What did you do today?

[adsm08 2,600]

14 minutes ago, wallfish said:

She would just unplug those anyway, screaming "You don't deserve any heat you cold SOB"

He should start insulating that place now! LOL

 

I have a spare wood stove.

[Handy Don 13,326]

1 hour ago, wallfish said:

the wire can always be changed or added to

My SIL asked me what was wrong with the power in his garage. Intermittent tripping of circuit breaker.

Disconnected the circuit and found only a few hundred ohms resistance between the hot wire and ground--not good! 

Lots of digging (by him 😉) later we found the wire insulation had frayed inside the conduit causing an intermittent short. Then the melted plastic had “welded” the wire to the conduit so we couldn’t pull it out. There was water in there as well.

Replaced everything from the panel to the garage distribution box and yes, we used direct burial cable even in conduit. Didn’t think to put a second tube in though--darn.

[adsm08 2,600]

53 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 only a few hundred ohms resistance between the hot wire and ground--not good! 

 

 

Even 12V systems want to see 10K-ohms between hot and ground.

[953 nut 57,724]

11 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

That's definitely a depth code that can be localized.  And, we're required to use an approved conduit too. I've never seen a code legal underground utility ditch without it. 

 

A lot of southern Maine requires a utility ditch with MINIMUM depth of 48" or 48" plus the width of the conduit.  So a 2" diameter conduit would have a 50" or deeper ditch. 

I've seen several builders using a 54" to 60" depth to avoid issues.  

 

 

Up in your neck of the woods you need to have foundations below the frost line so they may want the wires that deep to avoid future construction causing damage to wiring that has been run underground. Local codes can be more restrictive than national codes, just can't be less restrictive.

[kpinnc 13,638]

Finished the hanging doors. Fabbed up brackets to add rollers, and added some seals to the sides just to cut down how much wind blows into the barn. 
 

The front rollers are on hitch pins so they can be removed in case the door needs to swing out for maintenance too. 
 

 

[ebinmaine 70,509]

3 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

hanging doors

Nice set-up! 

[SylvanLakeWH 27,368]

 

Look great!!! 

[kpinnc 13,638]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Nice set-up! 

Thank you sir. I now have to copy the front doors to the back doors. Might go a little lighter on the back, since the wind always blows to the front. 

[MainelyWheelhorse 988]

Today I worked a full shift and then plowed for an hour… the 308 works well just fine tuning as I go along. 

[c-series don 9,420]

Picked up some egg sandwiches with my bride and took a ride to the ocean this morning. I was surprised how rough it was, these pictures don’t do it any justice as to how angry the sea was. On the way home we stopped at my buddies farm stand to pick up some fresh turkey sausage and Lucy paused for a photo. 

[ebinmaine 70,509]

4 hours ago, c-series don said:

   

Lucy paused for a photo. 

 

 

 

How'd you get the antlers to stay on the other dog??

 

 

 

 

 

[8ntruck 7,368]

Got a few days here that are above freezing, so I am winterizing our travel trailer. Much later in the year than I like, but it will be done before the bottom drops out on the temperature Wednesday night.

 

Got antifreeze in the plumbing this afternoon.  The holding tanks didn't seem to drain normally.  Thinking there might be a block of ice in them, so I dumped several gallons of hot water into them.  I'll drain them in a couple of hours and probably repeat tomorrow.

[adsm08 2,600]

I hurt today. Stupid weather system is sitting on top of us messing with my back and legs again.

[Wayne0 898]

Started to insulate my chicken coop. It's small so I'm scabbing 1" foam on to the out side walls. Already glued the same foam to the interior roof.

The exterior I can remove in the summer.

[MainelyWheelhorse 988]

More plowing with the 308 and got my snowmobile out to ride around for a while with my nephew. He also helped me with putting everything back after getting the snowmobile out. By the way he’s 8.
 

My snowmobile.

Edited December 11, 2024 by MainelyWheelhorse

[8ntruck 7,368]

Well, the bottom dropped out on the temperature last night.  Got into the low teens.

 

Today's job was to hook the compressor to the lake house plumbing and blow out the lines.  I had drained the water heater, surge tank and opened the drain valves I put into the pipes last weekend.  Was not expecting any issues, especially since the heat has been set to 50 degrees in that house.  How long could this take?  Hour, hour and a half tops?

 

Sound like a set up?  You bet!

 

I got the compressor hooked up and the only line that cleared was the cold line to the kitchen.  Nothing out of any hot water pipes or anything in the bathroom.

 

This is a slab house that was replaumed at some point.  All of the pipe runs are in the attic.  Apparently, it was cold enough and there was enough wind off of the lake that the attic dropped below freezing - causing something to ice up.

 

Solution - crank the heat up, open the access hatch the attic, and placed an electric space heater in the attic. A couple hours later, things cleared up.  Best of all, the plumbing was holding air pressure, so nothing was broken by the freeze.

[cleat 6,945]

Good to hear.

That could have been nasty.

 

[Wayne0 898]

Insulated my little hen house today. Glued 1" foam to the under side of the roof(s). Screwed shape cut panels to the out side which can be removed for the spring/summer.

Gotta keep my chickies warm.

Edited December 13, 2024 by Wayne0

[ebinmaine 70,509]

2 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

Insulated my little hen house today. Glued 1" foam to the under side of the roof(s). Screwed shape cut panels to the out side which can be removed for the spring/summer.

Gotta keep my chickies warm.

 

What breed?

 

We got Buff Orpingtons 5 1/2 years ago. 

First year (I think?) We heated the hen house. After that they've been fine.  

 

 

[Wayne0 898]

19 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

What breed?

 

We got Buff Orpingtons 5 1/2 years ago. 

First year (I think?) We heated the hen house. After that they've been fine.  

 

 

Red sex links. Great foragers, but a critter got one after a couple weeks so I had to pen them. Got lots of coyotes, fox and fishers here.

20 years ago I lost my entire flock of 15 to one fisher in one night! Ate one and killed the rest. Left a couple up on the roof for later. Vicious animals!!

Edited December 14, 2024 by Wayne0

[ebinmaine 70,509]

1 hour ago, Wayne0 said:

Vicious animals!!

Yepp.  

I've been a little too close to one of those my own self. 

0 stars. 

Do not recommend. 

The noise they make is well past alarming.  

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,997]

Finished the shed wiring project…finished the conduit run into the house, pulled the wire thru the underground conduit, wired up a bunch of outlets and a couple switches, hardwired and installed a new LED 8’ fixture…and finally got all the horses hooked up to life support! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ML3 1,435]

Started taking my dad's old Bultaco apart preparing for a light restoration.  It hasn't run in about 30yrs. He bought it new when he came home from Vietnam. Cleaned carb & it wasn't really too bad. My biggest challenge is going to be cleaning inside of fuel tank & sealing it. Years ago my dad tried to seal it with epoxy because the fuel was starting to blister paint finish. So now it's flaking off inside tank. Need to get it all broken loose so I can properly prep surface for tank sealer. I been shaking screws, bolts, & even a short section of chain to break the old epoxy loose. Having some success but at this rate it's going to be a long long process. I may have to resort to cutting out a couple sections of bottom of tank to gain access. Then fiberglass the part I cut out back in. Any suggestions???? 

[SylvanLakeWH 27,368]

@ML3 cool old Bultaco!!! 

 

I'd be inclined to look at an aftermarket tank if I was going to run it... not sure with the old "stuff" in there it would get clean. 

 

Maybe some of those tank liner products would work? @Achto @WHX?? @Pullstart??? Haven't you guys used some?

[JCM 10,011]

I used a product 7 or 8 years ago on my IH Farmall Super A to remove rust from the fuel tank. If I can find what's left of it I will re post the info. It worked excellent , not sure how it would work on epoxy, maybe not so well. I have been around dirt bikes since I was 13 in 1971 .  In 1978 a friend of mine bought a used Bultaco. I am not sure of the model or year but remember it was blue with white on the gas tank and the shifter was on the wrong side compared to the bikes made in Japan. Here's where the story gets a bit funny. When he asked if I wanted to try it out I jumped right on it and remember going across the yard hitting second gear and came upon a nice bunch of bushes about 7 feet tall. That's when the fun began. I went for the rear brake or what I thought was the rear brake and only by mistake put the gear pedal down one gear and went right into those bushes hard. We both were laughing out of control. When I opened your post I instantly looked at the gear pedal and started laughing all over again.   Thanks for making my day @ML3