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Postby NTP66 » Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:03 am

If you go the whole house surge route, I installed an Eaton CHSPT2SURGE last year. Requires a 2-pole 15a breaker, ideally located closest to the power input, if you can.
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Postby RonnieFranchise » Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:32 am

Bathroom reno starts Monday. Contractor back in Ovtober told us it would be a 2 week job. Wifey said when he came by last week to revisit before the crew comes Monday “so, two weeks then?” Ge said, “Uh, did I tell you two weeks? This is a bigger job than that.” Not a ton of confidence right now and it isn’t even started yet.
The more you post in here, the more I think my contractor has changed the name of his business
Well they showed up this morning and stuff is going out. Fingers crossed.

Did your floor get finished?

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:41 am

Bathroom reno starts Monday. Contractor back in Ovtober told us it would be a 2 week job. Wifey said when he came by last week to revisit before the crew comes Monday “so, two weeks then?” Ge said, “Uh, did I tell you two weeks? This is a bigger job than that.” Not a ton of confidence right now and it isn’t even started yet.
The more you post in here, the more I think my contractor has changed the name of his business
Well they showed up this morning and stuff is going out. Fingers crossed.

Did your floor get finished?
They finally showed up today after ghosting me for two weeks. Said they'd have 4 guys, 3 showed up, one left to go to another job. At least they are here. Fingers crossed they finish it all by tomorrow. It's been over 2 months with our first floor rearranged.

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Postby dodint » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:11 pm

I ran to the electric supply store and bought three replacement breakers at lunch. That fixed the circuits. My chest freezer is shot, it shorted out as soon as I flipped the breaker. And my HVAC system is online but throwing codes, luckily it's under warranty and a tech is on his way out for that.

We just bought the freezer, it's too small for what we need, and we're about to buy another one so that's probably as lucky as I can get.

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Postby count2infinity » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:12 pm

My goodness... I've never been in a house when a roof is getting put on. 6 guys on the roof with nail guns going to town is quite the sound. But it's cool to see/hear it being done.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:21 pm

I really like the Frigidaire upright freezer that I bought earlier this year. Got it for a really good price, and it has plenty of space. Auto defrost, too.

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Postby dodint » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:21 pm

I'm working with my roofer to have them come over the week I'm in NC. They said they can tap into the power of my A/C unit and don't actually need to get into the house.

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Postby meow » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:32 pm

You don’t have any exterior outlets beside the AC?

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Postby dodint » Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:38 pm

I do but I assume they want to use the AC power panel because it provides 240v.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Jun 13, 2022 2:15 pm

Yeah, we had our roof replaced about two years ago - COVID summer. I was working in our bonus room, which is inches from the roof. It felt like I was working inside of a base drum for two days.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Jun 13, 2022 2:18 pm

My goodness... I've never been in a house when a roof is getting put on. 6 guys on the roof with nail guns going to town is quite the sound. But it's cool to see/hear it being done.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:25 pm

Our neighbors had several pallets of roof shingles dropped off, which means the roofing company will be working when it's 100-101 air temp, heat indices in the 110s. Ugh, nasty.

(And thankful of my job in an air-conditioned office)

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Postby meow » Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:02 pm

I do but I assume they want to use the AC power panel because it provides 240v.
Just use both 120 outlets…duh

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:09 pm

By the power of Ra

Through not quite one full day online with ye solar, we are on pace to generate right around 2.5k kWh of power over a month. Our peak monthly consumption last year was 3.5 kWh.

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Postby Kane » Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:41 pm

How's that tree doing @dodint?

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Postby dodint » Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:08 pm

Good. Looks like a collection of shrubs have taken up residence on the main limbs. Kinda goofy but it's healing.

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Postby Kane » Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:13 pm

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Postby mac5155 » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:14 am

I want to add an outlet to the exterior of my home on the far side of my patio (think opposite the door/house). Of course I didn't think this through and landscaped/poured the patio already. Would the best way to do this be to drill through my header board in the basement and run conduit that way?

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Postby meow » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:28 am

I tied into an existing exterior outlet and ran conduit along the edge of my patio. Buried it 30 inches

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Postby mac5155 » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:50 am

Was the existing outlet on your house/siding? I'm not sure how I'd get the wire from there to the new outlet to be hidden?

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Postby mac5155 » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:55 am

Oh neat, looks like they make a thing called an "extension box" that I can run a flexible conduit off of.

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Postby mac5155 » Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:34 pm

Has anyone recently swapped craftsman tools with warranty? I have 2 impact sockets that are cracked. However I do not believe they still make the impact sockets I have that need replaced, so I'm not sure how they will replace them.

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Postby CBear3 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 8:37 am

36 pieces of sheetrock on the wall, 36 pieces of sheetrock...put one up, call a chiro, 37 pieces of sheetrock on the wall.

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Postby Kane » Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:04 am

After getting a $9k quote for installing a chain link fence, it looks like I'll be doing it myself. I struggled not to respond with a series of laughing gifs.

The materals will probably come in around a grand to do it on my own. 9k is insanity.

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Postby CBear3 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:24 am

After getting a $9k quote for installing a chain link fence, it looks like I'll be doing it myself. I struggled not to respond with a series of laughing gifs.

The materals will probably come in around a grand to do it on my own. 9k is insanity.
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