Condolences on the nuked plug. Done that more times than I'll admit. ![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/facepalm.gif)
Powerpole/SERMOS connectors are supposed to "float" under spring tension inside the shell and "self-align". But in reality, they're very sensitive to misalignment due to preload applied by the wire soldered/crimped to them. Soldering makes it worse, as the stiffening of the wire from solder wicking up the strands give added leverage to any lateral loading from position or crooked wires. This can make the "overlap" region of the contacts "miss" each other, or can cause them to be rotated out of phase with each other so contact is only made on one side edge. And sometimes, the damned things just want to be dicky. ![Rant :rant:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/rant.gif)
Looked in on the command line and of course you're right; HIBERNATE is still a powercfg supported switch. OTOH, why bother? Might as well just shut it down.
mnem
How many monkeys?
TBH I'd crimp 'em but I'm too cheap to buy the crimp tool so these are soldered. They are however soldered flat rather than at all weird angles.
Decided as I'm only shifting 5A through these particular ones to say fuck it and use D-sub connectors as (a) polarised (b) cheap (c) will handle 5A per pin and can parallel (d) allows me to add two sense wires to the connector on the charge side of things (e) strain relief (f) already have d-sub sized holes in the boxes!
Shut down means I need to open shit again. Resume from hibernate takes about 20 seconds on this box. Hibernate you dont notice because the lid is shut.
I feel the pain of everyone running Windoze. To the point that I went around and patted all my Macs on the monitor and thanked them. ![Cheesy :D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
Oh, and before the chorus of "but the cost..." starts up: all my Macs (including the one I'm typing on) are PCs running MacOS. The last one I installed took less time than any Windoze build I ever suffered through, and has been 10x as reliable. It was also cheaper than any desktop Mac because I could choose my components for quality and compatibility. The latest Linux builds are OK (I'm using Raspbian for some testing on the network), but still lacking a lot of the software I need and use every day. For a basic networked computer, though, they do work pretty well as long as you understand and enjoy the Unix philosophy. If not, well, they can be agonizing.
You do you, of course, but realize that there's a third choice with reasonable cost and usability. I've used all 3 major OSes since about 1984, and this one fits me the best. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I retired and sent my work laptop back; even with the employer maintaining it, Windoze was no fun. ![Flogging A Dead Horse :horse:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/DeadHorse.gif)
Four problems with MacOS:
1. I bought a top of the range Apple MacBook Air in December. They keyboard snuffed it after two weeks lleeeadding mee too tyypee likke soomeeone wiith toourrettes oor soomeethiing. Seriously I spent over £2000 on the damn thing including AppleCare and they couldn't get something basic like they keyboard to work properly for more than two weeks. They sheepishly just refunded the whole amount and apologised.
2. Can't drive it with a keyboard. Virtually impossible without memorising street fighter keyboard combinations.
3. Really really difficult to keep everything portable and OS independent on it.
4. More macbook fun. 6 inch drop onto carpet. BUT IT HAS MAGSAFE.
![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/facepalm.gif)
... That was a top end i7 15" rMBP. Screen cost me more to replace than my T440 did + extended battery + new High DPI screen + SSD + T450 touchpad frankenpad.
![](https://i.imgur.com/EBgmmb2.jpg)
Enough with them.
You'll have to pry my iphone out of my cold dead hands though.