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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Day after Halloween festivities …
18 Totes
7 Christmas Trees
2 lawn inflatables
40 ish sets of lights
10 extension cords
1 outdoor timer
3 wreaths
Too many other pieces of decor to count and the house is ready for the “season”.
tjc78
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Don't remind me.Yeah, I'm trying to get the garage cleaned out after our basement project so I can get the Outback into it, before the snow starts.Doesn’t CO snow come and go where you have a foot one day and then it’s 70 the next and it all melts?
(fun fact - the average date of the first snow in Denver is October 18. It's now the 1st of November and not one flake here in the city. Lots of snow up in the mountains, already.)
Where I am once it starts snowing we usually have it until next spring.
stickguy
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
——————————————————-Now, that's a job I would hire out and not DIY. Seeing those things mis-installed and spinning the entire unit until the wires snap, or wobbling uncontrollably, or even just getting it up the ladder to the box without incident, would make me happily pay the money.This is why I don’t mess with wiring. As far as I go with household electric is replacing fixtures when I can direct swap existing wires from old to new. As I will be doing when I finally get around to putting up the 3 ceiling fans I have sitting here for all the spare bedrooms.
And, if you really screw up the installation, the house could spin out of control and wind up in your neighbors pool.
jmonroe
jmonroe1
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Now, that's a job I would hire out and not DIY. Seeing those things mis-installed and spinning the entire unit until the wires snap, or wobbling uncontrollably, or even just getting it up the ladder to the box without incident, would make me happily pay the money.This is why I don’t mess with wiring. As far as I go with household electric is replacing fixtures when I can direct swap existing wires from old to new. As I will be doing when I finally get around to putting up the 3 ceiling fans I have sitting here for all the spare bedrooms.
ab348
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
@ab348 said:
All of my dryers all came with cords. At a glance, it looks like the same cord/plug used on my electric range.
In Canada the appliances come with cords. In the US, you have to buy them separately
tjc78
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Here’s another electrical observation I picked up last night. I was watching “This Old House” where they are documenting some of the issues where people in the Asheville NC area are rebuilding after the flooding and hurricane damage last year. This segment involved them following along an electrician installing a new outside service hookup for a relatively new home that had sustained some damage. It had a fairly new conventional meter box/mast setup but that was deemed no longer to code and had to be replaced as part of the process.——————————————————
The new outside setup looked to be about the size of a 60 or 100amp interior panel box, but divided into two parts. The upper was where the meter went as usual, but with a master switch to cut off all power from the outside. The larger bottom part had space for a number of breakers. When questioned, the electrician said those were required for outdoor outlets, exterior lights, pool heaters, heat pumps, whatever. He also installed two long 6’ copper ground poles into the earth as code now required, and all connections required an anti-corrosion paste to be used between the large outside wires and the panel connectors and tightened with a torque wrench. This panel also had a large green wire which he didn’t explain very well and remained a mystery to me. Gotta love code writers.
Codes vary in different parts of the country and installations must comply with all local codes and local codes override national codes.
As for the green wire, that is ALWAYS the ground wire or grounding point for the panel. So far I have NEVER seen the green wire used for anything other than ground. I’m going to hang up my side cutters if that ever changes.
jmonroe
jmonroe1
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
——————————————————-Treated the 911 to an oil change and manual transmission fluid change today. They said they went over it top to bottom and that it’s unbelievably clean. Like new. I’m not winterizing it yet in hopes I can get a bit more driving in.
The Tacoma is a winner so far - my wife took it from me today and declared it drives better than the Jeep (which seems more an indictment of the Jeep than the driving quality of the Tacoma). Also getting shockingly good fuel economy on it. Full thoughts coming soon.
@breld’s reasoning would be he isn’t sure he’ll still have the car come Winter.
jmonroe
jmonroe1
Re: I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!
You want raw , try riding in a 427 cobra. That will give you a pucker.
stickguy
Re: I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!
https://youtu.be/8EzSq1mBMqA?si=xpASonfE5KZtSg1Xab348
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
@roadburner said:
One of the guys on the tour owns a lot of extremely nice classic BMWs. I've known him for decades and during a conversation I mentioned that I always liked the E12 M535i:He tells me that he has one that needs some work- along with a new M interior and a 520i parts car- and he goes on to say that he'd like to see it go to someone who would appreciate it.
Now to figure out a way to get it into my garage without risking a divorce...
This seems like a classic forgiveness vs permission scenario.
Michaell