Alright gotta do this before I head out, transformers I mostly know them to do one thing and that’s changing voltage. You either have step up or what I’ve learned them for mostly in HVAC as step down as in changing 240 volts to 24 volts. There’s not much you really do to fix them if they aren’t working just make sure the wires coming in are actually secured on it and the lines out also. If it ain’t working you replace it with an OEM and move on but I done some digging into how they work. As shown in the image you got windings shown primary and secondary and how the voltage change depend on the ratio of windings you got and the voltage coming in. Something something Faradays of induction and you got EMF, look I’m not gonna pretend I fully understand it all yet but I’m trying. I know this component is real important since while the main things in HVAC require 240 volts a lot of safe guards and other components need just 24 volt to get working such as contactors and switches to get the power through. Anyway keep looking out on this mega as I add more through out the week as I try to educate myself on it by reading.

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  • Muinteoir_Saoirse [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Pharmacies are wild. Got some pills that are the teeniest tiniest pills. Dose is 1/4 tablet a day. How the hell am I supposed to cut this thing into quarters??? Why not just make a pill that has a smaller dose? Sheeesh

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 months ago

      cypro has a really long half life so you can half them and take them every second day if that’s easier. are they the round ones with a line down the middle? i split them along the line with my fingernails and then bite each half into quarters when I’m dosing

    • TerminalEncounter [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Some pharmacies might compound it for you into a liquid, but yeah.

      Welcome to my life. Some doctors at the hospital I work at order .25 mg dilaudid PO for patients (quarter tab). First off, joke of a fucking dose but I didnt go to medical school so what do I know 🙄, second off they wont even cut 1 mg tabs i half. Luckily theyre scored so its easy to snap em once… but twice??? And the doctors insist on tabs, there are oral solutions of dilaudid.

      My cypro ended up being a quarter tab dose too and those pills were TINY. So glad after bottom surgery I never have to worry about an anti androgen again lol

      • Muinteoir_Saoirse [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        4 months ago

        It’s my cypro! Why are they like this?? I haven’t started it yet because I’m not out of spiro, but yeah, tiny fucking pill with a score to split it in half but like…quarter?? Come on.

        • Ceres [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I get pretty bad side effects from cypro so to find a middle ground I end up splitting those super tiny pills into eighths, which is pretty tricky lol

  • RION [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The bra I got isn’t all that flattering, of course it’s a sports bra so that’s not really the point but when I put it on I was hoping to be pleased with the way it looked. But my stupid boobs aren’t full enough to actually make it look good. I’m getting back on prog (and at 200mg this time) so I hope that kicks things into gear… that and I need to work out and actually develop a body. i’m tired of feeling undesirable :(

  • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Used to have a crush on the librarian because she was friendly but got over it now going to a different library and noticing how much of a cadence these librarians have that are similarilluminati glad nothing came of that crush now or else they would have got me the library cabal

  • Alisu [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I captured a gardevoir and she’s a trans girl. I only have girls in my team, if the pokémon follow me they’re girls, I don’t care what the game says, even the “male” alolan raichu is a girl

  • sodium_nitride [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago
    spoiler

    You know it’s kinda crazy that I take psychic damage now everytime I think about my parents. Even the concept of calling myself a woman hurts cause of that (indirectly, feels like I have to confront them). These people managed to curse me with eldritch corruption over a phone call which is quite the feat.

  • BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago
    misanthropy

    I forget how much I fucking hate people good lord. Honestly one of the biggest factors for this is the ridiculous, baseless shit they believe and spew and control my life with. If they put some fucking thought into their beliefs (and then actions) we’d all be in such a better place but even basic stuff is too much.

    Also how the fuck am I supposed to overcome this hump to starting voice training

    suicide

    I am genuinely going to kms instead holy shit. Voice training is awful shit. I genuinely, genuinely, genuinely need to kill myself instead. WHY THE FUCK DID I HAVE TO BE TRANS AND DO THIS SHIT

    • inTheShadowOf [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      4 months ago
      Something to consider about dying

      If being trans is the most miserable thing that could happen to you, dying with a masc voice and everything else that stresses you out will ensure the most miserable final day.

      When you sit and look back on that potential last day, it’s the most hollow feeling you could imagine. The emptiness can be a good push to reconsider, but you don’t even need to get to that point to understand. If you can move the dial from full misery on whatever final day actually happens, your future self will appreciate it. You’re doing this for the future, after all.

      Blunt and potentially unhelpful

      Voice training will not kill you. Small, miserable steps are still progress. Maybe today you can only read about techniques, maybe next time you can only hum to match tones, but every step matters. Eventually, the misery stops following so closely.

      You’re not a failure for getting stuck sometimes. This shit’s difficult.

      I think you can do it.

      • BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        4 months ago
        spoiler

        It is very hollow and sad to look back. So much misery and I accomplished so little.

        I have been slowly reading/listening to techniques and stuff for like a year and a half now. The misery has not improved. Even attempting it feels like the worst thing ever. I have no hope. When I rant on here about hating being trans, voice training is often one of the things at the forefront of my mind. I can’t explain it. I can’t possibly explain how horrible it is.