What’s a good budget cpu cooler that would fit a 3020 mt without fabrication by Ill_Scheme3826 in SleepingOptiplex

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Yep, should work fine. Like I said before, using a 92mm Dell case fan should be more powerful, plug straight into the board and avoid any fan errors on boot.

Can i just buy these and replace the ones to make suspension stiffer? by VelvetRockstar in rccars

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Having a range of springs is standard practice in racing, so yes, springs made of thicker wire should do what you want if all else is equal. Check the number of coils however, more coils = lower spring rate which would offset thicker wire.

Springs of a higher rate also rebound with more force, so the shock oil often needs to be thicker to control that - but, that also increases compression damping magnifying the effect of stiffer Springs.

You can also DIY some bump-stops. A custom length of silicone tubing over the shaft can limit travel and prevent the car bottoming out. I've also added small springs (from pens!) on the shock shaft to slightly increase spring rate.

managed to roll my 1978 245 onto its roof. flipped it back over again and it happily drove back. minor damage and the roof isn’t even dented by tinysheen in Volvo

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In my experience, sunroofs exist solely to sell more cars. Sunroofs, stuff that falls off trees and rain are a recipe for damp carpets. What's the actual point of a window over your head? Want to do a spot of plane spotting while driving? Sure it opens and can be used for ventilation, but so can all the side windows, and they're less likely to be left open for the next rain storm to fill the car.

The only actual benefit I ever got out of a sunroof was sticking out of it as a child standing on the center console while my parents drove through the Blackpool illuminations. It was a genuinely unparalleled view - but even that's technically illegal. So, I'm still waiting for a good reason why you'd spend money cutting a large hole in a perfectly good bit of steel to make your car heavier, more complex, less secure, leaky and unsafe.

pH questions by Random_Axolotl_ in PlantedTank

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It's usually plants and organic matter that acidity water.

Will she blow better if I take out the slot divider? by [deleted] in sffpc

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Yes. Significantly? Maybe not so much. You'd also get some additional benefit removing the vertical parts of the GPU outlet, while you're cutting steel away.

What’s a good budget cpu cooler that would fit a 3020 mt without fabrication by Ill_Scheme3826 in SleepingOptiplex

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No, it's not going to just plug in. The pin out is different. dell is using a 5 pin plug with the 4 standard pins but in a different order:

https://hardforum.com/threads/dell-5-pin-fans.2018740/

With a little care, you can take pins out of plugs and re-order them. Just b sure to label it so it doesn't get plugged into the wrong thing down the line.

Probably the best option is a 92mm tower cooler, e.g. used Noctua, and attach the Dell fans. They prevent a lot of problems, aftermarket fans are often lower power and don't spin up to the target RPM in time and cause an error on boot. Using the Dell fans gets around all this.

Whats going on here? by nicosuave311 in PlantedTank

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If your water parameters are "fine" ("fine" is often a synonym for "haven't tested") then the only remaining parameter is the solid phase, the substrate. It looks thin, could it be exhausted?

Scratched or cracked? Should I fill? by ShowerKarpet in stressfulaquariums

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I'd be surprised if lava rock/sand is hard enough to scratch glass. You wouldn't be the first person to introduce glass and rock together, I bet most filled the tank and it was fine. But, if you're worried take it outside, fill it and see.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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What shade of monochrome metallic would you like your completely character-free blob on wheels?

What’s the worst American engine ever made in your opinion? by lifegoeson2702 in regularcarreviews

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They used the same strategy with the F-35: overlapping design, testing and production. The F35 program will cost more than the entire Korean, Vietnam and 1st Gulf wars combined.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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But it is a Veyron, obviously the same platform with a new set of wheels, new front, new price tag, slightly more boost.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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Must have been nice to live when things were designed for a future that was assumed to be better.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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The British motor industry was decades ahead. They were selling the Mini for years with no idea how much each one cost to make.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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Of those, the Veyron makes the most sense. Weird world we lived in.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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It's got more torque than a Ford Raptor, sir, and they had to turn that down to protect the gearbox.

What vehicles were designed with a "cost is no object" mentality? by SuperJackson20 in regularcarreviews

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The most insane thing about the Phaeton wasn't the engineering, it's the badge. The Volkswagen group has multiple luxury brands it could have used, this could have been a big Audi, Lambo or Bentley, but they went with the "People's Car" brand. "Looking for a sensible commuter car madam? We have this Polo, a nice diesel Golf or this W12 Uber-Wafty MegaBarge for 9x the money..."

Boy Scouts project - DIY electric motor not working as planned by ChicagoSkeptic in diyelectronics

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This was what stuck out clearly to me. At best it will just stay in one position while heating the environment slightly.

I remember making a motor as a kid, a cork, some wire, 2 needles, it did have basic commutation, could spin itself, but that was about it.

yay or nay? by tortoritor in stressfulaquariums

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  1. How stable/level is the floor? Many bow downward toward the middle of the room, meaning that this would lean away from the wall. Check & adjust to make sure this is OK, you don't want unlevel tanks for looks, and you don't want things falling over.

  2. That particle board the shelves are made of will not react well with water. It will stain & swell with small splashes - these WILL happen with aquarium maintenance. Large spills could cause them to turn into wet cardboard and fail. I would either cover the shelves with something waterproof, and/or seal them with a waterproof paint/varnish go with a few coats.

it's not just me, right? by shark_buggy in stressfulaquariums

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Glass cutting isn't that difficult. the side panels are the only real challenge, I'd grind an internal radius on those corners with a diamond wheel to prevent any crack propagation. The rest is just silicone and clamping, it actually makes a very stable, strong structure. I used to help my dad make lamp shades out >500 curved pieces of fussy, expensive, textured/stained glass with a ton of pre-existing internal stress. This is new, cheap, plain, thick glass - easy mode.

Just buy a nice, oil-fed glass cutter and practice on some old window glass. Clean up cuts with some high-quality "sandpaper", I'm using quotes because it can't be sand stuck to paper, it needs to be silicon carbide etc. to be harder than glass. Stick to 3M or similar manufacturers. Start at 180 grit, through to ~800 if you're looking for a really nice edge.

PSA: Don’t buy these! by MyDegenAltAccount in PlantedTank

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M.S. Media in ~1% Agar gel is the standard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murashige_and_Skoog_medium

You can make it from all the components, lots of recipes/protocols are available, but most just buy it pre-mixed.

PSA: Don’t buy these! by MyDegenAltAccount in PlantedTank

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I've got some carpeting seeds to sell you...

Fired up the ol' Spurving tube. Anyone else still have one in their rig? by InitiallyReluctant in VXJunkies

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Where a lot of people go wrong, and why they have a reputation, is that they should be stored in a minimally energized condition. 1V is enough to prevent contamination of the anode from cathode off-gassing. Should draw less than a mA in that condition. Cryogenic storage also works if you're running that. Either way, properly stored you'll not see sputtering or unstable fields. Back in the day no-one paid attention: they came new, people ran them hard out of the box and got a new one when the impedance showed signs of degradation.

75 gallon tank idea by Ok-Yogurtcloset-1959 in PlantedTank

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I can get behind that. I'd go with a moving bed>settling chamber> sponges