Hey, @LexYeen ... I, ah, I saw this and thought of tauryeenas.

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I looked up the specs on a replacement pack for the lead-acid batteries to swap in for the dead cells in the Flatline's UPS. Trying to find 12V12Ah units has been a wash locally - higher or lower, sure, but the form factor hasn't matched. I can match the size with a lower ampere-hour rating, but that will affect runtime.

If, that is, APC is telling me the truth...

I grew suspicious of the posted specs, and peeled the APC OEM labels off the batteries that came with the units.

Well, wouldja look at that. Huh. 7.2Ah.

Think I'll buy another two 9Ah units of the same physical dimensions to add to the first two I picked up for testing and call it an 'upgrade'. >.<

Aha. A recurring issue with the hot end: throat failure. I suspect the head of being clogged as well, which is odd given a number of factors.

Time to consider some variant parts and build options.

Had to break out new filament - that nice pink PLA started globbing and stringing. We had some very humid days - one reason I want to relocate the printer and feedstock to the basement, the ac works much better there. I suspect the pink reel - and anything else currently open to the air - has absorbed moisure and will need baking before being usable again.

But the purple was still vacbagged with dessicant. Attached photo: 3d printed two-side air duct for printer fan.

The buns have left. The nest is empty: the fur is scattered, the shallow is cool, the soil is bare. Another brood has joined the race.

Rabbits perfected rapid prototyping some time ago: by now this iteration is testing their adaptations in the real world, dispersing to novel environments, and passing on what they learn.

There is no 'end'. No 'goal', no 'over'. Cycles, patterns, seasons. Parts to play, roles to fulfill, learning to share.

We are all part.

And we have pink. Nice even flow, no oversplurt from the junction at the nozzle/throat interface in the heaterblock. Making up a mounting block to move the filament driver off the carriage, then a few more pieces to go to a Bowden-style head - tired of having to dismantle this one for filament changes.

It's Pride Month, I should order some purple and blue to go with the pink and do some three-hue bi-colour prints. n.n

New throat, new (slightly smaller) block, new nozzle: old heating element and thermistor, because they work and if it ain't broke, etc. Rewound the hot lines with Kapton. I'll need to run a few calibration checks to see how the smaller heater block behaves.

*sigh* They're so pretty before they start regular use.

The nest of bunnies, hidden below a planter in our back yard. Guessing they're about two, maybe two and a half weeks old now? Another week and they'll be leaving the nest, weaning, and running. Always running. A world of dangers.

But for just this moment, a gift. Full tummies, warmth, closeness, family, safety. Security.

Jackalope Mother watch over them.

Canada has released two permanent stamps celebrating the full cybernization of the last hives of the rusty patched bumblebee and the metallic green sweatbee. The Task Switcher reminds us on this joyous occasion that "much as it is amongst larger work units, while flesh is fleeting, The Hive is Eternal; Our Work is Never Over."

The honey is no less sweet, and slightly higher in iron and chrome content. :)