Recent content by Sunder

Yes, the reason BMS equipped batteries should be stored with a higher state of charge is because the BMS draws power from the pack. That's all. Having a BMS does not change the chemical reactions going on inside the battery. Ideally, you'd store it with 50% charge and check it often enough that...

Yeah. A bike that is chained to a pole, rusty and key parts missing might still be wanted. I saw some guy cussing out because he'd chained his bike up a few hours ago and someone had just nicked his wheels. He thought being in the CBD it was safe. At least he got the rest of his frame back...

Por qué no los dos? Somalia, Palm trees, sand, warmth all year round AND you get to dodge bullets! Ahem.. new eZip motor by latecurtis » Aug 07 2014 9:47am

Anyone following this thread for the last 8 years knows that LC has left at least once per year almost every year. He most likely will be back eventually unless misfortune or misadventure means he can't. Hope he's safe though. A lot of instability in the US at the moment.

That's good news LC. Good luck with the move.

I read a lot of US news and spend a bit of time in US Reddits. Life has always seemed tougher in the US for anyone not on a high income, but a paradise for anyone that was. Seems like that has become 10x more true in the last 6 months. Read a few posts in r/Antiwork and you can sense the...

There you go. I have little idea of US geography, bar the big cities, etc. They don't really work all that well here in Sydney either. We do have our very hot dry days, but more often, when it's hot, it's around 60% humidity. Not like Queensland - or Florida - for example, but evaporative...

Yeah, I'm in Australia, so no help finding or referring anyone there. It's bitterly ironic that campers/motorhomes are now the province of the very rich and the very poor. Before Covid, I was looking at getting a 2nd hand entry level one. Would have been about $4k USD, needing about $1k-2k of...

If you get desperate and still have power, you can put a fan by the window, sucking in air from outside, passing over a series of bedsheets or towels which have been soaked in water. Also, keeping yourself damp will help. Note that you must have another way for the air to get out of the...

No way that's 70 pounds of washing. I reckon I could fit most of that in my home washer, I think is rated for like 7kg. That's about 16 pounds? Even the big ones I see at the laundromat are like 15kg, and there'd be room to spare qith what you got. Anyway. Guessing you don't have machine of...

Thanks mate. My local hardware store sells them. I might get one and give it a go on some scrap material. I don't drill sheet metal very much, but I do occasionally drill acrylic. Might see how they go on that.

For my learning, what's the advantage of those style drill bits instead of a standard high speed tungsten drill bit? Do they leave cleaner holes?

Rather depressive talk going on there. Over the years, you talk like that when you're frustrated. Anyone would be stressed in your circumstances. Ebikes aren't a bad hobby for self distraction. It's not the most expensive hobby in the world, and you can keep tweaking and tuning a long time...

It's also why you don't burn bridges. Means you can end up eating shit when you least can afford to. I don't know your full situation, why you're leaving, etc. But if you haven't burned any bridges, you can always call your landlord, and say "Mate, I've been put in a real hard situation. I know...

Project Management 101 dude. I've been working with PMs for the last 20 odd years, but the last 2 has been the first time I've actually seen one do risk management for projects. (Most the project managers I've worked with are the cheap "I just got my PRINCE certification and will work for 50k a...