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🛠️ Jakiś czas temu miałem w wiejskiej #Naprawialnia baterię do elektronarzędzi Eko - pilarki i wiertarko-wkrętarki. Naprawa polegała na wymianie zepsutych i zużytych ogniw 18650 na nowe. Jak widzicie na zdjęciu 1, taka bateria zawiera 5 ogniw (jedno już wyjęte). W tym przypadku 1 było "zwarte" a 4 zużyte. Po testach okazało się, że "potrafią" jeszcze przechować około 2000 mAh. Do wykorzystania. Wymieniłem na 5 nowych ogniw Samsunga o pojemności 3500 mAh. Przy takiej naprawie trzeba przypilnować, w jakiej polaryzacji ogniwa były umieszczone pierwotnie. Po oderwaniu blaszek (delikatnie) i "rozklepaniu" ich, umieściłem nowe ogniwa i zgrzałem ponownie. Ponowne skręcenie obudowy, pomiar, i bateria gotowa. Sąsiad mówi, że pilarka tnie "mocniej" a wkrętarka działa dłużej. To prawdopodobnie dlatego, że fabrycznie umieszczane są słabe ogniwa o kiepskich parametrach (za to tanie). Jak widzicie, 18650 znajdują się w wielu urządzeniach, naprawa często nie jest skomplikowana, a zabawa w #DIY #repair #Reuse i #NoWaste świetna :) @diy

@xjasminelu@hci.social Happy to boost - it's definitely an area worth studying. Have you published anything (formal or not) about "Repair Cafes" and other popular movements to reduce e-waste / re-use "obsolete" electronics? #RepairCafe #reuse #EWaste

🚴 To jest rower, któremu nigdy nie skończy się prąd w akumulatorze. A nie jest to wcale rower elektryczny 😉 Akumulator, czyli powerbank #DIY o pojemności 15000mAh (na płytce odzyskanej ze zużytego) jest w tej kwadratowej puszce hermetycznej obok czerwonej sprężyny amortyzatora koła tylnego. Panel PV na torbach z tyłu, ten nieduży (8-10W) ładuje jego albo dodatkowy powerbank, gdy podstawowy jest pełen. Ma wyjście USB. Skończyły się problemy z doładowywaniem oświetlenia, telefonów, nawigacji, radia #Meshtastic, pompki czy co tam potrzeba. #Repair #Reuse #NoWaste #m0biOnBike

How #LibrariesOfThings build #resilience, fight #ClimateChange, and bring communities together by Tom Llewellyn April 17, 2019 Excerpt: "With climate-fueled disasters on the rise around the world, what role can tool libraries play in aiding community-led disaster response efforts? " #ToolLibraries can play a huge role in #ClimateResilience and helping communities bounce forward after a disaster, but to be most effective they need to be in place before disasters like super-storms, floods, wildfires, or earthquakes. "The tools, skills, and community that support a tool library can all be essential ingredients for rapid response and rebuilding. As we’ve seen after recent disasters, it can take weeks — or even months — for effective outside assistance to arrive, so the better-equipped communities are to help themselves, the better they will do after a disaster. Even if a tool library itself is damaged in a disaster, a redundant and reliable platform like #myTurn can help locate the tools that were checked out at the time of the disaster or items from other nearby tool libraries, so they can be put back into service quickly. "Even before a disaster happens, tool libraries can play a number of roles in disaster preparation. Some of the most popular tools at the #PhinneyToolLibrary like concrete drills, palm nailers, air compressors, reciprocating saws are often borrowed to be used for earthquake retrofits, and the Oakland Tool Library even has earthquake retrofit kits. The social cohesion that tool libraries fosters also helps build community resilience. "One final important, and often overlooked, benefit of tool libraries, #LibrariesOfThings, and other product sharing services is the large role they can play in reducing GHGs and climate risk in the first place. According to recent research by groups in Europe and the C40 Cities, consumer product consumption is the sector of the economy that has one of the, if not the, biggest environmental impact when taking into account resource extraction, manufacturing, and global supply chains, transportation, storage, use, and eventual disposal of products. "Beyond reducing the 'embodied' energy in products through #reuse, some organizations are using tool libraries to further advance energy efficiency. For example, the Smart Buildings Center, SDG&E, and CUNY Building Performance Lab all run energy efficiency tool libraries that help homeowners, professionals, and construction companies retrofit existing buildings to reduce their energy use. Using shared tools to reduce energy consumption is a win-win for people, economics, and the planet." Learn more: https://www.shareable.net/how-libraries-of-things-build-resilience-fight-climate-change-and-bring-communities-together/ #SolarPunkSunday #DisasterPreparedness #BorrowDontBuy #Resiliency #SharingEconomy #LibrariesRule !

The Town of Marana is working to expand its water reclamation facility in an effort to make sure its water system can keep up with the growing community. #Arizona #water #reclamation #reuse #wastewater #infrastructure

Scientists Pioneer Chemical Bath Method to Restore Aging EV Batteries Without Breaking Them Down What if instead of investing billions into battery recycling plants, you could simply take your aging electric vehicle battery back, give it a good scrub, and get all that lost range back? That’s near the mark of what Cornell University scientists have recently demonstrated, if a little editorialized. Indeed, the current foreseen solution to the […] The post Scientists Pioneer Chemical Bath Method to Restore Aging EV Batteries Without Breaking Them Down appeared first on Good News Network.

There is always a solution! This is our #ev charging at Springs Junction in Aotearoa /New Zealand. This is a tiny community in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The electricity grid here can’t support a fast charger. Those big blue boxes are the solution. They are battery packs made up of #repurposed Nissan Leaf batteries that are no longer fit for use in EVs. The battery packs are recharged overnight, using what electricity the grid can sustain. #reuse #recycle #sustainability

This Sunday, a new event series begins for anyone interested in vegan living, reuse, and small everyday acts of change. You do not need to be a Quaker to attend. Everyone is welcome. We will start with a shared brainstorm and explore, in the Quaker way, how individual choices can make a difference. 🕊️ Sunday 13 September 🕰️ 13:00–14:30 📍 Kväkargården, Kristinehovsgatan 6, Stockholm #Quakers #VeganStockholm #VeganSweden #PlantBased #Sustainability #Reuse #Stockholm #FriendsOnTheFediverse

🛠️ Kilka dni temu w #Naprawialnia pojawił się laptop HP ProBook z zepsutą baterią. Oczywiście można kupić nową, ale to trzeba zamówić, czekać na dostawę, zapłacić, no i co to za zabawa kupić nowe. Zwłaszcza że w większości przypadków wymiana ogniw 18650 robi robotę (w starszych modelach). Tak też było i tym razem. Z czterech ogniw w baterii dwa okazały się "zwarte", a dwa bardzo zużyte. Podstawa takiej naprawy to umiejętnie rozkleić plastikową obudowę by dała się z powrotem złożyć. Na 1 zdjęciu widać efekt po rozdzieleniu części obudowy. Następnie podważając "odrywam" zgrzane blaszki od ogniw. Wykorzystam je później. Po "wyprostowaniu" blaszek ustawiam sobie całość tak, by po zgrzaniu znów zmieściły się w obudowie i zgrzewam po kolei z nowymi ogniwami. Na koniec spasowanie i sklejenie obudowy. U mnie widać taśmę, bo nie byłem pewien czy zadziała i nie będę musiał rozbierać ponownie. I to wszystko, cała naprawa. Działa :) P.S. Użyłem ogniw z "odzysku", więc koszt naprawy minimalny. #DIY #Repair #Reuse #NoWaste #ZeroWaste

I just *rescued* a “free” new-looking crockpot from the day of rain. Some neighbor on our street left it on the sidewalk for someone to take it. Now we have to find a space for it in the kitchen, but I’ve been thinking about buying one for a long time. Hopefully it will work once it completely dries out. 🤞 I just hate shiny useful things going into the landfill. ♻️ #reuse #RainyDay

Recycling company that persuaded wine companies to use reusable bottles gets grant to expand They have got a grant to make a larger facility in Lodi, CA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNAGni5Ak8 #Wine #Reuse #Oregon #California

I'm old enough that I experienced glass soda bottles being a regular thing to return to the store to get the deposit back. But according to this report, wine buyers need to be trained to not recycle this bottle, but to bring it back to the store (there's no deposit return, apparently, but they get "points" at the grocery store). #Wine #Reuse #Oregon

Nie wyjmował*ś z portu USB-C smartfonu sąsiada, pęsetą, takich rzeczy jak ja. Nie jesteśmy tacy sami 😉 #DIY #Naprawialnia #Repair #Reuse #ZeroWaste #NoWaste

Linux microblog update: ProxMox (or maybe my network hardware) does not like when I swap harddrives onto different motherboards (and therefore different ethernet cards with new MAC addresses.) I do this anyway because used old Dell Optiplexes tend to be... used...and old, and it can be a bit...dynamic...adding additonal storage to them. Luckily reinstalling a ProxMox node from my USB key is quick, and now the node thinks it was born with this motherboard and ethernet card. #linux #microblog #proxmox #dell #optiplex #reduce #reuse #recycle

Time to refresh the home lab NAS since I don't think HDD prices are getting better anytime soon and my current NAS is 6 or 7 years old. I found some used disks for $25/TB which, at current rates, is pretty good. This also lets me move away from Synology and I'm probably going with TrueNAS this time around with new hardware for the primary system. #homelab #nas #truenas #synology #hardware #hdd #reuse

Wir sind sehr unzufrieden mit unserer touchbasierten Batterie-Küchenwage. Es ist ein Graus. Bei Inaktivität geht das Ding aus. Wie soll man so arbeiten. Also haben wir unser Leid heute mit dem Erwerb einer gebrauchten mechanischen Waage beendet. Und das Beste, die hält auch noch 100 Jahre. Pech für Merz. Die Aktion erzeugt kein BIP. Dafür aber die Kaffee im Bildhintergrund. #goodnews #Berlin #kiel #reuse

Okay #DIY and #solar folks. I have a hairbrained idea to re-purpose an old dishwasher circulation pump for a #garden pump to pair with my rainwater catchment system. But I'm a novice when it comes to #electricity and calculating loads. How would I even go about powering the pump once it's removed, and testing it to see how much power it draws so I know what kind of solar panel and battery I'd even need? #solarpunk #gardening #reuse

You've probably got an old phone gathering dust in a drawer somewhere. You meant to get it fixed. But repairing it was too expensive, too difficult, or simply impossible. That’s not an accident. Companies like Apple and Samsung profit when we don’t repair and buy new instead. While mountains of electronic waste continue to grow, we pay the price. Right now, the EU is working on a new law to tackle this mountain of waste. It's called the Circular Economy Act. Done right, it would mean products built to last, and repair that’s easy and affordable. But there's a problem. Right now, the plans are all about recycling, and almost nothing about repair and reuse. That suits the industry fine: they'd rather you give up on your old phone and buy a new one. We can still turn this around, the law is being written as we speak. But only if enough of us raise our voices now. https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05-circular-economy-petition-EN?akid=s8491484..vMeQmr #repair #reuse #repairReuseRecycle #environment

This scaffolding wood bench is a nice example of re-use. Friends of mine had these pieces of wool laying unused and asked me if I could do anything with them. Taking into account the size and the tools I had available a garden bench seemed the perfect solution. The connection between the legs and seat is a box joint, where the teeth are as wide as boards are thick. For extra stability I added a ledger, fixed with a through mortise and tenon. #reuse #upcycling #woodworking #gardenbench

Here's another good example of a new discovery based in part on the creative #reuse of #OpenData originally collected for another purpose. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-ai-formula-monster-years-worth.html FYI, here are some other examples I posted to #Twitter before I moved to #Mastodon. https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1311674846858956801 https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1276895850682290177 https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1475176450374479880 https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1572582203468677121 https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1505555934583697413