Evolv-ing Thread

[Steamer861]

hose are some of the most awesome batteries ever made. I have some from early 2014 that are still in service. Mind you, they've been used lightly (0.75Ω) in my "breakfast" rather than my ADV mod, but they still hold 4.18-4.19V after charging, and 0.2C discharge tests last summer show them still having ~90% of their rated 2600 mAh capacity.

I couldn't agree More! I have never had an issues with any of my VTC5's, & longevity is second to none
Thats one of the reasons I posted my config of the ERM, most use Lipo's in them, I wanted to show an other option I'v had more than my fair share of issues with Lipo's

 

[Blitzdonlife]

I'm trying to find some specific mod supplies, but keep getting pages of b.s. search results. What search engine would you folks recommend for better results, or should I read a guide on search commands instead, both? It used to be so much easier to find what I was looking for online, things sure hgt ave changed.

 

[BillW50]

I'm trying to find some specific mod supplies, but keep getting pages of b.s. search results. What search engine would you folks recommend for better results, or should I read a guide on search commands instead, both? It used to be so much easier to find what I was looking for online, things sure hgt ave changed.

vapecrawler.com

They only turn up vape stuff. They are not complete. So if it doesn't find what you are looking for, try some other search engine.

 

[Blitzdonlife]

I'm looking for silver plated beryllium copper strips for springs. Seem to be a hard item to find.

 

[ShamrockPat]

Blitzdonlife, have you tried Stealthvape or modmaker in the UK?

 

[Blitzdonlife]

Blitzdonlife, have you tried Stealthvape or modmaker in the UK?

Thank you, modmaker has what I need.
Edit: No shipping to the United States right now, the search continues.

 

[Steamer861]

Avid Vaper : Personal Vaporizers and Accessories
SHOP

A few more choices

 

[Alexander Mundy]

When I need oddball stuff I check my favorite place, Surplus Sales of Nebraska. Have bought silver electrical contacts and silver plated beryllium straps there in the past. A fluid inventory of surplus electronic items so they don't have a set stock. The silver contacts 3rd down on the right on the following page are great battery and firing switch contacts and a bargain at $2 each.

Contacts: Electrical – Relay

 

[Steamer861]

I'l have to say the Home Depot here has steped up it's game They now have "Curb Side" delivery Today I made a purchase online, showed up at the stores parking lot & my order was loaded into the box of my truck I only had to show my order # thru my window. Zero contact! I opened the box in my garage with gloves on & brought the clean untouched contents into the house

 

[Blitzdonlife]

When I need oddball stuff I check my favorite place, Surplus Sales of Nebraska. Have bought silver electrical contacts and silver plated beryllium straps there in the past. A fluid inventory of surplus electronic items so they don't have a set stock. The silver contacts 3rd down on the right on the following page are great battery and firing switch contacts and a bargain at $2 each.

Contacts: Electrical – Relay

Thank you

 

[Blitzdonlife]

When I need oddball stuff I check my favorite place, Surplus Sales of Nebraska. Have bought silver electrical contacts and silver plated beryllium straps there in the past. A fluid inventory of surplus electronic items so they don't have a set stock. The silver contacts 3rd down on the right on the following page are great battery and firing switch contacts and a bargain at $2 each.

Contacts: Electrical – Relay

I think you gave me this same link years ago, maybe I'm experiencing deja vu.

 

[BillW50]

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[stylemessiah]

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Again, suggesting my takeaway from images might be different from others, i wonder if she is, by standing on tippy toes, put her centre of gravity above the railing, endangering herself....

 

[Alexander Mundy]

I think you gave me this same link years ago, maybe I'm experiencing deja vu.

I have posted it before. As I said one of my favorite places to spend a few hours browsing every 5 months or so for oddball tinkering stuff. I did some deep googlefu with the numbers on the packages those contacts come in and found were made for the military many many decades ago. Unfortunately the particular silver coated Beryllium straps I bought for modding seem to have sold out and are gone now.

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[awsum140]

Is she old enough to drink coffee? Cute, though.

 

[BillW50]

Is she old enough to drink coffee? Cute, though.

She looks to me like 26 years old.

 

[CMD-Ky]

Is she old enough to drink coffee? Cute, though.

At my age most people out side of a nursing home look like children and I am regularly confused.

 

[BillW50]

Blocking Windows Updates​

I've been doing pretty well from keeping Windows updates from my four Windows 10 machines. This one, Microsoft snuck 1903 on it and this one is ok with it. I've been toggling off Windows Update in services. Although I noticed that Windows will reenable it during boot and sometimes coming out of sleep. That is how Microsoft snuck 1903 on this one.

I thought if I only knew what URLs Windows 10 uses for updates. So I googled it and came up with this:

windowsupdate.microsoft.com
*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
*.update.microsoft.com
*.windowsupdate.com
download.windowsupdate.com
download.microsoft.com
*.download.windowsupdate.com
wustat.windows.com
ntservicepack.microsoft.com
*.mp.microsoft.com

So I blocked them. And so far everything is running very smoothly. And the Windows Update service hasn't reenabled itself either. I did reboot and it popped up a setup like screen like Windows was just freshly installed. But one option was skip for later (wish I had taken a screen shot now.) and I clicked on it and then the desktop appeared like nothing happened.

My hunch is that was Windows phoning home to check to see if this copy is authentic. Isn't there a time limit before Windows refuses to go to the desktop if it can't be check? With Windows 8, I thought it was 30 days. With Windows 10 I dunno. I rebooted again and it still goes straight to the desktop. Under Windows Info everything looks fine.