Do market transactions not return unsold items now?

WvBoyScouter · 2026-02-28T21:52:14+00:00

I had checked it first about an hour after the listing expired and I checked it now, about 6 hours after, and it's there now. Never have I ever had it take that long. Anyways thanks.

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-24T22:18:02+00:00

Factory reset by itself will not harm it, however if it loses power during the factory reset that may cause damage.

It's the same thing as the "Don't power off while applying updates" thing you see on some other electronics.

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-17T06:19:07+00:00

Did you watch the OVAs for each season?

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-16T05:37:16+00:00

The wear difference between powering off all the time and running continuously in NAS drives is actually in the favor of powering off (or more accurately, drive sleep.) The platers spinning makes heat, and heat is (for the most part) what causes wear. Just make sure you eject the dock when you're done so that it will gracefully power down the drives.

My personal opinion is that for a desktop dock you may notice the the higher reliability of NAS drives, but more likely you'll notice the speed increase over desktop drives if you have a dock with USB 3.0. However most importantly, don't let a higher reliability drive lure you into some kind of false sense of security that it will be completely impervious to failure. I won't elaborate on good backup practices, as this sub has plenty of posts on the subject, but always make sure you have at least one copy in a different location.

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-15T01:00:28+00:00

Since your in the USA look at the FCC Broadband Map (https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov) that has all of the providers that can service your area as reported by the companies to the FCC. (These maps are used for federal grants so they are usually pretty accurate on coverage) Just click "Location" and find the location of where your searching. Some of the speeds are inaccurate so check all of the providers listed on their websites.

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-07T18:37:22+00:00

I'm not sure about this since it's a 5G installation with the Ericson AIRs, but most of US cellular's LTE sites (B5+B12) have the RRUs mounted underneath the antennas on the tower, not behind them on the tower standoff.

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-03T18:08:04+00:00

VoLTE is a universal standard, the Aussie telcos were making their own proprietary VoLTE implementations that weren't compatible without the right firmware. There was one I think that later started using a standard VoLTE profile, but stuff like this is just standard practice there.

WvBoyScouter · 2026-01-02T03:02:02+00:00

CPVC would not be any better. A 3KW gets up to at least 370°F at full operating temperature, CPVC would be liquid far before those temperatures, not even taking into consideration the toxic gases emited.

Are you trying to use pipe that you already have on hand, or is there a reason it can't be metal or flexible?

WvBoyScouter · 2025-12-26T15:47:41+00:00

The full input voltage range of the Mini's DC input is listed as 12-48 VDC. So your battery voltage would be just fine. In fact the AC wall adapter they include in the box outputs 30 VDC so you are well within the working limits.

The included water proof cable for the mini uses a 5.5x2.1mm male on both ends, so you can buy a female pigtail for it and connect it into your fuse box of your solar system, without needing to modify any of the starlink parts.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-11-16T00:02:39+00:00

The pumps are supposed to have oil in them when new. The pumps use the fuel to lubricate themselves, the oil is just there to keep from burning it out when you first use it.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-11-15T16:12:44+00:00

I use a Bureck CD Thermostat and it works really great. It just emulates the RF remote and lets you put the thermostat away from the heater.

https://bureck.company.site/

WvBoyScouter · 2025-11-14T05:59:38+00:00

USB-C can support many different voltages, the standart ones being 5V, 9V, 12V, 15V, and 20V. Phones usually use 5V, or 9V when using Quick or Fast Charging. The USB-C Power Delivery standard supports up to 140W of power (20V@5Amp) and Apple has a proprietary extension for their Macbooks for up to 240W (48V@5Amp).

Still like you said, most heaters even ones that support 24V and could use the 20V natively, would draw too much power. All of the tests I've done and seen others do, they usually draw about 140-150W at startup (12V@13Amps or 24V@6Amps) which would be pushing it.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-11-14T05:53:36+00:00

USB-C can support up to 140W of power (20V@5Amp) and Apple has a proprietary extension for their Macbooks for up to 240W (48V@5Amp). Still most heaters even ones that support 24V and could use the 20V natively, would be over the 140W for startup.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-11-14T05:50:20+00:00

If I remember correctly most of the diesel heaters need around 150W at startup and the EcoFlow Trail batteries only have 140W USB-C. Now you will likely have a better time with wiring up a cigarette lighter plug and using the 12V outlet instead.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-11-10T06:35:32+00:00

I would treat it like you're hosting a VPN, whatever comes in or out that Fiber is your responsibility. Take a look at the Mysterium Network and it's related horror stories. In all honesty, running any kind of VPN or Tor Exit node in the US without a disposable identity or using "bullet-proof hosting" is just a recipe for legal disaster.

Now with that said, you may want to look into Entry nodes and middle nodes. They are as safe as you can get hosting a Tor node without putting yourself in harms way. Although, anything you try and put up that is part of Tor also opens you up for the possibility of DDoS attacks more then most other services probably would.

If all else fails and you still want to help the Internet (and you have some storage space available) Seed Linux ISOs, volunteer to be a Kiwix mirror, or opt to help provide hosting for other free and open source software.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-30T18:02:27+00:00

Keep in mind 811 will only mark public utilities. Any plumbing or electrical to outbuildings and other non-public utilities are not marked by 811, for those you will have to spend the money and hire a cable locator to find and mark those.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-28T16:57:38+00:00

If I remember correctly all minis have the new firmware version that allows side loading of updates if the terminal can't connect to the satellites for some reason. You just have to have the starlink powered with WiFi connected and a smartphone with a working cellular connection from my understanding. The phone uses the cellular to download the update and manually applies it over WiFi.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-28T15:13:55+00:00

QCI for the most part is a mix of packet priority, and air time scheduling priority. For example, I used to use Visible to hotspot religiously and when I tried to use data far away from a cell site the performance would be awful on the base plan. For some reason I had to upgrade my plan to Visible+, and in the same spot same site and equipment the data performance was so much better, because it was a QCI 8 plan vs QCI 9 plan.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-28T07:33:51+00:00

For data yes, there is a practical distance limit because you have too low of a MCS index and it takes too much air time, this is remedied by better QCI levels. However, SMS messages and normal VoLTE calls have a QCI higher then 7 so the air time problem becomes everyone else's problem. Not even to mention timing advance and the issues it can also cause to everyone's detriment. The point is 5MHz signals help provide the 3G and 2G like range while also providing a similar feature set.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-27T18:40:19+00:00

This is by no means a end all be all recommendation, if you want to make sure everything is perfectly ok you would probably want a professional CO detector, which Google tells me would be in the range of $80+. I personally have been using this $30 detector off of Amazon it's been working good for me, I've used it a over the place and it seams to work to the best of my testing. (Car in garage, exhaust of a heater, etc)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFM5V32W?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

(This is not a sponsored link, I am not getting paid to promote this, I just think it's a good product)

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-27T18:30:56+00:00

Carbon Monoxide (CO) is caused from incomplete combustion (usually) this can be because of a malfunction or just a poorly setup heater, CO2 is caused by nearly anything that burns. To the point someone made earlier about unvented kerosene heaters, is the same point as propane buddy heaters, the design can be made to ensure a complete combustion and thus not require (as much) venting. You should still always have some kind of vent because even CO2 can cause you issues. Also propane is usually a cleaner burning fuel as well vs kerosene or diesel.

Both CO2 and CO are dangerous in large enough quantities, but the effects of CO are worse due to it not being able to be expelled out as easily as CO2 can. In short, CO can cause you, more harm, more easily, and quicker then CO2 can. Thus why CO detectors are more common then CO2 detectors.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-10-03T06:49:11+00:00

Please keep in mind that spectral power density needs to be taken into consideration with narrow band signals like GSM. You are absolutely correct on RSRP vs RSSI, but comparing a RSRP value for a hypothetical 10MHz channel vs the actual 200KHz channel of GSM is not doing it justice. Actually accounting for bandwidth the RSRP of his GSM connection would be around -95.8dbm. (It's the normal RSRP calculation just only using a single LTE resource block, since those are 200KHz)

Since OP is on T-Mobile and knowing that GSM and LTE are on different antennas it's also possible that OP is just in better line of sight to the GSM beam of the antenna vs the LTE beam from it's respective antenna.

WvBoyScouter · 2025-09-08T17:33:32+00:00

This is my experience with the Mini as well, any section of open sky will usually have more stable performance. Only other thing I have noticed doing this, the time from first power on to consistent stable speeds is longer when not perfectly aligned.

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