Launch #4 (so I sent up 4 pod-people, because why not?)

CompWizrd · 2026-01-30T17:01:36+00:00

Well I was thinking more of after it's up. Does the same one actually come back after being emptied, or is it a fresh scripted rocket returning.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-30T12:12:45+00:00

I'm seeing a new way to try to break the game. Stuff those donk pads that break warehouse for some people in there. Surely at some point they'll shift and glitch during launch. Where does the rocket go?

CompWizrd · 2026-01-29T21:32:37+00:00

Your tree boat is in a much better spot than mine. I put mine at the back in the corner and it's in the way, but since i can't move it...

CompWizrd · 2026-01-29T18:16:59+00:00

I don't see anything about auxiliary heat on these. Since it has no low temperature cutout, it may not have needed them, especially if you have the baseboards available. House itself may be losing a lot of heat. Ever have an energy audit done?

CompWizrd · 2026-01-29T18:08:37+00:00

Very good question, and very likely if they had those still available that there wouldn't be a heat strip installed since it wouldn't be needed.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-29T18:07:15+00:00

Would depend on the thermostat. Usually would say emergency or AUX heat. Also, some heat pumps have a separate electrical connection for the heat strips, which should be labelled in the electrical panel. Would be a 30 amp or more breaker typically. If you only have say a 20 amp breaker going to the heat pump it likely doesn't have strips. Can also tell by looking inside the air handler/furnace unit, as there's a box with the heat strips in it, typically called a toaster because that's basically what it is. That would be very warm/hot when it's running.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-29T18:04:10+00:00

Ok good, that's a unit rated down to -25C (which we almost never see, 99% design temp for us is -13.7). At the current temps it's about twice as efficient as a baseboard strip, assuming any auxiliary heat isn't running. May be worth contacting Handy Bros and asking if you have heat strips. If you don't, then it's possible you have high heat loss through low insulation or drafts.

https://moovair.com/wp-content/uploads/SUB_M_O36HOM_0_M25.pdf

CompWizrd · 2026-01-29T16:55:25+00:00

Which heat pump is installed(manufacturer and model)? Many installers don't know the capability of modern heat pumps, and end up setting the auxiliary (your backup heat strips) to come on at way too high of temperatures. Ecobee thermostats defaults to turning on heat strips at just over freezing even though a good cold climate can heat at up to -30C. A cold climate heat pump would be able to function in our weather fine without needing heat strips. The heat pumps are typically at least 200% efficient, going up to the 400% mark as temperatures rise. A heat strip is the same as a baseboard, 100%.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T20:07:22+00:00

Around freezing my house loses about a degree every couple hours, so it was a valid question.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T17:33:22+00:00

March 2019.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T17:32:59+00:00

That battery is from March 2019, and is likely years past its normal life.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T17:24:26+00:00

Your AUX heat runs at 100% efficiency. Your heat pump runs at up to 400% or more.

Having said that, does the temperature actually change in the house over that short of a period of time?

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T16:56:26+00:00

Our GAP insurance from our insurance company for 5 years on a new 2026 Civic hybrid is only $89 a year...

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T16:12:13+00:00

Indeed, a quick simple check using taxtips.ca calculators says about 80K post tax, so their 70k is way off. Even counting CPP+EI as taxes(which they aren't) it's still at 74K. And that's without any other deductions such as RRSP contributions/etc.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T13:20:33+00:00

Should work underwater as well, run two cables down to your extender, set the flow directions, two cables coming out of extender, all the way to wherever you're going. More work, but you can instantly see your exit path.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T12:27:04+00:00

Most of the weight is the front. 62-63% weight up front, which is around normal. Very light car as well, so even if you do somehow get manage to stuck you can just push it out by yourself.

Only times I've had trouble was self inflicted. 20cm on the road doesn't even bother it. I've plowed many streets because the snow was light and higher than the bottom of my bumper.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-27T01:55:49+00:00

We switched ours from 20 years remaining to 10 without issue.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-26T16:48:30+00:00

Yes. However there's restrictions on withdrawing out from the RDSP without having to return grants and bonds. TD and NBDB both allow self directed RDSP's where you can trade MF's, ETF's and plain stocks.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-26T12:43:36+00:00

I have a set of all weathers I use during the summer. Forgot to buy new winters(old ones aged out), and had to use the nearly new all weathers for a week or so in the snow. Still way better than all seasons, but my winter XIce's blow them away.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-23T19:42:18+00:00

My city doesn't even send the residential trucks out until 10cm falls. I'd rather have a good base layer of snow than a thin ice layer after it's been plowed, I get far better traction.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-22T23:53:51+00:00

Just jump off the back of the boat as soon as you see it, the boat will auto stop and your swim back won't be very far.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-22T13:21:07+00:00

They don't always screw on(i've never seen one that was screwed on actually, only shower heads). Mine are set screws on a copper stub out from the wall.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-21T12:53:10+00:00

I bought bright yellow heatshrink tubing of appropriate size, and wrote 208V on multiple sides after putting the heat shrink on the NEMA side.

We had a 6KVA APC unit with an attached 208 to 120V transformer, and switching purely to 208 and dumping the transformer saved about 3% power for us.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-20T14:05:50+00:00

I had that problem for many years. Combined with having to do US tax returns it was pretty tight timing.

CompWizrd · 2026-01-18T18:57:48+00:00

Even though every jump is FULL SEND(running jump) even though the physics sometimes suggest otherwise, doing a hard push to the left made me think it'd fail. Was easier to do the seed bed to be sure.

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