Jocelyn Campbell wrote:Reviving this thread because it's awesome! Have you made a similar Christmas tree in the years since this post, Alex?
Michael Buck wrote:I am an off grid lifer, been here 17 years won't ever, willingly, choose to go back. We electrified 11-12 years ago with 24v Trojan L-16HC. I was quite careful with my maintenance and that bank lasted me nine years of daily cycling. However, the last 6 months were dismal at best. Anyway, I mention the history as it is my only defense against ignorance about batteries. No science understanding, just seat of the pants daily charge and discharge.
A couple years ago, when replacement was needed, we decide on Iron Nickel and on Iron Edison as the dealer. I cannot say enough positive things about Brandon and Maggie Williams (owners of Iron Edison). Stellar individuals that really have there customers in mind and do ALL they can to help and ensure the product is understood and performing properly. I do love my batteries and I think the payoff will come but, obviously, that is along time from now. I have a neighbor with IN cells and we have fiddled and think we have found the sweet spot for DOD cycling parameters and it requires a more detailed description about what happens when you pass ~40-50% discharge. We have noticed that the cells discharged below 50% all the way to 80% discharge behave in line with the literature. That is, they will recharge and show no damage. They will fully recharge, however, the amount of energy to recharge the the 50-80% portion of the deep discharge is much greater than the energy required to recharge 30% on the top 40-50%. That is the only qualification I feel that the literature/information needs. You can deep discharge without damage but it will cost you to smile at the e-meter again.
Since we have backed off to a 40% discharge we are seeing stronger performance easier charging cycles and with an occasional overcharge the performance is fantastic. Water consumption is higher but even that has been largely mitigated with a slightly more gentle treatment.
Hey, do you know what would happen if you let the batteries run low on water? Anyone?
Thank you! I found it all!paul wheaton wrote:
Alex Ojeda wrote:Is there a way to get a re-send of the links?
I think that if you find your ledger page, you won't need new emails:
https://permies.com/t/160/66730/kickstarter-support#578732
paul wheaton wrote:
Alex Ojeda wrote:
paul wheaton wrote:
Alex Ojeda wrote:Was this supposed to come in as an email? I seem to have missed it. What do I do to get my stuff
You were sent one email for each item.
Further, there are some instructions earlier about alternative ways to find the stuff that you now have access to: I just went to your ledger and saw the list of all your things - so you definitely have access.
What email was it sent from? I'm doing searches my emailer and I'm not finding anything. Thank you for the help![]()
I am not certain. I think it comes from something at permies.com.
Search for "gir bot"
paul wheaton wrote:
Alex Ojeda wrote:Was this supposed to come in as an email? I seem to have missed it. What do I do to get my stuff
You were sent one email for each item.
Further, there are some instructions earlier about alternative ways to find the stuff that you now have access to: I just went to your ledger and saw the list of all your things - so you definitely have access.
r ranson wrote:A few weeks ago, some people on the internet really pissed me off. I went to a forum (not permies) to ask a very specific question about a project I wanted to make. In response, I got hammered with a crap-load of everything I'm doing wrong and how my whole project is impossible.
This kind of behaviour in public really bothers me. It's not just that the poor poster will turn around and give up on their dream, but the hundreds or thousands of people reading that thread won't ever try it. They will warn their friends about how impossible it is. That it can't be done.
The funny thing is, humans, have been doing exactly this thing I wanted to do since... well you know that whole agriculture thing that someone thought up; take that day and go back three times as far, and you're almost there. We've been doing this thing since then all the way through to the 1970s when suddenly - poof! - it is now impossible and everyone stopped doing it. Everyone except the rest of the world who didn't know any better and kept on doing it.
Thanks to the internet, I now know that it is impossible. So what do I do about it? Do I scream? Do I stalk these people online and tell the world how horrible they are? Do I sit and sulk?
Nope.
I turn off my computer.
It's been off for about two weeks now. Every night, for about 4 hours a night, I do the impossible.
I go to my sheep and ask him for some wool.
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I take this wool and spin it into yarn.
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The yarn I make is handspun singles (which means it is unplyed). This is the type of yarn that cannot be used for weaving because it is too sticky and weak. The internet is animate on this "known fact".
I take this yarn and I put it on my loom. I abuse it in every way, putting impossibly tight tension on it, beating it harshly, all the things that must never be done to non-commercial non-synthetic yarn.
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I have less problem with my handspun yarn than I've ever had with any commercial yarn.
It's turned into beautiful fabric and I can't wait to make clothing with it.
My anger at these people is now transformed into proving them wrong. By now, I've forgotten who it was I was so angry at. I'm not even angry at them anymore because I have a beautiful fabric and I have loads of photos and I know at least two magazines that like my writing style and may be interested in publishing my story which will inspire people to stop believing the 'truth' about handspun yarn and start making their own beautiful clothing.
All this because of what I learned on permies: How to make the world a better place instead of being angry at bad guys.
Thank you everyone here for being so awesome!