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TechConnectify , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

I'm gonna be trying something different out tomorrow. Something between a re-do and a re-run.

It's a new shoot using almost entirely old B-roll and a significant re-work of the script. Basically, I wanted to combine the two dishwasher videos into one sub-half-hour video focused more on "tips and tricks" and less on my opinions on detergent (though you bet it still contains opinions on detergent!).

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@sudo_whoami I just want more people to buy the powder in a box!

I don't need no stinkin' pods!

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@billatq I have noticed the same thing! Tin foil hat says they want you to buy their more profitable pods and are sabotaging their cheap products.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

My charge from last night on a 30A charger (7.2 kW at 240V).

This is why I'm always harping on the "stop installing giant charger circuits" thing! Even this is a luxury - I only charge about weekly or if I make a long trip.

For USians, a 10 gauge run of wiring will deliver 5 kW sustained. You'll only ever think that's slow if you drive a TON and/or have a really big vehicle.

Especially if you're thinking of DIYing an install, 10 gauge is so much easier to deal with.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

There are a lot of factors to consider if you are able to install a charger circuit, but you can open up many headaches if you insist on running a 50 amp circuit. Especially if you've got limited electric service.

5kW chargers deliver roughly 15 miles of range per hour. So in an 8 hour overnight charge you can expect 100 miles easily.

My personal opinion is that unless you have an extreme commute or a big truck of an EV, 5kW is plenty, 7kW is luxurious, & anything above is probably not needed.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@ironiridis at level 2 speeds I doubt there's a difference. The battery pack is so big that even on an 11kW charger it's more of a trickle charge than a phone on a 5V 1A USB brick.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@chloeraccoon 200A service is reasonably common in the US. At least for single family homes built in the last few decades.

Keep in mind though that's single phase, and technically it can only sustain 80% load. So in practice you end up with ~40kW

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@jdiller I mean, energy is energy. The only reason an EV is going to need more energy is if it's larger.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@wolf480pl @chloeraccoon Need is a funny word.

Our electric code is designed to make tripping the main breaker almost an impossibility. So when load calculations are done, they are assuming someone will be cooking a meal, using the dryer, running hot water, and blasting the heat all at the same time.

This rarely ever happens, but the code presumes people aren't smart enough to manage their power draw. Unfortunately I think that's correct.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Cicadas are here

The camera looks up into tree canopy as hundreds (perhaps thousands) of winged insects fly around.

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

Other photos:

The emergence around me seems much less coordinated than 2007 (granted I don't live where I did then, though I'm not too far away). I think this was because we never got a deep soaking rain until yesterday. They've been emerging in pockets across the area as little rain storms popped across but after yesterday's soaking a whole bunch more have come out (some are still molting!)

A close-up of a molting cicada. They emerge from the ground as brown wingless insects, then their exoskeleton splits open just behind their head. This one has just split and a pale white entity appears to be crawling out from the brown shell.
A wider shot of the tree trunk showing a fully emerged cicada with a black abdomen and wings, just below is a cicada which has just escaped its nymph form. Its brown shell clings to the tree while its white body with shriveled up wings has mostly popped out of it, upside-down and still attached at the rear.
A different close-up of the tree trunk showing an emerged cicada with its body still pale white but the wings fully formed. Just below it is a deformed cicada which appears to have had its wings fail to expand (or possibly this one is injured. They are famously defenseless and rather... foolish insects)

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@brad indeed I saw it, and it's part of why I went for a walk just now! I can hear them clearly at home now so figured I'd go out and grab some pictures

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@gikiski @joop Not only at night but also in the rain or, I think, cloudy days. They only got loud today once the sun came out.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Who wants to get tilted?
https://youtu.be/XeDCCNFAULk

TechConnectify OP , vor einem Monat

@bytor I appreciate your thoughts here, but in Aztec it is only 10 point bumpers that bump the match unit. No other point values cause it to advance and the 10 point bumpers are the smallest value.

sol_hsa , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

I've seen this kind of stovetop design in some (primarily american?) media, and I wonder..

Why are the controls that control the hot things on top of the hot things?

Sounds like a really unsafe design to me.

@TechConnectify might be able to comment?

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@sol_hsa but most importantly, with an electric stove, if you've found yourself with an emergency like a grease fire, shutting off the burner isn't going to help you. You have more pressing needs, and the dangers of not shutting the gas valve off immediately (i.e. open flames below or gas leaks if they go out) just aren't there.

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@crit @sol_hsa having lived with and gotten used to both, having them at the back is not even an inconvenience that goes through my mind at all.

And as a matter of fact, being able to see the full circle and where exactly the knob is pointing to is helpful compared to only seeing the top of the knob as you look down at it.

I actually think this is part of why some people prefer electric or gas stoves - you judge output mostly by flame size on gas and don't need to see the scale

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@crit @sol_hsa elucidating a little further, one thing I've never really understood in the debate of which is better is how the blatant non-linearity of the gas valve doesn't bother people.

I have never used a gas stove where the knob had a perfectly smooth gradient. There were always several pronounced steps. So you could not use the knob's position to mean anything; you had to react to the output and fine-tune.

Electric doesn't react quickly, but you can plan ahead since the dial is linear

TechConnectify , vor einem Monat

@erincandescent I'm pretty confident that they're not perfectly linear. I suppose the more proper term is repeatable.

If I'm doing the same cooking task on an electric stove, then I know the number I need to point to for it to work correctly. Or for instance, there's a dish I like to make. To get perfect results to my taste, I need the dial to point straight down.

I was never able to operate in that paradigm with a gas stove. I had to fiddle with it a lot and couldn't be sure it was right.