How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
11-12-2015, 02:56 PM
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Maybe not for you, I just need to get to work.
Looks like the ME series is brushed DC? I need to find my notes. I know I budgeted brushless...
Great, now people are going to start asking me questions
Looks like the ME series is brushed DC? I need to find my notes. I know I budgeted brushless...
Great, now people are going to start asking me questions
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11-12-2015, 09:09 PM
Kill all dead laptop batteries.
I've brought at least a dozen dead cells up from below a volt, and they appear to be working still. I'm using a vaporizer to test them, because the money in smokes I'll save will buy many motor controllers...
What batteries are you planning on using?
I've brought at least a dozen dead cells up from below a volt, and they appear to be working still. I'm using a vaporizer to test them, because the money in smokes I'll save will buy many motor controllers...
What batteries are you planning on using?
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11-12-2015, 09:24 PM
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The easy way to tell them apart is by the number of "large" terminals (stud with nut.) A brushed motor will have two, a brushless motor will have three.
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11-13-2015, 01:43 PM
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It's called solder.
In all seriousness, there's no such thing as thermal paste that enhances electrical conductivity. Some decrease electrical conductivity less than others, and most (all?) prevent corrosion (which helps prevent decreases in electrical conductivity), but apart from mercury, there's no way you're going to enhance the electrical conductivity between two objects by putting between them any substance which is a liquid at room temperature.
The best you can do here is to find one with a high solids content of some metal that's conductive. Silver or copper would be good choices. But even greases specifically designed to be conductive still have a high resistivity. It's intended to drain static building from conveyor belts through their bearings, not pass large amounts of current at low voltages.
http://www.nyelubricants.com/stuff/c...g_overview.pdf
http://www.mgchemicals.com/downloads/tds/tds-846.pdf
In all seriousness, there's no such thing as thermal paste that enhances electrical conductivity. Some decrease electrical conductivity less than others, and most (all?) prevent corrosion (which helps prevent decreases in electrical conductivity), but apart from mercury, there's no way you're going to enhance the electrical conductivity between two objects by putting between them any substance which is a liquid at room temperature.
The best you can do here is to find one with a high solids content of some metal that's conductive. Silver or copper would be good choices. But even greases specifically designed to be conductive still have a high resistivity. It's intended to drain static building from conveyor belts through their bearings, not pass large amounts of current at low voltages.
http://www.nyelubricants.com/stuff/c...g_overview.pdf
http://www.mgchemicals.com/downloads/tds/tds-846.pdf
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11-13-2015, 01:56 PM
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It's called solder.
In all seriousness, there's no such thing as thermal paste that enhances electrical conductivity. Some decrease electrical conductivity less than others, and most (all?) prevent corrosion (which helps prevent decreases in electrical conductivity), but apart from mercury, there's no way you're going to enhance the electrical conductivity between two objects by putting between them any substance which is a liquid at room temperature.
The best you can do here is to find one with a high solids content of some metal that's conductive. Silver or copper would be good choices. But even greases specifically designed to be conductive still have a high resistivity. It's intended to drain static building from conveyor belts through their bearings, not pass large amounts of current at low voltages.
http://www.nyelubricants.com/stuff/c...g_overview.pdf
http://www.mgchemicals.com/downloads/tds/tds-846.pdf
In all seriousness, there's no such thing as thermal paste that enhances electrical conductivity. Some decrease electrical conductivity less than others, and most (all?) prevent corrosion (which helps prevent decreases in electrical conductivity), but apart from mercury, there's no way you're going to enhance the electrical conductivity between two objects by putting between them any substance which is a liquid at room temperature.
The best you can do here is to find one with a high solids content of some metal that's conductive. Silver or copper would be good choices. But even greases specifically designed to be conductive still have a high resistivity. It's intended to drain static building from conveyor belts through their bearings, not pass large amounts of current at low voltages.
http://www.nyelubricants.com/stuff/c...g_overview.pdf
http://www.mgchemicals.com/downloads/tds/tds-846.pdf
http://www.gdrectifiers.co.uk/upload...data_sheet.pdf
Which would have been my question, is there somewhere I can get this, or something similar in Merica' for cheaper?
Specific use would be between SCRs & diodes(non magnetic steel) and copper bussing(which is also the water jacket).
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11-14-2015, 01:46 AM
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Why do different mammal species have different numbers of nipples?
Primates have two, cats have eight, Virginia possums have thirteen...
It's the only major anatomical metric I can think of which varies so radically from one species to the next.
Two eyes, two lungs, two kidneys, two nostrils, one heart, one brains, one *****... But ****-all if there's anything even remotely approaching a nipple-standard.
Primates have two, cats have eight, Virginia possums have thirteen...
It's the only major anatomical metric I can think of which varies so radically from one species to the next.
Two eyes, two lungs, two kidneys, two nostrils, one heart, one brains, one *****... But ****-all if there's anything even remotely approaching a nipple-standard.
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11-14-2015, 02:15 AM
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Why do different mammal species have different numbers of nipples?
Primates have two, cats have eight, Virginia possums have thirteen...
It's the only major anatomical metric I can think of which varies so radically from one species to the next.
Two eyes, two lungs, two kidneys, two nostrils, one heart, one brains, one *****... But ****-all if there's anything even remotely approaching a nipple-standard.
Primates have two, cats have eight, Virginia possums have thirteen...
It's the only major anatomical metric I can think of which varies so radically from one species to the next.
Two eyes, two lungs, two kidneys, two nostrils, one heart, one brains, one *****... But ****-all if there's anything even remotely approaching a nipple-standard.
As for why -- likely it's evolutionarily linked to the usual number of offspring. Litters of kittens are usually around 5 or 6, possums larger than that (at least, according to wikipedia), and humans are usually one child per birth (although the invention of IVF is raising the average by a bit). So median number of offspring born at once plus a couple extra?
--Ian
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11-14-2015, 06:44 PM
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I was extremely surprised by how dull it was when I took it out of the package. Worse than my old, wood-handled serrated knife from Stainless, China. I picked up one of those $10 "drag your knife through these two ceramic rods positioned at a precise angle a few times" tools, and that made a world of difference. It now glides through zucchini, squash and onions like the German army through Poland. Massive improvement. Will be curious to see how often I have to repeat this process. Soft =/= hard.
It's not amazing. I mean, I figured that my first proper knife-purchase would be an "OMG, this has completely changed the way I cook" moment, and it wasn't. Expectations, I guess. But it's made cooking more pleasurable, and that counts for something. I can now start to practice those "look at how rapidly I chop this thing" tricks that showoff pro chefs do on TV.
It works. And it works well.
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11-14-2015, 07:42 PM
This has turned out to be a pretty good knife.
I was extremely surprised by how dull it was when I took it out of the package. Worse than my old, wood-handled serrated knife from Stainless, China. I picked up one of those $10 "drag your knife through these two ceramic rods positioned at a precise angle a few times" tools, and that made a world of difference. It now glides through zucchini, squash and onions like the German army through Poland. Massive improvement. Will be curious to see how often I have to repeat this process. Soft =/= hard.
I was extremely surprised by how dull it was when I took it out of the package. Worse than my old, wood-handled serrated knife from Stainless, China. I picked up one of those $10 "drag your knife through these two ceramic rods positioned at a precise angle a few times" tools, and that made a world of difference. It now glides through zucchini, squash and onions like the German army through Poland. Massive improvement. Will be curious to see how often I have to repeat this process. Soft =/= hard.
It's interesting that the handle shape has been changed. Yours does not look like my Victorinox knives or the Amazon pics.
It's not amazing. I mean, I figured that my first proper knife-purchase would be an "OMG, this has completely changed the way I cook" moment, and it wasn't. Expectations, I guess. But it's made cooking more pleasurable, and that counts for something. I can now start to practice those "look at how rapidly I chop this thing" tricks that showoff pro chefs do on TV.
It works. And it works well.
It works. And it works well.
We have a full Victorinox knife block plus a , so we're pretty much set, but I have been thinking about picking up a cheap Chinese carbon steel cleaver.
http://wokshop.stores.yahoo.net/carsteelclea.html
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11-14-2015, 09:28 PM
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Joe, definitely get a steel and google proper use. It is the difference between turning a ripe tomato into 1/8" slices and tomato sauce. Any decent knife after steel should be able to cut a tomato by dragging its own weight over the surface of the tomato skin.
Somewhere there's a good basic knife care video by (I think) Alton Brown. I couldn't readily find it though. Bad Google-Fu tonight.
Somewhere there's a good basic knife care video by (I think) Alton Brown. I couldn't readily find it though. Bad Google-Fu tonight.
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11-15-2015, 05:14 PM
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Second:
I have just created the best from-scratch pizza sauce in the history of mankind.
I'm totally serious. It opens with a cloying sweetness, delivers gobs of savory tomato-and-onion to the tongue, and leaves a red-pepper kick which lingers on the palate for... well, I have no idea. It's still lingering.
I will never, EVER buy pizza sauce in a jar again. In fact, I'm going to take the jar which I still have in the closet and throw it into the east river tomorrow.
SAUTEE ALL THE THINGS!
(Yes, I cheated and used tomatoes-in-a-can. Baby steps.)
I have just created the best from-scratch pizza sauce in the history of mankind.
I'm totally serious. It opens with a cloying sweetness, delivers gobs of savory tomato-and-onion to the tongue, and leaves a red-pepper kick which lingers on the palate for... well, I have no idea. It's still lingering.
I will never, EVER buy pizza sauce in a jar again. In fact, I'm going to take the jar which I still have in the closet and throw it into the east river tomorrow.
SAUTEE ALL THE THINGS!
(Yes, I cheated and used tomatoes-in-a-can. Baby steps.)
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