Yeah same thing happened to me actually. My brother was a barista for a while and he watched me dump water in first then add grounds and just shook his head. He said the water cools down too fast that way and you don't get the full extraction. Now I always put the grounds in first, pour just enough water to cover them and let it sit for about 30 seconds before filling the rest. That little bloom makes all the difference, coffee goes from tasting flat to actually having some depth.

Three weeks in and I'm just eating variations of rice and sadness now.

Hmm, I'm not sure @gavin_kelly91 that it's that big of a deal. Most people swapping in a generic battery aren't going to notice a tiny voltage drop unless they're really watching it with a meter. The panel is just going to show a low battery warning eventually if it's really that bad, and the system will still work on AC power until you replace it. I've seen plenty of installations with random no-name batteries that run for years without any real issue. It's usually only a problem if you're trying to meet some insurance or fire code requirement that specifies a certain battery brand. Otherwise, I think people overthink these things.

I started tracking fix rates by board type after a similar drop. Really helped me figure out which ones were worth my time and which ones I should just pass on. Quality took a hit when I got greedy with volume, so now I cap how many I take in a week.

Worms don't actually live in hot compost piles, they flee to the edges.