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![]() Vettraino.One of the most controversial ways of jump starting a car is by using a really long cable and the cigarette port of the car. Stanley Simple Start Battery Booster P2G7SĪC and 12-volt recharging, USB port, LED light Schumacher Ultracapacitor Hybrid Jump Starter Schumacher ProSeries 2250 Jump Starter BatteryĪC and 12-volt recharging, 400-watt AC inverter with two plugs, USB port NOCO Genius Boost Plus GB40 UltraSafe Battery Drain it a bit in some fashion, and then put it on the charger."ĪC and 12-volt recharging, two USB ports, LED lightīlack & Decker Power Station PPRH5B BatteryĪC and 12-volt recharging, air compressor, 500-watt AC inverter with two plugs, USB ports, LED lightĭeWalt Digital Power Station DXEJ14 BatteryĪC and 12-volt recharging, air compressor, two USB ports, LED light Treat it like a cell phone and exercise the cells. "Try not to store it in temperature extremes, and don't leave it sitting for a year at a time. "If you have a reputable brand with good cell structure, you have a good foundation," said Chad Estevez, a product support specialist at Antigravity. To maximize performance over the long haul and ensure maximum life, a more active approach might be in order. They also hold a charge longer than sealed lead acid when they're idle, but they can be a bit more finicky. The lithium-polymer cells in more compact car jump starters and chargers hold more energy for the relative size. That keeps the charge block consistently warm (whether the block is external or built into the battery case), and can shorten its useful life. Yet Portwood doesn't recommend charging all the time. That means you can plug it in and forget it for days at a time. Whatever the chemistry, it's virtually impossible to overcharge a jump-start battery. That limits the amount of sulfur in the cells and ensures both the maximum capacity and the longest life." If it sits idle for a month or two, recharge it fully. "After you use it, for a jump or something else, recharge it fully. "When you get it, charge it fully," says Dan Portwood, senior product manager at Baccus Global, a manufacturer of multiple jump-starter brands. The chemistry of your portable jumper's battery matters when it comes to caring for it. But if you want the coolest, most fail-proof portable jump starter out there, this might be it. It's intended primarily for commercial purposes and it's not cheap. It has a small, replaceable lithium ion battery to prime the ultracapacitors, but if the onboard battery is drained it will still prep the ultracapacitors in roughly two minutes on a 12-volt charge from a vehicle (maybe even the weakened battery in the vehicle that needs a jump). The Schumacher Ultracapacitor Hybrid Jump Starter delivers 900 amps of cranking power, which should fire just about anything up to a semi-truck. ![]() That makes them perfect for jumping a weak car battery. And they can operate effectively in a broader temperature range than most batteries. Modern ultracapacitors can absorb energy quickly and dump it in big jolts, as opposed to something more like a trickle with a battery. Compared to chemical-based batteries, they store relatively little energy, but the advantages are significant. Once referred to as condensers, capacitors store energy electrostatically in an electric field. It made it because it's really cool, as it applies the next wave in electrical storage technology: ultracapacitors. This one violates the spirit of this list because it's only a jump starter - no LED flashlight, USB charge port or anything else. ![]() ![]() ![]() Form 1099-MISC is used in the reporting of payments that are not subject to self-employment tax – things like rents and prizes. This article is for business owners or payroll managers who want to understand the difference between IRS forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC.įorm 1099 is an IRS form used to report the payment of certain expenses annually to both the recipient and the IRS.Form 1099-NEC is for reporting non-employee compensation that is usually subject to the self-employment tax.The 1099-MISC is used to report payments not subject to self-employment tax.w-9The IRS uses both the 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC to report taxable payments made to non-employees. ![]()
![]() Conky is a potential alternative (though I haven’t yet found a pre-made theme designed for the purpose) and lightweight Chrome Apps like Calendar Clock will work anywhere Chrome does, free of the browser. Watch World of Warships streams to be gifted a new resource called. GNOME Clocks is one such app and is available to install straight from the Ubuntu Software Center in 14.04 LTS+. Of course, panel applets are just one way to keep tabs of the time in other countries’ multiple time zones. If you’re not fussed about panel access there are various desktop apps available, many of which work cross-distro and/or cross-platform. Both do support ‘indicator applets’, so if you’re not dependent on Unity you can install/add the standalone date/time indicator.īudgie is a little too young to make corner case demands of, while Pantheon I haven’t tried - I’ll let you fill me in on that score in the comments. XFCE and LXDE aren’t quite as generous, with the only out-of-the-box “workarounds” being multiple clocks added to the panel, each manually configured to a given locale. The same goes again for Cinnamon, whose ‘panel applet’ repository has ample choices, like the super slick “ World Clock Calendar”. The extensible nature of GNOME Shell sees a slew of World Clock options available to fill the gap left by its default time ticker, with ‘multi clock’ being my personal favourite. Choose from several frames and text colors or make clock transparent. Shown is Central European Time in lower display. Dual display shows UTC or local time on top and lower display shows time in another time zone or country selected from a list. Single display shows UTC or local 12 hr or 24 hr time. Enter the name of a city in the search field Utc - World Clock version 1.00 April 29, 2010.Right-click on the digital clock widget and select ‘Digital Clock Settings’.The default clock applet in KDE Plasma has a similar feature and flow: Tap ‘+’ and enter the name of the location.In the ‘Clock’ tab, check the box next to ‘ Time in Other Locations’.Click on the clock applet and select the ‘Time & Date Settings’ entry One of the most popular home screen widget applications, DashClock comes with an exciting set of features on board.The default date-time indicator in Unity comes with supports for adding and viewing multiple time zones. I move across multiple operating systems in the space of a regular working day, mobile and desktop, but only one lets me set up ‘world clocks’ the quickest and easiest.Īnd it happens to be the one whose name is above the door.Īdd World Clocks to Ubuntu Date/Time Applet To help, I use widgets and menu items to keep me in sync. I can barely recall what I got up to yesterday, much less remember the time differential between my door and the foot of Golden Gate bridge! If you know me you’ll know that I have the memory capacity of a goldfish running Windows Vista (i.e., not very good). Whether I’m making sure that a tweet about a Chromebook sale in Australia hits those down under when awake or scheduling a Skype call with Sam Tran, the ‘developer’ half of Ohso, I work with multiple time zones in mind.Īnd therein lies a problem. ![]() |