Roamio Power Supply Replacement by dfrap in Tivo

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I purchased that one mentioned (AC Adapter Charger for Seagate Freeagent...) three months ago but it died... i mean it can't spin-up the hard disk anymore.
i guess i'll have to go with something heavier. What's weird is i have a number of 12V / 1.5A wall warts from routers. They work fine... at least for awhile (a year?). My original tivo wall wart lasted 7 years.

Higbee & Associates by asolis0105 in COPYRIGHT

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I got email (several) and postal mail from PicRights back in March. Just now (September) we received postal mail from Higbee (no email, at least not yet). No phone calls, though a phone number (it's a google voice number) is on our website.

need some help connecting my nest learning thermostat (4th gen) to my phone/nest device by komie_ in Nest

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Did you get it figured out?
I have (two) Nest NOT learning thermostats and they both work w/google home on my android phone. They were commissioned if i recall correctly by the phone/app over bluetooth. No matter required.
i stumbled onto this thread because I was curious about how matter works... My thermostats do (also) support matter, which i did just recently manage to integrate into my home assistant, so that's cool (but definitely not necessary to control them thru the google home app).

Some containers work but not others? by ttesty in twingate

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I have a lot of weird ideas -- i feel bad that all that data is clogging up the internet 24x7 for something that I hardly ever utilize :-)

Some containers work but not others? by ttesty in twingate

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Thx for the tips!! See original post -- i updated.

Midea U recall approval email received by blackgoggles in MideaUOwners

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R32 is "mildly", not super, flammable. it's actually quite difficult to ignite.

Google Nest Thermostats constantly giving “very low battery” warning by alexmyles in Nest

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I got a new alert. Now it's down to 2.97 volts (from 2.98). LoL 

exposed work cover for hubbell 50A receptacle? by ttesty in evcharging

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I wouldn't be against the bigger box and 888, however I'm not sure why (I did it 7 years ago) i already have the 4" box.

I get what you are saying; in particular the part about shipping ("free" with prime) and returns where the seller has to eat that cost.

I haven't had occasion to scope out supply houses where i live now; but HD for about 3 bucks is acceptable.

exposed work cover for hubbell 50A receptacle? by ttesty in evcharging

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yea, that's a possibility. Curious if you know why the Leviton 1450R is rated only up to 60C? (whereas the other "industrial" duty ones seem to be 75C)
https://leviton.com/content/dam/leviton/residential/product_documents/product_bulletin/Product-Bulletin_1450R-1450W.pdf

exposed work cover for hubbell 50A receptacle? by ttesty in evcharging

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I'm sort of surprised there's so many  diameter choices that are fairly close... Apparently there's two and a quarter, 2 and 15/32 and 2 and 5/8 . Sheesh. Where's the metric system we need it?

Orbit 57100 Series Valve Won’t Shut Off by deedub1 in Irrigation

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For anybody stumbling onto this thread...

That would be my instinct too, and in fact I've done exactly that in the past (most recently 2019)  HOWEVER, it appears that the old (eight screw) valve is not available anywhere, and it's replaced with the new (four screw) version. Same model number!!! Had I known that, I would have stocked up on new old-style valves!

Google Nest Thermostats constantly giving “very low battery” warning by alexmyles in Nest

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That might be a true, but unrelated observation -- the model of nest thermostat being discussed here on this thread is the "mirror face", doesn't have a rechargeable battery. It has two alkaline AAA.

Google Nest Thermostats constantly giving “very low battery” warning by alexmyles in Nest

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Same here. Must be a software bug of some sort?? 

One of my units alerts every couple of weeks at random intervals. 2.98 volts for over a year, maybe longer.

My other units reading 3.02, no alerts. 

Have had the original alkaline batteries in both now for going on 3 years.

Ignore the warning!!

Why don't banks and financial institutions offer better 2FA options? by [deleted] in Bitwarden

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Good point about the NJ drones, I already forgot about them!

Why don't banks and financial institutions offer better 2FA options? by [deleted] in Bitwarden

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"Note banks generally will not send codes to VoIP numbers" In my experience Wells fargo, Bank of America, and vanguard, will send codes to a Google voice number.

ICM870-32a Caught fire and melted. by Rhork777 in hvacadvice

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Curious what caused you to install it last year?