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    Deep cleaning a Delonghi La Specialista, how often is realistic?

    What people dont talk about is the grinder on the machine. While you can deep clean the rest of the machine all day long, if the grinder is full of grounds and fines your shots will never taste as good as they could. I typically remove the grinder burrs every couple months to clean them out. For...
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    Basmati in an Aroma cooker, anyone else just use the White Rice setting?

    50 minutes is misleading as it includes the resting period. Cook time is ~25 minutes. Remaining period is for the rice cooker to keep the rice warm which is when the rice grains actually firm up. If you open the lid it’ll ruin the rice as it will loose the steam that hold the rice grains together.
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    White rice in a Crockpot Mini, anyone actually tried it?

    I disagree that crockpots minis arent designed for cooking rice. The low setting comes to around 190-200F which I find to be plenty to cook rice properly. It’s not supposed to just warm food, right?
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    White rice in a Crockpot Mini, anyone actually tried it?

    I’ve ran this exact recipe in my Mini crockpot for rice maybe 50 or more times. I’ve found the standard 1:1.5 ratio to be too wet for rice, and 1:1.25 works better. I must rinse the rice prior to add to the crockpot, or else the rice will stick to the inner pot (when I skipped it once!). A light...
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    Cuisinart ice cream maker not freezing, usually one of three things?

    is -18 really the magic number or is that just because thats the standard freezer spec? like would -22 actually freeze it faster or does the bowl have a floor on how cold the solution get?
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    DeLonghi infuser stuck when machine is killed at the main switch?

    understood, the drive gear for the brew group is plastic so you want to avoid shredding it any further.
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    Cuisinart ice cream maker not freezing, usually one of three things?

    wait so does shaking it actually damage anything or is it just a check? like can you hear partial slosh and still get away with churning a thinner mix?
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    Common Cuisinart ice cream maker issues, what to actually check

    the u shaped screw is security/tamper resistant, you can usually grind a flat screwdriver to fit or just use needle nose pliers if it's not torqued down hard. Ifixit sell a kit with the bit too for like 15 bucks.
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    Getting into a Kenwood food processor base, anything tricky?

    plenty of small appliance have that one sneaky screw under a rubber foot or sticker, yep and kenwood is one of em. Always always peel the feet
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    What each pin actually does on a B&D 20V pack

    Yes people do this all the time when testing the battery. Connect the power supply to the +/- terminals on the pack and drop a resistor on the ID pin. Also short the TH pin to ground through another 10k and the tool will fire right up.
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    Anyone know how Bluetooth actually works on NordicTrack treadmills?

    interesting. So you'd be able MITM the ifit protocol and impersonate the app but no audio would be unlocked. That tracks with what you said above. Thanks.
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    Running just one basket on the Ninja Foodi dual zone, what's the actual sequence?

    yep this is right. The only annoying part is if you forget to hit 1 or 2 first it just kinda sits there blinking at you
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    DeLonghi infuser stuck when machine is killed at the main switch?

    alot of people just dont realise the front button is not the power button but the controller signal to the machine to initiate the park routine. Its like yanking the power cord out of a computer that is in the middle of writing a file.
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    Cracked open my Craftsman 20V pack, here's what each pin does

    I have. On the 2Ah and 4Ah batteries that I have open, the resistance is different on each battery. So, capacity of the battery is encoded in the value of this resistor. Tolerance seems to be rather loose though. I swapped in a 1% resistance value resistor of close to the same resistance as the...
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    Anyone know how Bluetooth actually works on NordicTrack treadmills?

    Has anyone tried sniffing the BLE traffic with something like nRF Connect to see if the console is advertising A2DP support for bluetooth audio streaming? Would be a fun weekend project.
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    Cracked open my Craftsman 20V pack, here's what each pin does

    The ID line on most of these knockoff tier battery packs is just a resistor to ground. Usually a 10k or 22k resistor. The tool read the value of this resistor to decide if your using a genuine tool and battery pack. Since Craftsman tools is mostly just rebadged Stanley and B&D tools under the...
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    All electric heat pump house!

    Mind if you tell us how much the whole thing costs? In my research, long-term usage can make up for the expensive upfront cost, is that true?
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    Is mini split okay for cooling 900 sq. ft.?

    I could vouch for mini-splits all day because I have just purchased one and it would never be the same again! 😁What can I say? Efficient, quiet, cools really well. Yeah, that sums it all up. Cost $4,200 on the installation, so what? If my energy bill has a noticeable drop, then it’s all good! 😁
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    Any advice between gas and electric heaters?

    Use a sweater, or even electric blankets, or some hot water bottle or whatever. Keep this inside of your room and you’ll save more than enough, trust me! HAHA! This advice is for a stingy person like me 🤣😂🤣😂
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    Any advice between gas and electric heaters?

    Make sure that you don’t have any leaks in your insulation to avoid any unnecessary waste of energy. If you have a leakage, I think its better to use electric instead of gas.