Archive for: 2021 - Chuck's Cool Reviews and Info

Videos: Razor Dirt Bike modding for weight savings and speed featuring Hart drill batteries

23 December 2021 - Posted in Blog Entries by Chuck

I recently purchased a Razor dirt bike to mess around with. They are under 500 bucks on Amazon and I figured I could make it fun with a bit more investment and using what I had on hand via the easiest means possible. Part 3 went off the rails, but that's ok. It was worth it.

Here are the videos I posted on its progress.

It is a beast now.

Part 1 -Overview and battery swap from stock lead acid batteries to a 40volt Lithium Hart tool battery.

Part 2 -Streamlining and discussing next steps

Part 3 -After installing the upgraded motor and controller and before and after riding videos

Part 4 -Additional details about how I am connecting the Hart batteries together and discussion about my custom made battery and how I messed up building it.

Part 5 -I have constructed a new self built battery with higher amperage cells and better overall construction. This is a battery discussion and show and tell of what I have created.

Install Docker and Portainer

29 October 2021 - Posted in Blog Entries by Chuck

This is a quick and dirty install onto an Ubuntu Server 20.04 install.

Install Docker:

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add - sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable" sudo apt install docker-ce sudo systemctl status docker sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER} su - ${USER} groups

Install Portainer:

cd ~/

docker volume create portainer_data

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce

http://server_name:9000

Add Application Templates from Reddit Github:

Go to Settings | App Template and enter:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SelfhostedPro/selfhosted_templates/master/Template/portainer-v2.json

Portainer Default App Templates:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portainer/templates/master/templates-2.0.json