Car stereo @ home

Yo.

So, I was getting pissed of that I didnt have a working CD player in my house anymore, so , I did the 'normal' thing . .. I made one from old stuff i had sitting around, collecting dust . 

I had an old Pioneer car deck unit, from an old car, that worked perfectly, just no car to put it in . 

SO .. ..  I took an walwart power supply, [12v /DC ]  wired the stereo's ground [black] to ground on the walwart ; and the yellow/red to the positive of the harness from the stereo to the walwart power supply .  Then, connected a pair of speakers to it . [connect the rear or fronts to ground, and positive on speakers ] . I made a little box out of a pine box of wood, some glue, and paint . nothing crazy ... just wanted something, that didnt look too horrible [not sure i really did any better .. BTW ] 

Paint came out a lil wavy , but i dont care . its a small shelf unit, I didnt spend $100+ for something i already had, and it has usb + CD and I could add more speakers . :) 

I just figured I would share . speakers are old, and crackling , would not suggest buying alpine type rs .. as they all seem to end up in that state .. crackling, broken , and sounding like crap for $200 speakers .  But, unless I crank it, you really dont hear the awful .

let me know what you think, if anyone cares.

Thanks,
-B

How to fix Haier refrigerator ; model # HA10TG20SB ; freezing everything

Yo .

So, I had an issue w/ my Haier refrigerator model # HA10TG20SB recently . It was freezing everything, making life ... hard ..

Tools Needed : Flashlight , thermometer , long screw driver, shortly screwdriver ; new thermostat assembly [part # RF-7350-58] 

Issue/Symptoms  :  the whole frig. would freeze everything , top or bottom . Adjusting the coolest setting, made no difference . turning off from switch, also made no difference .  Sounds like the frig. was constantly running, rather than only infrequent running [like normal] . Some of the other research I pulled up showed this could also be the opposite , were it wasnt cold enough . mine was freezing everything .

Fix :  Replace the thermostat assembly  + defrost timer [ one assembly, in the frig. easy to do for anyone ]

Here is a snap of the back label for your reference ..

 Here is a pic of the motor , on the bottom of the refrig, so you dont have to crawl around, and take pictures on the ground .

So, this is a pic of the parts that were in my frig. the #s wont directly match the new part I put in, but just for your reference . This below, is the defrost timer [ 14JE13 ]  ; and the thermostat/control setting switch below that . [

Here is the part you need :  [buy it new , ebay or amazon]

HAIER RF-7350-58 THERMOSTAT AND RF-7400-11 DEFROST TIMER. 

$50 on ebay . well worth it, rather than buying a new frig.

So, now you have the new part ..  looking at the above picture, there are literally 3 screws holding this in place . get a flashlight, and a long, and a shortly screw driver .
unplug the frig , remove the old /frozen food, throw it away ..
Inside the frig. compartment , you will need to remove the following -  [removing the top shelf may help you , if you are beast . I did not remove mine .
1 - light cover , and screw tucked up to the top . [see pic above, near light section]
2 - The two rear screws, in the back .
3 - Now, the whole assembly should be hanging .  pull it forward , and jiggle it out of the rear of the frig .. to free it . It should only be hanging by the one connector plug, and possiblly a single red wire, wired directly to the lighting bulb .
4 - Unclip/unplug the connector harness [little clip to release it ]
5 - Cut the red wire [if applicable] to the lighting module [light bulb] .. and either prepare it for another splicing , or seal it with tape, or a plug, etc.   ; The whole assembly should now be able to be freely removed from the frig .  Put it away, for a rainy day, or incase you need extra parts later :P

6 - Install the new part , plug in the harness ; connect the red wire to the corresponding lighting module wire if desired [think the new one is purple . ]  I skipped this step, and do not have a light in my frig, as I wasnt sure if the fix would work at first, and didnt want to cut into the harness .
Screw in the 3 screws, get it back up in there , correctly, with the harness connected .

7- Plug the frig. back into the wall .  More than likely, you took a bit doing this, so , it will take a bit to cool down the frig. again if this is working correctly .

TEST  =   So, once powered up , do this test to see if the control is working correctly -
Turn the temp dial , all the way to off [if on temp setting ] . You should audibly hear the frig. turn OFF .  Turn it back, say to half way . . it should turn back on, and continue working, as expected .

Finally : Get the thermostat I mention earlier .. set the thermostat half way .
Put the thermostat in the fridge, and let it go , for a couple hours . check the temp after a bit .. [2-3 hrs] . The frig should be at this temp - between 35-40ish degrees .Dont put the thermostat directly under the cooling duct either, put it on the shelf,like food would sit . Adjust down, if needed .. mine is 3/4 the way into the next notch , from dead center .  I cant remember what the other was set at , before it went crazy .

This fix has worked for at least the last few weeks , I have food in there now, not freezing, not more issues .. so far . I hope this helps someone else, I did not see a clear, nor concise guide, or how to , on either removal, fixing, troubleshooting , etc .

Please comment if this does actually help anyone , so I know if it does.
I'd appreciate it .

Thanks,
-B

Install exalogic on vmware .. trying to mimic the exalogic elastic trashcloud

Install exalogic on vmware ..  trying to mimic the exalogic elastic trashcloud

Hi,

After downloading the  exalogic node isos install ..
make runme.sh    executable   [in linux .. not winblowz]
./runme.sh
#this combines all the isos 'parts' files together into 1 file.


Upload that file into your vmware host, so you can mount it as a new vm.

Set the follow : 
 Video to Auto-detect ; SCSI controller to LSI Logic SAS ..
and you could change the mem/cpu as available.



then install the thing -










Login w/ the generic creds for root . and configure it statically .

The compute node is up. :)
--more to follow .. but that should be the jist of it. i was able to get past the first set of install issues, will try the ZFS app, now and update as well .


--update - I was able to connect the ZFS vapp/CN devices , and used the ZFS as the storage for the CN, but I was not able to mimic the emoc in ANY WAY.
Without the emoc, i feel like it s almost pointless, to mimic the env.
FWIW



-B- -=out=-