u/CosmicKarmageddon

The FNX, the FNP, it's replacing, and the 502 that'll be cheaper to train with (.22 can not pictured).

https://www.reddit.com/r/askHVAC/comments/1vmzpkh/this_filter_is_four_days_old_whats_wrong_with_my/

Pic one is a side by side of the four day old filter and a new, unused filter from the same pack.

Pictures 2 and 3 are front and back of the four day old used filter.

Pictures 4 and 5 are front and back of the vent cover on the return.

Picture 6 is another photo of an unused filter.

Pictures 7 and 8 are of the filter in the return, and what the return duct itself looks like.

A follow up to my previous post ( https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/comments/1vjf0nn/does_my_hvac_filter_look_like_this_due_to_july/ ) where I was led to believe my filter looked like this as a result of wildfire smoke in the area.

This is how the filter looked four days after replacing it.

I'm gonna call my HVAC tech tomorrow, but what should I expect to be told/what sort of repairs and mitigation should I anticipate?​

Edit: as I mentioned in a comment below, one of my housemates has burned a single candle for one hour at a time twice since this filter was replaced. This looks like way more soot than that amount of burning should cause. Is mold a likely alternative explanation?

I was very disappointed to learn that of the four mags that came with my new to me FNX 45 Tactical, two of them are Pro Mags.

While I hate the idea of spending $50 (or $55 for FDE) to add two rounds of capacity, I'm willing to do it to turn an unreliable mag into a reliable one.

Granted, I haven't used these magazines yet, but given my experience with other Pro Mags, their reputation for unreliability is deserved.

So, if I'm replacing the base pad and spring, leaving only the mag body and follower as Pro Mag components, am I going to have a more reliable magazine? I expect so.

Is it just putting lipstick on a pig?

The mag on the left in the first three pictures IS an HK45 magazine, but the one on the right is one of two I bought on Gunbroker that were both advertised as HK45, but do not fit it and is noticeably wider.

Is it a USP45 magazine? They both have witness holes for ten rounds, are marked .45, and besides that only have "patent pending" and "US Pat 5 568 696" marked on them.

I don't have a USP yet, but I guess now I have a reason to get one sooner (except I don't want 10 rounders for them) 😅.

I've been out of town, and it's been a couple months since I last changed my filter (the Nest reminders were turned off for some reason after having that alert enabled for years 😡).

Anyway, is this grotesquerie the result of recent air quality? Mold? Just the fact that it was unchanged for several months?

I have two HVAC systems in my house, and the other one didn't look half this bad, which has me worried about air quality upstairs where this return is located.

I went to pickup my HK45 Tactical, and they told me about an SP5 that had just been dropped off that morning for consignment. Unfired, with one of every spare part imaginable included. At least $700 worth of extras, all for $3,500. Now to buy a brace and a can. And mags. Lots of mags. Family photo in the shop with the .45.

Edit: comments have immediately clarified some glaring problems with the idea that I hadn't considered. I fully understand why this is a terrible idea.

TL;DR: just what the title says.

I dive with a Galileo HUD and my old Galileo Luna as a backup, with air integration to both using a single transmitter.

(As an aside, while the HUD is not necessary by any stretch, I love it.)

I don't have a separate SPG because I like having my gear as streamlined as possible (same reason I use an AIR2 instead of a traditional octo).

The transmitter represents a single point of failure, and I'm looking at adding analog redundancy as I consider becoming self reliant diver certified.

I still don't want an SPG hanging off my kit, even if clipped or tucked into my BCD, so I'm looking for what I mentioned above: a low profile analog gauge that I can clip to my regulator, and fold it out of the way unless I need to check it.

To address comments I've seen made before whenever HUDs come up: I'm perfectly capable of using my wrist mounted computer or console mounted gauge to monitor my air, depth, etc, but I absolutely love having that info conveniently within my line of sight whenever I want to see it while keeping my hands free.​

Here's the link to the MD handgun roster board.

https://mdsp.maryland.gov/about-us/handgun-roster-board

Can anyone tell me where on that page there's a link to the roster? Because I sure as fuck can never find it, and Googling doesn't pop up a link to it.

Here's the roster that *does* pop up as the second hit on Google, and as far as I can tell it's legit and official, but why in the ever loving fuck isn't there a prominent link to it from the official website?

https://dlslibrary.state.md.us/publications/Exec/MDSP/PS5-405(a)_2024(1).pdf

Incompetence or malice, I don't care which, it pisses me off every time I try and check the roster.