New garage time!

[fatjay]

Ditched the ground spikes idea when i decided to run conduit so I can pull fiber lines.

Busted through the basement wall right where I wanted. Put a 1" pvc through for the pex, and a 1.5" on top of it for the fiber lines. Glue'd all the conduit and letting it set overnight, taped the pex to the conduit so it'll be ready to drop in tomorrow.

 

[EddieWalker]

You lost me at fiber optic. Do you already have that in your house? are you running it out to the patio from your house? What is it for?

 

[fatjay]

You lost me at fiber optic. Do you already have that in your house? are you running it out to the patio from your house? What is it for?

10gb internet to the shop. Right now I have a wifi range extender on the back porch that beams to the shop and a receiver in the shop so that it has wifi, but it's a rigged setup, and it's slow.

 

[goeduck]

10gb internet to the shop. Right now I have a wifi range extender on the back porch that beams to the shop and a receiver in the shop so that it has wifi, but it's a rigged setup, and it's slow.

1. Wi-Fi extender as in Wi-Fi received at the back porch and Wi-Fi out to the shop?
or
2. Wi-Fi access point as in Ethernet cable to the back porch and Wi-Fi out to the shop?
or
3. Bridge with Ethernet cable to the back porch, a bridge pair with a unit on each side and Ethernet again at the shop?

Sorry, for the questions, but I am going to replace my Powerline adapter pair (ethernet runs on electrical cables to the shop), which cannot handle the data bursts from my security cameras and am looking at the 3rd option above. I would agree option 1 could be very slow.

What I have and what I am looking at to replace it with

 

[fatjay]

1. Wi-Fi extender as in Wi-Fi received at the back porch and Wi-Fi out to the shop?
or
2. Wi-Fi access point as in Ethernet cable to the back porch and Wi-Fi out to the shop?
or
3. Bridge with Ethernet cable to the back porch, a bridge pair with a unit on each side and Ethernet again at the shop?

Sorry, for the questions, but I am going to replace my Powerline adapter pair (ethernet runs on electrical cables to the shop), which cannot handle the data bursts from my security cameras and am looking at the 3rd option above. I would agree option 1 could be very slow.

What I have and what I am looking at to replace it with
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Right now i have a range extender on the back porch and inside the shop, and it's not nearly fast enough to handle the cameras, or even an HD stream.

I've heard good things about hte powerline adapters, but haven't tried them myself since the phone line days. Yes, they did exist when dialup was a thing. I've been told they have to be on the same circuit, or at least the same leg of the panel, to work. Again, untested.

That's why I'm running sfp+ between two switches. I have 6 cameras on the shop and inside, plus my firestick and laptop. So I'll be running 10gb sfp+ over fiber or copper

 

[goeduck]

Right now i have a range extender on the back porch and inside the shop, and it's not nearly fast enough to handle the cameras, or even an HD stream.

I've heard good things about hte powerline adapters, but haven't tried them myself since the phone line days. Yes, they did exist when dialup was a thing. I've been told they have to be on the same circuit, or at least the same leg of the panel, to work. Again, untested.

That's why I'm running sfp+ between two switches. I have 6 cameras on the shop and inside, plus my firestick and laptop. So I'll be running 10gb sfp+ over fiber or copper

Thanks. I'd do the same thing you are doing if my space between buildings was not concrete.

As far as the powerline carriers go, mine do better on the same leg of the power but have troubles on both. I originally tried both since both conductors running out there are black.

 

[fatjay]

Well now i'm in thailand. I saw this last time, but wasn't sure. It's a tankless hot water for $75. Thailand runs on 220v. Everyone has them, next to their shower.

I was thinking I could get this to adapt to my radiant floor for the shop. I think it's just a simple heating element and rheostat, no electronics involved. I'll pick it up tomorrow and bring it back to the hotel and open it up. If it's what I think it is. I think I'll get one for the house as well next to my shower. That way I don't need an oil fired hot water heater.

 

[EddieWalker]

From what I've read, the electric instant hot water heaters use so much power to heat the water that there isn't a savings using them over a conventional electric hot water heater. The real savings with instant hot water heaters is with Natural Gas or Propane. Especially if you have the supply line big enough to supply the amount of gas needed.

 

[fatjay]

From what I've read, the electric instant hot water heaters use so much power to heat the water that there isn't a savings using them over a conventional electric hot water heater. The real savings with instant hot water heaters is with Natural Gas or Propane. Especially if you have the supply line big enough to supply the amount of gas needed.

I have no ng or propane even at my house. It will have to be electric one way or another. I plan to power it with solar as primary but supplemented with grid.

 

[fatjay]

Got my hot water heater, time to unbox it and take it apart and see what I find inside. Heating elements are amazingly simple, i should be able to power one with ac or dc. Then it's just a matter of flow control module, and a circulation pump.