Recent content by Captain Spaulding

Ventilation. insulation will slow heat transfer, but won’t stop it from heating up. The part usually missing with ventilation is the air intake. You want a place for air to enter the building as low as possible so natural convection or an exhaust fan moves the hot air out the top and replaces...

$500 is probably below the threshold to accomplish what you want. A conex box may be your cheapest option. Pricing varies with location somewhat. Last ones I got were ~$3500 delivered.

Just sat down to cool off after dismounting a large ZTR tire. I used an old car body clamp that belonged to my father-in-law to break the bead, and some tire irons that belonged to my great-grandfather to dismount it. My vintage, 65 year old body was sweating and occasionally grunting, but the...

I have a 6ft platform ladder, an 8ft step ladder, a 10ft platform ladder as well as an 8ft. little Giant. I use them all, and consider the LG a different tool, not a replacement for any of the others

180AH will power a 1.5A AC load for 12 hours. A phone charger. It would take 450W of solar and 12 full hours of bright sunlight to charge the battery while running the load so that you can run the 1.5A load overnight. Thats a toy, not a backup.

180AH isn’t going to be much of a backup. Solar only generates near max for 6 or 7 hours on an absolutely clear day in an area with no blockages. Not the kind of weather you are likely to have power outages. IMO, those solar generators are scams as they are marketed to perform well beyond their...

I generally take the job to the tools when at all possible. I have a compact but very versatile set in a box in my truck, a small box on the tractor and ATV, a few in the house, but the vast majority in a single box in my shop.

Going through my dad’s toolbox after Mom passed, I came across an older 12” Crescent adjustable wrench. Likely my grandpa’s or maybe his dad’s. I was struck by how much beefier this wrench is than a modern version. Was this the norm at the time, or was this a special purpose wrench. Long line...

I get all kinds of hits on Google. Carquest and Do-It-Best both show it.

That’s what I’m afraid of :LOL:

On mine, the handle linkage and a hose fitting are in the way of getting a wrench on the bolts that release pressure. The linkage blocks top access, hose fitting blocks inboard and the mower frame blocks outboard. I guess I need to get a crowfoot that fits. 15 minute job to take the linkage...

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I had my day all planned out. A little gardening this morning followed by mowing in order to beat some incoming rain. Then I had an appointment at a lumber yard to get a list of materials for some deck and stair railings figured out. 5 minutes before I finished mowing, the ZTR shut down just as...

Katalox is effectively the same as green sand. Both are manganese dioxide coatings on a substrate and do the same thing.

Several things. Hydrogen sulfide can be a product of iron eating bacteria in the well. Shocking the well on a regular schedule may minimize or eliminate the odor. It can also be present in the ground or produced away from the well where you can’t shock it. In this case, a green sand filter or...