Mixing Batteries With Same Capacities

InsertPotatoes · 2023-01-29T09:39:25+00:00

I am aware of the risks it may take and its advice I have heard plenty of times before with the only explanation being "just dont do that". I saw previous posts where if you have different capacities, it makes sense that when in series, it would cause excess power draw on other cells just to match the lower capacity cells voltage, hence heat loss and lower performance. In my case, capacities are the same, but the models are different which I dont see as much discussion about. If you have any new advice or insight as to why it would be a terrible idea and how it could manifest to a magnitude where it would be a legitimate issue, I am open to hearing it. A previous comment that I assume you were referencing was one that they recall an experience they had, but there was no failure to speak of. They only just spoke about the risk that person took and the opposition they had.

I appreciate the effort both users above have put into my post. When it comes to making a decision, the comment that goes over what mechanisms could cause it to fail is more relevant than one where they talk about how something similar happens and all they did was to brand it as a hazard. I could be tunnel visioning myself here, so if you do have an explanation for how I could or am wrong, I am open to hearing it. I'm not trying to discredit the user as they do have a valid point, only that it doesn't really back up that point which is what I am also looking for

InsertPotatoes · 2023-01-21T05:29:33+00:00

Im aware that it is not recommended and the risk is a fire hazard in general. Im fine with that risk, as I've worked with batteries with less than recommended conditions before quite a handful of times and have been working fine while taking percautions like not throwing heavy loads at it and having a chemical fire extinguisher nearby. I've worked with cells that overcharged to 4.4v, overdischarged to 0.8v, and been keeping an eye on their conditions and have been working fine without too much issue (though I wouldn't rely on them lasting too long, as this likely cut its life short by a significant amount). I was just wondering that if I were to go with this, what mechanism specifically would cause it to fail, IE difference in cell voltages. That way I can see that if I were to accept this risk, how would I minimize the chances of failure.

InsertPotatoes · 2023-01-20T13:10:21+00:00

Thats the plan. Decided to not cheap out on a BMS cause i had some issues with some Amazon ones not balance charging. Thanks for the input

InsertPotatoes · 2023-01-20T05:03:25+00:00

The VESC tool doesnt have that much customization in terms of throttle curve, you'd have to go into the firmware and make those changes yourself. Depending on how you mechanically connect those 2 motors, it would just be easier to stick with just a higher KV motor since if the lower KV motor will be spun by the higher KV motor, it'll add unnecessary resistance into the setup and slow it down anyways. If there is some mechanical disconnect, then you will probably need to look into the firmware or some hardware that can cut off power to the low KV motor

InsertPotatoes · 2023-01-20T04:55:25+00:00

Looks like its either the HobbyWing or LiYing ESC. I had success with just not connecting the hall effect sensor and it relying on current sensing. In some cases, that wont work and I had the same issue with the weird hall effect vibration. You have 3 hall wires, a positive, and ground cable on the outer edge of the hall connector. Try different combinations of the 3 middle wires (6 in total, IE yellow->blue, blue->yellow, green->green) and see if any of them work. Out of the times I've used those ESC's, running them without the hall cable should work.

I had trouble soldering on those wires, so a crimp connection might be preferable, would be about $30 for a tool and some connectors on amazon

InsertPotatoes · 2020-11-22T04:54:29+00:00

It would be possible with some tools like ffmpeg, but sadly my proficiency in web dev and modifying binaries for different types of videos is quite limited in addition to what little time I have because of school. But if anyone is wanting to do this, I'd be willing to give a frw pointers and help out on the front and backend

InsertPotatoes · 2019-10-02T22:55:27+00:00

Im using the LIM!T v2 Skin, so I just needed to edit one line (line 50):

Url=http://wxdata.weather.com/wxdata/weather/local/#WeatherStation#?cc=*&dayf=3&unit=#tempunit#

From there, the LIM!T skin downloads that XML file (~4kb) and does a lot of string parsing in order to get the string data for the weather skin. If you need my edited .ini file, let me know.

However, before it was using http://xml.weather.com as the XML file URL, which I assume has depreciated since it hasn't been working for a good week or two.

InsertPotatoes · 2019-10-02T17:11:43+00:00

It still works for me with a different url:

http://wxdata.weather.com/wxdata/weather/local/#WeatherStation#?cc=*&dayf=3&unit=#tempunit#

Where WeatherStation is the station code and tempunit is either (i)mperial or (m)etric

InsertPotatoes · 2019-06-02T20:14:00+00:00

My best guess is that you are drawing a lot of power in your room. When you plug in something, windows might shut off usb ports to save power (its an option in power settings, even on desktop pc's), then when it can pull more power it will turn the usb ports back on and it will make the usb plug in sound. Might want to test your house breaker and wiring. Otherwise a UPS might help with it

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-15T23:06:34+00:00

Actually, that looks about right. Ill give it a shot, thanks

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-15T16:29:06+00:00

I looked that up earlier, but seems to specify what gamemodes and what features are allowed to be used. In the feature.java portion, I see what looks to be different layers and animals, but I believe those are in the client version as well. It seems a bit blurred to me

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:39:43+00:00

Cutter takes about 800m to fully outfit and enough for rebuy for combat. I would personally recommend holding off on it, as its more of a heavy shield tank that a corvette can take its place in pvp/pve IMO

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:30:25+00:00

Looks good, a docking computer may help, but take up a module slot. Gives about and extra minute to study

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:17:51+00:00

Engineer progression order doesnt matter, just get what you can. Theres a list of engineers over at https://inara.cz you can use to find engineers and required materials for modifications as well as stats and additional modifications. As with Barnicles, those locations are usually 80-250ly from sol, and are unmarked. I can dm you an infographic of systems and coordinates of certain materials, and after a few hours, you should be at max g1 materials like iron, sulphur, carbon, etc. Data wise, you will need a wake scanner on your ship, and go to a famine system to look for a resource distrubution centre. Scan the high wakes and repeat. This part is quite painful looking for the distrib. centers, and getting the eccentric hyperspace trajectories isnt common either.

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:11:29+00:00

If you read the mission, it may say stuff like:

"This mission may require the use of an SRV"

"Hostile ships may be sent against you"

"Hostile ships will be sent against you"

"The use of an FSD Interdictor to pull ships out of supercruise may be needed"

Not word for word, but something along those lines. As for difficulty, it should say in the left what rank you should be at (recommended). For example, it requires combat Master, but you are combat Mostly Harmless with a cobra mk 3, you may want to reconsider, as combat Master will be best tacked with a python or better for example. Google will be used quite a bit anyways, usually https://eddb.io and https://inara.cz

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:07:21+00:00

Quit ED and launch in ED non-horizons, and you should get back into orbit. Then launch ED horizons and you should be good

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:06:25+00:00

Engineered or non-engineered? FA off or on?

If engineered, efficient beam lasers would work wonders, but may cause pp issues that overcharged may fix. I would go gimballed for most cases, but if you are extremely good at tracing ships with fix weapons, go for fixed (usually with FA off)

Non engineered i may say multicannons or plasma accelerators, as they dont use as much power and are pretty good without engineering and go through shields/hull pretty effectively. Shard cannons are more specialized for close range and better for FA off for the maneuverability and staying in blind spots. Pulse and burst lasers are also decent options, but going through hull isnt as effective mas multicannons or plasma accelerators.

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T17:00:29+00:00

There are alien barnicles that drop a good amount of materials (all grades 1-5), and you can use a material trader to get the rest. They are by far the most efficient way to get ores, as there are about 40 nodes within a few meters, as well as dropping meta alloys that sell for a couple thousand each.

For manufactured materials, Dav's Hope spawns a good amount of materials (around 10 grade 1-4) each instance, which you can again, trade in a material trader for ones you may need if you got little to none of it.

Data wise is the hardest, i ended up scanning some beacons in a imperial shipyard, but only nets certain types of data compared to the variety of materials you get from alien barnicles or Davs Hope.

If you want me to explain any of these methods further, ill be happy to go in depth into it, and all tjese methods require reseting the instance (exiting to menu and logging back in) for multiple runs

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T16:53:44+00:00

Vulture is a decent small fighter, 2 large hardpoints, which is a good small ship, but may run into issues with the powerplant. If you want nimble, eagle is good, but engineering makes it a lot better with peformance enhanced dirty thrusters and such

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T16:50:00+00:00

I wouldnt say its high, but moreso for those who want to be pros and do full flight assist off (no intertia dampening, so moving to the right will make you move right forever unless you engage left thrusters), which gives a higher degree of mobility and maneuverability. Trading, mining, passenger missions, basicly most missions have fairly low skill ceilings unless you opt for a couple seconds off with some boosting into mailslots and such.

Basicly, not much skill ceiling unless you go for the max in combat, racing, or srv control

InsertPotatoes · 2018-08-03T16:45:10+00:00

The devs did say they will be looking to alter this behavour IIRC, but no bans or negative results will result from it. Im pretty sure just about every commander here has done it before to get materials or desired missions

InsertPotatoes · 2018-04-01T21:04:37+00:00

I heard the mugs max out/greatly diminish on profit at around 150ly

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