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Also, do you need the PC on the UPS at all? The 3d printer I have doesn't start printing until the PC has sent the entire job. Once printing starts I can shut off the PC that sent the job, it isn't needed anymore.

Yup, OK that makes sense. Just making sure you didn't intend for it to be able to finish a job in the event of more than a blip. As others have said, need to size the UPS to be able to adequately power the system (with a little headroom). 650va definitely sounds a bit light. Given the equipment...

Why is your 3d printer on the UPS in the first place?

That is essentially our screenporch config. 4 puck leds on a physical dimmer and outside the circle of the fan to prevent strobing. I hardwired the fan to always on power and the inspector didnt say anything. We use the remote 100% of the time for fan control. Although it does have a pull cord...

I'd get windows for sure. The added light is helpful, and they do look better. And privacy isn't an issue, they should be near the top of the doors. Also get a man door if you can! I had our builder put one into ours on the backside, and I use it frequently.

For things like bread the shelf life difference is actually pretty large at 70 degrees vs like 80 degrees. The mold and such grows significantly faster at higher temperatures. Agree on cutting the bottom more or adding louvers. May want louvers at top and bottom, only at the bottom won't really...

heat tape and insulation for sure. Heating the air is uneccessary and wasteful, especially given that you have a limited amount of battery power available. Most folks don't realize just how much power incandesent lamps require. Consider a typical deep cycle battery at 75 amp hours and a 40 watt...

Wait till all the ladies bring over their crockpots and air fryers. Might trip those 15a's after all lol.

If you do this you should label the outlet as well. The wiring in those florescent likely is smaller gauge and if an unsuspecting person hooks up a true 15-20a load to an outlet on the end of them they are going to get hot and potentially also have quite a bit of voltage drop.

In our area I pulled the electric permit and did the electrical in our attached screenporch ceiling (full shingle roof). I put in damp rated stuff and outlet covers. Inspector said it wasn't necessary, he considered it a dry location. Like the other poster though, when a good snow or rainstorm...

There are some large RV's though that do have true 240 appliances. Some even have washer/dryers in them. However yes, the vast majority just use the 2 legs of 120 as 120.

If you are interested in quiet, the DC motor ones that are belt drive are much quieter than the conventional belt drives. They do a slow start and stop which makes things mich quieter. Our kids sleep right above one and you cant hear it in their rooms unless you are specifically listening for it.

Even if you don't heat or cool it, it makes a huge difference in the temperature swings it will experience. It just is significantly more comfortable. It also is more helpful to prevent rusting of tools, vehicles, etc if you don't have everything getting cold at night and staying cold while the...

Is there a reason you only spec'd a 30a 240 generator inlet? Thats enough for emergency power but if you have a lot of electric devices or want to be able to run air conditioning, washing machine, oven, etc all at once it isn't going to be enough. That said I myself only have a 120v 3800w...

Interesting story related to this. Circa 2010 I was doing IT for a construction company. We had a project in a power substation and we wanted our job trailer to have internet. Practically no-one wanted to touch it, except for the local phone company, who could provide us a traditional T1 copper...

Yup. Pop a box next to your breaker panel and wire the circuit through one of these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-7-Day-Programmable-Indoor-Outdoor-In-Wall-Digital-Timer-32787/306838579

I think thermodynamically you want the opposite. Faster flow through the collectors, for minimum heat rise of the water going through the collectors. It may be counter intuitive but the larger the temperature delta the more heat transfer happens. Total BTUs going into heating the pool is a...

Is the photo sensor unnecessarily cycling this one?

Fwiw in my screenporch ceiling (conventional shingles roof over it) I used uf and wr outlets with covers. When the inspector came he said regular nmc and outlets would have been fine since it was fully sheltered (wall came down about a foot or so from the ceiling before the screen started). But...

Oh yeah I'd cook them right in the bacon grease and bits if they were just for me and the wife. The things we do for our kids haha. But they really are a game changer for cooking while camping. Kinda like your wishtec wok haha