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Just how any specific battery is going to respond after a slow depletion to less than 10.5v is dependent on several factors. The 'dome light only' signifies less than 10.5v, and less than 10.5v for a 12v nomnal battery is considered 100% discharged, as so little energy is stored within once...

I've got some eneloops from 2010 or earlier. One of them I soldered into an Andis hair clipper in 2017 or so, whose own internal AA battery failed. I never bothered checking the output of the transformer based heavy wall wart charger that came with the clippers, but the eneloop performed well...

I use adjustable voltage power supplies for battery charging, and mine either have 40 or 100 amps available to bring the batteries as high as 19.23v on the 40 amp supply and 15.5v on the 100 amp power supply. I have and voltmeters and Ammeters on the output and on the battery and double check/...

This time last week I was trying to decide on a new drill driver combo since my 10+ year old Makita batteries could no longer drive one 3.5 inch deck screw, the drill needed new brushes, and had issues with the gearbox, sometimes. Was waffling between Ridgid and Dewalt. A little experience with...

It is not broken. It was not designed to measure DC current, only AC.

I repurposed an old dilapidated shed into a workshop. All the interior wood had aged to a dark brown, and the termites holding hands were a structural component. Their poop could also fall from roof and affect a project atop my table, so I stapled some cheap plastic drop cloth bridging the...

2 nights ago, I was waffling between buying a dewalt and ridgid drill.driver combo. Saw that ridgid has 2 4 ah batteries deal for99$, and fedex is delivering my Ridgid combo today. My makita batteries became nearly worthless about a year ago at about 10 years age. New authentic batteries more...

I bought some cheap rotary wood.rasps which were slightly too large for 1/8" standard. Collett, and the drill like chuck i learned to prefer. I Used dremel and barrell sander to.reduce shaft diameter just enough to fit. Was not much impressed with rotary rasp performance. Get the dremel 90...

Jb Weld Superglue Needle nose vice grips and regular vice grips Zipties NItrile gloves in ziplock bags with air removed. Generally,.i use a blow molded tool case like which come.with milwaukee.tools that my neighbor.was throwimg out, and hollow out the interiors. They can fit a lot more than...

I spoke with Bruce Essig at Odyssey years ago, and he was rather adamant that if one could not Float their battery at the recommended temp compensated voltage, to not float it at all. When I fully charge my Northstar, holding absorption voltage until amps taper to really low levels, or start...

My buddy had a 12248 Bminder when they first came out 2007ish without the optional temp sensor. IIRC it frustratingly seemed to revert to GEL setting after a certain amount of time, when set to float AGM/WET, and i believe this was 13.2v, but its been 15 years. I used to borrow it for...

Deeply cycled agms are tickled to death with a diet of only slow chargers. All smart charger marketers and wild claims will have you believe they are magic. Most are very timid, stopping well short of true full charge, as it is safer and way easier than achieving true full, safely, asap. The...

TPPL Agms, when new and healthy and fully charged, will hold slightly higher voltages for longer under the same load and all other factors being equal, until the ~35% charged range/65% discharged. When healthy TPPL AGMS are depleted this low, they can and will accept HUGE charging currents...

Equating voltage with a state of charge or state of health, is unwise, as there are so many factors which will fudge the numbers and lead to false interpretation, and incorrect assumptions. Voltage is only accurate as to state of charge, when there is/are NO loads on the battery, for many...

Sipik68 clone,.theres hundred.of.clones. ive had many. 10+old year design.

$$. BLade binding is either saw foot not parallel to blade, or straight edge not remaining straight as you push saw foot edge against it. Saw foot walking away from.straight edge, is user error, perhaps with saw foot not parallel to blade, too.

I want.to get a piece of.masonite with undamaged edge. , free hand cut an edge, as best as possible..flip over factory edge and glue. Perfect.straight edge to run saw along. Even with my tablesaw, i liked to angle it a few degrees.downwards towards fence.so gravity assists keepingnit against...

Lubricating those faults. Snap!

I bought a new duralast alternator a few years back. Made in malaysia. Its supposed to make 50 amps at idle and max out at 120. It falls short, but overall is good enough, and from 700 rpm it caN make 80+ amps when hot, but hot idle foot.on brake in drive, 525 rpm amd it makes only 32 amps aNd...