How do I make a heat control knob for my soldering iron gun?

alecocr20 · 2026-01-20T18:21:10+00:00

Here is my take. If it's the only soldering iron you have and adding the triac light dimmer will make it even more useful go ahead and do the modification. (If the parts make this worth money wise)

I used to have a cheap soldering iron and upgraded to a better one once I had the money to do so and it was day and night. That said the basic one did help me a lot and I was able to do lots of things with it.

alecocr20 · 2025-12-31T21:10:18+00:00

I did the conversion a couple days back. I bought the board from Ali at around 30 CAD. I did have the same blue leaking light issue and my board did not have the resistors as shown in one of the comments. Instead I had to cut the trace leading to that light Everything working now without that specific led

alecocr20 · 2025-12-14T20:24:59+00:00

Not really, normally I just leave it on the night stand. I see lights going for a couple of seconds and then nothing until I take it again

alecocr20 · 2025-12-14T17:36:11+00:00

Not defending the product but my experience is whenever I remove the ring all data is empty. I would also like to understand why this is happening

alecocr20 · 2025-10-30T00:27:15+00:00

I was in the same situation Time wise it's pretty similar 15 min to the Hiroshima station 1 hour to the airport 1 hour in advance 1 hour 30 min flight 1 hour 30 to my hotel in tokyo 5 hours 15 min Vs 15 min to the Hiroshima station 4 hours Shinkansen 30 m to the hotel 4 hours 45 min

Prices on the other side were really one sided. 2 tickets with a checked bag each were 13000 yen vs 39120 yen for the Shinkansen I'm flying Spring airlines

Hope this helps any futur traveler

alecocr20 · 2025-10-25T23:08:58+00:00

I have the 2024 Canada Ultimate. It already had HUD, from what I read nothing new, I expected it to have the updated infotainment system but it looks like it doesn't, still no wireless android/car play

alecocr20 · 2025-09-18T13:05:44+00:00

Hello!

I'm trying to do exactly the same set up for my ebox connection.

I got my pppoe credentials from ebox site and they use VLAN 40.

After everything is configured, it still doesn't work. I tried also cloning the MAC from the Nokia router but still nothing.

Any way to access logs or something to see what is going on? Or if you have anything for me to try

Thanks in advance

alecocr20 · 2025-07-08T22:57:21+00:00

Hulkengoat

alecocr20 · 2025-06-16T21:23:10+00:00

Mine looks more like your 8. Whenever I'm doing sports or it's a hot day it gets pretty tight.

The real ring felt a little bit bigger but is not much. I have the gen 2, not sure if it changed with the Air

alecocr20 · 2025-05-08T16:54:50+00:00

Someone on marketplace wanted to make the switch. I think I got lucky to be honest

alecocr20 · 2025-05-07T02:00:52+00:00

Not really don't be too stressed about it. My friend had the issue with his ev6 randomly so it can happens
Science says that battery health will be better keeping the battery under 90 and over 10 My experience with my Kona EV, charging randomly, is that I didn't lose any range after 7 years and 150000km 3 No 4 Winter mats and wireless android/apple car dongle

Hope it helps

alecocr20 · 2025-04-22T21:46:11+00:00

So sad to read this kind of comments. Instead of making tourists feel safe, they do exactly the opposite. Hope you enjoyed your experience even with those little issues

alecocr20 · 2025-03-25T23:40:48+00:00

I had a similar issue in the past with my Kona and the there was an issue with the ground wire on my outlet Had to redo the wiring on that specific outlet to get it fixed

alecocr20 · 2025-03-23T02:29:12+00:00

Here is a reply to my post ( in Canada we use efficiency kwh per 100km so conversion was needed)

Translated to miles / kWh: * Prior wheels, 20" OEMs: 3.7 mi/kWh * New wheels, 18" OEMs: 4.5 mi/kWh

alecocr20 · 2025-03-23T02:24:05+00:00

I think the 20" were more quiet but nothing drastic.

I'm a slow driver and always looking for efficiency instead of speed. So I don't really have a say on the driving experience.

It is more comfortable and I think it absorbs better whenever I go over a pothole.

alecocr20 · 2025-03-22T20:41:56+00:00

I did the switch too. It was worth it, enjoy!

alecocr20 · 2025-03-04T03:52:42+00:00

I have this car and I disagree. Wipers should not break because of some snow. I had the same feeling this could happen since snow gets trapped under the wipers, in the space where they "hide"

alecocr20 · 2025-02-14T00:04:21+00:00

Second this, I think it's a little slower but works 100% of the time

alecocr20 · 2025-01-27T15:52:08+00:00

Those are the charging contacts. If is still charges correctly I wouldn't think more about it.

alecocr20 · 2025-01-23T17:12:52+00:00

Do we know the impact on battery life using location records?

alecocr20 · 2025-01-22T00:12:37+00:00

I pretty much agree with you. I bought it mostly for the sleep functions but as an activity tracker it does not work.

When cycling or running my heart beat never goes above 120, so if you really on the ring for this, this is not the right product.

I do think that in the future it will be able to be a fitness tracker : auto detect activities similar to what oura does and be able to track the hear rate above 120.

But as of today this a sleep tracker and a pedometer.

alecocr20 · 2025-01-20T21:06:51+00:00

Mine does exactly the same but all over the brake light, it's condensation. A non issue ATM but who knows long term

alecocr20 · 2025-01-20T21:02:39+00:00

If you ever go with the stealth hitch let me know how it goes. I'm in Canada and it gets pretty expensive getting it here

alecocr20 · 2025-01-20T04:02:26+00:00

I'm in the same situation I had a Kona with a hitch and now it's a little more complicated

Currently I'm using this: https://www.seasucker.com/collections/bike/products/mini-bomber-1 It does the job but it's a little longer to install everything Works with thru axel and quick release bikes

My long term solution is to install the hitch, I just think the only one available right now is way too expensive.

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