@bernhard8540 - thank you for pointing this out! I was excited to find an *easy* way to check for authenticity -- it sucks that it doesn't work 100% of the time. For now at least, the fraudsters haven't caught up with this feature.

@aleksandarl6975 - wow. This actually is starting to sound scary. Lithium cells are more prone to starting a fire, so we gotta tread lightly.

@@EagleNestFarm I ran across strangely lightweight Makita 12v Li-ion, it looked fake right away, very lightweight, collor a bit off, and the letering not quite right. It was very cheap so i bought it to check. When i took it apart it only had 1 pouch li-po cell inside, i guess high discharge current one, like used in chinese drones, and a circuit board that was both the BMS and raised output to 12v. The drill ran fine, but the battery was not even close to advertised capacity and got empty way faster then the 1yr old original one i had, wich was marked at about half of capacity of the fake one. Electronics inside was poorly made, flux residue everywhere, wires soldered like someone who had seen soldering iron for the 1st time in their life did it. Very unsafe, and was heating up quite a bit when charging.

@aleksandarl6975 - my goodness... It's good that you got some entertainment value out of that piece of junk, at least. And you knew exactly what you were looking at and how to handle it. But I feel bad for all the folks who are clueless to this and take things at face value.

​​@@EagleNestFarmFor only about 15$ It was a nice weekend fun to check out and mesure what it realy was that fraudsters came uo with, and i spent 2 days wondering how on earth is it worth to anyone to design and produce bunch of electronics just so that they can put 1 instead of 3 cells inside. They went trough all the trouble of making a case and everything, why not put normal batteries inside and sell it under their own brand as a cheaper replacement is beyod me. I can only hope that someone taking it at face value doesn't cause harm or damage by one of those clearly fraudelent batteries, and that only money lost for buying that junk accounts for all the damage.

@bernhard8540 - yep, you're right about this one!

@SnailHatan - naaah man, the fakers have gotten pretty good at printing by now 😕 ... You might get some visual cues if you have a fake side-by-side with a genuine, but if you only have a fake battery nothing stands out as obviously wrong.

Ha. Seriously.

Thank you so much for this note! You're 100% correct! I geeked out a bit more on this and found a more detailed video and pinned it above. It's weird that they didn't keep this diagnostic mode across all generations.

@@EagleNestFarm ya, i wish they did

Came here to say this. I wonder if country matters as well

@@hunterrick4 not sure, i don't think so though, just generation

That's funny :) They will eventually stop blinking, but it may seem a bit disconcerting how long it goes on...

​@EagleNestFarm imagine if it blinks so long that the battery needs to be recharged.

@@glen3925 lol

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Yep! Good observation. I notice that too, but only when side by side with a genuine battery.

Yeahhh, low quality parts in general. It's really frustrating when the brand new part you're installing ends up with a shorter lifespan than the worn out one you're taking out... 😖

Does nobody know what a deadblow hammer is? A deadblow and a socket is the perfect combination if you don't have a press of some kind.

@@Metal-Possum yeap thats an option if the bearing is small if u go a bearing the size of your head i dont think that will work brother me and my father own an olive oil factory we change all the bearings each season and trust this one on the video is small af

@Metal-Possum - I agree with you! A dead blow hammer and a socket work great. I don't have one in my workshop though, and I also don't have a 3 inch socket. This setup is what I use to get around that. Works well enough for me. Thanks for the note and take care!

@skidbot - wow - sounds like you're working with some big machines! That's really cool. It's interesting to learn about the people who end up watching my videos. Thank you for leaving a comment and take care!

@BorisBirkenbaum - yes, this is an expensive cut of meat... One package is enough to make ~8 trays of jerky though. So it does last a while.

@knicks252525 - I'm based in northern California. We're getting around 600 chill hours out here.

I'm glad it was helpful to you. And thank you so much for the feedback -- now I know!

You are probably grammatically correct, however many people say it either way. Same thing as po-tate-o and po-tot-o, or to-may-to and to-ma-to. One is correct and one is not, but people with different dialects pronounce it differently so it's right to them and that's ok

⁠@@nategrossman3006true true, I just wanted to point it out just to be helpful. I’ve just never heard anyone pronounce that word the way he did because.. The way how he pronounced it is actually how you would call the singer and artist Ginuwine, an American singer popular back in the 2000’s. 😊

It turns out that this particular fake had all torx. Really, really hard to distinguish visually.

@EagleNestFarm security ones with the pin in the middle though? I've seen fakes ones with normal torx but not security ones

Thanks so much for saying this! Take care and enjoy your day!

I use this locking mailbox for my USPS letters and a separate 2'x2'x'3' tote for packages. It has been working great so far!

I'm glad this was useful! Good luck with your sprinkler setup!

I'm glad it helped you out! Take care!

@seangordon88 - It took me *a long time* to get to, but this will be my next project :)

@@EagleNestFarm good stuff. I obtained the same mill in January. Fully electric 1994. I look forward to your videos.

@yaboi1347 - Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking a moment to leave me a note. Much appreciated. Cheers!

Good question. This is beyond my level of knowledge, unfortunately.

@theraid100 - The problem is not that I bought it online, but that it's a FAKE product, made to look like and sold under the Milwaukee brand in the US. I opened them up and the internal construction was nowhere near as protective as that of a genuine M18, and the 18650 battery cells inside are unbranded chinese cells, probaby running at around 10% of the capacity of the Samsung 25R that Genuine Milwaukee M18s use. Based on the # sold in the Ebay listings, thousands of people have purchased them without ever realizing that they are not genuine Milwaukee products.

@@EagleNestFarm Also there are countless videos online of people taking apart batteries from amazon along side legit brand name batteries .. The More YOU KNOW 🌈

Ah, yes. Dielectric Union. That's what I was forgetting about.

@HOHLfmly - the only way I know to prevent this is to use a PVC unions (or better yet - a dielectric union, as the other commenter mentioned) in-between the galvanized pipe to the brass valve. Usually you can get all the couplings to be the same type of metal, but specifically for check valves (one-way valves) , I've never seen them made of galvanized - only brass or pvc or stainless steel. If I were to do this now, I'd use PVC.

Glad it helped. Thanks for taking the time to let me know. Cheers!

Niiiiiice, love it. I'm glad it fixed your issue. Cheers!

It's a tradeoff of extra cost and weight vs extra durability. I can't argue against better durability, but I don't have the details on how much cost and weight it adds to the trailer, so you'd have to make your own decision. My trailer is the standard 12-gauge, because that's what they had in stock at the time. It works well for base rock and 1.5 inch gravel or smaller. For hauling Gabion rocks, I put a few sheets of plywood / OSB at the bottom so it doesn't get beat up and that helped a lot, just saw a couple small dimples after. I would have probably used plywood even with the 10 gauge walls/floor though. I wouldn't haul larger than gabion rocks in this trailer.

You're 100 percent correct. This is yet to sit in the fridge for more than 2 days before being eaten :) I actually add salt later, but the Kirkland "no-salt" spice is absolutely awesome for jerky. My impression is that commercial jerky is usually made from a lot cheaper cut of meat, and the sugar is used as a tenderizer + candy flavor. With a nicely marbled cut, you can get away without tenderizing it.

I guess they have been busy sitting and rusting up, rather than playing with live wires :) I'm actually surprised that Klein would make uninsulated lineman pliers. I guess it doesn't help with super high voltage, but still...

Yaaman!

Excellent! How could you tell? They looked very "universal" to me initially.

@EagleNestFarm it's the nose that gives it away

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Hahaha :)