Building a 2.5kWh battery from disposable vapes to power my workshop [video]

Post by QuadrupleA » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 3:57 AM UTC

xarope wrote: post #78

crmd wrote: post #28

After all networked smartphones and computers were placed under control of the regime, resistance hackers relied on microcontrollers harvested from ordinary household devices like smart lamps and vape pens to slowly rebuild the covert but resilient mesh internetwork that became known as FreeNet.

Someone write a novel please. Not sure who will be more appropriate: Stross (more fun?), Stephenson (more of a slog through the first 600 pages, then an abrupt 180 and frenetic action in the last 100 with newly introduced, yet game-changing characters?).

Post by jaredhallen » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 4:43 AM UTC

xarope wrote: post #78

crmd wrote: post #28

After all networked smartphones and computers were placed under control of the regime, resistance hackers relied on microcontrollers harvested from ordinary household devices like smart lamps and vape pens to slowly rebuild the covert but resilient mesh internetwork that became known as FreeNet.

Someone write a novel please. Not sure who will be more appropriate: Stross (more fun?), Stephenson (more of a slog through the first 600 pages, then an abrupt 180 and frenetic action in the last 100 with newly introduced, yet game-changing characters?).

Post by killingtime74 » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 5:57 AM UTC

rootusrootus wrote: post #83

killingtime74 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't matter. If you try any of these techniques your insurer will still void your home insurance if your house catches fire.

Can you cite a single instance where home insurance claim was refused because the homeowner was stupid?

Post by typpilol » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 6:15 AM UTC

oulipo2 wrote: post #27

viraptor wrote: post #3

Just curious: if you wanted to do something like that, but prevent a... thermal event, how would you protect an experimental battery realistically? Build a brick enclosure? A fire safe?

Shameless plug: we're building a repairable e-bike battery where you can use your own cells at https://infinite-battery.com We worked on a very sturdy casing, with some specific features to release pressure and limit the fire event propagating cell to cell, you can check it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NXXfCA2CY

Post by typpilol » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 6:18 AM UTC

acdha wrote: post #51

squigz wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't a lot of e-waste recyclable?

In some cases but the economics need to be improved. Companies don’t have to pay for the externalities so it’s often cheaper to build new things instead of recycling, but if that shifted we’d see a lot more capacity arise.