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If I had them then they would think they were living in a swamp…… :smiley:

The well pump would be working overtime………… :wink:

Ha I think you are right David, I placed a pot indoors during the winter in the hopes of letting a pepino survive (it didn’t)
A large pot and last summer we had a bunch of paprika and pepper plants growing in it, I had cut the when I harvested the last peppers. From one of the stems now a new plant is growing.
Cool ti about not watering too much!

Brian, David… Carolina Reaper isn’t a hybrid it’s a Cultivar. In order to make the Guiness Book of World Records the plant had to be able to reproduce and sustain the level of heat in question.

Edit: Worthy to note, perhaps, and of special interest to us here… This month one Mike Smith with Nottingham Trent University claims to have bested the Carolina Reaper with what he calls “Dragon’s Breath”. He is currently having Guiness Book of World records try to establish it’s 2.4 million Scoville units as the new record.

I love hot peppers, but never had a Carolina Reaper. I’ve had ghost peppers, which I love. They actually had a delicious flavor. I suppose all of these vary in heat a bit, even within the same strain.

Yes, as noted above, growing conditions can affect the heat intensity. Also, there can be some natural variation from plant to plant, I’m sure. Carolina reapers do taste a bit different. They inherit a bit of the characteristic Habanero flavor, which some people love and others hate.

Yeah, my wife was telling me just a couple hours ago that there was a new “hottest” pepper out there named “Dragon’s Breath”. She’s not interested in spicy foods herself, but she knows I like it.

A local shop sells ghost pepper salt. They say the intended means of consumption is to sprinkle a few grains on a bowl of soup then stir to dissolve it and make the whole bowl spicy… but I like it better without the soup. The stuff is like candy.

That reminds me. Once upon a time, back in the dawn of forever, I tried to convince my parents to get me a salt lick. They refused… and I might still be a little salty about it.

She’d probably be the one to go anyway. Right after you said ” Wanna see my flashlight collection?”

Yes, they will survive the winter and continue to grow next season, or with the right climate year round. I have only had luck with that one year. After that every year they are attacked and die from whiteflies. Insecticidal soap kills them, but it’s just a losing battle and I just refuse to use anything stronger. I don’t like hot peppers enough to kill us as well, 10 years later.

Springs are a big deal. Did you see the ones Imalent used on their DT70 and DT35? Instead of coil springs they used disc springs which only flex a tiny bit, less than 1 mm. So obviously they want you to use the Imalent batteries. Even then, some of the batteries will lose contact. Springs have to be done propery. Lol

Ha ha.

I do know a lot about springs from designing suspension systems on race cars. Some of that knowledge transfers to flashlights like preload and usable travel, etc… I just try to state facts without any emotion, but maybe it seemed I was “overzealous” maybe? I’m sorry, I’ll try to tone it down. :sunglasses:

Sir Jason of Houstington, I salute your efforts to keep old springs lively and supple. It’s quite unfortunate when springs enter old age and can’t perform like they used to…

It’s just … I think the Q8 team has it covered. And as we wait for that to get worked out, why not play? The Q8 may not be shipping yet, but we can still “ship” other fun things… so I used, as examples, whatever recent posts stood out. Not specifically trying to pick on anyone, but if it came off that way please let me know so I can be more careful.

On the bright side, you’ve officially levelled up to One Millihelen. Not many people have had a ship launched in their honor.

Because we are already a bit offtopic and i have to find something to do until the Q8 is out i want to ask if someone had experience with one of this UV leds?

- http://www.mouser.de/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=EAUVA35353EF8virtualkey… (link is external)

- http://www.mouser.de/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=VLMU3500-385-060virtual… (link is external)

I want to build a light with an MC-E led but the MELD-X RGBW (uv) flashlight driver has a 5 channel for a uv led so i want to get a nice strong 385nm led (for glue curing). If there is something better or stronger out there that did not cost 3times the money i am open for suggestions.

365nm is best for curing NOA.

JasonVW, shipmaster :smiley:

We’re just waiting around til the batch is done perking.

And when it’s done, then the tasting starts.

Here’s a topic worth discussing. We’ve covered the light, we’ve covered the batteries, what about a good charger that has 4 slots and can do 1A each (4A total).

I was looking for one that can do 4 x 26650 at 1A each. I know xtar has a dragon plus that can do it, but it’s $90. There are the 4 and 8 bay Gyrfalcons that can do it at $30 and $55, but they are kind of tricky to use. That’s all I could find. Any other suggestions?

A $15 imax B6 will charge at up to 5A and works great, although the cell holder to go with it costs another $3 or so. Still less then $20 for a charger capable of charging them at 1.25A each if budget is the goal.

Otherwise I am not aware of any pre-made chargers that would work for cheap.

Have you got a link to that T_A? Thanks in advance. :slight_smile:

This one is a bit more then I spent but I am sure you can look around and find one a bit cheaper if you wanted:

Takes a bit more know how then just jamming the cell into the slot but it is cheap and very effective. If you flash new firmware it gets even better.