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HOWTO Power a Wyze Camera 50ft Away Using an AC-to-5V Adapter (Off-Grid & Home Use)

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🏕️ Off-Grid, Long-Distance Camera Power—A Practical Inexpensive Solution If you’re setting up a Wyze camera (or other micro-USB device) in a remote location, you’ve probably run into power challenges. In my case, I needed to monitor my off-grid property with a camera mounted 50ft away from my power source. My solar setup runs through a pure sine wave inverter, providing reliable AC power, but I needed a stable 5V source to power a Wyze Cam without voltage drop issues. 🔴

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Coiled Cable: A Simple Solution to Keep Your TV Remote Safe

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If you have ever lost your TV remote, you know how frustrating it can be 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️😤. This is especially true for older people or kids who may have trouble remembering where they last placed the remote. But fear not! There is a simple solution that can help you keep your TV remote safe and sound – a coiled cable. 👍 Here is a three pack that I ordered to use one for my dad’s remote and a couple spare for

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How to FORMAT my Dish network screen to NOT zoom for HD?

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Q. I have a Dish receiver that makes all my HD channels look ugly. It says HD Zoom when I switch to one of those channels. Suggestion? A. If you have an older Dish receiver and want to turn off (or turn on) zoom for HD channels, try pressing the asterisk * [format] button! This should allow you to cycle through the various options for HD channel presentation 🙂 Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/how-to-format-my-dish-network-screen-to-not-zoom-for-hd/ (78)dish network hd zoom (5)dish zoomed in (4)dish format

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Enable remote MySQL access (root non-local access)

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Often one of the first tasks after setting up a MySQL server is to enable connections from other IP addresses. Here are a some articles that discuss how to setup a user that can access a MySQL database remotely (non-locally). Between the two of them you will have all the info you need to create user accounts for remote MySQL db access 🙂 If you are in a testing environment you can also enable non-local root access for all databases

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