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because I'm new here, I got to ask, are you people adults?"

sunshine_eggo, as if life was that simple.... every time I look at a mirror the same fuck up is giving me that dumbass look :mad:

It seems each year I feel compelled to take on a new project (task). sometimes it's snow removal Sometimes it's Automatically mowing grass one time it was growing sweetcorn the electric bike was hours of entertainment My current task is to power my home workstation with Solar. I...

USA should be on that list when I vote they ask for ID in wisconsin

Mr Tanuki, not likely, with the grandkids now off to collage, the kiln's power cord is being used by the 5kw gas generator to power the house when the grid fails. That doesn't mean I won't be posting here on UP IN SMOKE in the near future, because I'm making a DIY BMS. Tommy SE Wisconsin

ScropusGobbleBottom, we've had 3 tornados pass by and a number of severe thunderstorm this season each seemed to be pointed right at me, that's more then I can ever remember and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm to blame, I thumbed my nose at mother nature by hanging 10 panel 10 feet in the air...

D71, I'm in paradise now :love: D71, one aspect of my limitations is I know nothing for sure, it's all theory or hypnosis, nothing is black/white that's why aenyc confuses me with his END OF STORY line. and there is only one underlining law...DO NO HARM even Ohm law works until it...

D71, you never disappoint. (y) and the misunderstanding is on me, I should have posted that video as a metaphor(like your jap writing) and I never thought about race, just the ass fucking, because trump/MAGA does not care about what race someone is when it comes to what they want. example...

"Buyer beware" is an ancient Latin phrase, but even today as mass production chases the lowest wages around the world it has the same meaning. I would love to have a 100Amp relay, only spend $12 and I want it tomorrow. but there is a catch. machine crimped connections of the coil contacts...

I would have my water supply checked...

fatjay, IMO It's not that confusing. even the US with it's millions required mandates, china with it's billions :oops:

While I'm years away form being able to offer any meaningful help to anyone here, it's sweet to know that day could come.

aenyc, while things change(my party is a good example) and the easy answer is to sit back in my rocking chair and bitch about it, or step outside and scream at the sky, and in some countries that's all you get, but here we have a chance to if nothing else flip them off(with our votes, see image...

crap, the max VOC is 100Vdc.... my bad I'll try 2S on the MPPT to see the difference. I see the value in this setup, as the seasons are changing.

it almost embarrassing when your most personal frustration is trees, because in a short time all the leaves will be on the ground, not shadowing my panels :mad:

imagine all the smiley faces on the DIYer's as some end up on facebook marketplace($50 each). the way of the world, someone misfortune, is someone's smiley face.

42OhmsPA, we all have our demons :mad: fucking trees :sick::poop::eek::devilish:

aenyc, while I don't think solar is the only fix for the above misunderstanding, IMO it is playing a role in mitigating any harm, so to you and every person on here that is producing watts from solar, me and my grandkids thank you.

D71, IMO you are mischaracterizing my hotel encounter. that older gentleman was white not black, and red flags in my head can be seen long before fear or afraid. I get how a number of older people could come to that conclusion. As I remember it back then we had maybe 5 TV stations to get our...

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Bob, after a hard fought battle(election year 2024) and with a win, maybe you have earned some coronas on the beach for you steadfast efforts.

I tried it with 24V 500W motors, but corn cobs and Barbie dolls stalled the motors. but it was still hours of entertainment.

aenyc, you have the answer, but the means going forwards would make your head explode(globalization) we see the newer generations are learning ways to use the new technologies(information/AI) to develop new markets for their financial benefit. we see a sharp contrast in genZ's who no longer see...

42OhmsPA, I still remember them days with fondness, even with all the busted knuckles and blood blisters :)

aenyc, but, but, but isn't culling the human population, agribusiness and bill fucking gates a strawman argument with this topic? what comes around goes around :ROFLMAO:

a system in place to insure the survival of our nation(USA), to not vote would make an adult a slacker. almost like a street person, unable to carry their own weight, shoulder their own responsibilities. but don't give it a thought, someone else can carry your load...sit back

42OhmsPA, I'm lightyears behind you.

ken, is the constitution also gaslighting ? note the constitution say deprive any person my line still stands " it's how you do things that counts. conservatives think if you make a show of it."

D71, IMO if happiness had a smell, it would be bacon frying. :love:

couldn't resist :p ken's family portrait

BongBong, while I was in grade school at the time, I'm thinking Cuba was in Russian's pockets before the embargo :unsure: seems just one year after the embargo Russia is putting missiles in cuba that seems like more then a years work.(in early 60's)

svetz, sweet read :love:

pull from aeync's link. aeync, as you can see from svetz's last post green energy is a good fit for a capitalist system, would like to see more from US manufactures and engineers in the near future. I have spent $3000 is US dollars in the last year on batteries.(that's capital) with the...

it get very convoluted with people. IMO the reason some people are not on-board with the whole fossil fuels/climate change plan can be seen in the plots of movies like Fountainhead/Atlas Shrugged , old ideas, but still out there. She supported rational and ethical egoism as opposed to...

very informative astounding the information out there, if you keep your eyes, ears and mind open.

they are Illegal immigrates after they are found guilty

I'm knocking on wood :oops:

Ken, kneeling on people's necks causes cities to burn, and climbing the capital walls/breaking down it's doors could get you shoot/killed....but, but it's the fucking democrat's fault 🤪 it's sweet when you can have it both ways, take credit for the good times during your administration but...

D71, IMO if you go back and look bidin was always controlled by other people even the words he used. Susan Rice sounds about right.

aenyc, while I don't see your views as greedy like the mega/conservatives but it does seem like the childhood practice of playing a ball game with your friends, where the ball belongs to one of you. If the game doesn't go your way, you might get upset and leave, taking your ball with you, ending...

aenyc, that's on us, but I got them form a US importer who made money so they can eat , the driver of the truck that got them to me made money to pay his rent, the list goes on. capitalism at work for a large number of people here in the US even thou they got made someplace else. PS: I'm a...

Delmar, or could it be google bots. :unsure:

Klystron, to me it seems different. IMO trump was the voice of the current divide, and that voice incited the most civil unrest I've seen in my adult life time. maybe he'll do better next time, we can only hope.

aenyc, :oops: humorous sidebar Lightning is a frequent occurrence worldwide with an estimated 50 occurrences per second and 20% of those resulting in ground strikes. It is impossible to know exactly, but it is estimated that worldwide there are approximately 24,000 fatalities with ten times...

D71, you astound me with your knowledge on a great many topics, but confuse me when you conflate government and business, no business I know of prints their own currency. I get they are connected, but are not the same thing, or should be judged on the same criteria IMO. the line too big to fail...

got the bracket made to move the spindle motor to the center of the base plate and I was able to make some brackets to hold the counter balance , baby steps....

aenyc, you may not need to wait, that question is being asked right now in china, but just a little shorter "WTF"

thinking there is enough foolishness to go around in alaska it's illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting. In connecticut they have a law that says, pickles must bounce. In new hampshire, it's illegal to pick up seaweed from the beach at night. In washington state, it's...

42OhmsPA, each step we take brings us closer to the goal, one foot in front of the other. these are not simple issues, and IMO there is not one silver bullet. by us and the rest of the industrialized nations move to EV tech could make it possible for future generation to share the same type life...

I think we will keep the high end low volume manufacturing we have now. and the countless specialty shops across this country like JMI, and weathland tube (chicago). and baum machine Appleton WI

D71, it's very dirty, I work in manufacturing. example: last week I had to work on an older system we built some years ago, oil everywhere. hard to see in these images but oil covers everything :oops:

to be able to post here within a week of open heart surgery is a very good sign. congratulation!

solar porn at it's finest :) I'll be back in a short :sick: sweet sun exposure

D71, I'm nodding along with you, but I feel the hobbling was done by our own shortsightedness.

aenyc, some of think we are procrastinating, some feel we are years behind on dealing with the issue. it's possible god will step in and save the weakest among us(planet earth/wildlife) from us, or it's even possible global warming is just a misunderstanding of the numbers, if both these...

aenyc, Lithium like Nuclear or even molten sodium are stepping stones towards our future energy needs (without innovations you have complacency) **** MEME

aenyc, first I've seen of this, googled

If they work half as good as they look, 2 of them should be able to run my workstation for 24Hr or my snow shovel for 3 hours. when turning the snow shovel it draws 100Amp when lifting 400lb it draws 40Amp Dumping the bucket draws 20Amp

D71, we could be twins :ROFLMAO: same way it went for me. I couldn't wait until sunday to put my motor in, it should be able to get me around the block tomorrow :) I messed up on the step key, and didn't get the end supports made. :( but it should be good if I take it easy on it, no wheelies.

aenyc, lets hope they fix that issue sooner then they did with steam trains. some of images below are from the 40's :oops: or even ICE cars

it is kind of interesting to see how projects change over the years. started in 2010 as a EV snow plow and mower. updated in 2016 then in 2018 my granddaughter started a lawn mowing business so the project turned to only snow removal.

Rednecktek, I like these pouch cells for a number of reasons. 1) sweet specs for these cells. Max Charge Rate 240A Recommend MAX Continuous Discharge Rate 400A Pulse Discharge Rate（3 seconds） 800A Fully Charged voltage 4.2V Discharge cut off voltage 2.5V 2) my inverter's cutout voltage is...

with my snow shovel any video feed lag forces me to stop and wait it out, I would have a hard time dealing with the lag time to mars to get any work done :oops:

42OhmsPA, to be determined. I can see how using co2 to heat our atmosphere could heat our core also(given time) because we are all in the same vacuum we are all connected

aenyc, that is one way to look at it, and true for the DIY crowd , but when you start looking for ways to extend your current power grid to meet the ever increasing industrial loads without building new power generation plants, one would think it would be in our best interest to look to...

aenyc, what can I do about the above issues? other then the tax money I spend on the EPA. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference what can I do about co2? convert my ICE to electric. convert my house...

aenyc, some catchy lines, but the beast we are talking about here has gained 14 billion tons in weight this year so far alone, all of the demons listed have a fixed weight and would seem like child play for any one of our modern armed services, to find a comparable threat your going to have to...

D71, I have to agree, he seems to get it.

aenyc, but you have to admit china with it's billions of people took full advantage of mass production to pull their people out of the rice patties, and into a air-conditioned offices, with a EVs. in a very short time frame. :oops: (could be a record book kind of event) it's a shame if we let...

my bad HighDesertOffgrid, in the 70's I could go to any hardware store to check a vacuum tube and if they didn't have one I could find myself driving all the way to Chicago to track one down, it was the same in the 80's and 90's when searching for max232 chips or even a Fing 555 chip. today...

aenyc, I hope someday to see your writeup on a cold fusion topic. ( I'm not going to say Dilithium crystals, but I want to)

bob, while I'm prone to forgetfulness, I also see who is making the most investments in our future. but there is some logic to that, we are in the millions, they are in the billions. but the bottom line is we are all working on it. :) while it's possible the members here that think...

aenyc, what if, the west at least the affluent of the world goes EV, wouldn't that leave more resources of fossil fuels for the underdeveloped country's. that's how the US, china and others got their start. wouldn't that be a good thing for them, maybe we shouldn't still be sucking on the earth...

D71, sure they could track me if they wanted, they could even kill me with a few mouse clicks. while there may be people that could lose sleep just knowing that, that's not me, without it I would not have been able to vote yesterday. but knowing it did compel me to vote early, when you have a...

Hedges, that turned out to be a good thing for me(for the first 2yrs at least), I'm a traveling service tech that hates to drive, and for the first 2yrs I had a driver :)

while D71 had a front row seat for the turning point for america(70's), but without a urim & thummim misinterpreted other's rise(japan/china) as our fall, while all along it was america's redistribution of wealth that started in the 70's, while labeled as trickle down was in fact just a...

aenyc, but, but doesn't HadCRUT 5 match NOAAGlobalTemp and berkley ? are they all in on it?

svetz, I get the logic, but then I would miss out on a lot of sweet information example: https://www.worldometers.info/ I would be much poorer without it.

primal1, lucky for me there are lots of clowns to go around... was geatz also a democrat turned MAGA clown :unsure: like RFK jr, trump and musk ? while it does sting that I can no longer climb a tree, or a metal building at a campaign event and a blowup punching bag is my only recourse :sick...

but, but geriatrics be needing some REO speedwagon, but can only manage to hum to hot chocolate

aenyc, pay attention you may be seeing the future here in chit chat zone.(you may want to take notes):p

DPC, while I'm not making light of your observations, my personal observations point to a different conclusion. because I've had the opportunity to work in the manufacturing industries long term I see no comparison between then and now, step back to just the 80's where your topical manufacturing...

D71, all good here, work has been fascinating the last few months, one project after the other and using servo motors which adds to the fun. knock on wood, I only had to grid charge my batteries once this winter (dec 17th) but I do have a light load refrigerator, computers and monitors. D71...

I'm thinking B-Manfx4 drink the kool aid, or at least memorized the canned lines :rolleyes: only thing missing from his last post was the canned laughter.

DPC, I was cracking a joke because a boner would kill me, and drinking does not work out good for me. :ROFLMAO:

interesting concept first lady beauty contest. my vote this one always reminded me of my grandmother, she would always smank in the back of the head when needed. (her lose is left)

the PLOT may not be a plot but a philosophy Rockefeller foundation bad Gates foundation bad Clinton foundation bad Hewlett foundation bad Walton foundation bad and Government is the worst Objectivism's definition is a system of philosophy that rejects the idea of collective rights and instead...

D71, :oops: something tells me procreate is not the answer to our woes here and now, even less so on mars. new ideas are the answers, and arms and legs are not needed for answers. example

aenyc, how much of that long gone is due to indifference by too many :unsure:

just switch the grid off for the first time ever, house running on solar, batteries :love:

while it's obvious someone is overstepping, who to point a finger at depends on the tribe you belong to.

ToddBailey, that's why I like this cheap voltage meters, they have calibration pots. :) you could use these cheap $2 dollar meters to measure the voltage drop of your inverter cable. 5 for $10 :oops:

fatjay, because I have not seen the forced part yet I still see it as plan/goal, not a mandate. I myself make personal long range goal, I even work very hard to see them through if not, I look at what I did get done then make new plans/goals. if you look at it 8% of the market is EV now even...

nothing says freedom of speech better then the freedom seen here in Chit Chat.... thanks Will

while now is a good time to celebrate, but maybe you should also take the time to check out your fire fighting equipment(just saying :whistle:).

aenyc, that's a job for our grandkids, ours's was to get the ball rolling in the right direct. our endgame is there is no end to the story.

Mr Tanuki, I'll be sure to start a topic here in up in smoke if (or when) it happens. Tommy SE Wisconsin