I’d personally stick to a protected cell for projects like this. That means it has an integrated protection circuit that keeps it from being over / under charged, protects you from an explosion if you short circuit it, and provides a temperature cut off.

Thoae generally top out at around 10a, rather than the 30a the cell might be capable of. Still tons of power for OP to work with.

Usb battery packs are an easy and rechargeable source of 5v. Many will give you 3a I think.

So your battery will have a capacity, something like 2000 mah. That’s 2000 milliamps for an hour, or your 1.58a motor for over an hour.

Your motor won’t pull 1.5 though if you’re under driving it, probably closer to 1. Or it could pull more than 1.5 if it’s under stress.

If you’re fine with those run times, just beef up that wire.

Most people don’t pull much power from AA’s. It’s not about the size of the battery, it’s about the amps you’re drawing and the size of the wire. Personally I’d probably just solder in a better wire.

Have you tested how long the batteries last? It sounds like you’re going to kill them pretty quick.

Battery rail? As in a part that’s conducting electricity but not mechanical load? That shouldn’t be getting hot. You’re pulling too much power for that size of wire.

I should add that heat is wasted energy and means a faster battery drain.

Giving me strong Joffrey Baratheon vibes

Are you not in any group chats with 50 people trying to organize something? They become a cluster fuck.

For direct chats, totally agreed. I’d be seriously insulted if you used an ai to talk in a 1:1 conversation.

Weird, I haven’t done anything…

Observium is an easy starting point for network gear, without going down the Zabbix rabbit hole.

Personally I just roll Victoriametrics and Grafana.

I ate too many blueberries yesterday and regret it today.

@rimu@piefed.social help? =)

I did an upgrade last night, but just did another one again. Try now?

FYI every link in this is broken.

https://news.ycombinator.com/

It was unanimous, I didn’t think Trump fully controlled any courts?

One of then was from Biden:

Thursday’s 3–0 ruling—issued by Judges Mark J. Bennett and Eric D. Miller, both Trump appointees, and Jennifer Sung, a Biden appointee—extends the stay and marks a clear victory for the Trump administration and its ongoing drive to establish a presidential dictatorship.

Gloomhaven is up there.

Oddly this doesn’t deter me at all, but I don’t buy mains connected components off aliexpress. Tons of DC stuff and I’ve never had an issue

That’s called plastic surgery, rather than cosmetic. Cosmetic is specifically to improve your appearance. Plastics include a lot of reconstructive work.

Ca is just north from you in Vancouver. World being in Germany will make a noticeable latency difference.

I’ve been loving it so far, tempted to pick up the books now.