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DLKnives

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  • Apr 25, 2019
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    Good morning random folks :) Have you any plans?

    Yes. Found a gun store here in Vegas that has both guns we are looking for (Ruger Security 380 for the wife and Sig P365 XL for me), and they work by appointment only. I'm going to call when they open at 10 and see if we can go in this afternoon.

    I need to go to bed. I got very depressed about something that happened yesterday and took a late nap so I'm still up. Very bummed about things right now.
     

    FranC

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    Yes. Found a gun store here in Vegas that has both guns we are looking for (Ruger Security 380 for the wife and Sig P365 XL for me), and they work by appointment only. I'm going to call when they open at 10 and see if we can go in this afternoon.

    I need to go to bed. I got very depressed about something that happened yesterday and took a late nap so I'm still up. Very bummed about things right now.
    Sorry about whatever happened yesterday. Hope you feel better.
     

    hittman

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    Somewhere between here and there
    At the top right of my setup pic is a Pico. It's a slightly wider version of the 75 that can hold a larger tank. If you look close you can see the duct tape holding it together.

    The Pico 75 has a single piece wraparound metal cover. The top and bottom are metal. There are tiny bolts, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom. They screw into hollow metal rods that run inside between the top and bottom. It's a pretty robust structure.

    The wider one is different. The metal top piece extends down the side over the display, the bottom piece extends up on the other side. In between there's a black plastic piece that goes around the body. That piece gets very narrow as it wraps around the sides. Unfortunately those narrow bits are what holds the top and bottom pieces in place and one of them snapped. Then one of the screws in the top came loose. Took it out and it wasn't a bolt, it was like a tiny wood screw and it had scraps of plastic in the threads. So it looks like there is a plastic block inside with those tiny screws going into it. A bit more fancy looking than the original but a total design fail in terms of holding together. Guess I'll go on using it until it falls apart.
    Is that a billet box in your picture?
     

    gloopdegurp

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    I had a bit of a vape related "Uh-oh!" yesterday.
    I have two Innokin MVP3 Pro mods (Goldy and Pinky) that I rarely use anymore but still am fond of. Figured I should top off their charge to keep them as healthy as they can be anymore.

    I plugged in Pinky who had maybe half a charge or so, the light came on yellow but switched to green pretty quickly.

    I went to turn on Goldy to see how much charge there was and... nothing. Would not turn on.
    I took Pinky off the charger and plugged in Goldy and tried again.
    Still nothing.
    Then I noticed the battery indicator light seemed to have the faintest glow to it. After a bit Goldy did wake up. Sort of looked like it did a reset, if it can do that.
    It did come back on set to voltage instead of wattage where I had it.

    It took better than 7 or 8 hours to charge it all the way with a 0.5 wall wart. It is 4500mah so I guess that sounds about right. Didn't get hot at all, checked a number of times.
    Still shows as full this morning so it seems okay.
    I guess I should test it to see how it drains.

    I'm thinking that maybe I thought I had turned it off but didn't which led to a slow drain until it shut itself down.
     

    FranC

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    I had a bit of a vape related "Uh-oh!" yesterday.
    I have two Innokin MVP3 Pro mods (Goldy and Pinky) that I rarely use anymore but still am fond of. Figured I should top off their charge to keep them as healthy as they can be anymore.

    I plugged in Pinky who had maybe half a charge or so, the light came on yellow but switched to green pretty quickly.

    I went to turn on Goldy to see how much charge there was and... nothing. Would not turn on.
    I took Pinky off the charger and plugged in Goldy and tried again.
    Still nothing.
    Then I noticed the battery indicator light seemed to have the faintest glow to it. After a bit Goldy did wake up. Sort of looked like it did a reset, if it can do that.
    It did come back on set to voltage instead of wattage where I had it.

    It took better than 7 or 8 hours to charge it all the way with a 0.5 wall wart. It is 4500mah so I guess that sounds about right. Didn't get hot at all, checked a number of times.
    Still shows as full this morning so it seems okay.
    I guess I should test it to see how it drains.

    I'm thinking that maybe I thought I had turned it off but didn't which led to a slow drain until it shut itself down.
    Hoping Goldy has no further problems.
     

    hittman

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    Somewhere between here and there
    A Friday morning review for your viewing pleasure.

     

    englishmick

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    Is that a billet box in your picture?
    Sure is. Not an original though. It has a Xeta insert in the tank. Got a red one in the stash as well. I managed to resist the rabbit hole of BB addons though.
     

    FranC

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    A Friday morning review for your viewing pleasure.

    Good review. :)
     

    gloopdegurp

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    Hoping Goldy has no further problems.
    So far Goldy is okay.
    I'm at 20 puffs running at 25 watts out of the 60 maximum. The screen battery level hasn't dropped a bar yet. (also has red/yellow/green LED indicator light on top)
    IMG_20230331_092021882~3.jpg
    (The screen is fine, doesn't show up right in pics sometimes.)
     

    FranC

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  • Oct 1, 2010
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    Morning, mixers,

    Golly, sun is in the forecast! :lol:

    But the did turn the temp down a bit yesterday, and maybe for today as well. Much appreciated :)

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    Glad the temps aren't too bad yet. How much longer do you have there?
     
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