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Is a Heat Pump Water Heater worth it?

Here in the US, there is a hard push in marketing to buy heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, solar panels, house batteries, insulation and other ener...

1 month ago
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RE: InqLiPb - Update

Thought I'd update the project some. I thought something was wrong with my previous DIY PCB. I took the opportunity to add a on/off switch and do so...

1 month ago
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InqPower - Funny thing happed on the the way to the forum.

Yeah, something died! I thought I'd have a full 24 hours worth of data to show today. First, a description of what I've learned and used. For home...

2 months ago
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RE: Trouble with MPU 6050 Code

Zip files are also available on Github: But... there is nothing cosmic about a zip library. Both Arduino IDE (1.8.x and 2.x) simply unzip them in...

2 months ago
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InqLiPb - First Charge

I'm starting to work on some of the logic and have watched the first charging cycle. To start off with, the Pb-Acid (PBA) battery was pretty much cha...

2 months ago
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The Test Rig (aka the Rat's Nest)

I had only built sub-assemblies on breadboards. For instance using on ADS1115 or just the relay circuit (resistor, NPN transistor, diode, relay), or ...

2 months ago
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RE: InqLiPb - An Off-Grid, RV or Marine Battery Bank Manager

I simply can't imagine dealing with surface mount. I have a combined bench power supply, soldering gun, soldering blower thingy, but have never used ...

2 months ago
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RE: InqLiPb - An Off-Grid, RV or Marine Battery Bank Manager

@byron, I always wonder, what if I could sell this or that? How much trouble would it be to get boards pretty much built. Like you mentioned, if I...

2 months ago
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RE: InqLiPb - An Off-Grid, RV or Marine Battery Bank Manager

@byron Have you ever made one with surface mount components and have someone make the PCB and populate it? I have no idea if that is an easy thing...

2 months ago
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RE: Rat's Nest

I wouldn't know where to start trying to make a PCB for this. I didn't see a way to minimize wires crossing and so a multilayer board would be requir...

2 months ago
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RE: Shifting, Magnifying Voltages

The fact that by convention, the powering + and - are not shown in schematics clears up the confusion of the parts. In the above image... you're tell...

2 months ago
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RE: Shifting, Magnifying Voltages

To bring these two topic together, I ran your tests and have agreeable results - Am I being too optimistic to think that by using the Vref in this ...

2 months ago
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RE: Help with high current Hall Effect sensor (HSTS016L)

@davee, You clearly saw through the murk of the whole project as I had laid out. You took advantage of the two parts working together. On the othe...

2 months ago
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