I’ve been thinking of setting up a node at my local ski area, both for others to use, but also to make custom timing equipment that can send start and finish messages to the timing computer and keep us from having to haul wires up icy race courses all winter.

I’ve never actually set one up or used one yet though, so it’s probably a few years off.

I know NiMH are way easier to charge, but lifepo4 has better capacity and way more charging cycles I believe.

The tricky thing with iron phosphate is that the voltage level between 75-80 and fully charged is very flat, so it’s difficult to reliably know the state of charge.

Switching to LiFePo and making the batteries easy to swap along a trip, is a better way to reduce fires.

Or solid state maybe? Not sure how flammable they are, but I know LiFePo are much lower risk than standard lithium ion (Nickle cobalt or whatever Tesla and the big Chevy trucks use )

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There’s one near an elementary school in our fucking town.

There’s one near an elementary school in our fucking town.

It wasn’t as long when I fist saw it, but I don’t know if it got longer than this as I moved away years ago.

Some people just want to watch the nerds squirm.

This guy used to live near me:

I clearly remember it, I think you might be my little brother’s age.

Corgi owners know this is bullshit.