You ever try going back to bag mix after using premix? I had the same moment on a patio last year and honestly I felt dumb for not switching sooner. The time saved and the consistent texture just makes the whole job smoother.

Wait, did you just discover that your dad was holding out on you for over a decade? That's like learning there's a secret level in a video game you've been playing forever but nobody told you about. I have to admit I'm a little mad on your behalf, but mostly I'm just jealous of the chili you could have been making this whole time. Take this with a grain of salt, pun absolutely intended, but now you're probably going to oversalt everything for a week trying to make up for lost time.

A 12v 7ah is usually for access control panels not backup for a whole system, that's pretty undersized. Standard alarm panels take a 12v 12ah or bigger for the main battery. If yours was running a 7ah it probably just couldn't handle the load and died when the power cut out.

Yeah I get what you're saying but honestly I think changing the plugs was still worth doing. Old trucks need maintenance anyway so it's not like the time was totally wasted.

Two YEARS for a broken lamp?" @quinna89 that really got me honestly.