Monthly Archives: August 2019
The Operation Was A Success, But . . .
The Patient Died.
Also know as OOPS!
When you last were here, I had successfully interfaced my WiFi Module to my Mr. Coffee machine, allowing me to control it remotely from anywhere in the world, and also set up timed brewing without worrying about power glitches erasing the times. And last night it worked fine with no problems, making our nightly decaf brew.
And this morning, it again worked fine . . . for about 5 minutes, and then it shut off, never to work again. When I tried to restart it, it just beeped like it was finished brewing and then quit. Over and over.
Now, Jan’s first thought was that I broke her Mr Coffee, and she was not happy without her caffeine this morning. So to soothe her withdrawal pangs, I heated up water in the microwave and poured it over the grounds.
I looked back over my wiring and found nothing loose or changed. So was this somehow the fault of my modification, or just bad luck that our 8! year old Mr. Coffee just up and croaked.
Maybe it just died of old age.
About 1pm Jan and I headed up to the Clear Lake area for lunch at Snooze and then mutual haircuts for the both of us, as well as a Wal-Mart stop for more stuff.
Apparently we can never had enough ‘stuff’. At least that’s what I assume, because we just keep buying more.
And of course, one of the things from WalMart was this shiny new RED Mr. Coffee machine.
And it looks like it might be even easier to get into to modify than the old one.
You didn’t really think I was giving this up, did you?
I will say that Jan made me promise that if I do kill this one, I have to leave the new new one alone.
Yes Ma’am.
We did have a nice cool snap today, with our temps staying in the 80’s with a lot of overcast. It would be really nice if it holds for Thursday for my brake job.
And assuming I not still working on my brakes on Saturday, or maybe Sunday, I’m planning on crawling under the rig and trying to replace the oil filter adapter gasket.
Hopefully that will fix my rig oil leak problem once and for all.
Thought for the Day:
“The right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.” – Hubert Humphrey
gsdf
It Works . . .
My WiFi Module came in today, and I also bought home some CAT-6 cable to wire it up. I pull out a twisted pair of the wires and it’s perfect for making small connections.
It was easy to figure out which pads to solder too since they were only two that had a circuit trace going to them.
Then once I had it hooked up, I wired it into the module.
Then I download the app and after a few times going round and round I found got the the module paired with the app and I was good to go.
Once I confirmed that the app would turn the machine on and off, I then linked it with Amazon Alexa and I was done.
For now.
I’ve got a small plastic box ordered that I will use to mount the module and then double-stick tape it to the back on the machine.
As it stands right now, I’m setting aside Thursday to do the rear brakes on the truck. Hopefully the weather will hold, though there is a 30% chance of rain.
Thought for the Day:
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
sgf
