Notifying the Winners Today

I had held back notifying the winners until we had ordered some missing parts to the kit. They've been ordered and are in stock. So, I'll be notifying the winners today after they have been approved by our Trade & Compliance department for shipping.

Randall

--element14 Team

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rscasny over 2 years ago +9

At a member's suggestion... her are the official challengers: deimosmuc misaz BigG dougw JWx redcharly Gough Lui
rscasny over 2 years ago +7

I just emailed the notification to the official participants. I am anticipating to ship the kits early next week. I will adjust the deadlines, as necessary, to take into account shipping time. If…
robogary over 2 years ago in reply to rscasny +4

Wow, an impressive list of challengers. This ought to be great to read.

cstanton over 2 years ago

rscasny said:
I had held back notifying the winners

Should we say chosen challengers? I don't think they've won the design challenge just yet :D
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Gough Lui over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

*parties like I won this already ....

Wait ... are you telling me ... the capacitors are not the prize?

- Gough
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cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

Gough Lui said:
the capacitors are not the prize?

I wouldn't recommend it, but with enough heat, they're like fireworks! (don't try this at home)
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JWx over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

I am afraid they can make really weak fireworks - there are videos linked that advertise the safety of hybrid supercaps, where they are shorted, punctured with nail/screw (didn't have nerve to watch it all) and pretend to not explode...
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JWx over 2 years ago

I have got notification from UPS about new shipment - maybe challenger kits are being sent?
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misaz over 2 years ago in reply to JWx

yes
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JWx over 2 years ago in reply to JWx

got notification from custom's office today - shipment is progressing...
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misaz over 2 years ago in reply to JWx

I received email from customs yesterday. My package is leaving USA now and I should receive it by friday. I guess I will receive it one day sooner at thursday. Btw. invoice which I received from customs do not contains mentioned solar panel which is listed in the Kit. Maybe rscasny know that the solar panel was or was not shipped?
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JWx over 2 years ago in reply to misaz

mine is scheduled for delivery on Thursday - but I wonder if it isn't too optimistic forecast by UPS...
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misaz over 2 years ago in reply to JWx

I received several packages from UPS and in my area estimations are mostly accurate. I recommend seeing detailed tracking log. If you do not see complete log, try using 17track.com which will show you more precisely location where your package currently is.
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