crossy
Solar Wizard
Pretend it's a British motorcycle (Norton, Triumph, BSA) and just give it a drip-tray 
What was your most interesting recent non solar project?
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littleharbor2
Solar Wizard
Like an old Jeep. They don't leak, they mark their territory.Pretend it's a British motorcycle (Norton, Triumph, BSA) and just give it a drip-tray
Picking and drying Craterellus Lutescens, known here as camagroc, angular de monte or trompetilla amarilla, depending on who you ask.
One of my favourites, plus they dry & keep well, great in soups or stew with chorizo. Smaller, white mushrooms are Hydnum repandum hedgehog mushroom, lengua de bou or lengua de vaca.
One of my favourites, plus they dry & keep well, great in soups or stew with chorizo. Smaller, white mushrooms are Hydnum repandum hedgehog mushroom, lengua de bou or lengua de vaca.
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seneysolar
24V
If its not leaking it or burning it you're probably out of it 
Wow. Wouldn't want to say that three times...
Recovering EE
Solar Addict
Built an enlarged frunk in my new 2024 Ioniq 5. The RWD (rear-wheel drive) model has a cavernous space under the factory frunk insert that would normally house the front drive motor in the AWD model. It's wasted space.
The European version has a redesigned frunk insert that takes advantage of the increased volume, but shipping to the States is many hundreds of dollars.
Enter the DIY guy (not me). He found a commercial restaurant bin that fit the space. Visualize a heavy-duty bin a bus-boy would use. Trim it a bit, and build a platform onto the existing screw-down points, seal it up, and voila! Triple the frunk space, that's accessible through a pop-off panel that's intended to service the cabin filter. Not a difficult job, but a lot of careful work.
I also installed a module that auto-locks the Ioniq 5, ten seconds after you close the last door. Why this wasn't a standard feature is beyond comprehension.
Also installed a dash cam which has a mount that directly replaces the plastic housing behind the rear-view mirror.
Also de-badged the hood and trunk lids with carbon-fiber ovals that replace the ugly "H" with four dots....Morse code for "H".
I left the 2" receiver installation for the professionals. I've done it before, and don't need to do it again.
All the above is reversible, and the Ioniq 5 can be returned to stock.
The European version has a redesigned frunk insert that takes advantage of the increased volume, but shipping to the States is many hundreds of dollars.
Enter the DIY guy (not me). He found a commercial restaurant bin that fit the space. Visualize a heavy-duty bin a bus-boy would use. Trim it a bit, and build a platform onto the existing screw-down points, seal it up, and voila! Triple the frunk space, that's accessible through a pop-off panel that's intended to service the cabin filter. Not a difficult job, but a lot of careful work.
I also installed a module that auto-locks the Ioniq 5, ten seconds after you close the last door. Why this wasn't a standard feature is beyond comprehension.
Also installed a dash cam which has a mount that directly replaces the plastic housing behind the rear-view mirror.
Also de-badged the hood and trunk lids with carbon-fiber ovals that replace the ugly "H" with four dots....Morse code for "H".
I left the 2" receiver installation for the professionals. I've done it before, and don't need to do it again.
All the above is reversible, and the Ioniq 5 can be returned to stock.
OffGridInTheCity
Solar Wizard
Finished my backyard fuel storage project today..... Nothing flammable near the fuel!
42OhmsPA
Who likes Electrical Gremlins?
Looks great.
What are those brown cardboard box looking things next to the propane tanks?
Daddy Tanuki
Emperor Of Solar
I bet they are new prefilled tanks. my small tanks of freon come in little tanks roughly the same size as propane and they are always in cardboard boxes from maker.Looks great.
What are those brown cardboard box looking things next to the propane tanks?
Hedges
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Looks great.
What are those brown cardboard box looking things next to the propane tanks?
Kindling.
OffGridInTheCity
Solar Wizard
Thank you!
K-1 Kerosene - the cardboard boxes have 5gal plastic containers of K-1. The right hand box is all K-1 Kerosene (~90gal) in 5gal jugs and these are the spill over. Then middle 2 x boxes have 14 x 40lb propane tanks. The misc box has gasoline, butane, small propane.What are those brown cardboard box looking things next to the propane tanks?
42OhmsPA
Who likes Electrical Gremlins?
I was just bustin on the nothing flammable comment... I'm a smart ass at heart.
BigGun
Solar Enthusiast
Where did you get the boxes, I need some for my propane.
OffGridInTheCity
Solar Wizard
I used 200gal boxes as they fit 8 x 40lb propane tanks nicely - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DD3ZFP3X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title
BigGun
Solar Enthusiast
Thanks
Delmar
Solar Wizard
We like our current house however the master bedroom is upstairs. My wife and I are getting older with the accompanying health issues, and the stairs get more difficult to climb everyday. We need a downstairs bedroom but really don’t want to move.
We purchased the adjoining townhome lot and are planning a downstairs addition. I get to play architect again, attached are reference drawings. The existing house is on the left, the center and right portions are the addition. Initially will be his & her bedrooms with a shared bathroom, and a 1-car garage as my workshop. Naturally will have the builder install solar panels on the roof.
The upstairs will be designed for a future living space that can be sold or rented separate from the existing house. Will be unfinished for now, and maybe through my lifetime. Our kids can decide what to do with it.
We purchased the adjoining townhome lot and are planning a downstairs addition. I get to play architect again, attached are reference drawings. The existing house is on the left, the center and right portions are the addition. Initially will be his & her bedrooms with a shared bathroom, and a 1-car garage as my workshop. Naturally will have the builder install solar panels on the roof.
The upstairs will be designed for a future living space that can be sold or rented separate from the existing house. Will be unfinished for now, and maybe through my lifetime. Our kids can decide what to do with it.
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So... i get a call from a condo association i work at.
They got dinged on their fire inspection, all the lower meter box covers were on the ground in the power room in A building.
I go in there, and... i flat out said no way i would reinstall the covers until they made the room safer.
It is a small bunker celler with a concrete floor, it has a single sump pump in it to handle water.
The mud line on the wall in the room stops at the top of the stairs...
The pump alarm is disconnected.
The room has TWO cuts into the wall to allow flooding into the electrical room where the pump is.
The lower set of power meters, AND THE MAIN GUTTERBOX WITH THE PRIMARY BUSBARS all are below the mudline.
All new meters recently installed... i guess the old ones failed due to mud and water...
All the 60A main pulls and meterboxes caked in mud.
They got dinged on their fire inspection, all the lower meter box covers were on the ground in the power room in A building.
I go in there, and... i flat out said no way i would reinstall the covers until they made the room safer.
It is a small bunker celler with a concrete floor, it has a single sump pump in it to handle water.
The mud line on the wall in the room stops at the top of the stairs...
The pump alarm is disconnected.
The room has TWO cuts into the wall to allow flooding into the electrical room where the pump is.
The lower set of power meters, AND THE MAIN GUTTERBOX WITH THE PRIMARY BUSBARS all are below the mudline.
All new meters recently installed... i guess the old ones failed due to mud and water...
All the 60A main pulls and meterboxes caked in mud.
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Daddy Tanuki
Emperor Of Solar
Holy mud pies Batman!
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
but on the bright side...this makes all my electrical work look perfect!
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DPC
Canada, Great already
I once came into work to find a run of muck had happened.
My partner had been called in the night before all the transformers and isolate.
Next day I saw it.
Mess....
I washed it all out with a fire hose.
Back fed some power from another area, put up a 600 volt 15KW heater.
After 3 days it was dry and I powered up the substation and switch gear.
Mud can be cleaned
But the company thought it was a right off so they just let me do what ever I wanted for a change.
Never thanked me...
My partner had been called in the night before all the transformers and isolate.
Next day I saw it.
Mess....
I washed it all out with a fire hose.
Back fed some power from another area, put up a 600 volt 15KW heater.
After 3 days it was dry and I powered up the substation and switch gear.
Mud can be cleaned
But the company thought it was a right off so they just let me do what ever I wanted for a change.
Never thanked me...
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
robbob2112
Doing more research, mosty harmless
That is just nuts
Yeah, and to make matters worse, the hot from bussbar feeds the disconnect first, then to the meter...
And two of the fuse pulls are broken allowing UNFUSED ACCESS to the area transformer...
And two of the fuse pulls are broken allowing UNFUSED ACCESS to the area transformer...
On the plus side, i got a blank check to make it safe, so i am spending days cleaning and rewiring the place, cleaned out the pit, ordered a backup powered sump pump, fixed the alarm, pressure washed the area, and all the meter panels... now i need to pull each one, and clean the muck out of them...
Fix the last two bases so the panels will go on.
Gotta reroute the feeders so the meters will fit inside the panel with the cover on...
Oh, did i mention there are no grounds in the complex?
Fix the last two bases so the panels will go on.
Gotta reroute the feeders so the meters will fit inside the panel with the cover on...
Oh, did i mention there are no grounds in the complex?
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