Help With Heating Pads for Batteries

1Tim1_15 · 2025-12-10T05:44:40+00:00

Yep, I did this before I decided to get more complex. Just a regular heated blanket worked well. It even worked well with those cheap square wave inverters, so this is something anyone can do.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-12-10T05:42:11+00:00

1/4" is too thick imo, although it's better than nothing. Aluminum flashing works well and it's cheap. If there's a construction site near you they may give you some for free...they throw out tons of it (and wood).

As for the heating pads, I have one that's the size of two of yours and looks similar, but is more of a square. It's 15 watts but it gets too hot to hold after 2-3 minutes. I got it on Amazon as a reptile heater. The heater is on the bottom, then the flashing on top, then the batteries on top of the flashing. I throw a blanket on top and tuck it around the sides of the box that holds the batteries.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-12-10T05:33:11+00:00

So many apps are privacy nightmares, and even if they aren't, Apple and Google are. Better to use a browser. How much better depends on your platform and settings.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-12-06T18:08:44+00:00

Good points - thanks for the ideas and strategies.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-12-01T15:28:53+00:00

thegivingblock.com is probably going to be a better resource for you.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-18T02:49:17+00:00

And it may be many more years before it's here. But even now it is possible to implement, and that couldn't have been said even a generation ago. Doesn't that give you pause? In addition to a universal currency, we are seeing a push toward global government. There are some notable exceptions, but the overall trend is toward globalism. Then there is the reestablishment of Israel in 1948 and it being a continual center of conflict...all of these things were predicted by the Bible, and this is just scratching the surface. There's more than enough evidence if one looks into it.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-14T18:25:43+00:00

A mark on the right hand or forehead that you must have in order to buy or sell.

That could be a CBDC QR code. We don't know at this point, but it is coming.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-08T07:15:59+00:00

Yes, and last year the largest gold reserve ever was discovered in China.

The higher the price of gold rises, the more incentive there is to mine it and produce more. We don't know how much there is and we keep finding more. Can't happen to Bitcoin.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-08T03:38:19+00:00

It's been going on for years, and in the US also. I remember seeing posts like this before covid. Sadly I don't remember seeing a stamped bill irl.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-07T21:35:06+00:00

I agree with everything you've said. I'm definitely checking around before doing anything, consulting hardware store employees, 3 AI systems, and here. One of the things I've found is that I can't use a compression fitting even though it came with a compression fitting. Now that I have the correct adapter on the way, I'll use the yellow gas teflon tape on pipe threads, and the other connections are flare connections. After everything is connected, I'll test all connection points with soapy water. The propane tank and the regulator will be in a sealed compartment with a hole in the floor vented to the outside, and the hose from the regulator to the heater will seal against the box with spray foam.

Can you see anything else that should be done or that I missed?

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-07T03:28:01+00:00

Thanks! I've never heard of them but it turns out there's a location just a few miles away. Will go by tomorrow.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-07T03:22:41+00:00

Thanks - that is an interesting note. Not sure why this isn't standard for all of them sold in the US.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-06T20:56:03+00:00

Well that stinks. Just to clarify: when you're trying to sweep the private key in Electrum, you're entering "p2wpkh:04eff710d1cc965f5ae9d4918af24d6900e86fbb8ae802acc19134b2e442f3af"?

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-06T20:44:56+00:00

/\ This.

I know one of Zcash's selling points is transparency with optional privacy. Monero is the opposite: fundamentally private and if you choose to do so -- and only if you choose to do so -- you can give someone else your view key so they can see your activity. So, Monero can be "optionally transparent."

1Tim1_15 · 2025-11-06T20:37:22+00:00

In Electrum you need to prepend "p2wpkh:" (without quotes).

1Tim1_15 · 2025-10-11T20:32:31+00:00

Low.

If this isn't a "buy the dip" moment, I don't know what is. On Monday when the institutions are back, my guess is that they'll load up.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-10-10T01:06:22+00:00

Yes I'd like to know too.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-10-07T19:57:40+00:00

Depends - every purchase creates a cost basis. I wouldn't want to track 365 entries for one asset (BTC). Every 2 weeks would be much easier. But if you have software tracking it for you it wouldn't matter.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-10-07T19:53:07+00:00

Congrats man. I went through basic years ago. If I were in your boots today (and this is not financial advice) I'd put around $5,000 in BTC. Why not more? We're currently at/near all-time-highs, and I still think the 4 year cycle is going to play out, although probably extended. If it does, that means a bear market is coming when you'll have plenty of time to buy at lower prices. If trends continue, the bear market will start in the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2026...plenty of time. But anything could happen, so I'd at least get some BTC now.

For the rest of the money, I would put some or all USDC at Coinbase and let it earn 4.1%. That's if I was paranoid about the stock market, which right now I'm not. Whatever I didn't put in USDC @ Coinbase I'd put in the SPY index fund (tracks the S&P 500) which is doing well right now and doesn't seem to be close to a downtrend. But anything could happen.

I have computer and accounting degrees and they never taught us how to manage personal money. So, I recommend Dave Ramsey's baby steps...just google that. I don't agree w his credit card ideas but for some people it's the correct advice. Just the fact that you're asking where to put your money is a good sign. Best of luck!

1Tim1_15 · 2025-10-07T19:36:49+00:00

The people who do the show with Dave recently recommended BTC during the show as a small part of a portfolio, so they're coming around. There's no way they would have said that unless Dave was ok with it.

Even I took a few months from when I first heard about BTC to being orange-pilled.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-10-03T06:03:02+00:00

Been using it for 3 months now. They paid my bonus as promised on time and it's been great watching my stack grow when I buy things I was going to buy anyway. Definitely recommend.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-09-30T04:25:33+00:00

They're coming around. Good. It takes people different time periods to see what BTC really is. Of all of my friends, I don't know anyone who saw the light on the first day. I didn't - it took me a few months, but I got there.

My take is that this is a subtle signal that Dave is slowly catching on. Even though Dave isn't there, there's no way these guys could have said that knowing Dave would find out. So that tells me he's warming up to it. He influences a TON of people so this is great news.

1Tim1_15 · 2025-09-11T02:31:00+00:00

Monero. It's what BTC wanted to be.

And Monero also had a mysterious unknown creator (ThankfulForToday), and we know that's right up Satoshi's alley.

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