you have power and cat5e available, you...
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    What’s your favourite coffee?

    A high school girlfriend's father was stationed at the Navy's coffee plantation in Columbia. He told me that after Congress decided the government should not compete with the private sector, they sold the plantation and shuttered the roasters, quality went to hell. I think he said that chase &...
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    WTS Fanless Box Intel 4-Core 8-Thread CPU with Quick Sync, 16GB RAM, 120GB SSD. $70~80.

    Have you loaded blue iris one of these?
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    RV Burglary - Rant and A Few Questions

    ^^^ Doh! Got my threads crossed, by about 450 miles!
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    It might be a funny inside joke if there was a used super mario bros game posted on the empiretech01.com website and clicking on it went to a DOTD super special! (Deal of the Day)
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    The official "WTF" thread

    ^^^ WOW, I see trucks so overloaded sometimes that the tires will very nearly rub the wheel wells. It is so dry this year that any fire would set off a major disaster.
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    Scammers really Suck...

    @sdkid My prayers go out to you.
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    RV Burglary - Rant and A Few Questions

    Sometimes, the purpose of a lawsuit is to prompt them into action. If you do not use that stick they will ignore and then the video will scroll off the tape. Time is important. Imagine if all four of the units hit were to file individual lawsuits? Outgoing guys might still not care but the...
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    The official "WTF" thread

    A month ago, heading west on I-10 into Houston, an eastbound tractor-trailer made one of the many curves way too fast and wound up only on his right wheels. Did not flip because he was stopped by the barrier. He started a fire on the roadway overpass. Poor guy was out of his truck trying to...
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    RV Burglary - Rant and A Few Questions

    Maybe this is actionable? The storage yard has an obligation to keep your stuff safe! That's why they have security cameras. When you choose a place to rent, you rely on things like cameras, gated access, secure fencing and such to make your decision to enter into a contract with them. Their...
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    Hurricane Idalia headed for Florida

    It looks like most of the heavy rain was the US19 corridor. Prayers go out for those affected. Local news showed Steinhachee under water. It's expected to stay a category 2 up through Georgia. It is in Perry now. Something we don't always think about is how the storm can affect us after it...
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    Hurricane Idalia headed for Florida

    All quiet on the eastern front. Vidalia is currently off coast of Tampa bay. Less than 100 miles west.
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    Clarity of a dahua SD59432XA-HNR amazes me!

    Talk about obscure references!
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    Neighbors caught stealing!

    Just this past week at a new home construction site, there was a pallet of water in a trailer with a sign spray painted on broken up sheetrock saying free water. During a hurricane this might not be suspect but we have no storms in the forecast. When I went buy someone in a minivan was taking a...
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    Neighbors caught stealing!

    They milled around for several minutes then the one guy gets the go ahead from the lookout that the homeowner was out of the area. At $2/EA those blocks were not up for grabs. Even if they were excess, they would have been returned for credit. The landscapers knew this and were up to no good.
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    Neighbors caught stealing!

    If a supplier delivered the stones, there's no telling where they would drop them. It's a shame that the neighbor is the thief. That landscaper probably gave someone a good price and now has to buy them his own damn self.
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    Clarity of a dahua SD59432XA-HNR amazes me!

    Right now there's a plan for 1000 gallon tank for injection of some type of liquid fertilizer. I don't know what exactly. I don't think it will be a biosolids tea or ammonia. Just a little sulphur smell right now.
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    Automatic Router/Modem Rebooter

    I use this Web Power Switch 15 Day Free Trial! - Ships overnight. It has several switched receptacles so I have POE injectors plugged into each switched port and can log in and reboot individual cameras or if a POE switch is plugged in, a group of cameras. The biggest culprit is my AcuRite...
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    UTV

    I personally like electric. Spending my entire working life in a noisy environment, I am not interested in anything noisy. I drive golf carts and have an old Deere AMT that I am going to convert to electric as a project when I retire. That being said, since there are no heavy duty electric utvs...
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    Clarity on the SD4A425DB-HNY at full zoom.

    This is the smaller Speed dome.
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    Clarity of a dahua SD59432XA-HNR amazes me!

    These are pictures at 1x and 32x for the same item.
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    Crested Caracara pair

    Finally saw a chick. Camera is a Dahua SD59432XA-HNR refurb that I bought from @EMPIRETECANDY
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    Crested Caracara pair

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    Dahua NVR + Cams - recommendations needed

    Empire Tech Andy is a valuable member of this forum and provides preferential pricing to the members so please mention ipcamtalk when you touch base with him. He sells Dahua international products and supports the products he sells.
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    Dahua NVR + Cams - recommendations needed

    So I forgot to provide some pointers. EmpireTech Kit3 8/16-Camera Capable NVR System with 1/1.8" CMOS 4MP Tu and Andy's email to get current pricing to Australia. [email protected]
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