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lollol... learned my lesson here today.
Which was:
Dont pour distilled water in a battery?
or
Next time keep the reciept?
 
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Yep, having the reciept was a better overall option. :D

I readed that spraying distilled water, in 2 or 3 controlled sprays would be more then enough. But for now i'll just forget about it. I'm returning the battery's to a depot tomorrow and order a new set online, 12A instead of the 9A.
 
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You got lucky that you didn't do even more damage to something that was more expensive by adding the water to it. Lucky everything is alright in the end apart from the metal that got eaten
 
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I did'nt trust it, today. So i checked it out and once i turned the thing at it's side and saw the footer of the unit, i knew enough. How stupid was i, lol, thinking i could top off AGM based battery's, that where put standing inside a UPS case. These things are empty (without fluids) for a reason and the bit of water whats inside evaporates and all that due to the nature of the battery. When i topped it off and started to charge this thing fully inside the UPS, the only way the pressure could go was the ventilation caps, which in result dripped onto the bottom of the UPS case. It did'nt touch the floor, there's a bit of corrosion onto the casing itself; but so far i cleaned it well. The battery's themself where just warm; i mean handwarm, even when de-attached. It's as good as freezing outside tonight so i put 'm outside kind of to cool down now.

But, lol!
 
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This is very bad (given) advice. People, do not drill holes in transformers for better thermal performance. Your asking your house to be burned down with something like this. I mean i'm not an expert in relation of electronics but you could short the transformer by doing this.

There's no need for any better flow; i mean the thing is cool, and did'nt caused any issues after having a fan running at 7V. It's just a cheap inverter and with cheap stuff usually comes cheapening out on design. Its just rated for what it does and dont expect alot better.
TBH you should dispose of that UPS and replace it before it burns your house down. Period.
 
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Zipties are the way to go when macgyvering something. :toast:
 

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Oh it took me (So far) 3 Hours to do this build from scratch!
I re-purposed this 1975 stereo cabinet so I no longer have to toss it in the garbage lol.
This is the Ryzen 7 1700X System located in the sig there .


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Got more work to do and it will look better each day but not bad for 3 hours work and yes a full clean install of windows 10 to boot! Pun intended!
 
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Oh it took me (So far) 3 Hours to do this build from scratch!
I re-purposed this 1975 stereo cabinet so I no longer have to toss it in the garbage lol.
This is the Ryzen 7 1700X System located in the sig there .


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Got more work to do and it will look better each day but not bad for 3 hours work and yes a full clean install of windows 10 to boot! Pun intended!
That's not ghetto, that's cool as hell! Nice work! I would get some wood scuff cleanup markers and touch up the scratches, but otherwise near perfect. Where's the power & reset buttons?
 
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That looks like a great combo for home theater, especially if you can keep the PC cool and quiet
 

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That's not ghetto, that's cool as hell! Nice work! I would get some wood scuff cleanup markers and touch up the scratches, but otherwise near perfect. Where's the power & reset buttons?
There right there top right you can see the red light from where I put the switch. I will take a better picture in time.
Thanks I don't know this is a 1975 stereo cabinet that has seen better days lol.
I plan to refinish the cabinet now and paint the silver black It was a well to be quite truthful stoned inspiration lol.
And I am very impatient and do not want to wait 6 more day just for a case. LOL now I am liking this.
Thanks for the kind words of inspiration.

There's plenty of space and airflow in there. I don't see heat being a problem.
No there is way too much room it's like a huge open air cabinet the stereo is on the bottom and doesn't heat up at all unless you are jamming out hard.
 
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There right there top right you can see the red light from where I put the switch. I will take a better picture in time.
Thanks I don't know this is a 1975 stereo cabinet that has seen better days lol.
I plan to refinish the cabinet now and paint the silver black It was a well to be quite truthful stoned inspiration lol.
And I am very impatient and do not want to wait 6 more day just for a case. LOL now I am liking this.
Thanks for the kind words of inspiration.


No there is way too much room it's like a huge open air cabinet the stereo is on the bottom and doesn't heat up at all unless you are jamming out hard.
You mean you're not doing that the whole time? What's the point of having a good stereo :roll:
 

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That's cool man. You don't really see stuff like that anymore except in time capsule houses :)
 

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Did a bunch more work to it placed the SSD the CD/Rom and the Power reset switch well you now see and the wires are so much cleaner. More to come on this Getto mod!

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Cleaned it up some more...
 
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one problem is the heat, so i put some heatsink on these
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yeah, i know it's kinda messy but so far it works well
 
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There's plenty of space and airflow in there. I don't see heat being a problem.
If that was on the floor that my bedroom is in, then I would cover any openings other than what's needed for ventilation, because during many times of the year, we get spiders!
 
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If that was on the floor that my bedroom is in, then I would cover any openings other than what's needed for ventilation, because during many times of the year, we get spiders!
Window screen mesh. Allows airflow, restricts bug/critter movement. I've done that a few times to cases for just such a reason. Works a fair treat!
 
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Windows screen mesh. Allows airflow, restricts bug/critter movement. I've done that a few times to cases for just such a reason. Works a fair treat!
Bridal tulle works a treat and it even catches some of the unwanted filth that would end up in the case
 

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Just an update on my ghetto mod. I moved the wires and the SSD drive to the power/reset switch bay under the CD/DVD ROM.
I added 2 LED strip lights (Going to add 2 more soon).
I put a fan on the back as well to help evacuate the air Not really needed just more piece of mind.
I added some UBS extension cables (Blue) for the Moues and keyboard. I do not have any Black cables that are short like these ones.
I still have some more work to do on the wires and such and I will get it done some time and post it up..


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SO there is my Ghetto Mod so far.

I was wondering wouldn't this be considered a Super Ghetto Mod?
I mean it is like defiantly a super gaming rig for sure so super Ghetto gamer?

Whatcha think?
 
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