u/Serendipity-4-real

Cuban here in the middle of an energetic crisis. My Vtoman flashspeed started bugging like this (depletes completely when battery displays it's at 20-25% charge). In Cuba these powerstations are expensive, bought it a year ago, and want to make it last for as much as possible, so any advice it's greatly appreciated.

Possible issues:

-T > 30°C up to 39°C (I know this affects cell durability, like it halfs its life for every 5°C increase over 30). Any 3rd world advice to compensate when facing daily 18-24hs power outs, so hard to keep in a cool environment. I turn on an electric fan when charging it, but don't know how much it helps. Is it too much if I to put frozen bottles next to my power station just to lower the surrounding temp? JK... Or am I? I'm despaired for solutions...

-The inner fan turns off at around 80% charge when charging (never happened before, is it normal?).

-Dad keeps charging it up to 100% (even though I tell him to keep it up to 90%). Understandable when charging the backup battery (only charges after power station reaches 100%), but risky as a daily choice when extra battery is charged.

-We have a 400W solar panel we use when necessary (is it better to charge the power station at regular temp >30°C at 400W for 4hs, or charge it at 1500W for 1-2hs with an electric fan at ~30C or AC at 24°C?)

-Voltage (we can't really regulate voltage, should I get a multimeter to be safe although it won't help due to voltage alterations when he power just randomly goes off?).

-It's a 12 caliber cable wired outlet (20A, 120V, 2400W) good enough to charge my 1500W power station without issues? Would it be too risky to push it a little closer with a 14 caliber cable wired outlet (15A, 120V, 1800W)? I think I need a 20% extra to make sure there are not issues, so 1800 should cut it or does practice differ from theory? We have AC on the bedrooms (can charge with regulated temp) but just want to be sure it won't overload/burn the wiring on my apartment...

Sorry if my questions seem dumb, I'm new to this and just do basic DIY electricity work (which means I try my luck, and each time it works I do a little victory dance and praise the electricity gods...).

Also, if you don't know or don't have time to answer, do you recommend any good lecture to deeply understand this? Thank you.

My mom made a cake for mother's day. I was going to order a brownie-cake (her favourite), but she surprised me baking one herself. She loves cooking, and loves being praised for it (which I find endearing, because she really tries her best and the outcome it's usually amazing). She kept me away from the kitchen while she was "experimenting", and the result really smelled great (I even tried one, and it was de-li-cious!). I was praising her creation, while helping her cleaning, and then I noticed there was a broken glass container with a bit of melted chocolate in the trash. Concerned, I asked if she was allright or if she hurt herself, since she gets anxious in the kitchen trying to do too much and sometimes hurts herself without paying attention.

She said "oh, it's fine, it broke in the microwave, I didn't cut myself, and I scrapped everything so nothing was to waste". That shocked me. "You scrapped everything from the shattered glass?", I asked again. She got startled, as if she got caught saying something she didn't intend to say. "Oh, no...", she tried to minimize and change the subject, but after a little push, she went "well, yes, but don't worry, I checked carefully, I doubt there is any in there". She said so like it was a matter of fact that she could know without doubt if there was any bit of broken glass in a big blob of melted chocolate... Now, I didn't want to make her feel bad after all her hard work, so I just said "could you explain me how you did it, just to be certain it is safe?". This made her go defensive mode, and she just started complaining why I didn't trust her, refused to elaborate how she managed to "scrap it all safely", and threatened me with throwing it all away. I kept trying to talk to her (she sometimes gets really defensive when she believes someone is blaming her, so I try to be patient), trying to find middle ground between "either trust me or throw it all away", but I must admit the more she kept blaming me for not trusting her instead of actually talking to be certain of the risks involved, I lost my patience and told her "do wathever you want, throw it all away if you want!" and just left her.

Now I feel bad, because I didn't want to have an argument with her the day before mother's day, but I also feel like my trust was violated in the sense she was willing to risk her family's life out of pride, and the more I thought about it the angrier and sadder I got, because I had a piece and I could have hurt myself, like how could she hide that risk from me, from her family? Would she even have told me if I didn't find out? So now I'm crying, while trying to organize my mind and think clearly, looking for a way to talk to her on Monday, because she is the type of person that would go "either you are with me or against me", never middle ground. I love her, I don't want to ruin her day, but she is adamant she wants to serve this on Mother's day. Would I be the AH if I asked her please just to remove the filling? Would that even be safe enough for everyone or is there still risk a bit of glass remains? I don't know how to address this without hurting her feelings that doesn't involve me risking swallowing shards of glass.

Edit: Already found someone! Thanks to the internet strangers that tried to help -several people offered space in their luggage-, I already found someone traveling from Italy in June that will bring me the meds! Thanks to everyone that reached so fast! You can still have faith in humanity!

Original post:

I'm looking for someone traveling to Havana, Cuba from Italy, to bring a medicine I need (tamoxifen, for breast cancer). A family member in Italy offered to help buying the med, but they don't have anyone to send it with (and we don't wanna risk it getting lost or delayed for months). Will pay for your troubles bringing the med, and we can coordinate a pick-up date (please, only during daylight time).

If you are not traveling from Italy, but are traveling to Cuba from Europe, and think you can help getting it at your local pharmacy, I will gladly pay for the med and your troubles (only from official sources, already had 2 scary incidents with counterfeit imported drugs, so many people are willing to risk others lives to make a dollar). I CAN NOT AFFORD USA PRICES (but I bet most people can understand this knowing the American healthcare system).

Thank you for reading.

PS: if you know anyone who sells this medicine in Cuba FROM TRUSTED OFFICIAL SOURCES from Europe, please let me know. If you send me to a counterfeit drugs seller, my ghost will hunt you, your children and your pets for eternity (no mercy 😃). Thank you!