Recent content by ripperd

I would not like the rust stain on my driveway. I also use scrap 2x6 or 2x8 chunks.

It shouldn't. Did messing with/fixing the ground jostle a loose connection into working properly?

When you have something like 15+million of them out there in the market, even a 0.1% failure rate (1/1000) leads to a lot of complaints. Statistically the motors still are pretty reliable.

This. Unless you have a very large generator you will want to turn on circuits one by one once the generator is online. The inrush of everything coming up at once is likely too much for the generator and it will trip.

Put one in our 2017 when at 100k miles the torque converter went out to lunch and killed the ******. rebuilt ******+torque converter and a AFM disabler and its working great these days. The trans shop does the AFM disabler partially for the AFM part, but partially for torque converter...

For the heating season I don't think it makes a big difference. Heat rises, the heat generally will make it to the first floor. If you have central AC going through the same ducts though that changes things a little. Basements below grade generally stay pretty cool all on their own. The extra...

You said one was properly rated? One is probably an Amazon China knockoff. One is probably a factory made oem part. I personally spent the little extra to get the true oem manufacturer part with the right approvals. I want to make sure the next time an inspector sees my panel its all good.

If generators actually didnt work in the rain they would be pretty useless. The manufacturers have to design and plan for that. Our portable inverter generator has ran many hours outside, uncovered, and in the rain. Has not been a problem. The only situation I could see being problematic is...

These with pogo ends are what I use and love for circuitboard work.

This. While I use my generator fairly often (camping), I thank myself every time I fire it up or fill it that I got a very quiet inverter model. At low to medium load it sips fuel and is quite quiet! I have a Wen 56380i. 57db at 1/4 load, 3400w continuous, 2.2 gallon tank lasts 8.5h at 50%. At...

Instead of modifying any cables I just use a TT30 extension from my generator to this, and then plug this into my 30a 120/240v generator inlet. It connects both hots to the single TT30 hot. https://www.amazon.com/POWGRN-Generator-Adapter-L14-30-Black-Yellow/dp/B0CPBNSKHS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Did you look at the troubleshooting codes to confirm the blinking? If it says the heater is in normal operation, when this is happening, you could unplug the nest and cross the W and R signals to manually trigger a heat call.

The one in the sams club link

The image of the generator doesn't say floating at all. It says "Neutral bonded to frame".

Tile gets put on sloped and/or curved floors all the time. I don't think I'd mess with trying to adjust the slope. A few important notes: * need to make sure the tile bed mortar is full coverage (with appropriate notch size) between the tile and floor. no voids, or tiles may break. * the...