What did you do today?

[adsm08 2,160]

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 12,347]

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 2,160]

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 55,553]

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 12,308]

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 67,969]

3 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

hanging doors

Nice set-up! 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,745]

 

Look great!!! 

[kpinnc 12,308]

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 526]

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 8,788]

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 67,969]

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 7,057]

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 2,160]

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

[Wayne0 495]

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 526]

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 Wednesday at 12:08 AM by MainelyWheelhorse

[8ntruck 7,057]

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.