[–] 3 points 1 week ago*

In the early 2000s there was a dive bar in Boston and people started scribbling grout puns in the grout between all the subway tiles at the urinals. It was all so brilliant, drunk poets, but I hardly remember them at this point;

Oscar the grout

Who let the dogs grout?

Twist and grout

Grout minds think alike

Etc

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Sorry to be Debbie downer but if thats a 12v car fridge it almost certainly uses a Peltier cooler which is extremely inefficient. Theyre only designed for day trips, its going to use a lot of electricity for that task.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I havent grown Sarracenia for over 15 years but it looks to me like a lack of air movement and lights. Plants need natural air movement to encourage them to grow strengthening fiber to help keep them upright. Also they need a lot of sun and might be stretching sideways looking for sun. Those are my best guesses.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago

    If thats truely melted plastic then more likely is you had a partial short and the 19V was dumping bursts of high current between the rings and slowly heated it. The question is what got between the two rings that made the partial short. Was there any organic or conductive stuff between the rings that you removed?

    When the mug is on the base do you get a power indicator to tell you its working?

    I dont think its a fire hazard but its certainly suspect. Gouge out the burnt plastic and see if there is a PCB hiding under the surface that those two gold rings are part of.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Riding on top of this top comment, I'm and electrical engineer, looked up you mug and its only 19VDC which means its almost impossible to have arcing with such a low voltage and that big of a gap. Try cleaning it, looks like a critter to me too.

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