Garage Door Opener Remotes do NOT like Freezing Temperatures!

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Moshe ben David said: ↑
Yeah, I think the battery has worn down. And I recognize that if it were a wireless keypad it would be just as susceptible to the weather so I doubt I’d want to go that route.
For anecdotal data, I live in a very harsh climate and my wireless keypad is going strong about ten years after installation.

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Same here. I would add that most wireless keypads use a 9v (rectangular) battery and those are available in lithium versions, which have a long life and are less susceptible to sub-freezing temps.

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Anyone use an ARC lighter? What do you think of them?

From Weylan

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I’ve seen them, but I’ve never used one personally. I have some doubts that such a small arc would be of much use, but I could be wrong.

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I agree, the say ARC lighters start 4 packs of cigarettes, which could be easily a weeks Worth of fires, that can be charged by a small solar cell. Also a alcohol stove doesn’t take much of a spark to get it going but I worry that it won’t be enough flame as well. I don’t know any smokers so I don’t know if anybody’s tried one yet, but I like to keep the hair on my arm. And you know those smokers, they’ll try anything. Grin. But really, if they have one maybe we can get somebody to try it. I’d like to know before I fork some money to get it. It looks practical. Many of the alcohol stoves don’t take much to get them going. That’s why I ask.

I don’t see it being much different than the small piezo igniters that start some of our other fires. So even the other stoves like the one in my kitchen that starts the gas stove. Start with a pretty small flame.

From Weylan

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One of my customers had one, if we’re talking about the same purple spark type lighter.
While it’s cool looking, it’s not very strong, like a true flame.

Once technology is better and they make them stronger, I’d probably keep one. They could double as a stun gun.

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I just added an Arc lighter to my EDC, having seen Big Clive doing a teardown on YouTube (Link is here!) I’d dabbled with trying to build an arc speaker in the past and I’d wanted to add a decent lighter to my kit for a while so why not? Since you can buy a respectable model on eBay for under £7 including postage I decided it was worth it even if it turned out to be poorly constructed. As it turns out, it’s not bad at all. The arc is about 5mm long. I haven’t run the battery all the way down but it’s already lasted longer than the fuel in a classic zippo if you don’t use it. It charges via a standard USB Micro socket in the base and the cables for that are ubiquitous. USB sockets, even if they only have a 100mA output are incredibly common nowadays and a lot of people carry power banks. I’ve asked a couple of friends who smoke to try lighting cigarettes with it and they said the experience was fine. I’ve ignited paper with no difficulty (and I suspect dry grass would be much the same.

The two, main downsides to the unit are: The lack of a flame – sometimes you just want a flame rather than an ignition source, and the risks if using it when wet. If the lighter’s wet and your hand’s wet then you could get a slight shock. Not a dangerous one, but a shock nonetheless.

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone, and I am looking for a decent power bank for this phone.

Samsungs are different when it comes to power banks (different than any other phone). Most will quit charging when the phone goes to sleep. There are thousands of posts out there on the Internet about this. From what I read, very few power banks will work with this phone. I was given two different power banks at a trade show and neither of them worked at all. I’d like to buy one, but I’m wondering what ones REALLY work (?)

Here’s what I know so far….

– The Galaxy’s must have at least 5+ volt input (or they won’t charge), ideally 5.4 volts
– They must have at least 1.5 amps (and I read more like 2.2+ amps is ideal…most power banks are 2.1)
– The power pack must be larger than 3600 mAh (otherwise the phone charges the battery, not the other way)

So what power bank will truly work with this phone?

I’m looking at a 20,000 mAh battery which charges at 2.5A at 5.4 volts, but it ain’t cheap (understatement of the month). It’s over $100 bucks, but I don’t want to buy something I can’t use.

Anyone have any advice? Samsung Galaxy advice (because these phones are NOT an iPhone!)

NOTE…NOT looking for iPhone advice (no matter what version). Completely different charging system.

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Mu gfs sgs6 goes with 10k maph vakoss powerbank without aby problem. But i dont know if you can get It where you live. We live in Poland. Bedises thaht Company,look out for dedicated Samsung 5200 maph powerbanks (with fast charge) Or anything from anker-great company.
Cheers:)

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I have a “CasePower XL powerbooster” for my Samsung Galaxy S5 that I am quite happy with. It has a 1A and a 2.1A out. I use the 2.1A out. It’s 8000 mah and about the same width and thickness as the phone (with samsung flip case). It’s about one cm higher than the phone. I think I paid between 65-75 EUR for it in a local store.

I think the model is not in production any more, but they have newer models on their site (case-power dot com).
I am not affiliated. I’m just a happy user.

I googled around and you can still find them online, but the price seems very high. Maybe you’re better off with the newer models (recent technology, newer batteries,…).
CASEPOWER 5700=> output 5V/2.1A (49.90 $ available in webshop on the site)

CASEPOWER 8500 => output 5V/2.4A (DUAL) (59.90 $ sold out in webshop on the site – but I could find them on other sites online)

CASEPOWER 14200 => output 5V/3.1A (TRIPLE) (79.90$ sold out in webshop on the site- but I could find them on other sites online)

the smaller ones (2600 & 3700) only have an output of 1.5A, so I think it might not be suitable.

I hope this helps.

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DCBman said: ↑
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– The power pack must be larger than 3600 mAh (otherwise the phone charges the battery, not the other way)
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Wait what? Who told you that? Capacity hasn’t got anything to do with this and also that’s not how USB works…. either you use a regular usb cable that provides power, or you use an otg cable that tells the phone to deliver the power instead….

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I EDC a 14000 mah UNU Enerpak Extreme that I picked up for cheap on a daily deal thing from one of the office supply chain websites. My S5 never had any problems charging from it awake, asleep, or just groggy:D. I’d hadn’t even heard about that problem until now. But, to be honest, since most of the issues I had were with Samsung and Verizon’s software (hence the new Nexus), I wasn’t looking either.

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I EDC a small Anker power bank with enough juice for about a full phone charge. My wife and I both have Samsung phones and it works fine.

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I’ve been using a Lepow Moonstone for over a year, it’s worked great the whole time.

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Wirecutter does a great job testing tons of battery packs on the market. They continually update as technology advances. They have an electrical engineer that does extensive testing of the power output and several other aspects of the battery packs. Check the article out by googling “wirecutter usb battery” since EDC forums won’t allow me to post the link.

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