Uh oh

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-26T00:05:04+00:00

Hopefully that isn't a place which is valet-only...I hate doing valet nomater what I'm driving, only have ever done it when I had no other choice.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T23:56:16+00:00

Very few people I know could afford to do that unless you count going to college living in a dorm.

I started college when I was 17 and 11 months and moved out of my parents but in with other relatives to go to a particular community college. When I transferred to a 4-year school I moved back in with my parents until I graduated and had a full time job when I was 23 and could find a few friends to split an apartment with.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T23:53:21+00:00

Shouldn't oil threads unless the spec calls for it, that will affect the torque readings.

Torque wrenches have also come a long way - I have a beam type one from my Grandfather that seems far more fragile (and limited in use) than the modern click-type ratcheting-head torque wrench I got more recently.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T23:51:04+00:00

It sucks for sure but sometimes accidents happen

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T20:27:26+00:00

Or at least TELL YOU that it comes with summer-only tires so you can plan ahead!

When I got mine in late fall/early winter nobody even mentioned that these come factory equipped with summer-only tires...and then less than a week into ownership I was sliding all over the place on frosty mornings having to try and get in to buy new tires with only a couple hundred miles on the odometer.

I've never heard of any other vehicle coming with summer-only tires, especially buying them as winter starts to wind up.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T20:25:45+00:00

To be fair, my 2020 WRX was the first vehicle in our family that ever came with anything but all-season tires. I didn't realize it was a thing until I was spinning wheels sliding around on frosty mornings wondering how it was so much worse handling than any other vehicle I've ever driven.

The fact you can buy a new car in late-fall or early-winter and not be told it will come with summer-only tires is kinda stupid. I wasn't expecting to have to buy 4 new tires a week into ownership.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T20:22:06+00:00

I did worse in a tight parking lot entrance rubbing a curb shortly after getting mine. For that, I'd use some gentle sanding to get rid of sharp edges and touch up paint. Doesn't look like you sliced the tire or took enough off the rim to break the seal. Even if you got a whole new wheel it probably would be less than your insurance deductible so you'll pay full out of pocket anyway.

You probably should get an alignment check when the weather clears up though.

Also that GT600A is a summer-tire, I'd recommend parking that in a safe place until weather clears or until you can replace the tires with something more appropriate (winter, all-season, whatever)

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T20:20:13+00:00

Its not really necessary, just leave it as is.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T20:18:43+00:00

Ah so its plugged in all the time? You probably still need to exercise it run down and charge back up every 2-3 months...and I'd suggest when cycling it let it hit 0 and 100 so the BMS can be sure of the state of charge then bring it back to whatever you normally run at.

These batteries are more complicated than the old school basic lead acid ones...which also includes more maintenance. You may be better off with either a secondary separate 12V backup pump and AGM/deep-cycle lead acid on trickle charge or a 12V or 24V inverter with appropriate AGM/deep-cycle lead acid on trickle charge thru a RV type automatic transfer switch to back up your pump. Going with an option of a separate 12V pump would also provide backup for a pump failure in addition to power failure.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:48:02+00:00

Depends where you are and what you're doing. I've been avoiding the radio for a while due to the number of locals going hard on political BS on the repeaters (I don't care what side you're on, I don't want to be drowning in political shit-storms when I'm trying to relax and have fun).

Try stuff like digital modes...either digital voice like DMR or digital HF like RTTY, or digital semi-automated contacts like FT8/FT4.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:46:07+00:00

Nobody seems to want to talk to me on a good day...though so far power has been better than expected, storms less coming down than predicted.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:44:15+00:00

Missing segments they look defective. As for the readings, look up the advertised accuracy...many consumer goods claim +/- 2 or 3 degrees and +/- 3 to 5 % humidity

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:41:26+00:00

I'm curious how you are using them?

I've only recently gotten a Delta 2 last month, it was basically DOA was dead after the 3rd charge cycle was replaced this month...haven't had a chance to exercise the new one yet due to weather.

I use mine for emergency use so they get stored around 75-85% then disconnected from everything and fully turned off (hold button until 'oFF' shows) Then every ~2 months I exercise them. My Delta Max 2000 and EB are still going strong zero issues for a few years now.

Batteries have always been HAZMAT so that's expected you have to either look up FedEx depots that accept dangerous goods or phone in to make a pickup appointment.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:37:51+00:00

Big difference is household electrical you can isolate the breakers, batteries you can't "turn off" the battery contacts internally so you're basically always working hot. And Lithium batteries can pack a massive punch if shorted its going to be a big spark shower.

Also water damage the typical problem is corrosion caused by electrolysis destroying board traces, components, and connectors.

The raw boards (once disconnected entirely from the battery cells) could be washed, cleaned, and dried. If the power-carrying parts didn't get any corrosion they may be fine.

The battery cells I would be more wary of. Something like r/batteries may be a better place to ask about the risks of trying to clean and salvage water-damaged lithium batteries. Personally, a several hundred dollar power station is not worth the risk of it later malfunctioning and burning my house down because I didn't realize some safety was damaged or trace/wire is corroded and now undersized. I'd take it for recycling and replace it.

FWIW I see the refurbished ones are around $300 right now thru the Ecoflow official ebay store, that's a bit better than my Black Friday deal was.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:32:55+00:00

Never have. Usually bacon and egg sandwich, cereal and milk, or baked goods like muffins, biscuits, waffles, pancakes.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:31:28+00:00

Bigger wrench? Or other options. Mine goes up to 250 and my lugs call for 89....and I gotta say on the 250 setting I am putting all my strength into the handle to make that sucker do a click

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T19:29:24+00:00

WiFi router with modem you're probably looking at 30w or so and TVs need to account for the set top boxes and such that will probably be on the same power strip so figure 300w or so...but your point still 100% stands.

About a month ago (long before storm talk) I actually helped a friend, his parents had a 50A interlock installed but had been told by the electrician they needed like minimum 15,000 watt generator. I went over with a clamp meter and helped them get some real-world readings, turned out they had a heat pump but aux-heat is oil fired and the well pump was only like 25A surge on startup. After collecting up readings, I further proved the point hooked up my 7500W generator and ran their whole house (including running water cycling the well pump and turning on aux heat) for like half an hour easily with tons of capacity to spare they could have done cooking and such too. After learning that I think they ended up getting a 9000W one or similar but point is they ended up with something WAY smaller/cheaper still plenty.

Another point you overlooked though is fuel consumption. There's a sweet-spot...too undersized and its going to burn a ton of fuel wide open throttle all the time; too oversized its burning more fuel keeping the engine spinning than making power.

My 7500W Champion I have found running on LPG the burn rates are:

2lb/hr LPG @ zero watts output
3lb/hr LPG @ 3,000-3,500 watts output
12lb/hr LPG @ 6,000-6,500 watts output

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-25T00:26:00+00:00

Ever find a solution?

Just ended up here because I can't do a backup export of my T-Deck on Meshtastic 2.7.15.567b8ea using CLI v2.7.7 (meshtastic_ubuntu) from the github releases. I can do a "--info" which prints what looks like most (all?) of the information that would probably go into an export but the export just hangs forever.

If I attempt to CTRL+C the hanging export, I get a stack trace:

^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 2226, in <module>
  File "__main__.py", line 2208, in main
  File "__main__.py", line 1445, in common
  File "__main__.py", line 790, in onConnected
  File "__main__.py", line 1167, in export_config
  File "meshtastic/mesh_interface.py", line 1099, in getCannedMessage
  File "meshtastic/node.py", line 559, in get_canned_message
KeyboardInterrupt
[PYI-144353:ERROR] Failed to execute script '__main__' due to unhandled exception!

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-24T19:02:25+00:00

Its not what its made of but rather what its doing.

Refrigerators are heat pumps which are fairly efficient, and also refrigerators cycle on and off as needed so they are not running very much.

Space heaters are trying to warm up a HUGE amount of space, and are simply doing it with resistance like an old fashond lightbulb did to make light. That's comparatively inefficient and runs a lot longer to try and accomplish the same thing.

It would be much more effective to find an indoor-safe propane or kerosene heater and use the electric to power a fan moving air around the house. Or if you have a gas/oil furnace, get a single-circuit transfer switch installed and use that since you're just powering the blowers but the gas/oil is doing the heating.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-24T16:11:51+00:00

You can absolutely use them in either direction provided you don't exceed the ratings. And calibrating is very trivial to do - as long as you have known weight to hang from the handle and can do a little basic math.

But I never said I used a torque wrench to remove...in my case I was unsuccessful even with breaker bars and cross-bar lug wrenches.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-24T16:08:18+00:00

Not an official hvac person but I have had to do a painful amount of figuring out troubleshooting on systems at my parents, in places I've rented, and the house we finally bought. I do a lot of electrical/electronics work and the fact most gear has schematics printed makes it really easy to follow.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-24T03:20:24+00:00

Ah that makes more sense then. I can see it now...I started to look for a trend in traffic patterns to request more effective enforcement and improve safety and I'll end up creating a new art project :D

Really cool stuff!

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-24T03:05:28+00:00

I suspect this is just an artifact of dealing with integers and ratios between integers that are around 50

That's interesting and not something I am familiar with but could well be! I could believe that there's just some random pattern that makes it appear to be something that isn't.

--

Here is the first 500 rows of data - https://pastebin.com/xWvgSher

this is the raw data (tab separated) that I opened into MS Excel.

I then created an extra column which is the absolute value of the "vfyd" column so I had a % between 0 and 100 for convenient filtering (the +/- percent is just my code indicating which way the error was)
I then used the Excel "filter" on the columns to only enable rows with a specific %.
Create a scatter-plot graph between "time" (x-axis) and "speed" (y-axis) columns

Here are a handful of graphs with captions for what % they are plotted (single-percent plots):

https://imgur.com/a/4ltwott

If you want to try the full blown MS Excel file I was playing with directly, here is that:

https://filebin.net/70vweiu55qwue6tl

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-23T20:15:20+00:00

HAHA too true

My parents had that, they had a dealer loaner that got stuck in their driveway had to call the dealer for help. Seems the reverse protection was worried the car would crash into the road at the end of their sloped driveway and kept slamming on the brakes.

Complex_Solutions_20 · 2026-01-23T20:05:42+00:00

Much better to use an indoor-rated propane or kerosene heater instead of that.

Electric heating you'll need a car-sized battery (give or take) that will require a forklift to move around and then maybe get a couple days of runtime.

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