u/brown_bear64

It's time for a projector upgrade my friends! I'm in the market!

Would like the projector to be more on the cinematic focused but still good with video games. The seating distance is about 10'-15' away from the wall. Picture for reference.

Id probably put my cap at $2,000. Not planning to purchase right away, just planning for the (near) future 🤣 thanks in advanced guys!

Removed MF and wax, put wax back in and poured in some distilled water with the old fluid and turned lamp on. Wax melted but seemed to be trapped under hard layer of wax on top. Lifted the bottle to see under the layer and it looks like it might be sticking to the side of the bottle. Is there anyway I could just add surf to the MF instead of draining and recoating

I'm trying to get this lid off, but this isn't like the lid of other bottles I have, there's no lip to get a flat head under it to begin the lifting process, any suggestions?? Should I replace it with a bottle cap lid after removal?

Going to begin gathering items and such to remedy these bubbles I have in the wax.

I was also wondering what I need to make the bottle more clear

And what about making the wax more gooey? I heard about surfactant, but is it that herbicide stuff? Or is it something else?

Any tips and items needed for this lamp refresh would be very much appreciated! Thank you!!

Look no further, the Bluetti Charge 1!

I know where I'm at just hear a man out, I've spent about two months researching chargers/inverters to charge my Jackerys (x2 1000v2, and x1 explorer 300). Yes I could go the cigarette lighter approach and charge one in the rear and one in the back seat, all at a whopping input of 36w each 🤣 by I wanted more power and reliability.

Started out with the idea of upgrading the inverter that's factory with my truck already, to be able to run 400w while the truck is in drive, but I've read too many car fire situations with them for me to try to give it a whirl. So I searched for DC to DC chargers and of course Jackerys came up. At first I was looking for something that also has a solar hook up so when the vehicle is off, it'll start drawing power to charge the jackery from the panels hooked up. The Jackery brand charger did not have these capabilities that I have read. The Bluetti Charge 2 became the apple of my eye. It does indeed have those capabilities. Further down the rabbit hole I decided to ditch the whole idea of the solar hookup. So that put three chargers in my view.

Bouge RV

Jackery Charger

Bluetti Charge 1 (not the 2)

Bouge RV: reviews stated it doesn't deliver the power promised, nor is there anyway to prevent car battery drain, also saw it gets pretty hot. Easy Pass.

Jackery Charger: No app support. Although this the most compatible, tis expensive, and not to mention large. It does though have an ACC cut off, more wires to run but you can leave the Jackery hooked up to it and it will not continue to drain the car battery. But did not see any way to create a splitter to charge multiple units at once. Also does not support the DC7909 Jackery models ( I have the 300 with the DC7909 connector. Pass.

Bluetti Charge 1: app support (woo!) can set voltage for safe charging of the Jackery. Also see what voltage my car battery is at and whether or not it's charging the stations. Does not have ACC cut off, but does come with a breaker to flip when not in use for an extended period of time to decrease chance of battery drain. Hardware within the charger cuts off when it senses the alternator is no longer delivering power so it will not continue to charge the station while it is turned off. The output side of the Bluetti is an MC4 connector. Which can be split, and with MC4 to DC7909-8020 connector, made this a no brainer, not to mention coming in at $218 made it the second most expensive charger next to the $260, with Bouge RV with least expensive at $189.

Also to note, that with the MC4 Connectors, if you do go with another the power station or helping someone charge theirs, they could use their charger with it as long as it has mc4 connectors.

I love my Bluetti Charge 1 and cannot recommend it enough. Installation was simple and straight forward. Working as advertised. Sometimes you don't have to be blindly brand loyal. Sometimes, the other brand just makes sense. Well enjoy my pics of the set up! Hopes this helps someone decide on what they want to go with to charge their stations!

Hey guys, I have an e46 Touring and it's running just fine I must add, but I am getting bored lol.

Curious on which swap I should go with. Options are:

S62

M62(TU)

S54

Not sure on which one to go with. I know I can get max power with the S62. But an S54 in that thing would look sweet but I don't want to shell out all that money for an S54 if I can get a S62. I guess what I'm asking is what would it entail to swap to an S62 or a M62. I have experience in motor swaps already. I just would like to know, what all needs to be replaced besides just the motor and most likely the trans ( it has a 5 speed manual in it currently). Chat me up, I just want to know where I should start really

PFA

Trying to trickle charge my Portable Power Units while engine is running. Tried plugging into the 400W inverter and it seems to shut off mid drive so that's not working for me. Looking more so a way to trickle charge the units while driving down the road. I have a Jackery 1000 I'd like to charge up when on the go in between campsites.

Wondering if there's an inverter I could upgrade the current one with and have that deliver power continuously to the unit. Honestly any help would be pretty dope. PFA