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Hello everyone, I have just gotten our shipment of beef for the year and put it in the deep freezer in the barn. I also have two other freezers. I have this power outage alarm for a failed circuit, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016P7ERK/?tag=atomicindus08-20 and it lets me know when I have a...

Hello, My wife noticed some mold in our basement, and so she called a mold detection guy, and he came and did testing and looked through things today, and said that essentially all of the vent tubes / pipes in the house have mold in them from the previous owner's whole-house humidification...

I've got 7 fixtures on the front of my barn that each have a CFL light inside them. I'd like it if they all came on when motion is detected, as my kids ride bikes in the late evening or I walk to the workshop. I know there are individual fixtures that have flood lights that turn on, and I've...

My Mr. Heater Big Maxx has been running perfectly for years. Two days ago it stopped working. Symptom: Thermostat calls for heat, then the exhaust fan runs, and then 20 seconds later it turns off, and the LED is blinking three times over and over, which is the message for Exhaust Pressure...

Ok, So on MY house I have a 22kw Generac standby generator that turns on when the power goes off from the grid. Also I run 23.8kw of solar power from 77 panels that generally power my home and barn and it's a grid-tie system. That being said, I know electricity, and I know generators...

I've got my big barn about 160 feet from my house. Both the building and the house have a basement under a portion of them. Between the two basements, I have two 4" PVC pipes connecting them buried below the freeze line at 30" deep. So, if you had two 4" PVC pipes and this variety of lines...

My Bendpack developed a leak where the large aluminum valve body below the motor has the outlet that goes to the cylinders. The fitting has a rubber o-ring that tightens down with a nut. Well, I decided to tighten the fitting, and it stripped! The fitting and some threads came out in my hand...

Just got some news from a family member that their Dad who is 75 and was working in his woodworking shop was using his Radial Arm Saw and he did not have his safety goggles on. A piece that he was cutting got caught on the blade and rapidly got thrown out, and hit him in the eyelid and tore...

It's been a long time of hooking things up, getting the propane supply hooked up, getting the right regulators, and paying a bunch of money for the propane line installation, but today I got the first run of my Big Maxx heater from Mr. Heater. Christmas Eve, and the guys from the propane...

Hello everyone! I started with an indroduction a few weeks ago when I was signing paperwork, and now we are going to break ground tomorrow on this massive garage / barn / building. I'm here on the forum for some mental support and to share the details. This it the largest building project...

So, for years I've been thinking about a giant building on my property to house all of my outside gadgets, and a workshop/machine shop. Eventually I might house a small manufacturing business in the building, and maintain the farm I live on from this building. This year I've finally decided...