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So I promised I would bring back some EMP proof stuff. Not because I am preparing for the end of days but because this stuff has been pulled from mothballs and I am going to refurbish them... first on my list is this AK Onan. This one predates the Studebaker buy out. Jesus himself may have used...

When I was a young boy I thought my dad was an idiot hardly able to speak in complete sentences. Now I am old and realize those long pointless pauses were the places the swearing goes....

I don't even allow my thermostat to leave the hallway!

need some fishing rod holders and an umbrella stand. then its perfect

A couple of young fellows died on the job where I worked. I talked to them 12 hours before they died... I was not involved in their death, but it haunts me that I did nothing about the hazards I saw around me. I lay in bed some nights thinking about what if I had made a bigger stink about junk...

Going over 33 volts means your system falls under a different set of regulations in some places ( maybe not in some or all of the USA ) You may not be able to get insurance unless you pulled a permit and had it inspected. You may run afoul of local electrical authorities with a grid tie system...

I have never seen a single bit coin in the wild...

I just sent a picture of this Dunning-Kruger graph to my boss

The orange retard caved in... But he is still dangerous. Cash out now... I thought Biden was the one with Dementia. He can't even do a trade war right. What is paused? I just got home and even our gov cant figure out what the orange retard has paused... I do know there is a Chinese trade...

Issues with Santa sleigh this year reported in the news Facial recognition for sleigh ignition is unable to recognize Santa consistently through beard and hat. Range is a little less than four hundred miles. Nearest village to the North Pole is about eight hundred miles away. “Frunk” full...

I think most people do. I have a couple weeks worth of canned goods and stuff in the freezer. Its generally what I eat. Yesterday a did a service on a generator for an old fellow on my street. The unit hasn't run years and he was worried about it. He has some health issues so a power failure...

Electrician I work in heavy industry, communication, automation and control, power systems.

Small Children. Small hands and light weight so they can walk on things without damaging them. Hard part is getting them up there.... They cry and whine....

I can imagine things at work would not be much different...

I cant unsee this

I’ve never used twister or face book I don’t see the attraction of going to a website to argue with people or post political things for strangers to read

By jeep I mean Toyota f80 Here’s a nice picture of me (centre) and the rest of the guys in my dept going to a job Marlene in the back can’t see her…. notable woman….

I believe a good place to start is put all your information in a self addressed envelope sent registered mail. Then you sign for it at your home. This stop gap measure proves you had the idea before the date received and no one else was involved before you disclose any information about your idea.

I accidentally dumped a half can IPA in a TV set once... Dried it out and it worked. Smelled like beer in my dorm room for long time after when the set warmed up.

As it should.... You work to live, not the other way around....

From the bottom of my heart Fuck you imperialist pig I feel bad for saying that. ( polite Canadian coming out ) Most Americans are not like that. But let me tell you it will be a very long time before we forgive or forget and it rubbed us the wrong way. For as long as I have lived we thought of...

This is the crux of the problem... Will you pay Americans 10 dollars an hour to create some of the biggest environmental nightmares at a loss? I don't think you get it... You are not informed, you don't understand the problem. As an American you think you can have and do anything. Its been...

When I purchase my first Code book it was the Ontario version. it was $19.95 at the hydro office and about the size of a large paper back. Today its huge, double the size maybe they made the print a bit larger. And they want in the hundreds for it.... So I don't own a current edition of the...

Look for alternatives that might be cheaper. You can make good magnets with other materials than Neodymium. Hey its that transitory story from another angle again.... https://japan-forward.com/japanese-advances-in-rare-earth-alternatives-bring-many-advantages/ Trump cutting Billions from...

In seven days it would like like the Purge outside... You wouldn't outside putting up solar, you would be hiding in your basement counting how many cans of pork and beans you have

Most people end up with generators too large based on what a salesman told them At 25% throttle your not running in your most efficient range And diesel in particular can have a hard time at very light loads in stationary application You can get a lot of fuel dilution of the engine oil because...

I see them on Kijiji and feel bad knowing an antique will be scrapped unless I take it home. So I have created a preserve where old unloved generators can spend their final days with their own kind. They are well cared for and have a warm place to spend the winter.... This started after the big...

Ken old boy.... Its nice to see someone is listening.... How often does someone from China ask a question like this? I tried for a decade to get someone to listen to me in China and custom tailor one of these range extenders for a solar back up and no one was interested. Here we got a company...

I'm burning bituminous coal and anthracite. These are hard coals the first has a tar in and it kind of sticky as it heats making it very nice to build piles in your forge. The second is a harder coal with less tar it burns hotter. Both of these coals are used more for metallurgical processes or...

I wash the brush after use

Using AI sounds like an excuse to not get involved and do the right thing. A machine can not he held liable for doing the wrong things I guess.

You cant do that. What she omits ( did not watch the whole video in all honestly ) a point comes when the bomb is so large that the atmosphere no longer contains the explosion... I think thats around 100Mt. Beyond that the more energy you put in the more you blast into space without achieving...

Day off and I slept in to 8 AM today!!!! Then the hounds got me out of bed. Here on my lap top the weather report is -19C or thats about -2F Its cool out side but its not very cold, I wonder where that number came from because my thermometer says its -12 That's about normal lower range of...

You know thats one of the smartest posts I have read so far in this thread..... I don't know who any of these people are in particular EG4 who seems to be a rival company to one of these brand..., or the companies Deye or Solark. But now I am personally wary of them all because I don't know...

You were singing. I though there was something wrong with your car....

I don't think we are at that point yet. If I were SuperVtech and this was my client I would steer him away from a solar at this stage and stay with tried and true Standby generators. If you install something thats a critical load experimental fixes can get you sued if it fails to perform in an...

I work to live. My goal is to do the minimum required to get the job done and try to get the most compensation for it. My employer does not care about me, I am simply a disposable implement, a tool to a means and an end. They want to get as much from me as possible at the lowest per unit cost...

A fellow could go strange trying to prepare for stuff. You need to be practical about it And a fellow could do worse than have extra stuff to share with friends and neighbours. Maybe that old spare generator you don't need anymore will get you a couple cans of gas or cylinder of propane when...

That's pretty good and from a purely theoretical perspective true. But an automotive alternator is not like a power generation alternator and its been designed to operate over a wider load and RPM range. So it can overheat even though it has a high output impedance as compared to a DC...

Of shadow inventory Stuff put there for other customers now being unloaded

The difference I have learned between a good welder and bad one is one uses a grinder to hide his work and the other has nothing to hide lol..

Flubber.... And its even better.... No sir in a serious note I can not suggest a technically superior product that is safer... But I do own a cast iron fry pan and its non stick. So there must be other alternatives. Originally pipe dope was Clay, Veg oil. Rosin, and Alcohol... Much of that is...

I was thinking more locally than global. I own 9 generators, mostly older units made between 1945 and 1990. The unloved surplus units I save rag and bone men. They generally are everywhere if you look. I don't think its a bad idea for everyone to have some basic stuff. A spare sump pump and...

I think we all have we bit more in common than we realize. Me, you, Tommy. D71 don't agree but we talk as much as we argue... Thats where the respect begins.

There is a party called the NDP up here the new democratic party I am intensely private about information on the internet. ( sorry chum ) Keep bagging, I enjoy our witty banter... I enjoy all of it with everyone, not a single person here I would say I dislike, best arguments I had in ages...

Cat R1700XE electric scoop. The electric hummer of excavating ( no one asked for that lol ) Its a generation 1 machine, that will improve.... photo will be removed tonight, gawk while you can I was not supposed to take that picture.

I like the counterpoints to my counter points. There are some very fine people here on all sides of our discussions. Very respectable, some comical, all worth chatting with.

You guys sound like a 6 year old trying to prove a point. Here is the point you should take away with you after the dust settles. The USA will never try a stunt like this again....

I could be wrong about the pill maybe I watch too many old movies In every spy movie there is a poison pill and somehow you trick the bad guy into drinking the poisoned glass and the good guy manages to board a train and escape to West Berlin

I've stopped talking all of my meds after some diet and lifestyle changes I'm a hunter gatherer now . And mostly what I hunt man, and gather what ever I find in pockets brief cases, purses and glove compartments.... Since adopting cannibalism not only do I feel better but most of my enemies...

90c is the temperature rating of the insulation and not the temperature of the battery. At that temperature its able to radiate more heat off and faster than 75c wire Now this is apples and oranges but to the left is a 75hp U frame motor with 105c wire in it to the right is a 75 hp T frame...

All this talk of American and Chinese companies spying locking out has me looking over my shoulder now.... I saw this little fellow watching me. Almost missed it since he blends in with the rest of the Eaton's products but look!!!! Hes Chinese....

Yes. The nature of removing acid from the gasses produced on combustion means your gas cleaning unit will constantly suffer from corrosion. You constantly have to repair it..... Then you have your bag house and dust control Mercury and metals I have no idea how thats done.. But the idea of...

All of these things are cheaply made. They have a circuit protector rated at 10 amps 16g cords. You should avoid using them for anything but the very lightest loads As an electrician that sits through a lot of ESA bulletins and updates their are always warnings coming out about these kinds of...

Well some meats you brine like pork... But you don't need to do that with man flesh.. The skin itself is not very tasty, but under it, its very sweet and succulent. Breading or bacon wraps really set off the dishes. Also remember when I said I hated Hotdogs? There are other options, really a...

Do you really want to work in factory that makes plastic toys for 10 dollars an hour? No. So put that money towards education, science and research. The economy of tomorrow will not look like it does today. Your worried about low pay jobs when you should be looking at how your going to build...

I grudgingly have to admit D71 might be right about something. The ability to remotely manipulate important equipment like this is a very serious problem. Its not unique to China. As I recall this happened during the gulf war...

Bluster.... And if brains were dyno mite Trump might be able to blow out a candle. Most Stupid trade war ever....

Thanks to his dad leaving him a lot of money. Trump would have more money today if he kept his mouth shut, sat in a corner and simply invested all that money in the stock market under th3e watch of someone modestly qualified to run a trust fund.. Don't believe? google it...

You know what I have found? If you get into the accounts dept or other area where they are trying to separate you from your money you can get a real person. Once you do that ask the lady nicely of she can redirect you to a real person that can help you. Often this works...

I used to do business with an old order Mennonite “uneducated religious extremist” Hardly Pacifists and generally charitable, deeply moral and their greatest concern are not about worldly things but rather doing things the right things that will allow them to enter the kingdom of heaven when...

Well Will unfortunately things are never simple. Your not fat or complacent, your just living in the reality of a world where there are alternative places to manufacture. Some countries do things better than others, even with a level playing field Government can help balance this out somewhat...

I love the Landcruisers we drive at work.. ( me in centre) That guy in previous post really looks happy in Somalia.

There are lots of things out there that are obsolete that keep on doing their thing because they don't know any better.... An old boss of mine was an early adopter of the home computer. he had a modern PC in his office when I worked for him but he also had this TRS-80 that had all this old...

Or you could have just funded SS properly in the first place... CCP has a great rate of return and Old age security in Canada is fully funded. Rate of return last 10 yours on Canadians pensions has been a very modest 10% but its secure and fully protected. No one likes taxes but if you pay them...

Early mornings I get up and wonder do I really need to pee or or is my prostate going to give me a hard time. Sometimes I get more gas that urine, no matter how hard I push... Sometimes I have trouble telling gasses from solids...

If you want to do something right you do it yourself Contract everything out and you get what you get That and shortism. You need to plan for and try and predict the consequences of todays choices far into the future My dad used to say too close to the big picture and all you see is the...

Very good advice. I just searched up a technical paper on PV faults to study this and other problems I never considered. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2016/8712960 Nothing about loop currents but interesting read.

There are real flesh and blood people doing they sane thing right now in alll kinds of forums and BBs We should take every reply with a pinch of salt and do a lot of research beyond just what we read in one place before buying anything

Installed almost 30 years to provide lighting only... Location lost in time lake...... Original system was powered by a pair of truck batteries that got a daily top up form an alternator off a late 60's Chrysler and 9 cubic inch B&S. Before that lit by Coleman table lamps and lanterns. Not bad...

What if the rest of the world decides to coordinate a strategy to mitigate American tariff and punish the USA for starting a trade war. Trump already showed his fear of this with threats against the Canada and the Eu for workings together. Remember the last time we had a crisis. It was not the...

You know nothing. The French army of of the 1930s was built around the idea of trench warfare and static defences. And their defences were formidable. But the Germany army was an army of modern speed and mobility with close air support. They went around the French defences like the Maginot line...

Your Drifting Is this a health care thread now? Read this later. https://globalnews.ca/news/11109052/american-doctors-work-in-canada/ I don think you understand how it all up here. You will find plenty of Canadian who complain about our medicare system but very few want to scrap it and adopt...

The sun will be up soon Time to wake my son and dogs. Boy still sleeping. Im going to help the wife with breakfast. Eggs, sausage, latkes and bacon. PLan B I told boy dog to wake the boy. Opened the door lets see how that works.. Wrap a couple bones Pretty easy to make them happy saw this...

I saw this in my news feed today. And now we have both lol.....

The 25 cycle version was more common and reliable but yes they worked on 60hz too This is used to be how DC was made on a large scale its both an AC and Dc would together... this is a little fellow but the technology is so obscure now you cant even get a google hit for it Ignatron a mercury...

SHIT!!!!! Solar power yes I would agree it is. Even the coal dug from the ground is, and the oil. Uranium comes from exploding suns....

If you are ever in a situation where you are looking for a hot shower, keep your eyes peeled for an oil fired hot water tank ( even gas but they command a higher price ). https://www.kijiji.ca/v-home-indoor-other/charlottetown-pei/oil-fired-hot-water-heater/1700703635 Make a small fire box. Make...

Fancy stuff I had.... Past tense an old timey resistance bridge for doing leads wingdings and connections. I don't recall the resolution on the meter but it needed calibration from time to time and this was never done in a timely manner so when people tell me resistance figures as low as you I...

Probably the gold standard for understanding our technological society and how we got where we are is the James Burk series connections This is episode 1 Trigger effect where he discusses this exact scenario of a grid failure the rest of the series he discusses how we arrived here today...

At least once a year you should cycle all your breakers Unloaded of course… Breakers don’t age out They wear out from hard use If hit constantly overloading a circuit they will slowly wear out The harder the use the more quickly they will fail Oldest breakers I deal with daily are sone...

Speak for yourself I’m very concerned about man made effects on the planet Global warming plastics, pollution of all kinds The destruction of forest and extinction of animals. But most of you are not Not in any meaningful way are you willing to put your money where your mouth is and reduce your...

Eventual yYou will need to leave You will need a dentist or doctor You will need pills or supplies of some kind and you will be forced to interact with people

Probably because thats communism. Universal health care, social safety nets is Communism. Paying taxes, thats communism. Riding a bicycle thats communism. Talking about communism thats communism...

I did a lot of things with my fingers in my youth. Married for a very long time so I cant possibly comment. Not even sure how that.... Oh You said twidling........

How many bullets can you accurately send down range on a turn bolt VS a Semi. Depending on a the gun and the shooter that makes a big difference and thats why politicians want to ban so many guns. A semi with a low recoil intermediate cartage give a bad shooter more chances than a good one. And...

Lucky I f the can light a fart on fire those guys They will crash everything in the dessert long before they reach any population centres Ukrainians are different High education level technically very savvy and adaptive They could take the stuff those Taliban cave broke and crashed in the...

You know Canadian Bacon is just British bacon with the best parts cut out lol.. American bacon is more like German bacon without all the time and effort put in it. Makes you think doesnt it lol

This guy saw it coming too lol

Thats true. Scale.

Guess what Cuba and Mexico are the new snowbird destinations. You can actualy buy a place... BUY it in Cuba... Live there 1500 cdn a month... Trump did this.

10 is plenty 12 might even be ok. Your goal is to keep the voltage drop under 3%. Assuming the compressor runs at a 4 amps or so Options could be to use a normal AC fridge and an inverter with a stand by mode. The costs of DC vs conventional fridge with inverter is worth running the numbers on

Its 2025. hard to pin that down...

Its like generating power to run casinos... At the end of the day all you have is flashing lights stippers and empty wallets.

The USA has the US dollar. Oil is sold in Dollars, most international trade involves a Dollar... This is because of the post war way things went and the US dollar was seen as honest. And its was an economic and political sledge hammer used to steer the world PAX Americana To this day I think...

Why are people always moving my things?

Hmm..... I'm not comfortable about this If your helping thats one thing. If your doing this work and something goes sideways and it comes back on you that trouble

If I don't make it back. Tell D71 I said hello.......