The compressor tank is being mounted up in the ceiling to get it out of the way. There is a drain line that ties into the HVAC drain line and all I have to do is turn a lever in the wall to drain the compressor tank. The compressor is mounted to the wall. All the copper lines are in the wall going up to the tank and to the air hose reel. One of the air hoses goes to the hydraulic control box for the bendpak lift.
Finally started my garage project.
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The compressor tank is being mounted up in the ceiling to get it out of the way. There is a drain line that ties into the HVAC drain line and all I have to do is turn a lever in the wall to drain the compressor tank. The compressor is mounted to the wall. All the copper lines are in the wall going up to the tank and to the air hose reel. One of the air hoses goes to the hydraulic control box for the bendpak lift.
schwalby
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Can you expand on the fire protection system you are using? I have never seen one with individual pressure tanks like that.
You just add as many as you need. They cover a 10'-15' area so I am using 4 of them.
See link below:
http://www.griotsgarage.com/product...=basic&keyword=fire&sortby=newArrivals&page=1
GTAHVIT
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amazing... 
schwalby
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Ah ok thanks.
I am in the sprinkler system design industry and the sprinkler head outlet confused me and made me assume they had water in them and that tank would only provide about 30 seconds of protection if it was water based. Really cool setup though, nice find.
Omphaloskeptic
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H.A.L.? H.A.L., open the garage bay door please...
iPhone reply - Frank, I'm sorry, I can't do that.
H.A.L., why not? Please open the garage bay door, NOW!
iPhone reply - Frank, GET LOST; I'm trying to have some 'quality time' with the central home vacuuming system (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)!
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Seriously BHR4CE1, this is truly, truly, over the top! From now on GJ posters are going to say "Nice job, JoeBlow, but did you see what BHR4CE1 did to his garage?".
Subscribed for sure!
You say you are a musician?! What's your instrument if you don't mind me asking? I must admit I thought musicians as a group were mostly 'starving artists'; obviously, I am quite wrong. lol
iPhone reply - Frank, I'm sorry, I can't do that.
H.A.L., why not? Please open the garage bay door, NOW!
iPhone reply - Frank, GET LOST; I'm trying to have some 'quality time' with the central home vacuuming system (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)!
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Seriously BHR4CE1, this is truly, truly, over the top! From now on GJ posters are going to say "Nice job, JoeBlow, but did you see what BHR4CE1 did to his garage?".
Subscribed for sure!
You say you are a musician?! What's your instrument if you don't mind me asking? I must admit I thought musicians as a group were mostly 'starving artists'; obviously, I am quite wrong. lol
H.A.L.? H.A.L., open the garage bay door please...
iPhone reply - Frank, I'm sorry, I can't do that.
H.A.L., why not? Please open the garage bay door, NOW!
iPhone reply - Frank, GET LOST; I'm trying to have some 'quality time' with the central home vacuuming system (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)!
Now THAT was funny!
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Keyboardist here
bluesman2a
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As others have said... Again, awesome job. I know I probably missed it, but what's the plan for the garage-door opener? If you go with something like an LM3800 opener, you could lose that beam and all the erector-set **** holding it.
fergus
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Cat 5...definitely more Cat 5!!!
Sorry. This is pretty rad though. Keep it coming.
Sorry. This is pretty rad though. Keep it coming.
Trojan
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Looking great, been watching for a while. I'm looking at lights for my garage upgrade right now and saw yours in a post over in the lights section too. What type of lights did you use in the ceiling? Looks like 2-4' bulbs in each recessed fixture but wondering where you got them. Cheers, Karl.
bluesman2a
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I knew based on the other stuff/attention to detail, there was no way that was a permanent fixture, was just interested in what the final solution would be.
So how do you like the 3800? Are you a convert yet?
PureSilver
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Home automation kicks *** - and this build is pretty cool, so consider me subscribed.
What on Earth takes 80TB, though? 8K video? High-bitrate recordings for your work? Even double-layer BluRays are only 50GB...
What on Earth takes 80TB, though? 8K video? High-bitrate recordings for your work? Even double-layer BluRays are only 50GB...
I have a media server for my theater with about 500 movies (mostly Bluray) on it so far..and I like room to expand. Also, all the systems in the house back up on it, as well tons of security cameras recording to it constantly. I also delegate some of it for off site back up for my entire recording studio.
thatcoder
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nice setup. i'm subscribed..
what kind of redundancy do you have across 80TB of data? How large are those platters? The configuration I have with 12TB uses 6 x 2TB disks in a raid 6. allowing for two drive failures. I saw you have a 3U chassis with 24 slots. By my calculations that yields 48TB with 2TB disks or 72TB with 3TB disks.
what kind of redundancy do you have across 80TB of data? How large are those platters? The configuration I have with 12TB uses 6 x 2TB disks in a raid 6. allowing for two drive failures. I saw you have a 3U chassis with 24 slots. By my calculations that yields 48TB with 2TB disks or 72TB with 3TB disks.
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Cobra4B
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Wow... I must have missed it, but what's with the crazy fire extinguisher setup? You have some high dollar collector cars?
Granite Guy
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My home automation includes....well let's see, a coffee pot that we preset at night and brews in the morning.
Which makes me wonder...........I'm guessing you don't have to preset your coffee pot each night? Do tell
Which makes me wonder...........I'm guessing you don't have to preset your coffee pot each night? Do tell
You're doing a great job, but I just want to comment on the hot water heater enclosure. There is a vent opening on the right-hand side for combustion air- right? (can't see it in the one photo) If not, it's real easy to cut one in. We all know that incomplete gas combustion kills.
A few more pics from today. The new garage opener is installed (with battery backup). So nice to be rid of all that antiquated **** that used to fill the air over the garage.
The recessed part of the floor (where the Bendpak lift is going) was epoxy'd today. Tomorrow they come back to seal it. It has to dry for a few days then the lift gets installed.
The recessed part of the floor (where the Bendpak lift is going) was epoxy'd today. Tomorrow they come back to seal it. It has to dry for a few days then the lift gets installed.
Kevro
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Everything looks great! I like how you treated the jackshaft penetration through the wall to the opener - very clean. Did you run conduit for the GDO wires, or pull some bell wire before the drywall went up, or some other nifty solution I haven't thought of? 
Cobra4B
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So why the fancy extinguisher setup? You live in an area prone to wild fires? And I have to ask.... why two M6 convertibles? They're very nice cars, but why own two of the same version of the same car?
nperkins
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So why the fancy extinguisher setup? You live in an area prone to wild fires? And I have to ask.... why two M6 convertibles? They're very nice cars, but why own two of the same version of the same car?
Because he can.
Everything looks great! I like how you treated the jackshaft penetration through the wall to the opener - very clean. Did you run conduit for the GDO wires, or pull some bell wire before the drywall went up, or some other nifty solution I haven't thought of?
I think they ran conduit for all the GDO wires. I wasn't there that day.
So why the fancy extinguisher setup? You live in an area prone to wild fires? And I have to ask.... why two M6 convertibles? They're very nice cars, but why own two of the same version of the same car?
Not really many fires around here, but I figured it would be a good idea to have them just in case. I've heard about people losing their whole house because of a fire in the garage.
I have two M6 'verts because one is black and I usually only drive that one on the weekends 'cause it gets dirty so easily. The silver one is more of a daily driver because it doesn't show dirt. My other cars are also lighter colors so they don't show dirt as much. The black one is the worst to keep looking clean, but when it is clean it looks great.
Cobra4B
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So true... I would never own a black sportscar as I'm much too ocd/****. I never liked silver sportscars either, but when shoping for my race car project the one I found that ended up being the right car was silver. Now that I have it I love it... looks clean even when covered with brake dust and tire boogers
nperkins
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What wheels/size are those? 20's? I have a friend with 22's on his m6, and those look so much nicer fitment than his 22's...