I know, who would have thought!Beer in cans?!
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Finally ticked a project off the list, got the roof rack sorted and the solar panel in place:
Not sure how effective the deflector will be but an upcoming sub aquatic jaunt to Kinlochbervie via Oban and Loch Carron should be a good test, and subject to all being good I might clad it with aluminium sheet. Future modifications are an awning on the nearside, something simple rather than an overpriced wind-out contraption, (been there done that...), and a solar shower made of 5" pvc pipe either on the offside or on the roof next to the solar panel.
And the aforementioned rear lights are wired in and working:
Not sure how effective the deflector will be but an upcoming sub aquatic jaunt to Kinlochbervie via Oban and Loch Carron should be a good test, and subject to all being good I might clad it with aluminium sheet. Future modifications are an awning on the nearside, something simple rather than an overpriced wind-out contraption, (been there done that...), and a solar shower made of 5" pvc pipe either on the offside or on the roof next to the solar panel.
And the aforementioned rear lights are wired in and working:
How old are your cans ?!?
I'm not aware of any plant in Europe still running steel - Spain converted in the last couple of years. Big thing at the moment is down-gauging - thinner and thinner aluminium. Causes havoc until you get things dialed in . . and then some clown changes something, runs less lube in the bodymakers, plays with redraw clamp pressures . . . or just tries running too fast with machinery originally designed to run much thicker material, a lot slower.
I'm not sure there is enough copper in the ink to cause much of a green flame - the ink is thin, very thin, compared to the over varnish and internal laquer.
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There is, as I have seen it when I have been melting alloy cans.
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Made an LCD display for my beer cooler. I’ve still to hide the power cable and make a better mount but it works as is and does what I want it to. The tap hand;e unscrews so when I get so,e time I’ll make something that has the screen look more incorporated than stuck on.
You can buy little magnetic pucks with the different beers on them for £5 each. The round LCD screen was £8 and I spent a morning learning how to get it to display an image - which I can change over wifi.
You can buy little magnetic pucks with the different beers on them for £5 each. The round LCD screen was £8 and I spent a morning learning how to get it to display an image - which I can change over wifi.
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I’m running esphome on it - here’s the screen I’m using. There’s a touch screen version but this one’s cheaper:
ESP32-C3 development board 1.28 inch circular LCD display touch screen with wifi Bluetooth-compatible module - AliExpress 502
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At the minute I upload the image to flash memory when it compiles but you could just as easily point it to a local network share or URL and tell it to display a remote image. There’s also a button that could be used to scroll through images in a directory for example.
Oof course the ‘proper’ way to do it would be using LVGL but that was more than I could figure out in a morning.
Esphome is a bit more novice friendly. Here’s the GPIO and library details you need:
Thanks! I'm wondering if something similar to a 3d printing filament rfid setup could work, just load the keg and tap a rfid tag against a small esp32 scanner connected to the display so it loads the relevant image lolI’m running esphome on it - here’s the screen I’m using. There’s a touch screen version but this one’s cheaper:
ESP32-C3 development board 1.28 inch circular LCD display touch screen with wifi Bluetooth-compatible module - AliExpress 502
Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com
At the minute I upload the image to flash memory when it compiles but you could just as easily point it to a local network share or URL and tell it to display a remote image. There’s also a button that could be used to scroll through images in a directory for example.
Oof course the ‘proper’ way to do it would be using LVGL but that was more than I could figure out in a morning.
Esphome is a bit more novice friendly. Here’s the GPIO and library details you need:
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While not approaching the normal standards expected here I give you todays masterpiece of inventive and precision engineering.
Cost in time 10 mins and zero in parts .Operational time ,less than 1 minute but saving a call out fee of approx £50.00 plus.
Anyone guess the use?
Cost in time 10 mins and zero in parts .Operational time ,less than 1 minute but saving a call out fee of approx £50.00 plus.
Anyone guess the use?
