Recent content by Goose_NC

I've been good. Only ordered about $500 in new tools, for the newer motorcycle, in the past 9 months.

Needed to replace my 8x16 workshop door. After 38 years it was time. I priced buying from various sources. But could not beat the price a local company offered, complete with install and taking the old (very heavy) door away. Plu I am recovering ang currently limited in lifting. I have a camera...

LOL...way to complicated for what it is! - I have a breaker panel that is for power distribution. Light and fan on one circuit, left side of building has 3 outlets (lamps and device charging. Right side of building has a circuit for small fridge and TV and vent fan. Also have one circuit for...

I am now going to look up how RVs handle this wiring. As they can be plugged in to a panel, or run off a generator (through the transfer switch).

Ah...okay. So I will buy a ground bar for the panel and run that to the grounding rod that I have to buy and install. Correct. When plugged into the pedestal, the generator is not connected or used.

I just knew that I was going to confuse everyone. Apparently I cannot communicate well at all.

It is a manual "transfer switch". I unplug from one source and plug into another.

Correct about there no being a transfer switch. Let me try to clarify - I have an 30A cord that feeds the shed panel. (I found a used RV 30A cord for sale locally.) This cord will either be plugged into a 30A RV panel box, or my generator, so it is a "manual transfer switch". When unplugged, the...

I have a portable shed that I am wiring a sub panel into. We will have lights, TV, AC, fridge, vent fan and a few receptacles for convivence. This shed will at times plugged in to an RV power pole (30 AMP). But because this property only has 100 amps total, I plug into a generator during...

My "smart" thermostat allows a high temp (usually set at 72 for the summer/75 in the winter) and a low temp (usually set at 68 in the winter/66 in the summer). I read that one should have at least 5 degrees difference in the temps to prevent a constant heating/cooling cycle.

I appear to have traced my "disconnect issues" with a MyQ keypad and camera unit. We do not get very much cold weather in Raleigh NC. But with the last snow and cold I kept getting device offline. If I selected the unit, I got the video feed every time. I do not go check to see it the keypad...

I am starting to look for more shelves for my workshop. Working on getting as much as I can off the floor. I have used the Rubbermaid Fastrack adjustable shelves previously. I would like to buy that again, but it appears that the grey garage kits are no longer available. I like the one rail...

I am nearing the end of life on a 2019 battery in my Harley ElectraGlide. So I am looking into replacement batteries and have found LiFePO4 batteries with a 3 year replacement warranty. And I would buy a new charger. Or an AGM battery with a 2 year replacement warranty for $100 less. - I have...

I have two old vises in my garage. One came with the house, not sure of the actual age but wasn't new in 1988 when the shop was built. This one is on my equipment bench. One came from my grandfather's shop, after it was in my dad's shop for 30 years. So it's at least from the 1950's. I still...

I have been using Tide laundry detergent. I scatter the powder over the oil stain, leave it for a couple days, then sweep it up. It removes much of the oil stains. Even the staind from before I bought my house 4 years ago. I have reapplied and each timeit reduces the oil stain. I have als used...