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    The all electric bike shop where I worked for the past year required that everything be over-tightened. All you do is tighten until the...
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    Not a tool, but I find them to be a very handy addition to my bikes...
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    We used to heat 2500 square feet by wood. My favorite maul was like this. They call it 12 pounds but it weighs 15. For kindling I used a...
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    I took one like the four-pounder and cleaned it all up and painted it. I used a California framing hammer handle for it. It took an edge...
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    I don’t know how old these axe heads are. I think similar ones have been produced since the 1600’s. The 3-pounder is pitted 6mm deep...
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    Well, I did it. I just made a bike with a torque sensor and a throttle. Throttles are very rare for me. I was also able to reset that...
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    No. To clarify, you can input USB current to safely awaken, or 'jump' a BMS. Once my mom called a tow truck and asked if he would jump...
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    If you knew the watts the USB fan used and assumed the voltage step-down (whatever it's called) is 100% efficient, I guess you could...
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    Feed stores sell large incandescent heat lamps for chicks and ducklings. I just checked. The fan did almost nothing from 54.6V after...
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    Yeah, that's an old picture. The small bulbs are LED's but the larger ones are old 48V, 100W marine incandescent bulbs my father used on...
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    Your USB fan won't do those things. I don't know much about BMS, but maybe a wall wart would wake one up. Amazon ships devices only to...
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    But then how to safely wake a sleeping beauty BMS? Or charge a device when you are in the boonies?
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    Without a USB port, a table lamp with an incandescent bulb would probably do the trick. You'd establish a good connection with the...
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    A bike with a fully charged 10.5Ah/48V battery came in today. The display had been hooked up when it was at its max of 54.6 volts so it...
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