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    Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

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    4 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

    The other thing was, the battery might be fucked. (It sat for a while since i purchased it)  if i solder up for D cells, and hook them in parallel off the battery, will they likely explode if the stystem receives some back charging? (Or will the lead acid cell absorb them instead)

    Yeah, probs explode (eventually). If the lead acid was healthy, and if the voltages were right, and if there was a Diode to stop the charge back feeding to the Dry cells, you'd get away with it, but if the lead-acid or bike had a drain current, it'd trash those pretty quick. They'd prob provide enough current for the ignition though, it's an interesting idea.

    Easiest just to whang it on charge, see how it looks. Giz yell if you need to sort a special battery, but standard 6v should still be around.

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    Pog’s X1/9

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    On 01/04/2024 at 18:08, ThePog said:

    . @h4nd had given me a dose of RTFM

    Oh man. I thought I was commiserating that the bastards had hidden the salient deets. Apparently I've also failed (passed?) my autism test. lol.

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    !!!!!!Hanmeet 2024 23rd-25th August - Entry Form is up now!!!!

    in South Island Region

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    16 hours ago, vivaspeed said:

    Whatever you do, do not accept an airport pickup from this man ^^

    Bort kindly offered me a ride one time, which I was happy to take, but then at several points on the trip I seriously feared for my safety and death flashed before my eyes.  Sliding around the back seat of the angry V8 Valiant coupe (2 door sedan?) with no rear seatbelts as he did the imperial ton passing slower traffic on twisty roads.  I was not entirely comfortable with that situation.  Drive it like you stole it comes to mind.

    Then we were regaled with stories of how he rolled a car while younger, and other interesting motoring calamities he had encountered - whilst entertaining, did not add to the feeling of safety.

    Then we were relieved of the near-death experience when he decided to do some road levelling with the sump of the aforementioned car, and it decided to drain the lubricating fluids, rendering it inoperable for the remainder of the event.  Hence the nickname "Sumpson" was acquired.

    Then IIRC @yetchh gave me a ride back to Christchurch in his 121 which seemed to have an intermittent fueling problem and so it wasn't being super reliable either, but we made it.

    Such memories.

    TL;DR - if you don't want to die, don't travel to Hanmer with @RUNAMUCK

    I have only just now realised what's going to happen the streets of Chch when Bort's old man pops his clogs....

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