Forum: Solar Power
Today, 07:12 AM
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120 Ah 50.4v
The rains have started. The sun is only been out a couple of days this past week.
Flooding season is here. But, I've got 5.85 kWh of NMC Li-Ion fully charged.
Untested, because we didn't have...
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Forum: Solar Power
04-06-21, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 32
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48v bdgr - nmc - 80ah - 3.9kwh
After testing the old 48v pack, I found the old 12v Duralast batts might still be pretty good. The cheap HF tester showed 400 to 550 Cold Cranking Amps. These are rated at 800 CCA new. So, I plan to...
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Forum: Conservation
04-01-21, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,485
Since we lost our heat-pump hot water heater,...
Since we lost our heat-pump hot water heater, we've been burning oil to make hot water.
The burn runs are done on demand "Google, turn on hot water" when we have extra demand.
But, normally it's on...
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Forum: Conservation
03-29-21, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 9,485
Still working during the Apocalypse
Yeah, my wife was telling me, "Aren't you glad we didn't move to Texas"!
I just cut the old water mixer off my old HS Tarm. Installed one that works!
Found out that old people can't solder if...
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Forum: Solar Power
02-07-21, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 15,639
48V 1.6kWh Li-ion Power Pack??
I was wondering about my PWM charger and found this paper..
https://www.morningstarcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/8.-Why-PWM1.pdf
It seems like I should have been 'periodically' putting a...
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Forum: Solar Power
02-05-21, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 15,639
48 volts still there?? 10 years later?
We had a winter storm recently and lost Grid power.
I wondered if those old 12 volt car batteries (marked October 2010) still had any juice in them.?.
The back-up system still works! Got some...
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Forum: Solar Heating
01-08-21, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 93
Views: 25,352
This thread is not as old as me, but it's old!
I rarely use the attic fan these days. The basement is nice in the summer.
(Still use the basement fan, if the Radon gets too high).
We keep it dehumidified and the slab is cool enough that's it's...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
12-27-20, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
12-27-20, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
The flood came and the sump pumps started...
The flood came and the sump pumps started Saturday morning as the Radon increased.
Turned on the Radon pump yesterday for most of the day. It's back to low Radon today.
The water is still coming...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
12-24-20, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
12-22-20, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
My Radon is:
4.0 for the 48 hours.
3.2 for...
My Radon is:
4.0 for the 48 hours.
3.2 for the week.
2.6 for the month (and year).
Over a week ago, we got some snow, twice. Since last Friday, we've had melting of snow during the sunny days....
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
12-09-20, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
Radon, it's not safe!
Wow, 13 PCi/L is too high for comfort. Means you need some air moved out of your basement. My kid's house had about those readings and one radon pump fixed it.
My son-in-law had this one for a...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
12-06-20, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
AirThings Radon sensor
It's an older Gen1 model, so it's not able to talk to Amazon.. :thumbup:
It's about to finish up it's 1 week calibration run.
So far, I'm liking it. I've inserted the rain record since 11/29/20...
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Forum: The Billiards Room
10-19-20, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 101
Views: 21,871
I'm trying to do my part..
We only have to go a few miles to our babysitting job, and we are getting really good MPG. (See pic).
Plus, we buy our solar & wind power from a Texas company. It's cheap, but the local company...
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Forum: The Billiards Room
10-19-20, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 101
Views: 21,871
Who woke this old thread up?
I was just...
Who woke this old thread up?
I was just thinking about a news report from last month..
It turns out that the COVID19 caused a big reduction in CO2 and air pollution.
So, how did that impact...
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Forum: Tools
10-18-20, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 819
I subscribed to a YouTube Channel
Since I've not been doing much lately, you might have figured that I had been COVID19ed..
Nope, still kicking and interested in all things 'Mini-Split'..
Saw this video about flares and wanted to...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
09-06-20, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,037
The Ooma I got for my Daughter is still going....
The Ooma I got for my Daughter is still going. She's been using it a lot with the
current Work-at-home still in place here in MA.
I really hate this pandemic, but it's been pretty easy driving on...
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Forum: Solar Power
08-08-20, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 58,892
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Forum: Lawn and Garden
07-22-20, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 858
Views: 179,271
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
07-21-20, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 16,820
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
07-08-20, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 15,098
Still working during the Apocalypse..
Still working, keeping our food storage rations from being spoiled by the humidity. (Can't go to the store, might catch COVID19).
I have the Santa Fe plugged into a smart socket that's turned on...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
05-30-20, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 16,820
Nine Years and they are still working fine..
8 years, 11 months, 23 days Update:
Since we've been working (babysitting) on weekdays, and not using the den,
and it's been a pretty cool spring, we've not had to put up with a hot den.
But...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
05-30-20, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 15,098
It lives!
I guess a little tin can with a bit of propane for propellant can't stand up to R410a pressures.
Anyways, I sucked the air out of a hose (with a cut-off valve), connected it to the can adapter,...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
05-30-20, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 15,098
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Forum: Solar Power
04-26-20, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 58,892
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