Recent content by Nik_2213

Perhaps check out 'Wet Bulb' vs 'Dry Bulb' temperatures in addition to 'Wind Chill' ? FWIW, during thankfully rare UK heat-waves that coincided with Saharan dust incursions and dire pollen-count 'Spikes', only desk and wall-hung fans, plus big 'Air Mover' stirring stair-well, kept my wife and I...

IMHO, there is a further issue: Is this a 'brushed' DC motor ?? Such are notoriously 'Noisy' tech. Been a while since I did hobby robotics, but brushed motors were the domestic equivalent of 'Spark Gap' transmitters. They needed close-coupled, over-rated, back-to-back Zeners, warily-rated...

FWIW, there is a wandering inter-stellar population of genuine 'Rogue Planets'. IIRC, some were probably tossed 'wild & wide' when their host star 'evolved' off main-sequence. Some probably came via the 'Brown Dwarf' route, perhaps not accreting to full size. Almost certainly, some were ejected...

Wiki, YMMV, has... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars This includes prior and pending passes... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz%27s_Star This mini-binary came close enough ~70ky ago to disturb Sol's Oort cloud. But, IIRC, such objects need another million years or so to...

Um, this *is* the tamper-trapped 'Covenant' Ark, with historical provenance, rather than the 'Noachian' absurdity ? The latter mega-hyped from Gilgamesh river-flood reportage ?? Two thoughts: If you dig into the electro-chemistry, you'll find it is as easy to use a primitive battery to...

If the 'Baghdad Battery' was used for electrolytic acceleration of acid-leaching, comparable to the Incas' acidic Andes streams, rather than a gold-plating system, then a 'Voltaic Pile' might follow. Given the 'Angelic Ark' was claimed to be a hefty whatsit, it could readily accommodate enough...

I suspect it correlates with majority of cycles now being cool 'eco-washes'.. IIRC, everything except 'fragile' used to run on a 'hot' wash. Such attrition seemed to keep the dreaded bio-film at bay. Now, 30ºC eco-wash is routine --And effective !!-- with 'hot' washes reserved for 'Heavy Soil'...

I had an extended battle with black mould both in and behind our front-loader's detergent / softener tray. Unfortunately, a family member kept banging knee on drum's ajar door, would slam it shut.. And, without that minimal air circulation, mould set in..... There is usually a covert latch or...

Please DO NOT dispose of that lead-doped glass such that recycling *might* mix it with food-grade feedstock. Yes, yes, considerable dilution should occur, but the popularity of 'flat screens' means fragmented 'legacy' lead-fronted 'Bottles' may be over-looked...

Not necessarily. Don't forget some 'big' guns use 'bagged' charges. Technically, case-less... A magazine may include a small can of 'coolant' to better flush breech. Barrel heating is a bane of repeated firing, but a limited 'kick-charge' would mitigate that... Also see...

I gave ' Expansionist Imperial' antagonists in a story-arc 'Hybrid Rocket Guns'. Down-side of 'trad' rocket guns is slow exit from barrel. The 'Gyrojet' lacked lethality at short range. And, when it 'got going', was sub-optimally accurate due aiming / spin issues. Reloading required external...

Life World Most galactic species call the Terrans 'Death Worlders', for the myriad ways their home planet will kill you. A few, wiser, call that planet a 'Life World' {Spit_!!}, and shun Sol System as if about to go 'nova'. Consider how Terrans' mites, ants and roaches seem immune to most...

I'll not say 'DO NOT !!' but, IMHO, putting such electro-dissimilar metals into proximity is a very poor idea. IIRC, there are stiff-ish 'potable' grade polymer laminate pipe types which would side-step issues..

Note metal Cam lock dowels may even be double-ended, for joining panels end-on. A range of lengths available... Discovered such when needed to 'Frankenstein' two flat-pack kitchen units as '50' + '40' cm, when range did not include a '90' cm and '100' cm would be 'Just Too Long'... Yes...

Sorry, my Google-Fu cannot find any' reference... Silicon has stable isotopes '28' ~92%, '29' ~5% and '30' ~3%. Oxygen has stable isotope '16' at >99 %, so effectively mono-isotopic. Do the three Si isotopes have significant effect on melting point etc of their silica SiO2 ?? For a...