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    Backup Generator Size

    i just have a simple honda eu 3000. semi hard wired to the house main panel. WITH a interlock. so no power can be back fed to the grid. to keep the law and tax man off my back, the "semi" part is i need to manually plug into the honda, before any power can feed anywhere. i have a small home...
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    Makes me want to buy more panels. US manufacturing process.

    are you saying the ftc is not in with other alphabets agency's. out of control buying up guns and turning them selves into a military police group?
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    Makes me want to buy more panels. US manufacturing process.

    this is how the japanese car company's made hugh profits in the USA. import "parts" and do final assembly in the USA with 100% imported japanese made parts. and at first said "made in the USA", till they were sued and now only say assembled in.
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    LifePo4 Auto starter battery

    i have a first gen yamaha fz1 and the charging on it is very poor. the motor was designed for racing in the r1 bike, now it is in a street bike. and the generator can not cope with having lights on it. (stop bike, turn lights off). the bike's motor was never meant to power lighting. so i say i...
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    wire ferrels.

    i just checked out that web site. can you say $$$$. but the good stuff costs. and then there are different styles. not just sizes, bare or insulated. i need to do a bit more research before i drop some bucks.
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    wire ferrels.

    i for one never heard of them till just yesterday. trick little gadgets. and yes they look like any connection were the bare wire goes under a screw these things look to be great. sad for me i would not use many of them ( as i see it now) but might be able to find “other” uses for them in the...
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    wire ferrels.

    link to see some of them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_wire_ferrule
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    wire ferrels.

    just found out about wire ferrels. made from tin coated copper. they are thin metal to just hold the wire together so as to make the connection under the holding set screw. makes the wire able to be pulled out and put back after. small dia there is a tool. but larger gets crushed to shape by...
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    blue gas

    just as i posted this filter guy's posting came through. thank you for the post, i had heard this was to replace lithium batteries, so sounds like what i read about was just bs.
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    blue gas

    well so many have looked at this posting but no reply's, so this "blue gas" must just have been a fake thing, maybe just a project to burn up tax dollars
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    blue gas

    what is blue gas and how it it supposed to replace lifepo4 batteries? i am not in the know, have no input from much or any real source, so this question is a shot in the dark for me.
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    & the winner of longest delivery time via Alibaba goes to...

    i did not order batteries, just a 24 volt dc shunt gauge. now i am not so sure i should have bought from them. time will tell.
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    Lockable battery shed.

    a gap is best, check your local building codes, in my area a shed must be 5 feet from any fence and 10 feet away from the house. and over a X size a permit is required. plus taxed as a building.
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    NASA 2024 Moonshot

    but then the weight of the robots and the supply's to keep them running. the first solar will come in from the earth. then maybe in ten years of always maned, can start the robots to building more than just solar.
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    Fire estinguisher for lithium

    everybody should have fire extinguishers all around there house, van,car,rv,boat,etc. in my small garage there are two, a 10 pounder and a little 2-1/2 pounder. varied chem's and gasoline-two motor bikes). one in the laundry room (also for the kitchen) and one 2-1/2 pounders in each bed room...
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    NASA 2024 Moonshot

    i figure the moon will get a couple nuke plants. just was not sure about mars just on the distance from the sun.
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    NASA 2024 Moonshot

    for the mars shot. they should send up at least five other ships with supplys. i believe in over kill for protection. i am not up on the math but how much solar would be required to supply them with 150 % of total power needs?
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    foundation for solar on a older roof.

    very true. i live in a old house in town. no livestock allowed. used to have a much larger place up on a hill with a view forever and it sat on over 5 acres. even had my own privet shooting range there. was looking at doing a full acre in solar. but everything dropped out on me. i lost most...
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    foundation for solar on a older roof.

    i live alone, work nights. only big draw is the ice box. window ac only, most everything else is off most of the week. in 4 days i put in over 50 hrs. sleep one day away ( monday- my saturday). i get home at 5:30 am so the bed room ac is a mandatory item. most days of the year are sunny. i...
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    foundation for solar on a older roof.

    no not on the coast, but up in the foothills better than 100 miles inland. about 1000 ft elv. in a valley in the past number of years no real wind. have lived in areas that got Wind. some snow ( none this past year) but below the snow line. and yes i have been up in the atic and no metal on the...
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    foundation for solar on a older roof.

    thinking about solar on my roof, but house was build back in 1952. does anybody here know the general framing codes for how a roof support should be. to handle the weight of the panels up there. as i am not sure if the number of rafter or age will be enough support. but in doing all this i would...
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