That is true. I do wish it did do the resistance test too.

There would be a higher chance of more base metal impurity in any refinements when more metals are present at the time of Aqua Regia. Any steps used to pull contaminating metals free of precious metals prior to AR would help the gold be more pure... doing a few extra steps before the AR wash means less refinements overall to reach a target purity. In all of my videos, I pretty much do a single refinement. I always refine again when I combine batches, so I don't really focus too much in my videos about .999 purity. I eventually get my samples to that point. So in short, sure, more base metals mixing around in the AR would have a greater chance of precipitating out with the SMB. Copper "piggy backs" out in my reactions often enough that I have seen my share of "rose gold" which need at least 2 refinements before it looks pure again. Anything that can be done with cheaper acids to pull off base metals will help you save money while trying to make money.

I only had the multi-meter when I recorded this video. If I had an open circuit because of a shorted diode, I would have shown 0 volts. I was not checking for efficiency here, I was checking for viability. I was happy to see the volts were on par with what I expected.

Subbed ... I like your content. Very fun and clever. Thank you for your kind words. I have one to edit, and one to record this week... and tons of new ideas in the last few weeks. I will jump back on and release more stuff. Best of luck on your channel.

I have access to a local chemistry store. I can't get reagents or compounds through them, but I can get the hardware. Their prices are not great either... but I don't have to wait, I don't pay shipping ... not directly I guess. And finally, I was tired of glassware coming broken and I would have to reorder. Now I can pick it off a shelf and be done :). It is nice to have that massive one.

It is called Degaussing when you use a strong magnet to wipe or corrupt data from a drive. It is a popular approach in the movies. However, there are some problems with it. 1: It is not consistent. It may wipe part of the drive... which means you will have partial data still on the drive. 2: It is hard to verify that the data is truly destroyed if the MBR or index of the drive is damaged. This is really still #1 in my explanation, because again, this is a partial wipe, but you can't confirm it without recovery software to prove that you can no longer recover data. All because a drive does not register intact data blocks does not mean they can not be sniffed out using recovery software. 3: The true degaussing magnets require power usually. Electromagnetic tools are better then just any magnet sitting around. In short... my experience, and my opinion here ... it is easier to physically damage the drive or do the DoD wipes on the drive then to try Degaussing.

Interesting. You have given me an idea. Thank you :)

Happy it helped :)

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That sounds like a good upgrade :).

I will have to check out linseed. Machine and Gear oils are built for high temp. But yes, I would have needed to find a "stickier" oil. Thanks for the suggestion :)

I am sorry you are having trouble with your furnace/kiln. I like mine, but it is a bit small. I have don't love the programming interface. Good luck.

se puede uasr para ceramica

:) Thanks. I am thinking the next one I take apart, I should have my heat gun ready to help me take the chips off their boards better. I do regret "breaking" the M1 chip. I will have more chances eventually. Best luck on your laptops.

I will have to look into these stone. Do they rinze off well? :)

Hey! Thank you so much :) You totally just made my day.

It is one of the easiest ways to make a little money. Just be careful :)

It depends on the concentration of the aqueous solution. If there is a very low concentration, it "could" be just water vapor, but this is not likely, and there are great debates on that. Most likely, it is tiny aerosol particles of sodium hydroxide (Lye). The NaOH (again, Lye) can burn and irritate mucous membranes, eyes, and other sensitive areas of your face, lungs, and sinuses. Once used during World War II to help with high altitude breathing O2 tanks, Caustic Soda (and yet again, sodium Hydroxide) was used to help scrub CO2 so that the O2 could be reclaimed and used in a "rebreather" sort of way. However, when the mix "goes bad" which I don't remember the details about, the result would burn lungs and sinuses which would leave permanent damage to the pilot. (Look up "richard best, caustic soda") If you want to see what lye does if you breath it in ... Dick Best would be a more extreme example as he went into a long day of fighting over the Pacific about mid 1942 when his mix went bad and he chose to keep fighting. It ended his career as he developed Tuberculosis and was forced to retire as a pilot. Way more then you wanted to know... but that would be my guess what happens when lye gives off gases, especially when it is heated.

Thank you so much :)

I am not sure to be honest. I am not familiar with what you have. Can you link me a picture from google images?

Hello I can’t figure out how to include a link I’m out of the country right now and my service is horrible. Most of my 700 cards look like the Schneider ACO02000 if you could Google what those look like each plc card is about the size of a nvidia gpu thanks again for any help and info

wow ... how did you guess?

True. I should do a follow up. Sadly, I am planning surgery in 4 days and I won't have access to my arm for 3 month. By then, it will be the dead of winter. I will need to try this follow up for Spring/Summer 2025. I will see what I can do.

:) it is easier for some then for others I am hearing. Good to hear you got it figured out quickly.

Hey thanks :)

My experience with RAM recovery has been pretty close to what I said in the video. DDR3 is pretty good to recover from. That RAM may not get $600 ... it is an estimate, but the last run I did got me over $1K ... but I did not count the sticks... just the weight of the chips. And that did not include the fingers. But at the end of the day, the machine was saved for me to do just this with it. It was an old enterprise machine that was to be dismantled for parts. So, it is now dismantled...

If Kamala gets elected the price of gold will be sky high, it won't take much to reach $600. If we are around to use it.

lol ... gold and stock prices are indicators for global and domestic economic health. $600 per gram will be a bad day for all of us. But gold will be nice to have on that day :)

True. And to have 2 sets of them. It just had more drive bays then most servers I have worked with or torn apart. But I agree with you now. :) And to have 2 sets of quads... I wonder why the system was so stacked. I am very curious what it was used for before it got decommissioned.

I had a small Dell Power Edge R630 that cost too much to run at home :) ... This AMD rig would have been a hungry one with 8 CPUs on 2 main boards. So hungry.

I'm a noob, calling out RJ11's etc, you been here before, 56k days and before, am glad I sub'd

I am glad you sub'd too :) To answer as many questions at once as I can: - I have been programming computers since I was 8 ... ya, that labels me as a nerd. I was building computers at 15. I graduated school before the Pentium 3 came out, so building computers meant (back then) that I had to be able to recognize ports, chips, and card slots for compatibility. - I went on to be a hardware and software tech for a help desk while getting my CS (Programming) degree. My first job out of school was to work for 2 companies getting servers configured and maintained as well as other hardware repair duties. - Now I kind of do a little of everything, including recycle ... Most things I knew before starting the channel... many things I learned as I have been going. When I identify things incorrectly, there are enough smart people that help me in the comments ... I am grateful for those who call out the correct identity of things when I slip up. I have a server teardown I am posting here soon. I hope to post Friday. Then a gold recovery to edit and post. Followed by an Apple M1 that went nunts and needs to be openned up. That one may be interesting too ... that is for next week.

I have a video I am editing this weekend where I do a lot of these types of chips. I did not get the result I expected sadly, but I did get a pretty decent return.

Thanks for that suggestion :) There are a few ways to all scrapping problems. I have found that my "favorite" ways may not be everyone else's and just as you pointed out, I may have thought of something (in this case, you have thought of something) that works that others may not have considered. Good luck scrapping, and stay safe.

Awesome! My first pours of copper and aluminum were pretty much practice. I could not afford real sand, so for $7 I tried making my own :) which "worked" but there is no replacement for the real sand. Glad to hear your weights went well. What do you use for your cast materials?

I have been looking over this comment for the last few days, and I am still not sure if I understand it. Are you saying you can't get chemicals? If so, I have found that lab providers carry basic things. Nitric although dangerous, is very common. Hydrochloric Acid is also called Muriatic Acid and can be picked up at home improvement stores near the paints departments. If picking it up directly is tough, look on ebay. Some of my best providers were on ebay until they got bought by bigger companies. I am sorry if I did not grasp the purpose of your comment. Thank you for leaving one :)

I have learned a lot since posting this video. Thanks for checking this out.

Can you rephrase the question? It does not make sense to me. Sorry.

They still are in good operating condition. I don't put too much load on them anymore. I had to run power out to my shed so I could run a greenhouse fan 12 to 18 hours a day. I did not want to risk my plants to a small capacity battery pack. So I use it for lighting. I have not had to resurface or treat the coating since recording this video. Hard to believe that was so long ago. The panel has not yellowed or cracked with the heat of daily exposure to sun and weather. I may get a new charge controller that would allow a wind turbine to be added to the system. That would be my biggest disappointments is that I have too small of a system for what I would want to do with it.

I am not sure what options are available. I am in the US, so the basic model has a 120V plug.

Why not ... besides, people will just have watched it so they would read your comment, so your warning will be too late.

Nice pun… actually, it is pretty bright when it is reflecting the sunlight :)

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I don’t think you are understanding the point of the channel… I openly show my learning and growing over years of trial and error. This was one of my first attempts to make a copper ball. I do get one eventually :)

Umm, I can't tell if you are teasing me on purpose :) or if I am just reading in your sarcasm accidentally ... I do and say enough on this channel worthy of mockery ... I am not sure if you are offering up a great moment of humbling for me, or if you really have a request here... If you are serious, and there is something you "can't see", I will see what I can do to fix for future videos. If this is a moment of humor, I can for sure fix the "get farther away" for you... :)