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Does anyone know of a good external battery that doesn't turn off? Just continuously charges or turns back on by itself? This is for a vehicle GPS tracker. I have a couple great large capacity batteries but they turn themselves off once the device is full and you have to press a button to get them to start charging again.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:26
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Any reason to just not wire in a permanent on 12v to usb power supply into your car? I assume you need usb power.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:31
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everdave posted:Does anyone know of a good external battery that doesn't turn off? Just continuously charges or turns back on by itself? This is for a vehicle GPS tracker. I have a couple great large capacity batteries but they turn themselves off once the device is full and you have to press a button to get them to start charging again. My Anker 20100 keeps things full
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Oct 25, 2017 20:48
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everdave posted:Does anyone know of a good external battery that doesn't turn off? Just continuously charges or turns back on by itself? This is for a vehicle GPS tracker. I have a couple great large capacity batteries but they turn themselves off once the device is full and you have to press a button to get them to start charging again. Separate small lead acid battery with split charge controller.
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Oct 25, 2017 21:09
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Sadi posted:Any reason to just not wire in a permanent on 12v to usb power supply into your car? I assume you need usb power. Just don't want to splice into the new car yet especially since I just got this tracker and I don't know how reliable it will be. DICK DICER posted:My Anker 20100 keeps things full I know Anker is good stuff. It doesn't auto shut off and have to be "turned back on"? Will go read reviews right now.
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Oct 25, 2017 21:22
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everdave posted:Just don't want to splice into the new car yet especially since I just got this tracker and I don't know how reliable it will be. Look up "add-a-circuit", it plugs into a fuse in your fuse box and has a short length of wire running out of it that you can tie into. Two fuse slots on top - one for the fuse you're hijacking in the box and another for the device being powered. Then the negative leg of the 12v to USB can be grounded to any screw attached to metal under the dash.
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Oct 25, 2017 21:29
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Geoj posted:Look up "add-a-circuit", it plugs into a fuse in your fuse box and has a short length of wire running out of it that you can tie into. Two fuse slots on top - one for the fuse you're hijacking in the box and another for the device being powered. I will, thanks! So far this isn't looking so great, it loses cell connection in my office. If it won't auto connect again once outside then it will be worthless.
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Oct 25, 2017 21:44
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Dad looks so frail. I just spent 20 minutes hiding in the hospital restroom pulling myself together.
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Oct 25, 2017 22:36
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Rhyno posted:Dad looks so frail. Everyone looks like poo poo in a hospital bed, moreso when they've had an op of any kind. Go and look him in the eyes and you'll see that he's still in there. Mirrors of the soul and all that.
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Oct 25, 2017 22:40
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Bike people: Likely going to be getting an Orange P7S when the 2018 model comes out, standard fork is a Rockshox Revelation RC, but there's an option to upgrade to a Fox 34 Performance. Thoughts? My fitness is nowhere near enough to take advantage of it at present, but I still have the voucher payout from my insurance claim earlier this year that needs to be used, so I'm kind of sorting something out ahead of my intended schedule. Suggestions for MTBs in the £2kish bracket are welcome, but a do-everything steel hardtail probably suits my I-remember-when-all-this-was-barends-and-anodised-purple  tendencies.
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Oct 25, 2017 22:44
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spog posted:Everyone looks like poo poo in a hospital bed, moreso when they've had an op of any kind. Yup, as soon as he woke up he looked full of life. They took him off all assists except a chest drain. Doc says he's doing great.
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Oct 25, 2017 22:57
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Seminal Flu posted:I'm officially an old. My son lost respect for me when he asked me what I would do if someone offered me a new Bugatti Veyron for free. I said I'd drive it around for a week or two then sell it  His reaction was pretty funny WHYYYYYYYYYYYY 
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Oct 25, 2017 23:07
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My son lost respect for me when he asked me what I would do if someone offered me a new Bugatti Veyron for free. Though if someone wants to give me the money for an F1...
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Oct 25, 2017 23:09
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My son lost respect for me when he asked me what I would do if someone offered me a new Bugatti Veyron for free.
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Oct 25, 2017 23:09
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I would drive it around just for him to enjoy it, otherwise I wouldn't give a poo poo. I'd sell it and immediately buy a house on the beach.
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Oct 25, 2017 23:11
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Rhyno posted:Dad looks so frail. Jesus Christ that is the worst. I could barely take seeing my Grandad in the hospital after surgery to repair a hole in his diaphragm. Several of his organs had traversed the hole and were collapsing a lung, so they had to move those back, as well. Organs do not like to be handled. He was so frail and helpless, and I'd literally never seen him like that. He was a farmer/rancher, as well as working a cargo loading dock for much of his life, so was always the strong, lean, hardy guy. It was really tough to take. I don't like hospitals on the best of days. That... was not the best of days.
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Oct 25, 2017 23:19
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Applebees Appetizer posted:My son lost respect for me when he asked me what I would do if someone offered me a new Bugatti Veyron for free. That's where you have to teach him TCO. Even if someone gives you a thing, what about the cost to keep and maintain the thing? Just look at the folks who one the million-dollar home from whatever home show that was. They couldn't afford to pay the taxes and upkeep. Also, what ilkhan said.
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Oct 25, 2017 23:22
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Putting that thing on the road increases the probability of it being in an auto accident from nearly 0% to a relatively high likelihood No way would I take it on the road
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Oct 25, 2017 23:24
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Well that's not a very AI thing for you to say now is it 
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Oct 25, 2017 23:27
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everdave posted:Does anyone know of a good external battery that doesn't turn off? Just continuously charges or turns back on by itself? This is for a vehicle GPS tracker. I have a couple great large capacity batteries but they turn themselves off once the device is full and you have to press a button to get them to start charging again. I have a RAVPower and an Anker battery pack. One of them turns off eventually and one does not. I think the anker is the one that shuts off and the RAVPower one does not. This is the one I have: https://www.amazon.com/RAVPower-220...ywords=ravpower It's solid and has always worked for me.
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Oct 26, 2017 00:01
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My anker 26800 does not shut off, even for days, as long as there's a draw on it. If the draw stops, it goes to standby, but starts up again when a device attempts to draw. I have a USB plasma globe that draws around 80mA, and the power bank ran it for days without turning off.
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Oct 26, 2017 00:10
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Automotive Senility: The IRL Old Dads Forum *flicks portfolio @ u*
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Oct 26, 2017 01:23
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Adiabatic posted:Automotive Senility: The IRL Old Dads Forum *flicks portfolio @ u* Plz make this happen tia
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Oct 26, 2017 01:55
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I’m the youngest poster itt
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Oct 26, 2017 02:01
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maybe physically
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Oct 26, 2017 02:05
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Hmm. Running into major imposter syndrome poo poo trying to make me not do things (like try to buy a dyno) and it's a pain in the rear end. I'm sitting here looking at an auction for a dyno water brake and... I have a data acquisition system and can build control valves and all the supporting infrastructure but ... if it's that easy why doesn't everyone build dynos? I dunno; I almost feel like I need to be around "normal" car people more or something; I've lost all perspective on things. Like, legitimately had a "... well at that price why don't you just do it yourself on a lathe?" thing crop up. Apparently most people don't have lathes and mills of their own? Doesn't really have a point just mildly wigging out. I'm alternating between "holy hell I could legitimately do a side business here" and "... no there is no unique thing that I can do that people will pay money for" and it's annoying.
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Oct 26, 2017 02:18
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Adiabatic posted:Automotive Senility: The IRL Old Dads Forum *flicks portfolio @ u* You younger guys will be there soon enough, then we can laugh when our kids are out of the house and we have the cool projects
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Oct 26, 2017 02:20
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Enourmo posted:maybe physically I think most of us still have hair though... unlike Youngest Poster ITT. (please don't kill me TT)
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Oct 26, 2017 02:45
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I'm 21 lol, I just don't post much (mostly because I'm broke as gently caress and had to get rid of my car)
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Oct 26, 2017 02:49
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What would be a fair price to pay for a red FD RX-7 in fair condition, owned as a weekend car, that was maintained sporadically? The catch is it belongs to an ex-girlfriend's dad who I'd have to get in touch with.
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Oct 26, 2017 03:23
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ok I am not The Youngest Poster drat
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Oct 26, 2017 03:28
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mekilljoydammit posted:Hmm. Running into major imposter syndrome poo poo trying to make me not do things (like try to buy a dyno) and it's a pain in the rear end. I'm sitting here looking at an auction for a dyno water brake and... I have a data acquisition system and can build control valves and all the supporting infrastructure but ... if it's that easy why doesn't everyone build dynos?
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Oct 26, 2017 04:12
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Speaking of building your own stuff I just picked up all the supplies to build a tv stand 
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Oct 26, 2017 04:21
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I've been browsing CL, looking for a bad decision. My heart just ain't in it. Every day I've driven in the last two weeks, I've encountered some idiot on the roads doing something dangerous or hazardous to other drivers. It's just so goddamned exhausting and it makes me ashamed to call myself an auto enthusiast.
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Oct 26, 2017 04:29
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On the phone to my broadband supplier yesterday because the router is being flaky as balls and being dragged through the mandatory checklist she gets to questions about where it's sited, being in mind it's not moved in the 2 years I've owned it. "Is it near any glass?" "It's a couple of feet from a window but there's physically nothing between the router and the devices that keep dropping signal" "Well over time glass will drain the WiFi signal " I stayed silent because otherwise I'd have sworn. Later when explaining how I couldn't plug my phone into the router by Ethernet cable to get a stable signal and how if WiFi didn't work then from my point of view I had no product she just hung up on me. So I rang back and spoke to someone new, lodged a complaint and got talked through separating the 2.4ghz and 5ghz channels, which I knew wouldn't help as none of the phones or tablets in the house have 5ghz. As soon as this contract runs out I'm switching suppliers.
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Oct 26, 2017 06:29
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Just went out to my car and found a nice scrape on the door, with paint transfer that matches their front bumper.  At least the whole plastic body panel thing means it's just paint, no bodywork, but it's through the clearcoat.  Well poo poo, just looked at their car again, their bumper is too high to have done this (similar color though). Guess it happened at work and I didn't notice until I went outside a few minutes ago. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Oct 26, 2017 |
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Oct 26, 2017 06:33
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Looks like I get to meet my new downstairs neighbor a bit sooner than I expected. I'm pretty sure you just need to start driving bumper cars.
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Oct 26, 2017 06:37
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Why do you think I drive a plastic paneled Saturn? Just went out and looked at their car though, their bumper is way too high to have caused it... I guess someone popped it at work in a similarly-colored car.
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Oct 26, 2017 06:42
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Cage posted:the gently caress is musical.ly? Never heard of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqZ2PPOLik
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It is really frustrating I know exactly how stupid the trigger is right now for my poo poo mood today and I still cant do anything about other than snarl at humans. Mental health really can be so frustrating esp when you know what sets you off but.... it happens anyway. gently caress this poo poo Im going to take it out on some unsuspecting iron at the gym
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