Evolv-ing Thread

[SlickWilly]

That's what happens when you "bring in the clones", Willie I still, occasionally, use OEM Foggers, V4.1 or V6, with no problems. If you want one, slightly used with no funky taste, send me a PM. I'm pretty sure I have a spare or two. My biggest problem with them is the negative posts snap off in the V6. Maybe I over do tightening the coil wires?

I just did a quick boot of my desktop and it looks like the GTX1060 bit the dust in that power failure. That hurts! I've been rolling the dice with my UPS. The batteries needed replacing a few years ago and I never found the round tuit to buy/install new batteries. Guess my roll was craps. So now, besides a new video card, waffling between a 1060 and 1070, I'll be ordering new batteries for the UPS or a new UPS instead depending on prices.

I shut the machine back down, walked out into the kitchen and the power dropped AGAIN! No heavy winds so maybe they're still fixing what broke yesterday in the storm. All of our snow has disappeared, but it's still kind of windy.

Thanks, I really appreciate the offer but I couldn't go back to a tighter draw. I'm loving the mizers, they just work for me. I've gone back to using more of the V1's, I run the V2's wide open on the air passages anyways. Since I'm using the small beta reference mod's built from the cheap ebay kits I've topped them with the small V1's, I don't mind refilling them more often and together with the small mod they slip in the pocket nicely, I'll be building more of those mods in the near future and ordering a couple more of the mizer V1's --> $13.59 Authentic Steam Crave Aromamizer RDTA Atomizer - 3ml / glass + stainless steel / 2-post version at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

With the discovery of the good and cheap juice from Broke D I've gone from two flavors in my rotation to four and may add more as I try them all, right now I have four mods sitting on my desk I vape from all day. Never thought I'd get this deep into vaping, I mean with a dozen + mods, multiple tanks and flavor's. From day one I said I'd never be one of those guys, all I wanted was two mod's in use and have a stock of supplies so I'd never be in a situation where I couldn't vape without having to make a trip to a vape shop. That happen to me once early in my vaping days while on a road trip, I had one mod with me and it died (ego Twist), I ended up stopping to buy a pack of cigarettes to get me back home, I don't ever, ever want that to happen again, I won't let it happen! I have enough of everything I need here now I could vape for at least half a year without buying anything, it would be flavorless juice but at least I'm covered. Someday maybe I'll try DIY juice again but with the cheap juice that's so good there's no motivation for me to mess with it.

 

[awsum140]

Willie, I did open the air flow in all the Foggers I own. Everything is drilled out to 3mm which gave it a much easier draw. I've used the Aromamizers wide open since I got them. No ring on the V1 and the V2 wide open. 3ml just doesn't cut it for me though. I need the 6ml and so does the Mrs.

I still DIY, I'm cheaper than dirt, but it is getting harder to find specific flavors. I'm having a problem finding Seedman Virginia Fire Cured. I ordered 60ml from a place that advertised it as Seedman. The Seedman is a dark amber and the stuff I got looks like ethyl maltol. Doesn't smell or taste the same, raw taste anyway. I'm going to mix up a test batch and see what it tastes like in my mixes. I called them and they insist that it is authentic flavoring from Seedman, but I have serious doubts. I ordered 6ml from another source, not Seedman, and it looks, smells and tastes a heck of a lot closer to Seedman.

 

[awsum140]

Well, it looks like I lucked out with that GTX1060. I just pulled the card, re-seated it and plugged in to a different EVGA port on the power supply and it fired right up. It's happily folding@home again and running the video surveillance system. I'm going to let it "cook" and see how it does under load but I feel a little better in the mean time at least.

 

[kiba]

lucky here, i think littered with downed branches but nothing too big i found so far and i got to see the new generator in action

We're on the bottom floor & the neighbor closest to us had a shelves on their patio full of weird stuff that looks like toys I guess... the shelves are now empty & the stuff is scattered everywhere. We're right behind a shopping center & I saw one of the toys when I was walking home from the home depot lol.

I just did a quick boot of my desktop and it looks like the GTX1060 bit the dust in that power failure. That hurts! I've been rolling the dice with my UPS. The batteries needed replacing a few years ago and I never found the round tuit to buy/install new batteries. Guess my roll was craps. So now, besides a new video card, waffling between a 1060 and 1070

Aw man, that sucks, last I checked our cards would cost ~$1,200 or something like that to replace. Let me know if you find any good deals though I'm always looking.

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[tiburonfirst]

did you pick it up to return to the rightful owner?

 

[awsum140]

Kiba, so far, so good. It's back up and running. I've seen the 1060SC and SSC, 3gb mainly, for the mid 5 to 6 hundred range and the 1070 in the 750-950 range depending on version. I got a good deal when I bought mine. It looks like the price on them has gone up, not down, since I bought it. Should have bought two or three.

 

[kiba]

Kiba, so far, so good. It's back up and running. I've seen the 1060SC and SSC, 3gb mainly, for the mid 5 to 6 hundred range and the 1070 in the 750-950 range depending on version. I got a good deal when I bought mine. It looks like the price on them has gone up, not down, since I bought it. Should have bought two or three.

That's good, I was going to say usually graphics cards don't just up and die like that, I've been buying Nvidia cards since 1999 & never had one die on me from a power outage... little scares here & there but you can usually see it coming & if you start to see artifacts or weird colors that's pretty much the kiss of death.

It's crazy how much they're gouging rn, the 1080ti's in mine & my gf's would cost the most (although she doesn't really need it as much as she thinks, she plays 2d games like hyper light drifter, & low end things like life is strange so I could probably just get her a 1070/60 or 1050ti even). My mining rig is full of regular 1080's, which wouldn't be cheap either rn.

I remember having to source them @ a couple of different places but I think I got them all for just over msrp... now due to mining apparently the price has shot up like crazy.

Id appreciate if they didn't do that rn knock on wood, at least until after April when the new architecture is supposed to come out.

did you pick it up to return to the rightful owner?

Which one? The siding or the weird things? I grabbed what I could & moved one away from all the a/c units but it was dangerous out there w/ that stuff flying around @ 70mph. Some kind of crown molding literally flew by me as I was still kind of waking up & stuck in the ground.

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[awsum140]

The 1080 is way too rich for my blood. I've been using Nvidia since I got into folding@home, converted from SETI. All I use the cards for is folding, but I do watch the logs, like a hawk, for errors. So far, after three, plus, years the only time I see errors is when I push the clock too hard. I've been through numerous power outages, but this one was worse than "normal". I'll be replacing the batteries in my old, trusty, APC1500 in the VERY NEAR future.

 

[kiba]

True, I've made a decent chunk of my money back w/ them though, the trick (for me) is to just view it as a hobby & not anything else.

The 1080ti I do use for games, & my gf loves to shadow play hers onto the living room TV via the shield.

 

[Squonk_me]

I bought enough Aromamizers while they were silly cheap to last me forever! (12 v1's and 6 v2's).

BUT, I still look for them on sale!!
Steam Crave Aromamizer SC-200 Tank- 6ml ,,$6.00 for the 6mil in stainless.
ETA . Use ... ecig10 ... for 10%off that price.

I see they are selling the replacement batteries for the DX200. I remember when they sold tons of the DX200 for $50 as a complete kit, heck I bought 6 of them,,,, and they are all still running strong.

 

[kiba]

willie
https://www.google.com/amp/bgr.com/...rds-best-streaming-service-cable-alternative/

I bought enough Aromamizers while they were silly cheap to last me forever! (12 v1's and 6 v2's). [emoji38]

BUT, I still look for them on sale!!
Steam Crave Aromamizer SC-200 Tank- 6ml ,,$6.00 for the 6mil in stainless.

I see they are selling the replacement batteries for the DX200. I remember when they sold tons of the DX200 for $50 as a complete kit, heck I bought 6 of them,,,, and they are all still running strong.

Didn't those have an issue with the airflow hitting posts or something? I never got into Aromamizers until the plus, my gf loved (& still loves) that one so much & I liked the design so much that when I finally decided to ditch mtl vaping I bought the Supreme v2 which is basically the same thing. Back in the day I was basically forced to buy $200+ atties just to get a decent vape, there was literally no other way.... but trust me, the irony is not lost on me that this Aromamizer w/ single coil deck is better than all of the "high end" atties I've had over the years.

Not sad to see that niche go, I've made some great friends through it but overall it was extremely toxic, the lists & groups were full of douchebaggery & power hungry dingus's, & I can't say that I've met many modders who I'd lose sleep over them being put out by china.

 

[SlickWilly]

I bought enough Aromamizers while they were silly cheap to last me forever! (12 v1's and 6 v2's).

BUT, I still look for them on sale!!
Steam Crave Aromamizer SC-200 Tank- 6ml ,,$6.00 for the 6mil in stainless.
ETA . Use ... ecig10 ... for 10%off that price.

I see they are selling the replacement batteries for the DX200. I remember when they sold tons of the DX200 for $50 as a complete kit, heck I bought 6 of them,,,, and they are all still running strong.

Thank you! Although these aren't the short version I'm looking for, at $6 it's is less then it cost me to by a spare deck from FT. I bought two, had some left over credit points from when we bought the DX's and I had noted an old coupon code that gave me a better deal, code ljc15 Made it a total of $9.60 shipped for two. Thanks again!

willie
https://www.google.com/amp/bgr.com/...rds-best-streaming-service-cable-alternative/

Didn't those have an issue with the airflow hitting posts or something? I never got into Aromamizers until the plus, my gf loved (& still loves) that one so much & I liked the design so much that when I finally decided to ditch mtl vaping I bought the Supreme v2 which is basically the same thing. Back in the day I was basically forced to buy $200+ atties just to get a decent vape, there was literally no other way.... but trust me, the irony is not lost on me that this Aromamizer w/ single coil deck is better than all of the "high end" atties I've had over the years.

Not sad to see that niche go, I've made some great friends through it but overall it was extremely toxic, the lists & groups were full of douchebaggery & power hungry dingus's, & I can't say that I've met many modders who I'd lose sleep over them being put out by china.

I get around the airflow hitting the posts by leaving the base just a slight turn loose, you can turn the base 3/4 of a turn and not loose contact with the o-ring, no leaking. I'll vape with the holes hitting one side of the coils for a while then rotate it to hit the other side distributing the cooling of the coil in different spots over time, that way over the life of the build air isn't hitting in just one spot all the time and one spot doesn't crud up faster.

As far as the cord cutting while trying to find something that will please the wife at a better deal, it took another turn for the worse today when the wife came home wanting answers why her friend who lives in another area get's more channels from Spectrum we do at a lesser rate then us. When I tried to explain they give deals to new customers, promotional packages varying at different times and the packages vary from one area of our state to another she wouldn't accept that and got angry. I opened a huge can of worms by ever opening my mouth about the coming increase, I should have kept my mouth shut and just paid the increase. I'm about at my wits end with all this $#&*

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[awsum140]

Thanks for that link, Squonk, four more on the way!

I guess I'm not as "discerning" regarding air flow. I just fill, assemble and vape the Aromamizer, V1 or V2. Never tried the Supreme so maybe it's time.

 

[SlickWilly]

The 1080 is way too rich for my blood. I've been using Nvidia since I got into folding@home, converted from SETI. All I use the cards for is folding, but I do watch the logs, like a hawk, for errors. So far, after three, plus, years the only time I see errors is when I push the clock too hard. I've been through numerous power outages, but this one was worse than "normal". I'll be replacing the batteries in my old, trusty, APC1500 in the VERY NEAR future.

awsum, What I'm going to say here in detail is not all directed to you, I'm sure you'll already know. Most of it is for those who might come along one day, read the post and not know there are some risks involved.

I have a pair of UPS's I used some years ago, when the battery's died I stopped using them, didn't have a need to use them for my business computers anymore. But I've kept them with the idea of one day using them with a car battery instead of the small sealed ones which would let me use them for other things. There is a big auto salvage yard near me that sells auto battery's for $25 each, your pick. They clean and test them to make sure they are still usable and come with a 30 day exchange if the fail, if you know how to read the date of manufacture codes (google auto battery date codes) you can sometimes find a battery almost new but also know a newly made battery can sit on the shelf for many, many months before it's sold, the warranty starts once it's sold (or bought & installed at a shop), not the date it's made. I stop in that salvage yard from time to time to see what they have and I snagged a nice big one nearly new last fall, I'm keeping it on a float charger for a spare. I've been thinking about using it to power one of the UPS's and also as a backup for the security DVR, that's 12 volts so I could run that right off the battery. I'd probably use my trickle float charger to maintain the battery rather then using the UPS to recharge, I'd trust my good float charger more. If you choose to try this in the house you'll have to be careful, you MUST put the battery in a case like this to catch any acid and keep it from being shorted from something dropped on it.

You want a low amp trickle float charger, this is the one I use, I'd stay away from the cheap float chargers! (like harbor freight) https://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Tender-Plus-12-Volt/15779498 I also have a Schumacher, another good brand.

If you charge an auto battery to fast or too long (higher amps) and it will create gas, those gases are not something you want to breath, they are very, very corrosive and highly explosive. In the shop one day a service manager pulled charger cables off a charging battery without shutting it off first, it created a spark and it blew the top of the battery off peppering him with chunks of plastic and he got a face full of acid, he was lucky it didn't loose his eyes. I thought a bomb had went off I turned to see him screaming and covering his face with his hands, we doused him with clean water then threw him in a car and rushed him to the ER just a mile down the road, he was lucky.

You'd also want to research the cutoff voltage to set it at for shutdown, it may be different then the cut off for the sealed UPS battery's. Deep discharging an auto battery will kill it faster then anything else, it will cause the plates to sulfate. After that it won't recharge to it's full capacity, make it more likely to gas during recharge and reduce it's life, more so with each deep discharge. (ETA; What your going to read next was wrong, Opps!) We have a 2003 LeSabre (nice Florida car ) that still has the original battery, all interior and exterior lights have auto shut off, you can't leave any lights on by accident, they all are on timers, that battery has never gone "dead". This winter was the first time it's showed a slower crank on a very cold day so I guess it's finally time to think about replacing it, but that shows you they can last a very long time if cared for properly. Now it's a big a** high capacity battery, it's mounted under the rear seat with huge cables that run up to the engine battery, so stays a little warmer then one mounted under the hood. So it has those factor's also in it's favor but still, 15 years is a pretty good life span for a auto battery.
Here's the correction--> Evolv-ing Thread

I'm betting set up right, you can get a much longer run time off a UPS with a big auto battery but you have to take care in setting it up, it's not for everybody. An even better route would be a deep cycle marine battery, they can take a deeper discharge without the damage to the plates like an auto battery, but they are expensive and about impossible to find a good one used, well at least for me.

 

[Rossum]

15 years is a pretty good life span for a auto battery.

Almost inconceivable.

 

[mackman]

With today's mfg of auto batteries if you get 5 years you are doing well.

 

[SlickWilly]

Almost inconceivable.

I know, I need to take a pic of the battery, I understand it's hard to believe. I had to do a double take when I looked at it the first time to.

ETA: move on to the next post and laugh.

 

[SlickWilly]

Well I went out to take pics to prove myself right and now I have to eat "DUH" humble pie.... It has been replaced, it was replaced with a Rayovac 2 year battery, the date code of BO makes it manufactured February 2010 http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/497536/21977226/1361343377317/Battery+part+numbers+and+date+codes.pdf?token=PimTxag8pZv8mjPonrrkbyorwgo=

Not original, I was wrong! It's eight years on a 2/10 made battery, here's the pics.

Hard to see round sticker on side reads BO

Better pic

 

[tiburonfirst]

while it could be his out-of-town weekend mike usually checks in sunday afternoon after getting back. strange, not a single post since early friday morning

neither here nor there