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- Comment on Mouseboard - DIY arthritis and carpal tunnel help for the tired typist 1 week ago:
I quite like it, simple and gets the job done. What combinations do you have there? righ, middle, left and a side button click from the mouse? If you were to do it again, would you change anything?
- Comment on searching for solar food dehydrator resources 1 week ago:
stackable wooden frames
Keep in mind that, at least in my experience, if you are in a high humidity area, only stacking them might not be enough to prevent mold on high water content fruit like tomato, so it needs to look more like the one pictured by OP to have enough air flow in the system
- Comment on ‘UK first’ sees decommissioning of ScottishPower wind farm demonstrate turbine circularity 1 week ago:
The analysis found a total 99.9% material recovery – calculating that 79.5% of the wind farm’s components were recycled and 20.4% were reused or retained as spare parts, keeping nearly all material out of landfills.
It also confirmed that 100% of the recycling and component retention took place within the UK, supporting domestic green jobs and at least 10 supply chain companies.
That’s a lot better than I would have expected
- Comment on Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point | Solar now requires no more upfront capital than coal or gas to produce the same annual electricity 2 weeks ago:
Remember that you can still use the land for a more useful agricultural crop with higher¹ or similar² yield³ with agrivoltaics
You can also put panels over parking lots. USA alone has more parking lot land area than some countries:
- Comment on Emerging economies are skipping the fossil fuel detour 3 weeks ago:
At each tip of the triangle you see a label, it means there is 100% of that component. It could certainly have used better labeling/colouring to make it easier to understand, as shown in the example below:
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- Comment on Prusa releases upgrades for Core One+, Core One L, and XL 3 weeks ago:
Oops, my bad. Apologies, as I forgot we were talking about A1 Minis specifically when I mentioned “multiple reports” in my last comment.
- Comment on Prusa releases upgrades for Core One+, Core One L, and XL 3 weeks ago:
I’m not a fanboi of any brand too, but just a FYI, it has been multiple reports, instead of an isolated case.
Glad to hear you are well aware of overall risks, as that might not be the case for newcomers that might read these posts, so I prefer to at least let them know of it. And as always, letś have fun at it
- Comment on Even at 100 meters, PV makes neighbours more likely to go green 3 weeks ago:
I can confirm. Solar skeptic neighbour kept saying it wasn’t worth it, but he decided to install his own system half a year later after another 4 neighbours got theirs as well
- Comment on Prusa releases upgrades for Core One+, Core One L, and XL 3 weeks ago:
In case you aren’t aware, A1 Mini can also catch on fire, see:
Bambu Lab A1 NTC thermistor fire and meltdown hazard
Please keep that in mind and take necessary precautions if needed.
- Comment on ribbed plastic anchor in brick not holding -- what screw diameter do I need? 4 weeks ago:
Don’t worry too much about the specific model, as almost all of them have quite similar specs
- Comment on What to do with a surplus of fresh veggies? 4 weeks ago:
Potatoes and onions have really long shelf life and can last for months if kept in cool, dry and dark places. However you should not store them together as potatoes go bad really fast if stored near high ethylene producing food like onion, and onions get leaky quite fast from the humidity they absorb(?) from potatoes. Let them breath, and don’t keep them in locked containers, I usually just hang them with mesh bags
For carrots, bell peppers and cucumbers, I usually add little bit of water into a sealed container and it is enough to last another 3-4 weeks in the fridge
Pickling is also an option for all of them if you like it
Frozen cucumbers and bell peppers won’t have a great texture, but it’s fine for me to chuck them into soups, pourées, etc
- Comment on DIY Universal Power Tools? 5 weeks ago:
Right now grabcad isn’t working for me too , but when I accessed it a few days ago, it worked fine on my VPN. Hopefully itś not down for too long. Let us know how your project goes
- Comment on Do you toss food once the date on the label has passed? Experts say that's often a waste 5 weeks ago:
Even badly expired milk, like when it starts to sour and get clumps, can still useful, as you can still use them in recipes, like baking cookies and cakes
- Comment on DIY Universal Power Tools? 1 month ago:
As you mentioned, we can already see USB-C charged batteries for power tools out on the market without all the proprietary charging crap from other platforms. As an example, see Greenworks Pro 24v, 4 or 8 Ah and/or Hyper Tough brand
I also haven’t looked at all the specific bells and whistles, but Torque Test Channel on YT has a couple of videos opening them up and testing them, and they do have a circuit board inside the bidirectional charging batteries (either 21700 or 18650 cells), which charges at 65w, and the port also has a little silicone(?) flap to cover it when unused. Perhaps it might be useful as a reference for your trials
See below video “Even More Problems for Big Brands from Walmart”, around 30s mark as an example:
non YT link
YT linkFor the adapter, perhaps you could use this open source terminal_v2 as a reference on the battery side? This one is for Ridgid batteries specifically, so you will need to fiddle with part A to adapt it to your brand battery connector. They used a Molex 44262 series connector on the contacts with the battery for reference.
On the other end, it has anderson connectors, but you could adapt it to xt## depending on your preferences/availability
If you don’t want to open/cut the tool itself, perhaps a dummy + xt/anderson connector on the tool side to connect into terminal_v2 on the batteries side?
Ridgid dummy example from the same author.
Disadvantage of dummies is that you would need one dummy for every brand you have to use
Above dummy also has a dangling cable. I’m not a designer, otherwise I would look into having the dummy with an xt## built into it, than have part B from terminal_v2 have the other xt## built into it, which slides/locks/connect into the dummy. I’m not sure if that was clear, sorry
The author also made a video showcasing the terminal_v2, dummies, and other features that might be useful, see “Build a battery adapter to power the whole Lab”, as it might help:
non YT link
YT linkIf you want to go the OpenBox route shown in the video, this bushing might also be useful, discussed around 22m10s on the video above
- Comment on THE SWAMP COOLER OF COLDNESS - diy usb aircon tutorial 2 months ago:
It works quite well, but you might need to dig deeper than that depending on your soil conditions. If you have the time and room to dig, you should watch Tech Ingredients video on it:
“Turning a $150 AC Into a Super-Efficient Geothermal Unit!”
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-41UF02vrU
Non YT: inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=s-41UF02vrU