supermanotorious
Winchmaster 5000
if you've remotely followed the supermanotorious DIYGoKarts saga, you'd know about that pesky neighbor who vandalizes the neighborhood
WELL HE'S STILL AT IT
only the paint hasn't been an issue in years, these days it's mostly broken Heineken bottles in the street and against this old lady's block wall, eggs thrown in the same location, and trash dumped in the street
he's 52 years old and I've F'N had it
so almost every day I'm off, I go collect all the broken green glass I can find, then I throw it on his driveway, he finally figured out it was me so to retaliate he's been putting small amounts of paint on my stuff
on one hand I was ready to go pepper the front of his house but I'm not that rash, instead I followed his girlfriend/wife to work, not sure what I'll do with that knowledge yet
but to keep him from messing with my stuff, or at least catch him doing it, I got out the old iOS devices that have cameras and I'm running iCam and iCamsource on them, they send push notifications to my iPhone when there is motion
I noticed they dont pick up much in the dark so I tried to think of how to light it up, oh yeah! I had an old security/motion light but wasnt sure if it worked, I wired it up with a 60w bulb and sure enough it does, I put it near the sidewalk on the roof of the toy hauler, great!
but then, how could I get it brighter? sure the 500w construction lights are brighter but how to trigger them with the motion sensor
ah ha! disconnest the output wire of the sensor and turn it in to a receptacle that the work light could plug in to, brilliant! so I went to Ace, bought another motion sensor and did the same but on the roof of the house- get close to my yard or vehicles and you'll be blasted with light!
now, like any reasonable person, I thought, how could I wire up all my work lights? (and I have a bunch) the amperage would be too much for the motion sensor, hmmm, a relay? ah yes, how about the 50 amp DPDT relay I just received as back up for my toy hauler system- now I haven't taken it here yet but the idea is intriguing, the motion sensor output would trigger the relay which would pass though hd wiring for all those work lights
so what happens when I catch him? I truly dont know, it will depend on what "tools" are around, how much booze is in my system, and what the good Lord would have done, time will tell
WELL HE'S STILL AT IT
only the paint hasn't been an issue in years, these days it's mostly broken Heineken bottles in the street and against this old lady's block wall, eggs thrown in the same location, and trash dumped in the street
he's 52 years old and I've F'N had it
so almost every day I'm off, I go collect all the broken green glass I can find, then I throw it on his driveway, he finally figured out it was me so to retaliate he's been putting small amounts of paint on my stuff
on one hand I was ready to go pepper the front of his house but I'm not that rash, instead I followed his girlfriend/wife to work, not sure what I'll do with that knowledge yet
but to keep him from messing with my stuff, or at least catch him doing it, I got out the old iOS devices that have cameras and I'm running iCam and iCamsource on them, they send push notifications to my iPhone when there is motion
I noticed they dont pick up much in the dark so I tried to think of how to light it up, oh yeah! I had an old security/motion light but wasnt sure if it worked, I wired it up with a 60w bulb and sure enough it does, I put it near the sidewalk on the roof of the toy hauler, great!
but then, how could I get it brighter? sure the 500w construction lights are brighter but how to trigger them with the motion sensor
ah ha! disconnest the output wire of the sensor and turn it in to a receptacle that the work light could plug in to, brilliant! so I went to Ace, bought another motion sensor and did the same but on the roof of the house- get close to my yard or vehicles and you'll be blasted with light!
now, like any reasonable person, I thought, how could I wire up all my work lights? (and I have a bunch) the amperage would be too much for the motion sensor, hmmm, a relay? ah yes, how about the 50 amp DPDT relay I just received as back up for my toy hauler system- now I haven't taken it here yet but the idea is intriguing, the motion sensor output would trigger the relay which would pass though hd wiring for all those work lights
so what happens when I catch him? I truly dont know, it will depend on what "tools" are around, how much booze is in my system, and what the good Lord would have done, time will tell
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filming it of course for our enjoyment. That guy will probably think he is being shot with a real gun. Haven't used a paintball gun in probably 15 years, but back then they had some pretty nifty setups, can't imagine the crazy stuff they have on them now.
