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My 48v battery has a 200a bms, which means 10kw potential. That's a lot of juice. I could hold a 2kw generator to charge battery, then go to inverter, then to run pretty much anything.

This is useful. I'm working on the solar racking and I can put the welder in the cart and drive where ever I need without lugging it around. I want to install an inverter so that I can power it right from the cart.

I cleared a little track to take the kid on in the cart. I thought it was pretty flat, but I was wrong. I also learned that I desperately need new shocks. Fortunately all new shocks is only about $70 on amazon.

I've learned not to flinch when stuff hits me doing my welding in flip flops. Hot embers hitting my feet, legs, arms, and shoulders used to make me flinch. Sure there are going to be some burns but they're pretty small and don't last.

It's not that they get dull, they get short, since they're plastic they wear down. Also those worried about safety, I weedwack in flip flops, and in 5 years never had one come off. Their locking mechanism is solid.

This guy here: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rino-Tuff-Universal-Fit-Push-N-Load-3-Blade-Replacement-Head-for-Gas-and-Select-Cordless-String-Grass-Trimmer-Lawn-Edger-16234/100671846

I've got the 3 yellow blades on my weedwacker, I change them maybe once or twice a year. They're cheap and last a really long time unless i'm hitting something like concrete.

What used to be 5 trips hauling 50lb bags on my shoulders, or 3 trips with the wheelbarrow over uneven ground, or going to the back to get hte kubota and put 5 bags in hte loader, to move 250lb chicken feed 75 yards, is now tossing 5 bags in the back of the cart and driving over.

It is really convenient. They're not the cheapest, so for bulk orders i'll go a bit further. but for something small i'll pop over there.

I was putting the doors back on the cart, i left one hand go to drop the pin in. It slipped. Right onto my big toe. Right where the nail comes out. Fortunately i was wearing flip flops and could make a quick assessment of the damage. Lots of blood nail is black, broke the skin under it.

It has doors with windows that open, but I had them off to make it easier to work on. Fully enclosed cab was a requirement due to rain/snow. My primary use case will be hauling 5-7 bags of chicken feed at a time, rather than carrying one bag on my shoulders 50 yards from feed storage to the...

Got it sorted out. Still a couple wires need secured, but new battery on lithium, charger, all new wires, fuse box, converters, lights, the works.

Second spider web. Looks exactly like the ones on mine.

Got the radio and speakers wired. I must say, it sounds pretty good. Got the flood light wired and the rear view camera off the fuse block. Got the fuel gauge wired. Got the charger pedistool cut and drilled. This actually increases my water wading clearance to 18" from 12". Not that I'd want...

This is delicious. Some website was having a sale and I got 6 cases of them.

Battery strapped in. Also got my rear view camera installed, and I'm liking it so far.

I have made so many cuts on this saw, well over a hundred at this point, and it's just been fantastic.

Actually it was, and about 2x the runtime from what people are saying. And more power. And since LFP's voltage curve is almost flat, you get full power for the entire duration of the battery, it doesn't get weak towards the end. I put on socks for welding. Didn't want to burn my feet. My box...

Bought a lithium battery for the cart. Working on a battery box. Fortunately I had some spare angle iron laying around. I measured with gaps but now that it's cut the gaps are completely gone and it's a snug fit. Time to weld it up.

Not at all, everything is home grown. On the plus side if anything goes wrong, I know how to fix it.

Top balance finished. What a nightmare to build that thing in place by feel. Even the camera wasn't very useful. But it's done. All 6 are done. 90kwh of battery. Monitored but generally maintenance free for hte next ~20 years. My EVE pack kept bothering me. So I pulled it out and rebuilt it...

Everyone keeps saying convert to lithium. But lithium doesn't work when it's cold. I'm concerned about winter. I cleaned up the shop and looked at the batteries, and they are absolutely toast. cracked or swollen. I haven't ruled lithium out, I'm just concerned about that 1-2 weeks where we'll...

Finally brought home the right cart for me. It just needs some work. 2 batteries show 8.x volts, I'm assuming those are good. 3 batteries are showing 1.x volts, maybe they can be salvaged? 1 battery is 0.0 volts, I'm guessing that one is toast? I hooked the charger up and it didn't even come...

In 5 years and 55 chickens I've lost 4. One due to exposure, she refused to go in and it was raining and night and cold. Another stuck her neck through the fence and got stuck and strangled herself, and the other 2 of no clear reason. I built my coop and my secure run and bought my chicks from...

In the past years this was my mobile chicken brooder, it sat in the shop until they were ready to get acclimiated with the rest. It resulted in my shop being covered in dust, so I didn't like this idea. This year, I built a dedicated love shack, where a rooster and 10 hens would shack up for...

Good morning! Current weather (Last Update: Sat May 10 14:09:12 EEST 2025) Current conditions: clear sky, Temperature: 47F, Wind: 6mph West (Light breeze), Humidity: 77%, Pressure: 1017hPa Eldest graduates college today. About to pile into the car for the 2.5hr drive. The weather looks to be...

@EddieWalker Do you do anything for marek's? The fun began last night around 8pm. This morning i had a dozen. Unfortunately today I have to go to kids college for graduation. I'm guessing around 6pm I'll be home. Then I can start sorting things out. They'll stay in the basement brooder for 2...

It looks like I'm in a bit of a pickle. Hatch day is friday. My kids graduation is saturday up at susquehanna. This is my first time hatching chicks, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect. Sure I've watched so many youtubes on it, but until you've actually done it, you know. I'll have my...

yes, the system is half done, i'm going from 24 to 48 for a total of 11.5kw. Which should be perfect as most sunny days i'm generating more than half of my total consumption. I'm up to 90kwh in battery, so i have a decent buffer size as well. Load Solar PV 29-Apr 21.3 kWh 14.9 kWh...

This was less than fun. I pulled my right tricep and my left quad while doing it. I don't recommend doing it this way.

Everything works. And by works, I mean I can get it work ready in a weekend or less. The b8200 alternator belt was loose and it was slapping the upper radiator hose, to the point where it made a hole and started leaking. So I topped off the radiator, tightened the belt, wrapped the hose in...

Finally closed the trench. The kid watched intently. Afterward he got to sit on the tractor!

I've had tires that were flat for years. Overinflating a bit and warm weather helps a great deal.

I know that dune buggy. That's the honda odyssey. I had one as a kid.

I have to say, i've been down this road, twice. Once with my pool concrete, and once with my patio. I fixed both in different ways. The pool, i bought the harbor freight 70lb electric jack hammer and busted it all up. I used the bulk of the rubble, already compressed, as a base. Then I got the...

This was a low effort one. String lights under my solar panels. It looks nice, I think.

I have received my vaccine administration system. I'm waiting on my refrigerated vaccines against marek's disease. The vaccine comes in vials of 1000 doses that need to be kept at 2-8c. I have set up refrigeration to accomidate that. Once the vaccine is rehydrated, it's viable for 1 hour...

$30 hood struts off amazon, I'm impressed.

This sucker is sturdy. I'm going to get a couple 150lb struts to help lift the top.

Incubator ready and got some walls up.

$5-7 for regular white eggs, but that's if they're in stock. I haven't seen eggs in the grocery store in a few weeks. We're also facing a chick shortage, hatcheries have put out notice that there's no public sales, only commercial sales, and the commercial sites have very limited stock. Folks...

TSC chicks are $6.99 and $9.99 for premium. Still no chicks at TSC. As such, i've decided to breed what I have. I'm building a new coop at the other end of the run, and I'm going to isolate my rooster, 6 egger hens, and 4 RiR's. Once isolated they'll spend 2 weeks together then I'll assume the...

The solar array structure over my patio since it's a "roof" for my patio.

I filed plans with the township to get approval and the zoning was approved, but the one guy is looking for a structural engineer signoff. I called 3 SE's and none will touch anything they didn't design themselves. Which is really irritating.

The towels are alive!

Well I cranked out 14.5kwh today from 15 panels, and there were some dips. I have 24 panels up in a 6x4 grid, but I'm running 15 panels per inverter. Which means I had 9 up and doing nothing. So I decided to put one more up, and wire them up in a 5s2p instead of 5s3p. This is a very...

4 corners.

My oil tank is outside. Around 10-15f the line freezes up. I get under there with the blow torch and melt it, then it flows again.

Aww yes... So I can't quite figure out how to get SA to change the order of inverters, or be able to label them. It does what it wants. But I can infer which ones are which by looking at load. Everything is online, split phase, cables wired properly, current sharing, 18kw total, 9k per leg...

Latte often bugs me when I'm in my office. Pawing at my chair or getting up in it if I'm not there. When it's time to sit, he resists in every way possible.

Now that 3 batteries are online, and a 4th top balancing, I can take some time to get more inverters hooked up. Got 2 more inverters nearly done. Cables run, ends crimped, heat shrink on. It almost looks professional. I hate how the negative lug is behind the pv wires though.

3 packs totaling 45kwh are in opperation, and the 4th pack is built and just about ready to start charging. I have space for 2 more packs at the top, but I'm going to see how this does me for now. Once it's done, I'll start working on getting the other inverters online.

So I went to the pack and checked it with multimeter and it is checking at 3.63v, so something is wrong with the bms or crimped end or ring terminal that's creating resistance. I'm going to take it off and redo it.

Just finished top balancing pack 3, hooked everything up and all the cells are dead on, except cell 1, which is a bit lower. I'm wondering if it's the draw of powering the bms that's lowering that specific cell. I don't recall this happening on the previous packs.

The day after russia denies shooting down a passenger plane over chechnea, then denies it emergency landing, they run this commercial.

My 360 mile range on my ocean has dropped to about 240 mile in the winter. I don't use the top or bottom 20% of the battery, so that reduces me to about 144 mile potential from the original 360 mile range. Still, the most I ever travel in a day is 100 miles. It takes a few days for me to...

Mocha and elsa sharing a bed for a bit. Normally elsa shares it with latte, but mocha wanted to get in on the action.

My wife woke me up with something this morning. While we agree'd to not say anything for the first 3 months, all of her friends knew by lunch. Including my mother. So why not, one more jewsian to the mix.

Now with battery hooked up I can see what the panels are actually pushing out. Looks like 3600w of panels at 18 degrees on the winter solstice where 44 degrees is optimal can do 2500w. It's currently 21f, which is probably helping some. This is 15x panels where I have 45x to put up, so I should...

As I hit submit, I heard a beep indicating that it was switching priority. Battery is a go!

So I'm at 97% battery and charging has slowed considerably. I set it to 55.5v for back2ac. The charger basically topped out at 56.1v for the battery. There is a 0.5v drop between the battery and the inverter. All settings are on the inverter, nothing with SA automation. It should have switched...

Not quite. But it’s not terrible. Just lots of wires and figuring out where they go.

I got lucky. I ran ethernet from the bms port on the inverter, and hooked up a pack with bms, and boom. first protocol worked. Now the inverter knows the voltage. Problem is I don't know how to tell the bms how big it's pack size is. It does not have bluetooth.

You're forgetting a noteable lotus with a sleeping quarters.

Pretty sure it's 800lb tongue weight. And the fridge is probably 400-500lbs. So in his head he probably felt like it would work, without taking into account the distance off the hitch.

Is it wrong if it works?

When in doubt, go bigger/better. You can't go back and change it after the fact. Especially at a 3k more, that's a no brainer. It's a drop in the hat compared to the overall cost of the building. I have 12' walls, and that is the absolute minimum I would go. A standard class A RV is 13' tall. 2...

Talk about busy work. I'm debating hooking one up to the inverter and charging from that to 80%, then breaking it down again and top balancing from there. I guess I can't configure the bms from the inverter even with coms. I guess my next adventure is in figuring out how to configure bms's.

Got some benches made, separated into 2 banks, and got the top balance chargers on.

Step by step, top balance wires, made one by one.

If the cells go **** up early, they sell more cells. And this stuff is strait from china. There's no american company supporting it. There are a couple battery boxes out by 3rd party, but they're just hitting the market from china now, but they're questionable quality, and the restraints are...

Got the first pack loaded and torqued to spec. I'm out of eyelets to create the top balance leads, so I'll head to the store tomorrow. I also picked up 4 of the latest and greatest JBD 100a BMS. I particularly like these because they have ring termianls on B- and C-, as opposed to soldered...

Here's a video demonstrating the swelling of uncompressed cells.

This is what I know to date. This information may not be 100% accurate. I may learn new things in the future that contradict this information. But here goes. Probably a good amount. But there's varying degree's of wrong. Most of which result in a decreased battery life. Maybe 5000 cycles...

New posts up, orientation switched. Problem solved. Got a template made and banged out 2 plates. Ran the all-thread through, covered in 3/8" tigon tubing over it, mounted springs, and it's ready for cells.

Apply compression, while allowing room for expansion. As the cells charge, gasses form inside, causing bloating. This causes the cells to expand in the middle. This is bad. With applying 700-1600lb of clamping force, the gasses form, but are uniform throughout the cell, not just in the middle...

Now with the springs the mounts are to wide. To turn the orientation, 17" deep to 27" deep, I needed more brackets, which means more floor. So I pumped that out tonight.

I'm just learning as I go and hoping it doesn't all fall down :)

Good Morning! Happy turkey day! 19540, Pennsylvania, United States :: Rain 4.4C/39.9F (Humidity: 96%) | Feels like: 1.4C/34.5F | Wind: 5.3mph / 8.5km/h ENE | Wind gust: 10.2mph / 16.5km/h | Thursday: Rain. High 8.4C/47.0F. Low 0.5C/32.9F. | Friday: Clear. High 5.1C/41.2F. Low -3.4C/25.9F. I'll...

Biden administration to loan $6.6B to EV maker Rivian to build Georgia factory that automaker paused. So we are going to loan 6.6 billion to a company that is having problems showing any profit. Can I write that loss off on my taxes when the company defaults? That is more money than the US...

Well, its a start. At 18 inchpounds the springs are exhibiting 175lb of force. 6 springs will be 700lb. At full compression it's 250lb of force, or 1500lb total. I just needed to get this far so I could mark my outer holes. The springs are from the valve train of a 1997 corvette.

The batteries don't really change temperature with use, only expand/contract as an effect of the gasses forming and getting re-absorbed. I can't see if it says where the specific tension is provided. And even once flattened, it still needs to provide a degree of expansion. How much force does...

To get the most out of the lifepo4 cells, they need to be clamped at ~700-1600lb of force. At the same time, they need to be allowed up to 3% expansion. The cells are 570m end to end, so 3% is 17mm or 1.7cm. That's not a small amount. I ordered some aluminum compression plates. I'll drill some...

Took the drone up to get a picture of the array as it stands. Once I figure out how to go around the chimney, I'll be putting another 21 panels into the array for 3 sets of 15 to 3 inverters.

I have cutting fluid I use. All tapped and ready to go! Choo Choo.

Oddly enough, my job and litterally everything else I do, are completely unrelated. I'm in software engineering. Making some bus bars. Drilling and tapping for m8 screws. Made it 17 before the tap snapped. I can't find my spare, so that's it for tonight. What's the point of buying 2 if I...

So first thing this morning, after working 10pm to 5:30am, I woke up and headed to RE Michals for a replacement pump. I figured taking it apart will do me no good, the gaskets went and I don't have any replacement gaskets, so a new pump is my best bet. RE Michals had nothing, so they sent me to...

Came in at 10pm, wife said cold shower. I said i'll fix it. 6 hours later... I cleaned the boiler, then replaced all filters, rebuilt everything. Now I have an oil leak at the pump.

If we don't respond, europe will be known as west russia in 10 years. Bad guys only back down to one type of response, and that's strength. We're a bit weak right now and look at what they're doing.

It's a shame, but yes. But to not respond to a nuke would be catastrophic and would send a clear message to our enemies that we don't have the stones to respond.

MAD is certainly a thing. Mutually Assured Destruction. I don't want it to happen. I have a wonderful wife and 3 amazing children, if someone tries to take them I will certainly be upset. Looking at it from our point of view, no one wants this. But look at it from putins point of view. If he...

Got started on my bus bars. I gotta say, drilling copper is not how I expected. I was thinking something softer and more malleable, like aluminum. But I feel like it's tougher than steel. Steel is hard, but malleable, but copper is hard, and feels brittle. I was getting a lot more chips than...

What size are the 160w panels? I would bet money that you are virtually the same watt per square foot as modern panels. Density hasn't increased by a measurable amount. 320w panels are literally double the size of 160w panels.

Warning shots fired.

I have the harbor freight mixer and over 1000 bags through it. I busted up all the concrete around my pool and poured all new. I also poured a generator slab that's 6'x8'. It has done the job and then some. The easiest way is to have 2 people. One on water and one on concrete bags. Get a...

Russia revamped their nuke policy to include attacks from non-nuclear countries with the support of nuclear countries. The day after biden said ukraine could use our weapons to attack directly into russia.

5 more up, trying to make hte most of it before the weather turns.

Welded on the 3wk inverter. Peaked at over 3500w welding, didn't seem to fade at all. It's supposed to handle surges to 6k. Got the 4th set of rails made and up. Broke a bit with the magdrill. That was fun, it spun off and went flying when I tried to go to fast and the bit bit. Tomorrow I'll...

Here's some good info for Lifepo4 batteries.

In person cash price for the 15kwh packs is $1200. Which is super cheap compared to buying premade packs. If they’re lifepo4 cells taking them from 100 to 0 is totally ok. I’m starting with 45x240w panels but I’m going to put another 90 on the garage roof. That should put me completely off grid.

The rule of thumb is 3x capacity minimum of your daily use, but ideally 5x. Cloudy days or weeks can wipe out your packs if you don't have enough to spare.

Yes, 6x, that's why there's 6 shelves going into that room. Also they are listed as 280ah, but they test at 304ah which is 15.5kwh, but i just say 15kwh per pack. I just got an email that 3 sets arrived in port today, so they'll be here in a week!

https://batteryhookup.com/products/no-busbars-4-new-eve-3-2v-280ah-lf280k-v3-lifepo4-prismatic?variant=44207384592546 Looks like they're out of stock right now, but they restock regularly. They are local to me, and offer cash discounts if you pick up in person at their warehouse. I got 16...

I wasn't planning to. They're going to have 200+lb batteries just sitting on them.

Getting slow progress on the battery shelf. I changed the design a few dozen times, but now I think I have something that will work, and give me 6 spaces for batteries, totaling 90kwh. I have 10" of space for cells that are 8" tall, so that gives me a little space to deal with things.

So apparently cell compression is super important and relevant to getting the claimed cycles out of the cells. Between 3000-7000 newtons. So wrapping cells in kapton tape looks like it's not going to be enough. So I reached out to hoover to get some 3/8" aluminum plate and all-thread. I...

Working on the battery closet still, not very exciting. Battery is still top balancing. What is exciting is my ocean ev is charging entirely via solar, as it's a much sunnier day today. From the charts I've learned a few things. Panels hit their voltage relatively quickly and maintain it...

I wanted to be there the first time I switched on PV, but I didn't want to lose time. and get some history. I do not get up with the sun, so I flipped it on and hoped I hooked everything up right. And as it turns out, i did! And as it turns out, it is the FIRST overcast day in 2 months, we're...

Grid tie, permits, inspections, and the tie in fee's are thousands of dollars. Then you can't change anything. And the inverters are more. I'm using LiFePo4 cells, which have a cycle count of ~8000, so I should be able to get a good 20 years out of them before they start degrading. Before...

Batteries on charge to top balance, and started the battery room. It'll have room for 6 packs. It's 27" wide, 2x3's going up the wall for the shelves which makes the shelves 24" wide. The packs are 21.5" wide, so I should be good to go.

Yes, this will be an off grid setup. There's 2 types, grid-tie, and off-grid. Grid tie connects to the grid and feeds back into the grid your excess solar production. Off-grid charges batteries. I have one battery pack, which I'm building now. It's 15kwh and the battery management system is...

I don’t understand the question. I have a whole house generator. I’ve had to use it for weeks on end.

Got the bus bars installed and cleaned up and closed up. Got the wires cleaned up, and the pv wires run. I got the first inverter ONLINE! It idles under 30w.

I was not sure if 5s or 6s as far as voltage since my mppt is 120-250v, so I checked my voltage when the sun was almost set, to see where I stood. I'm pleasantly surprised.

The only code violation i'm aware of is when 3 or more strings are joined there must be fuses. I got around the issue by putting in-line fuses at the panel connections. The panel wire is 12ga, but the wires going into the joiner are 10ga. When there's 3 or more strings, the amperage is to high...

Getting there.

This is indicating that the female mc4 is negative, while the male mc4 is positive, right?

JFC I just want to hit hte button. But there's always "one more thing". I hooked up all the panels in 3 strings of 5 to go to the inverter, I finished the conduit. I got the pv wiring done inside. I think I'm going to start with just 2 inverters in parallel until I get more batteries. And...

Pulled all the wire. I used a copper deburring tool that I use for water lines on the grey pvc, to get rid of those hard angles to avoid damaging the insulation when I pulled the wire through. I pulled the wire into the yard to avoid knots and kinks, then took each piece and slid it on and...

Gotta make progress when I have free time.

Got the rpi, hub, and monitor hooked up properly. It's running off an extension cord, but that shouldn't be for to long. One more thing off the list, one day closer.

Installed breakers, finished a combiner box, got some wire, made a wire dispenser with a 300' tape measure so I can pull lengths. Ran a 40', 55', and 70'. Pushed inside, and then pulled up the first length.

There's nothing in the 10 day either. Yesterday a friend was mowing leaves. They bunched up in front of the tractor against the exhaust, and caught fire. He ran into the house and got the fire extinguisher. Fortunately it didn't spread but his tractor engine and hood were all melted...

Had to punch through the wall to run electric. 1" wasn't big enough, I had to overbore it a bit. But the bit was to short, so I had to punch through and ruin a wood bit because it was the only thing long enough. Got a good amount of conduit up zip tied and one of the combiner boxes made.

0.00" rain in october. 0.25" rain in september. 2.21" rain in august 3.21" rain in july 0.91" rain in june 1.95" rain in may Call me crazy, but this is desert rainfall levels. I needed to water my garden regularly. I barely mowed this summer. Eastern PA has not been this dry as long as I can...

I have 2 55g drums for diesel with a pump. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXS9XNW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Last purchased Sep 13, 2017 I have home heating oil, so when the guy comes to fill the house, he also fills the drums. It's worked out very well. Pump is...

Everything still works except my left shoulder. But Knee's are still good despite spending a good amount of time on them.

So this is my combiner design. Each 12ga wire will go into the box with a grommet from the solar strings. Then screw into a 4 port bus bar, then a 10ga wire will take the power through the conduit into the house and to the panels. There's 3 sets of 15 panels to power 3 inverters. Each input will...

It's called openshot, very easy to use. I toyed around with a half dozen of them before settling on it.

The lunatics wants ev's to be mainstream and to ban gas/diesel in favor of EV's. But EV's don't work for everyone.

This is how I install a solar panel in under 3 minutes.

There are millions of poor people who live in apartments where that isn’t a luxury they can afford. So while ev may work for some, it’s not for all.

I'd never live under communist rule, don't worry.

I do exactly this, but it's a grading blade.

It's yurop, but still. https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/10/19/cost-of-public-charging-an-ev-is-now-more-expensive-than-filling-up-with-diesel-parkers/ Cost Of Public Charging an EV Is Now More Expensive Than Filling Up with Diesel–Parkers The price of charging an electric car using a public...

5 more panels up. 17 of 24 for this array. I want to try and squeeze another 6 panels onto the structure. Magdrill really saved me, but carrying panels up ladders is still a challenge.

Is this a california thing?

So I saw this ryobi ratchet on clearance for $45 at HD, and I thought, why not. Today, I put it to the test. It put the rubber washers on no problem, but when it came to the nylon nuts, it couldn't cut it. The milwaukee, however, managed to crush my pinky against the rail in a way that I...

Magdrill works great!

Got a 20' squeegee on a stick.

Yup, I had already taken that into account. I plan to put 2 inverters on L2 and the 3rd on L3. Each inverter only carries only 3000w, so 9kw per leg. I know if i want dp breakers i have to make sure i hit L1 and not L2 and L3, so placement is going to be relevant. Got 2 sets of rails up, i want...

I cleaned up the main box and free'd up 6 breakers to power each of the inverters. I'm going to have so much room in the new box, it'll be great not dealing with such a cramped space.

Finished up the ac on the inverters, and did the new inverter breaker box feed lines. Tomorrow I'll do the grid panel and maybe get the battery shelf set up.

No one talks about the wiring... Or if they do, I skipped ahead. Current sharing and communications cables installed.

I had my hands in the inverter wiring it up. Then the power went out. And I thought "did i do that?" I had to go down a mental check list to see if it was something I did. It wasn't. This is the exact reason I'm doing this bs. 15 minutes later electric company texts, "sorry your power is out...

I’m running gasless flux core. I got a solid puddle back and forth, but the metals wouldn’t mix.

Got the last 2 inverters up. Now it's must a matter of days of wiring. I'm looking forward to powering up the system.

So I got half way through running the wires, then realized I forgot to do it the way that I wanted. I wanted the first drop to be closest to the wall, but I was wiring the last drop first, and ran it against the wall. After 3 sets I realized it and kicked myself. Thankfully, I replaced the nail...

You are correct. $1.02 per foot.

It's the perfect opportunity to finally clean up my wiring mess when I transfer everything into the new panel.

I went to HD and picked up 500' of 10/2 wire for the inverters. Each inverter needs two runs of wire, one for the grid box and one for the solar box. So 12 in total. I decided to go with pex staples because 2 wires can fit in then. So 6 sets of 2. Tonight, I managed to get 2 sets run.

He isn't aggressive with me. Any time I'm in there he doesn't bother me at all. I've had a few roosters years ago and they were more aggressive by far. This guy pretty much ignores me.

I have a cock. He's cock-a-doodle-doing at 6am every morning. And for the rest of the day. Not a complaint, just an observation. I don't mind actually. After 52 chickens at 10% sexing accuracy for pullets, I finally got a cock. And what a cock he is. Otherwise, getting ~30 eggs a day...

So my big panel as it turns out, is 3 phase. So in theory, if i bond L2 and L3 and run split phase, i should have all slots active, but if I want to run any 220, i need to make sure I hit L1 with the DP breaker. The question is do I bond it above the main breaker or below it? Above would be...

It's funny, my wife gets angry at me because they treat me better in her country than they do her. I've heard it's the same in vietnam. Regardless, it's an awesome place. I have a car there so I can go where I want.

There’s a website called Agoda which you can book through that has the best deals. Don’t book direct. If you’re white they’ll likely give you free upgrades when you arrive. They love white people. When booking get the breakfast, it’s really good.

I guess you aren't familiar iwth dennis leary's work?

People that drive really slow in the ultra fast lane, while people behind them are going insane.

They said m4 or m5 for mounting, converted to metric which is 1/4", but 1/4 doesn't fit. #12 does, hex head lag bolts because I am done dealing with phillips. Backer board up, 4/6 inverters up. Reset switch was poorly placed directly in front of where one of the mounting holes was and I had to...

Just got back from bangkok. Stayed in center point 3 bedroom family suite for about $100/night, right across from terminal 21 which is a huge mall with lots of attractions. https://www.centrepoint.com/sukhumvit-10

Today’s the church hayride for Halloween. Got my coffee and tractor. I’m ready to go.

That's what I have. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-3-8-in-Cobalt-Red-Helix-Twist-Drill-Bit-48-89-2321/203115297

I've never tried them, always been curious. But my material is 3/8" thick so i'm not sure it would work.

I did with some. I've snapped 4 bits because of it. With it clamped down, unless the drill is perfectly centered on the pilot hole, it'll put lateral pressure on the bit, which snaps them. Even if I get it perfectly centered, when I pull the bit up I can still see it moving a bit because it's...

Got mag drill. Did a couple tests. Was worried that the magnetic base wouldn't hold, but sure enough, it worked great. I was cutting to slow, around 400rpm. When I add cutting oil I'll up the speed. It maxes at 800rpm which is perfect.

Imagine how nervous I was lifting it! I almost bit the dust once when a gust of wind came through. I scored a free panel years ago that i'll use for the solar stuff. Plenty of room in here. And it's even inspected!

Power's out, for some reason. It's sunny and 55f out. 2 battery systems are running minimal services, but it would be nice to get everything converted.

I put the I put the rails up and the panels in place then scribe the holes to drill. I have measured and measured to get the rails perfectly strait, and they are. And yet, the holes in the panels always seem to be in a slightly different place. These are 20' angle iron pieces, that laid on the...

It works, and it worked great. 2 c clamps on the flange. Got 4 more up and finished the second row.

I actually bought the vevor last night, should be here friday. The base i'm drilling on is only 2" wide, I'm hoping it's enough for the magnet to hold secure.

Got 2 more panels up. It's finally starting to look like something. Drilling these holes is killing me, my shoulders hurt so much. I can't put my weight on it so I have to use shoulder and bicep muscles. It' hurts pretty bad after about 2 and there's 4 per panel. So I made the HoleMaker 300™...

i'm going to see how it looks when it's done. I sort of like the machine-esque look.

Got the second set of rails up and the first panel on that set. It's a lot easier now because I can measure off the first. Which means I can drill on the ground and not on a ladder, which makes a big difference. I'm out of angle iron, which means I need to go to the steel shop for more. I'm...

Got the first row finished and the racking up for the second row. Hopefully will be done tomorrow. I broke my $18 bit on the 23rd hole I drilled, it snapped in half. It claimed that it would stay sharp 15x longer, but it didn't say it wouldn't snap in half. It's probably still sharp.

It’s to big of a job right now. It comes up in the middle of my chicken run and provides great shade for them.

I have a tree in the way of my solar at about 4pm. Can I top the tree to make day longer?

Elsa is 4lb and mocha is 26lb.

Back almost better, another panel up. 3 more inverters arrived today. Finally have to finish the laundry room I guess.

A doesn't need to tow very often because it has a bed that can take large and dirty things that you wouldn't put in your suv. So I would suspect your suv gets used to tow more than a truck. I tow a trailer with my scaffolding. If I had a truck, I wouldn't need my trailer for scaffolding.

Not everything is perfectly true, square, and plumb. That's why I wanted to use the panels instead of templates. I also am spacing the panels with 16p nails to allow for some expansion. They're mounted on rubber washers to insulate the materials from each other. I want them as close as...

Just turned 2000 miles the other day.

I like my ocean. it goes fast. And it plugs into my house at night so I can charge it up for the days driving.

I ended up using a pick to scratch the metal. It worked well. I got 3 panels up, I'm going to have to figure out a way to get the top ones up.

I'm having a hard time marking my holes where to drill. I tried paint, but it's raining, and it runs all over. I tried cutting a pencil off, but i can't get leverage. I'm looking for suggestions.

The structure is done. Now it's time to add the rails. I got the first rails last night, now the second tonight. 2 rails is 6 panels. When I got the first rail done, i made a jig so i could space the second rail. In total there will be 4 sets of 6, but for now I'm focusing on 2. Also the...

Looks like the EU is getting a cybertruck.

I'll have to check that out, thanks.

I got the first rail up for the panels, now I need to go down the line. i made a little jig so i can clamp the next rail to the first and it'll be appropriately spaced and hopefully will go faster.

Rumor is it's also good for deworming. It's why i have pumpkins in my garden.

I have done this. Don't use that crappy respirator. I have a full face 3m respirator with filters that i use. I don't bother with the hazmat suit, just whatever I'm wearing. Blow everything out and it works great. Takes about an hour for the dust to settle. I also bug bomb my shop yearly...

It was about 4pm, so they were pretty much done eating for the day. I should have taken it out at 7am, they probably would have cleaned it in an our with the rinds left.

Yes but i havent' figured out how to edit yet. Once I do, watch out. Here's 1 hour and 7 minutes of chickens eating pumpkins.

Current weather for Mohnton, US (Last Update: Tue Sep 24 10:07:37 EDT 2024) Current conditions: overcast clouds, Temperature: 61F, Wind: 9mph East-northeast (Gentle Breeze), Humidity: 82%, Pressure: 1020hPa, Sunrise: 06:53, Sunset: 18:57 Good morning. My rooster woke me up at 6am this morning...

Taxation without representation?

Did some flyover while putting stuff up. It was pretty neat.

1k for registration?? That's insane. I thought $55 a pop was high.

Current weather for Mohnton, US (Last Update: Mon Sep 23 08:34:10 EDT 2024) Current conditions: overcast clouds, Temperature: 61F, Wind: 6mph SouthEast (Light breeze), Humidity: 79%, Pressure: 1018hPa, Sunrise: 06:52, Sunset: 18:59 Good morning! My rooster has been consistently sounding off t...

Which are you going to keep longer? My tractors are from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. My trucks/cars are from the 00's, 10's, and 20's.