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I just had my 17 KW Generac standby generator serviced. It has about 140 total hours on it. The service guy said that he was concerned that the alternator was hard to turn manually. It starts and runs fine and makes power appropriately. Has anyone here heard of an issue with the...

I have heard of folks getting the final with one outlet installed. Once final, the rest of the wiring is installed to suit.

I have two of the HF units in a garage size room (the upstairs of my garage) and they work great. Those two light it up just fine. That is a nice fix to avoid inspection woes.

I would run # 12 UF to it just because it wouldn't be hard to do and if you wanted to plug in a charger or drill it would be convenient. I have two of the HF shop lights in my above garage room and they make it daylight in there, but the ceiling is painted. If you give the inside of the...

When we moved here we heard horror stories about a giant ice storm a couple years before that felled trees at either end of the neighborhood and knocked out power for two weeks. That is two weeks in the dead of Winter with no power and no supplies. The people with gen sets were running long...

I am old enough to have buried several friends who rationalized about smoking. I miss them all and that is the only "nanny" you'll get from me. I hope your friends miss you.

Congrats! I enjoy your posts. You have seen a lot of stuff as anyone in your business would. Stay safe and put up another 20.

I know someone who lives in a lake community with a similar problem/distance to the antenna. He mounted the MiFi device at the focal point of a surplus small sat dish. He gets all kinds of signal. No idea how well or in what way he waterproofed it but he sure solved the problem. Nice hack.

Rent Wifey a condo in CT and tell her you will see her in the Summer!

A trick I learned from an old guy who set basketball goal posts. Just make the hole a little larger than the post and pour the fast setting concrete in the hole around the post and tamp it tight. No water needed. It will wick enough moisture from the dirt around it to set just fine. This...

When you get it all in place why not add one of these to the mix? With only an hour use per day, this might keep your battery up enough not to have to bother with moving it for charging once a week. https://www.harborfreight.com/13-watt-briefcase-solar-charger-68750.html

I have had the HF Easy Flux 125 since about 2 months after they came out, which was the earliest I could find one in stock. i had not welded anything in years and was frankly amazed at how good this little unit is. The reviews on the HF site and elsewhere have continued to be excellent (no I...

Just to add to the guesses how about a drill press? It is definitely something that was expected to be sturdy. I wonder if a metal detector outside would determine the direction of the wire and how long it is. Could there have been a power drop from the road since it is so close. Might...

I have come up with some splendid entertainment while mostly staying at home. I am re-reading this entire fascinating thread from the first post. I am presently up to page 60. I recommend this as "therapy" for anyone caught up in the despair of the times and who wants to really see how a...

Here is 2 cents worth of advice from an old fart who has owned lots of cars. The last American car I owned was a 70's Monte Carlo. I have owned lots of foreign iron including two Benzes. If you want an Axis powers car, stick with the Japanese. A ten year old Japanese anything (and there are...

It largely depends on how many projects you have and how big. I was in your situation about a year ago and bought the HF Easy Flux 125 which was pretty new at the time. It is an inverter welder and supposedly very similar to a small Miller unit. I have been impressed so far and it works on 120...

Maybe Hoffa has been found !

A friend of mine got frequent complaints from an old gal who lived next door. Her bedroom was on the side of her house nearest to his basement "party" room. As a test we put on the loudest record we could find with a 64 bar trumpet solo. You could not imagine how loud it was in the room big...

Might be a good spot for a solar panel to charge the battery box. Great use of an 8 x 8. Why not knock 10 bucks a month off the rent and bury a wire from the house?

I had very good luck with the brass fittings contained in HF's "Air compressor Starter kit" which sold for years for around 10 bucks. it contained a few fittings male and female, a basketball needle, a blow gun etc. Over all the brass fittings tend to be higher quality than the steel ones...