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[–] 17 points 2 months ago (18 children)

Aw man, the glorious days of unlimited free lipo batteries is at an end

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    cannabis devices are to be excepted

    I think i quoted that right

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The fuck? Maybe because of medical users I guess.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    i mean, i'd be fine if they made the all-in-one disposable vapes [the battery + the oil] illegal. but yeah, sometimes i have to rely on cartridges [no, edibles aren't an option] and those produce the least smell of the options available to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (11 children)

    Chuckles because I've done that several times now. See one on the ground .. bam new project.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    now you've got me wondering how many of those i'd need to wire up a new ebike battery.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I've got around 100+ cells so far, wanting to replace the lead acid batteries in an oldschool dell rackmount ups in my rack. Bit more involved than I'd hoped, but the batteries are so easy to obtain. The risk of burning the house down and killing my family currently outweighs the cool fufo factor, for now.

    Biggest issue is the differing sizes and shapes depending on the device. Lots are approx 16500 but you get the odball square or some tiny thing that's half useless.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The problemis that they are all different so recharging it safely is quite a challange

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Nah, you just need one controller per type. There are probably some more common types you could focus on.

    I miss the times when you could just scavenge 18650s out of anything from laptops to ebikes. I built a home battery system out of those.

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