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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 12 2025 - I Could Stand a Little Harder Vibration
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On this show, I play a song from Macka Diamond; goodbye Todd Cochrane; the Ryobi lawnmower both has new LiFePO4 batteries and is mowing lawns; I learned more than I want to about float voltages, battery chemistry and discharging curves; I bit the bullet and bought the factory blade controllers; I installed a power monitoring switch to keep statistics and immediately got confused between 120V and 48V; I used Home Assistant and a Zigbee switch to cobble together a more resilient wifi network; the Home Assistant ZWA-2 is in my house and talking to the mailbox motion sensor; if my lawnmower charger is on a smart switch, why not turn it off in peak electricity hours? I got the calendar based automation working first time, a new personal best; my Galaxy watch died; the Amaztim T3 Ultra is much cheaper and almost suited my needs.
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Macka Diamond's song "Done A Ready" at YouTube Music
RIP Todd Cochrane
54-46 Reggae show on WREK Atlanta
The definitive post on converting Ryobi lawnmowers to LiFePO4 batteries
The LiFePO4 batteries I bought
The charger I bought
The VESC that I failed to get working
Zooz
Home Assistant Podcast
Home Assistant ZWA-2 Z-Wave Controller
The cheap smart watch I almost kept
The cheaper than current Galaxy watch I did keep
My nerd persona Mastodon account
My science fiction persona Mastodon account
