u/Gypsyzzzz

I’m eventually going to build a Rasberry Pi security system. I’m reading and researching but I have a question about rechargeable batteries. Can I pull the batteries out of things like a portable fan that is broken and no longer safe to operate for use with Rasberry pi things? Assuming amps, volts, watts and whatever are sufficient?

I’ve been told I can’t just pull the eink screen from my kindle or reuse the camera parts from the old Blink system because of proprietary firmware issues. Do batteries have the same concerns?

ETA: Of course I should do research on how the batteries work before putting them into use. My concern is if the time will be well spent or if it is a fools errand.

Just to clarify, the broken fan has a great battery but the fan casing is broken, exposing the blades.

I used to do this frequently for note-taking. With the new Outlook, printing options are limited. So are many other options but that’s for a separate discussion. I’m wondering if there is a workaround for this. I know that the data can be imported to OneNote (sometimes) but I just want a PDF that I can annotate.

Also, it would be cool to be able to print a monthly and weekly schedule with the event titles wrapping instead of truncating.

I cannot export a calendar and I tried emailing an event but I could not open the resulting file.

Side note: This is my work computer. When I say it can’t be done, I probably mean ITS locked that feature. Also, sometimes I need a printed copy for various reasons.

Any suggestions?