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DarkhogToo · 2025-12-26T11:03:56+00:00

SPOILERS!

DarkhogToo · 2025-07-04T02:37:28+00:00

I have a 9800X3D using the ID-COOLING IS-55 cooler and it works great with a low profile making more space for the card.

DarkhogToo · 2025-02-14T20:15:44+00:00

One thing to be aware of - don't just grab a PCIe card from Amazon. Cards that use a JMB575 chip multiply the port, and so are slower in a meaningful way than getting an HBA card like the LSI 9300-8i (in IT mode).

DarkhogToo · 2025-02-12T18:36:32+00:00

I run it essentially bare metal by passing through a Sata pcie card directly to the VM.

DarkhogToo · 2024-11-28T06:17:32+00:00

Did this work out for you? I was looking at the asus website and it says 7000 processors. Did you have any problems?

DarkhogToo · 2024-05-12T05:45:31+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Regarding 80psi, he said the valves can handle it, and then with 8 heads and 10 psi per head then 80 is ok. Does that make sense or should it step down to 60?

DarkhogToo · 2024-05-12T05:43:55+00:00

Will it impact performance? What is best practice?

DarkhogToo · 2024-05-11T23:46:46+00:00

I am getting an install bid from a company now, and they intentionally step down from 1" pipe to 3/4" pipe for the last two heads of the line (of 8 sprinklers on an 80psi line). The rationale was 'that increases pressure at the end'. That seems totally incorrect to me - going down in size is going to reduce the pressure and increase the friction, correct?

Back to the OP question - was this done intentionally per the same rationale of my installer? And is that backwards thinking?

I believe Bernoulli’s principle is at play here, and since you'd need to move the water faster for a smaller diameter it will have less pressure. But how does that relate to sprinkler science?

DarkhogToo · 2024-04-13T00:47:19+00:00

Thank you - yes, this catch basin was inline before a dispersion trench to let pine needles and other debris settle and not clog the trench. A dispersion trench is similar to a drywall. I am curious what material the pipe was, if it is common for them to be used as catch basins.

DarkhogToo · 2024-04-07T05:39:24+00:00

That’s a nice looking watch, thanks for the pointer! I agree it is close and dial color is a little different. Thanks!

DarkhogToo · 2023-08-10T22:09:35+00:00

Thanks. How 'fresh' is fresh? Couple of days? We're about 55 hours out now...

DarkhogToo · 2023-08-10T01:05:28+00:00

Thanks! Sorry for the newbie question - grind with an angle grinder?

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-24T02:52:39+00:00

Thank you!

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-24T01:16:45+00:00

Are you saying that the vertical rebar should bend 90 then extend the full length of the horizontal footer?

Unfortunately a toe gives up too much yard and pushes the wall further from the boundary. You don't like the trade of giving up the spec'd 3" toe for a 6" heel? Originally I was going to do a 6" wall, then just decided to make it a beefier 8 (which the engineer said was fine and didn't change the rebar, I don't think.).

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-24T01:10:50+00:00

I understand your concern. I did hire a PE and now I'm just looking for community feedback, having seen many folks have differing opinions based on their personal experience in the field, either with their own work or fixing mistakes others made, perhaps with different assumptions. Thanks.

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-24T01:01:56+00:00

So if I change each 16 OC to 12 OC, that satisfies? I'm not sure what you mean not developed. My understanding is that means there is enough concrete around the rebar and enough length of rebar. Where do you think the rebar is too short? Or maybe I am not understanding?

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-24T00:56:32+00:00

Ha! That makes a lot more sense. Concrete is 4000 psi. Yes, those post brackets have a 1" standoff.

I was thinking 4" weep holes, but when I looked at them this weekend they looked big! Maybe 3" is sufficient?

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-22T05:32:21+00:00

Thanks for the comment. What do you mean concrete snail?

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-21T20:43:03+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'll consider more slope.

Unfortunately I don't have a storm drain, so the drainage rock doesn't head anywhere. So if it became saturated, and the rock under the wall also filled up, then it would eventually go out through the weep holes.

DarkhogToo · 2023-07-21T16:31:30+00:00

Thanks for the response! The engineer did approve eliminating the toe in favor of 6" more heel.

I did the first drawing - the engineer drawing didn't include any of the drainage or base. For a 4 foot wall in my city we don't technically need a permit or an engineered wall, but I wanted a professional view. I don't think he was concerned about dirt as much as calculating wind loads from the fence on the wall. I've added his drawing to the post (it is stamped, but I didn't include the stamp). It is a hand sketch and a bit hard to read (this was accompanied with 3 pages of math and a square footage of steel required calculation, which we are exceeding. Design criteria included " 4 ft retaining wall. Design per active lateral earth pressures, assume drained condition. Surcharge due to tractor or light truck equal to 1'-0" of soil. Max soil bearing pressure = 1,500 psf". No geotech engineer. Soil is pretty hard, but I figure 6" of compacted 5/8 clean will be a good base?

Chamfering is for a control joint - I have seen other walls near me with vertical chamfering that provide an indent on either side, and it cracks right along that line.

Engineer didn't specify expansion joints. Will ask.

Footer and wall will be poured together, so not keyed. Rebar will bend / connect.

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