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I'm sticking with my nice, safe EV!
A woman hopping inside a Dodge Charger for a cigarette sparked an explosion that destroyed the car, burned down a significant portion of her home and left her with third-degree burns. How could a...
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Nickel Hydrogen battery
gullible lunatics like Flyguy claiming that lithium ion batteries are too dangerous to use. one has to suspect that the guys behind this battery chemistry are spending a bit on propaganda. The...
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Brand new Tesla battery complex catches FIRE!
This complex uses the SAFEST lithium chemistry: LFP: Bouldercombe residents told to stay indoors as fire crews take advice from Tesla to allow the fire to burn out, which may take several days...
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Latchup
higher level of dynamics happens when multiple AI systems interact. KanekoaTheGreat on X: "Self-driving cars cause a traffic jam in Austin, Texas. Shocking footage from Austin showed around 20...
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Helpful app for hearing test, whether on not you buy something
This app came with the yoke-style sound amplifier I bought, but it seems to work with a cell phone and earbuds too, and though it's not what an audiologist would do, IMO it's pretty good, and easy,...
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Circuit Breaker 22AIC
I have microwave, fridge and 10 laptops on a 20A circuit. Fine most of the time until I use the microwave. Should I try a 22 Amp Interrupting Circuit breaker? Existing one might be 10AIC.
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OT: Appropriate Netiquette
Gentlemen, We've had an awful lot of off-topic postings here of late. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but can we all PLEASE remember to follow the protocol and place the "OT" prefix in the...
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500 volt power supply
This is pleasingly weird. of a baseline-boosted multi-auto-transformer voltage-doubler flyback. What's strange is that adding the two snubbers increases the LT spice sim speed radically, about 10:1.
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EVs present multiple safety problems for the public
The much heavier weight of EVs could cause parking garages to collapse. An EV fire in a parking garage is virtually impossible to fight. They are also a threat to lighter ICE cars in a crash. On top...
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Human interaction
The company says staff living near offices should work in person at least twice a week. The company says staff living near offices should work in person at least twice a week.
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HV indicator
I often have to measure the difference of two 392V sources. Unfortunately, sometimes it become the sum, using a one-time fused muti-meter. I am thinking about using a rectifier diode (for direction) ,...
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Sound on my new radio is muffled.
I bought a $230 wifi radio that is impressive in many ways, but the problem I have is that the sound sounds muffled Maybe it's okay for music. I haven't listened to much music, but for talk it sounds...
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Apple modem chip
The company set out to design a silicon chip that would allow it to cut ties with Qualcomm, a longtime supplier and bitter foe The company set out to design a silicon chip that would allow it to cut...
 
LTspice speed
As you probably know, in many occasions LTspice cannot take advantage of multiple CPU cores because many operations are not easily parallelizable. In fact, most simulations I make use less than 20/25%...
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New big boy op amp
Not as high a max supply voltage as the TCA0372, but that's a big boy slew rate and output current for the price: <>...
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