Apparently my controller was happy taking the week off and wasn’t ready to start again today. As soon as I turned it on it made this loud rattling noise and being oh so observant I realized… this is bad! The only piece I had a spare of in my controller was the relay so I thought what the heck, I’ll just swap it out and see if I can fix it without electrocuting myself. Happily… I did! I have already ordered another relay so I can be prepared the next time my controller wants to stay on vacation… ha! At least this time no beads were killed in the process.

So this morning I woke up to glass pancakes and I was quite sad…

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