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lifestyle:words_of_wisdom [2021/05/28 12:40]
frater_secessus [batteries] 		lifestyle:words_of_wisdom [2021/07/18 13:27]
frater_secessus [getting started]
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 > Bulk charging requires //current//. Absorption requires //relatively high voltage// and //time at that voltage//. - secessus > Bulk charging requires //current//. Absorption requires //relatively high voltage// and //time at that voltage//. - secessus
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 +> [lead-chemistry] Batteries must be mildly overcharged often to minimize sulfation spotting. It really turns out to be a race between the disease or the cure, and if mildly overcharged, the cure wins 99% of the time. The "disease" in this case being excessive shedding of positive plate material. The cure being a mild overcharge. - MexicoWanderer((https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25945538/print/true.cfm))
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 ===== consumer culture ===== ===== consumer culture =====
 > "It's so weird, isn't it? We buy the bills of goods society tells us, we work hard, we save, pay our taxes, be good solid citizens; but as we age we look around ourselves and wonder why we did it, to what end. " - Queen((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-My-long-lost-community?pid=295058#pid295058)) > "It's so weird, isn't it? We buy the bills of goods society tells us, we work hard, we save, pay our taxes, be good solid citizens; but as we age we look around ourselves and wonder why we did it, to what end. " - Queen((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-My-long-lost-community?pid=295058#pid295058))
  
 > "Intentionally reducing consumption is confusing and subversive..." -- John61CT((https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Echeaprvliving%2Ecom%2Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ftid%3D33048&share_tid=33048&share_fid=70271&share_type=t)) > "Intentionally reducing consumption is confusing and subversive..." -- John61CT((https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Echeaprvliving%2Ecom%2Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ftid%3D33048&share_tid=33048&share_fid=70271&share_type=t))
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 +===== cooking =====
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 +> ....the solar oven is a very good mimic of a crock pot slow cooker - Bob Wells((https://www.cheaprvliving.com/cooking-solar-oven/))
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 +> A microwave oven is rated for 'cooking power', which is always less than the UL rating of wattage on the label. - tx2sturgis((https://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=27456&pid=345707#pid345707))
 ===== dogs ===== ===== dogs =====
 > Home is where your dog is. -- Jora((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=27510&pid=347548#pid347548)) > Home is where your dog is. -- Jora((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=27510&pid=347548#pid347548))
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 > In general, people should FIRST aim for a realistic goal, achieve it,then systematically improve on it, while accepting that 100% perfection/efficiency does not Occur In Nature. -- [[http://pitafree.com/users/kaylee/|Kaylee]]((in personal correspondence)) > In general, people should FIRST aim for a realistic goal, achieve it,then systematically improve on it, while accepting that 100% perfection/efficiency does not Occur In Nature. -- [[http://pitafree.com/users/kaylee/|Kaylee]]((in personal correspondence))
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 +> Having a van doesn’t make you a different person... -- myPCisCursed((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/omhy1v/to_vanlife_or_not_to_vanlife/h5ljb93/))
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 +> I would recommend starting with downsizing your material possessions.  -- undeadtech((I would recommend starting with downsizing your material possessions))
  
 ===== inverters ===== ===== inverters =====
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 > In the end, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you are in any way unsure of the way ahead, stop the car and walk the route to determine grade, clearances, and firmness. -- USExplorer((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=20442&pid=236601#pid236601)) > In the end, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you are in any way unsure of the way ahead, stop the car and walk the route to determine grade, clearances, and firmness. -- USExplorer((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=20442&pid=236601#pid236601))
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 +> a locker provides the SUM of the two torques, whereas an open diff provides twice the LOWER torque. Therefore a locker offers a very small advantagee when the traction under both wheels is similar, and a great advantage when there is a big difference in traction condtions. - SandyM((https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/north-africa/limited-slip-differentials-in-sand-14066#post62026))
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 +> Every person reading this should carry [[https://amzn.to/3gJGcyg|a tow strap]]. - head((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/o3gh8n/stuck_like_a_beached_whale_good_thing_i_carry_a/h2c8yv6/))
  
 ===== water ===== ===== water =====
lifestyle/words_of_wisdom.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/22 20:39 by frater_secessus

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