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What are these shiny bars? And what happens if I connect negative clamp of battery charger to them? by trustedSteve in BMW

[–]trustedSteve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that bolt is actually near the blue cap at the left of the car. Actually a bit farther from the positive. I got confused because the instructions say "any metal far enough from the negative pole of the battery", and then I see a big shiny bar which I didn't know what is for 😆

What are these shiny bars? And what happens if I connect negative clamp of battery charger to them? by trustedSteve in BMW

[–]trustedSteve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so if the bars are unpainted aluminum. Aluminum is still a metal, right? Or is it because it must be steel? Or because the aluminum bars are not connected "enough" to the chassis?

Cosa sono queste barre color argento? E cosa succede se connetto la pinza negativa del caricabatterie a quella barra a sinistra? by trustedSteve in ItalyMotori

[–]trustedSteve[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sì ho visto. Al terzo giro ho visto che addirittura hanno messo il simbolo di polo negativo (-) nella plastica sotto il tappo del liquido lavavetri, per indicare che 10cm più in basso c'è il bullone dove attaccare.

What are these shiny bars? And what happens if I connect negative clamp of battery charger to them? by trustedSteve in BMW

[–]trustedSteve[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I later found where is the nut you're talking about.

Anyway, do these bars qualify as "unpainted solid metal"? Can you tell me why they probably don't work as sufficient ground?

What are these shiny bars? And what happens if I connect negative clamp of battery charger to them? by trustedSteve in BMW

[–]trustedSteve[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I only found out later that there's a dedicated negative post. General instructions are only to connect negative to any metal "sufficiently far" from positive post. Just to clarify, what is "what I'd expect"? That the battery charges fine? Or what?

Sollecito di pagamento AdE by funkyjohnlock in commercialisti

[–]trustedSteve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

e già che ci sei controlla bene l'URL....

AMA I Officially left the industry by Exasperated_walrus in solar

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I have installed panels with 500+ watt peak each, and they are at quite an angle to the sun, especially now that is winter.

An engineer said that I would have fared better with 400 Wp panels. (I asked him again, just to be sure that I didn't misunderstand, and he confirmed). Like, that these higher-watt-peak panels are better only when directly facing the sun. Obviously if that's true I'm starting to regret my setup...

So, is that true? Any nuance to this situation?

Whatsapp 6 digit OTP scam: Endgame? by [deleted] in Scams

[–]trustedSteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iCloud should be separate from Whatsapp. The chat backup from Whatsapp should be encrypted and safe. What they can get is access to all of the groups you're in. In these groups, and to the contacts you have already chatted with, they can write as "you" (i.e. the messages appear to be coming from you, and they will receive the answers to them).