The There Are No Stupid Questions Thread

[hank]

What driver do I need for this? Any moddable stock light I can just drop this parallel triple board into?

http://kaidomain.com/S026521-Triple-Cree-XP-E2-Amber-585nm-595nm-LED-Emitter-with-20mm-x-1mm-DTP-Copper-PCB-Parallel-w-%20%20optics?search=triple%20amber

Product Code : S026521
Availability : In Stock
$7.86 Amber triple (other colors also available)

[JasonWW]

@hank

What driver do I need for this? Any moddable stock light I can just drop this parallel triple board into?

Product link

Product Code : S026521
Availability : In Stock
$7.86 Amber triple (other colors also available)

I’m not familiar at all with those leds. What are they used for? What kind of current do they need?

[justanotherguy]

@xevious

@Spacegrass

@xevious

Those deceptive degenerates.

Those damn degenerates providing a free service…

Hey, it’s not really free. They use your data for all sorts of things. They target you with ads based on your email content. So forget about free. Also, 15Gb is so incredibly cheap for Google. They make so much money off ads. One of the wealthiest companies in the world. So yeah, “consumer philanthropy” is not really being done here.

Someone today told me that our data is worth $1000 a month…
I am curious how they arrived at that particular figure

[hank]

I’m not familiar at all with those leds. What are they used for? What kind of current do they need?

Those are amber XP-E2s, “Max Drive Current: Up to 1 Amp (1000mA)”

[JasonWW]

@hank

I’m not familiar at all with those leds. What are they used for? What kind of current do they need?

Those are amber XP-E2s, “Max Drive Current: Up to 1 Amp (1000mA)”

Okay, so you want want a regulated driver with limited current. You can get those from MTN E based on driver diameter and switch type.

I can’t help on host choices. Sorry.

[anonymous_user]

@Lightbringer

“Social”? “Promotions”? “Updates”? Where are all these??

Gmail site -> Gear icon -> Settings -> Inbox. When you select the Default option for inbox type, then you will see the various categories for sorting your messages.

[CNCman]

@Lightbringer

Yeah, but it’s a constant war between yt and the downloaders. Keepvid, savevid, qdownloader, one after another after another, they’d work a while, then break, then work again, then break. Then someone at The Other Evil Empire would go after them and force them to disallow music/movies/whatever it’d guess was the content, and so on, and so on.

Gotta protect that ad revenue…

I think qdownloader still works… for now.

.
I need another working mp3 converter for yt.
Help…

[Lightbringer]

@anonymous_user

@Lightbringer

“Social”? “Promotions”? “Updates”? Where are all these??

Gmail site -> Gear icon -> Settings -> Inbox. When you select the Default option for inbox type, then you will see the various categories for sorting your messages.

Nope, no gear icon, but there is [Settings] in the upper-right corner. Still none of those.

Eh, not important… no worries.

[dorpmuller]

@Lightbringer

Yeah, but it’s a constant war between yt and the downloaders. Keepvid, savevid, qdownloader, one after another after another, they’d work a while, then break, then work again, then break. Then someone at The Other Evil Empire would go after them and force them to disallow music/movies/whatever it’d guess was the content, and so on, and so on. Gotta protect that ad revenue… I think qdownloader still works… for now.

For Android: Youtube Vanced. Never see an ad, also use Adguard on Androids. Search will find them. Obviously they won't be on the playstore. On either PC or Android tubeninja.net works consistently. Youtube is a censoring company now more than anything. Anything you want, really gotta download it.

On Chrome or Firefox (pc) there are many adblock extensions available. Haven't seen a youtube ad in years.

I hate youtube for the censorship and anti-conservative bias. Wish a viable alternative would surface.

[BaronVonEissler]

What happens if you put a Lithium Ion battery in a charger the wrong way when that charger does Not have Reverse Polarity Protection? Not just putting them in the wrong way but leaving them in and walking away!

I am considering[at her request, does not want me to buy her a new one] giving her an old Trustfire- TR-003P4 Charger to use for her new Thrunite TC15 Torch. I do not believe the charger has RPP. Not in manual.

[hank]

What happens if you put a Lithium Ion battery in a charger the wrong way when that charger does Not have Reverse Polarity Protection? Not just putting them in the wrong way but leaving them in and walking away!

So, what happened?

[JasonWW]

@BaronVonEissler

What happens if you put a Lithium Ion battery in a charger the wrong way when that charger does Not have Reverse Polarity Protection? Not just putting them in the wrong way but leaving them in and walking away!

I am considering [at her request, does not want me to buy her a new one] giving her an old Trustfire- TR-003P4 Charger to use for her new Thrunite TC15 Torch. I do not believe the charger has RPP. Not in manual.

I can’t say what will happen, but probably not a lot.

Liion cells are typically tested for reverse polarity charging. Here is a 30Q factory test which it passes.

Reverse charge test
Test method - To charge the standard charged cell with charge current 10A by 0V for 2.5 hours. Criteria - No fire, and no explosion.

That Trustfire charger only charges at 500mA. I would guess the battery would get warm or maybe hot depending on how long it was left charging. It might get hot enough to vent, maybe. IDK.

The bottom line is I would not use that charger when you could get a much better one for $20 that is faster, safer and better overall.

Why not use the TC15 built in charger?

[Lightbringer]

@BaronVonEissler

What happens if you put a Lithium Ion battery in a charger the wrong way when that charger does Not have Reverse Polarity Protection? Not just putting them in the wrong way but leaving them in and walking away!

[Rayoui]

[BaronVonEissler]

@JasonWW

@BaronVonEissler

What happens if you put a Lithium Ion battery in a charger the wrong way when that charger does Not have Reverse Polarity Protection? Not just putting them in the wrong way but leaving them in and walking away!

I am considering [at her request, does not want me to buy her a new one] giving her an old Trustfire- TR-003P4 Charger to use for her new Thrunite TC15 Torch. I do not believe the charger has RPP. Not in manual.

I can’t say what will happen, but probably not a lot.

Liion cells are typically tested for reverse polarity charging. Here is a 30Q factory test which it passes.

Reverse charge test
Test method - To charge the standard charged cell with charge current 10A by 0V for 2.5 hours. Criteria - No fire, and no explosion.

That Trustfire charger only charges at 500mA. I would guess the battery would get warm or maybe hot depending on how long it was left charging. It might get hot enough to vent, maybe. IDK.

The bottom line is I would not use that charger when you could get a much better one for $20 that is faster, safer and better overall.

Why not use the TC15 built in charger?

I know,the TC15 has the USB built in. My thinking is if she turns out to be a flashaholic or needs to charge her depleted battery while she is using her spare 30Q, she could put it in her new charger.Can not use the light and charge the battery at the same time! In addition two cells could be charged at once instead of one at a time using the USB in the flashlight.

I asked HKJ. He said:

-I asked if the Reverse charging would stop at 2.5V and he said NO, it would destroy the battery and possibly the charger.
:
-I asked if the battery could blow up? He said,
Either the charger or the battery may blow up or the battery may blow up when you turn it around to charge it correctly.

So I bought her a nice simple charger- XTAR MC2 Plus battery charger.

It has RPP and If the batteries are put in the wrong way ALL 4 grids will flash. :sunglasses:

[how_crazy_is_this]

@CNCman

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I need another working mp3 converter for yt.
Help…

https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

This is what I use. When it quits working I just install it again. The seem to keep up with the changes and so far a fresh install always works until yt makes changes and then a fresh install fixes it.

For the mp3 converter part ffmpeg can handle pretty much everything.

I am on a mac so the underlying UNIX makes this easy. However, I think the windows binaries should be well supported and if you have a linux box it will be easy as well.

[xevious (Gary)]

What’s a good and possibly free DVD authoring program for Windows 10? I have a collection of MP4 video files that I’d like to burn to a DVD with a very simple menu to select. Would love to do this without having to drop $$, as it’s not something I’ll be doing often. I know some free software companies will offer trial versions with a watermark or reduced resolution. Would prefer 1080p, but could live with 720p.

[Mrmayhem]

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I received my FW3A back in June from Neil’s gadgets. Same day walking my dog at night the whole lens element just fell out. I have no idea what specific parts I need to order. Neil hasn’t response to 4 different emails…

[raccoon]

@xevious

What's a good and possibly free DVD authoring program for Windows 10? I have a collection of MP4 video files that I'd like to burn to a DVD with a very simple menu to select. Would love to do this without having to drop $$, as it's not something I'll be doing often. I know some free software companies will offer trial versions with a watermark or reduced resolution. Would prefer 1080p, but could live with 720p.

I don't know about a free DVD authoring program...

But you won't get 1080p or 720p.

The DVD format is 720 x 480 pixels, which is way less.

I used to make DVDs all the time, but I abandoned physical copies of video years ago.

[gchart]

x264 or x265 + Plex (or other DLNA client) FTW