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9 volt battery prices are stupid

The main reason people buy 9V batteries are for smoke alarms. This has been the way of things for what, 40 years now?

In guitar and bass player circles, the 9 volt is used for pedal effects (a lot of BOSS pedals use a 9V directly under the footswitch), acoustic-electric guitars with a preamp and active basses.

Regardless of where you use the 9 volt battery, there's basically only one rule you need to follow so you don't get ripped off with these things.

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Fender JV Modified '50s Strat at almost $600 off!

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This is an absolutely outstanding way to get into a very proper Fender Stratocaster HSS, no question about it. And yeah, I had to post this one because it's too good of a deal to pass up.

This guitar did cost 4 figures to get it, but at the moment, it can be had in the 3's.

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How to prevent a Garmin GPS from overheating

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Above is the Garmin DriveSmart 65, which is still a popular model at the time I write this. I use a 66 model personally, but the 65 is still really nice. People like the 7" screen (technically 6.95"), love the legibility as it's really easy to read, love the screen brightness, the voice control, the traffic reporting, and so on...

...but WOW, are people ridiculously stupid when it comes to the operation and care of this thing because they keep burning them up.

I'm going to list off the stupid things people do with this that cause overheating and how to prevent it from ever happening.

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