WHAT Has Made You Smile Today? (III)

Thats a win. Congrats @muth

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If you only knew how much I needed a win like this. It’s been hell for too long.

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Congrats @muth, that WAS a long haul win.

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Thank you @SessionDrummer too long! I think my hair was starting to fall out :rofl:

I wanted to ask you. I placed an order on Smokstore for an OG Berserker only to find out they weren’t even in stock. If they’ll give me the same deal on the B3 would you recommend it? I saw your review on ECF and it seemed you liked it. Lol, Mike Vapes really likes it too.

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I have 2 B3’s @muth and I quite like them. I prefer my OG ones but have the B3’s put away in my spares for the moment given our vaping restrictions here.

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@muth, although @Ianc13 is probably the zerker expert, I would still get the B3. Very good.

In my opinion, the flow pins worked very well …

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Thank you for the feedback :+1:

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What will this be used for? I can’t tell the size of it. Is it a personal, mobile panel? I’d love to have one of those.

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Well @muth I’m glad you asked. I’m just supplementing my off-grid power, with some MORE of it. :slight_smile:

ECOFLOW had a very big sale recently on Amazon, and it was TOO good to pass up. I’m finishing up upgrading ALL of my batteries to the NEW Game Changer LFP batteries, and they ARE the ones to beat now.

I balance the watts from the panels to almost max out the inputs on whatever rack I’m sending it to. That was a recent order of (2) 220 watt, bifacial panels.

You can easily charge the ECOFLOW stations from AC grid power, solar (as above) or even your car LOL.

Who knows, maybe our grid will experience some “unexpected” issues coming up, so I’m ready on ready.

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I happened on an old thread discussing an ELR recipe by @Mourning_Glory that was published in an eBook on Amazon by a recipe thief :rage: The smiley part of the story is I searched his/her recipes here and found some great stuff! Ya never know what you can find here. And I thought I knew all the mixer’s around town! There are so many talented creators that no one has heard of.

@SessionDrummer was part of that conversation and I’m sure remembers it (2017). The recipe was published here in 2016 and still relevant today with maybe pct tweaks for your current gear.

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All personal use, and there are a FEW good brands, but right now, I’m loving the ECOFLOW panels, because they offer the added benefit of being Bi-Facial, which adds to the watts.

Regardless of your reasons, or reasoning @muth having a reasonable portable power source should NEVER be overlooked.

Great for whever you need power, sheds, camping, you name it, and yes, “unexpected” power outages too.

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I wish I could afford one of those whole house solar generators. Maybe in the foreseeable future. I know shit will hit the fan at some point :wink:

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I hear ya @muth. You don’t even have to go “Full House”, as actually ANYTHING you get, can be HUGE, when you need it.

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LOL because I’ve even got a small stash of USB-C input battery chargers LOL. DC out of the powerstation, into the DC input of the batt chargers, right to the batts.

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Yes, I used to have an APC Backups unit for when I was running my midi station. Never had a blackout while recording but used it one night to continue watching TV :rofl:

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Thx for the idea. I don’t have any juice running to my shed and it sure would be nice to get some light on the subject. I’m jealous of @TimWV for having plumbing in his shed :smiling_face:

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Sometimes, THAT’S all you need. Maybe a fan, lamp, charge some ecig batteries, hehe. You never know.

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Hehe, that WAS nice.

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I have used a portable lifepo4 battery unit with a portable(ish) folding solar panel for the last year as a backup power source. Really good in case of power outages and will even run our aircon in a pinch while hooked up to the panels in full sun.

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