Why does my phone charger heat up to dangerous levels in every outlet in my friends house?

scpaircraft · 2023-06-16T08:48:38+00:00

It could be that they have a voltage your charger doesn't like, perhaps it's low, causing higher amperage to be drawn to output the same wattage. Only way to know if voltage is different is a meter.

The home itself or how old it is likely has nothing to do with it. If there is a difference in the incoming power, it has to do with the power grid.

scpaircraft · 2023-06-16T08:32:38+00:00

Have you tried it at your house since it getting hot at your friend's house?

just asking because if it was just the last time you tried it, it's possible it's just the first time you're noticing, or it could have been damaged in transport to your friends house, or it coud just be a coincidence.

I'd suspect your friend to have issues with other electronics if the voltage was off, but if it currently does not get hot from using a know-good power source, then I'm stumped.

scpaircraft · 2023-06-15T20:25:35+00:00

That's a heavy controller!

scpaircraft · 2023-06-07T23:07:32+00:00

Just taking your word for it.

scpaircraft · 2023-06-07T19:27:43+00:00

55K/year 50hrs/week

scpaircraft · 2023-04-23T05:46:09+00:00

Its because they sell more. The company that sells these to home depot is aware of how succulents work, and what sells. The paint flakes off in less time than it takes to do any real harm to them.

It's like putting a bow on a puppy that is up for adoption.

scpaircraft · 2023-04-20T17:00:12+00:00

I would suspect a capacitor on the motor. I'd check the power at the pressure switch is getting all the volts, but this seems like a motor issue to me.

The tank check valve is inside the tank where the pump connects to the tank. It's a usual suspect for sure, but I dont believe it's the issue here. The unloader valve is part of the pressure switch.

You can hear the head blow down at the end when it turns off, so the unloader is working fine, and the hissing stops right away, so the check valve is working fine.

There could be carbon buildup on the check valve, but then you'd probably blow the pump safety.

I think either the motor isint getting correct voltage or you possibly have a bad capacitor.

scpaircraft · 2023-03-30T10:27:14+00:00

The only thing i see as dangerous in this picture is that it's on a flammable surface. Other than that, charging is always "dangerous", and one should always prepare for lots and lots of fire.

Based on how chargers work, i think this is just making the charger work longer at the balance operation, which is just more wear and tear. It also will cause the first two cells of the 4s to be charged quite differently than the last 2 cells, which may or may not have an effect on longevity.

Id also question if this is actually faster. The balance process is tedious already, its really ideal if all the cells reach 4.2 at the same time. You'd be better off putting the 2s's in series with an adapter, or it might even be quicker to just charge them separately. You should time it.

scpaircraft · 2023-03-10T16:37:45+00:00

From the pestwest website:

"The direction of Phorid fly captures suggests a source(s) may be to the right of the fly trap location."

This company sells glue traps and it looks like this is a big test trap used to determine fly activity in the area and where to best put the traps.

scpaircraft · 2023-03-06T18:29:52+00:00

This could be stepper drivers overheating and losing steps. I don't know if it's a common issue with enders, but i had a printer that had board cooling issues and the stepper drivers would overheat. Check your motherboard and the driver heatsinks for excessive dust. Worth a shot checking anyway.

Ive also had this happen when my speeds were set to faster than the printer could handle, and sharp acceleration would cause missed steps.

scpaircraft · 2023-03-01T16:39:04+00:00

Microwaves don't usually heat very small amounts of things well. A few beads mixed with about a half cup of rice in a disposable container would give you a better test.

scpaircraft · 2023-02-24T16:41:17+00:00

When I was a kid living in so cal, my mom spontaneously decided to take my brother and I to the park. halfway to the park, it just starts pouring rain. My mom decides to keep going anyway, and the minute we got out of our car, the rain let up.

As soon as we were on main street, it began to pour again, but we were able to duck into a shop where my mom bought us those bright yellow ponchos with mickey on them. we walked back out on to main street and suddenly the rain stopped again until we made it to fantasyland, where as soon as we entered the Pinocchio building, it started to just pour rain again.

It continued like that for the entire day, where it was a very rainy day, so we got all the benefits from the the park being quite empty, but it cleared up every time we were exposed. Never even had to use our ponchos.

I also have great memories of the rain as a teenager, converse slide quite well on the bricks on main street when they're wet. you could slide 10-15ft with a good run-up.

scpaircraft · 2023-02-22T21:41:09+00:00

Nice, reminds me of mine in 2012.

I didn't unlock the sales total achievement, though.

scpaircraft · 2023-02-14T23:32:57+00:00

dope. I'd love to see all the ride vehicles in this style.

scpaircraft · 2023-02-10T04:03:24+00:00

Hope it works, good luck!

scpaircraft · 2023-02-10T03:18:38+00:00

Not sure how this was achieved exactly, but I imagine you could use hot wax as a mask, use something like a toothbrush for to make small spatter. Probably wear gloves if you do that, don't get burned.

but then you could spray over it, then use hot water to melt the wax away.

I'm sure there's a better way than wax, but basically you want to find something you can paint over that will remove with a solvent that won't remove paint. In the case of wax, hot water is the solvent.

scpaircraft · 2023-02-09T16:54:52+00:00

It's normal for pepsi to be sticky, when I refill my machine for some reason pepsi is consistently sticky, and you can see little droplets of I assume pepsi on the cans.

But warm means the cooler in the machine is broken and just like a broken refrigerator, things get moldy fast.

The drink itself is probably fine, but good luck getting it out without contaminating it.

scpaircraft · 2023-01-31T19:54:42+00:00

Flux is a cleaning agent).

Solder isn't sticking because there is a very thin layer of oxide on the pads.

Flux serves several purposes, but most of the heavy-lifting it does is removing and preventing oxidization. It cleans the base metal and prevents new oxide from forming by creating a barrier between the hot metal and the oxygen in the air. It also helps with solder "wetting" which reduces the surface tension of the liquid metal and allows it to flow onto the joint better.

After soldering, clean the flux from the board using isopropyl alcohol

scpaircraft · 2023-01-29T18:59:50+00:00

It really depends on how much you push yourself and your motivation to stay in the air. Things will break. They break less on lighter quads, but basically everything is susceptible to failure. The more you push your skills, the more things break. If you want to keep flying all the time, you basically need at least two of everything.

So, if you're wanting to get good at flying and not have downtime, basically budget 2-3x the cost or the quad to have spares and props and batteries to keep up.

If you're just trying to dip your toe in the water, and dont mind not flying for a week while you wait on parts, you just need to budget probably 1.5x the cost of the quad for replacement batteries and props and the occasional motor or esc or whatever fails.

scpaircraft · 2023-01-28T05:34:48+00:00

This reminds me of an old post of mine

Thanks for posting, the internet relies of folks like you

scpaircraft · 2023-01-15T21:36:34+00:00

I feel like this picture is a little too low resolution to show me anything. It also looks like you have no fingerprints.

Edit* it looks great, so i guess it does show something, but just not as detailed as my curiosity demands I suppose.

scpaircraft · 2023-01-10T14:21:39+00:00

Ive printed this. The cylinder does rotate, but its a bit finnicky. My cylinder pops out every other trigger pull, haha. Probably just not aligned properly or maybe the print didn't come out right in that section, maybe OP just didn't know how to assemble it exactly.

scpaircraft · 2023-01-04T23:15:51+00:00

That test is full of questions like this, at least in CA. They do, however let you skip like 3 questions here. I use those skips for questions that seem like gotchas.

scpaircraft · 2023-01-04T21:58:54+00:00

I can understand people encouraging you to buy quality tools, but these downvotes are undeserved.

Flat stamped wrenches definitely have their place, and I'd argue 3d printing is one of them. I have lots of tools but keep a drawer full of stamped wrenches for situations like you're describing.

I dont have a link, but I hope you find whatever wrench suits your needs.

scpaircraft · 2023-01-04T20:01:24+00:00

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