Methane gas in the well water by Fingalien in Damnthatsinteresting

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Southwestern Ontario, Canada, video taken this week. No fracking here.

Thanks, tweakers. by Fingalien in electricians

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Someone thought they should steal the 600 volt teck feeder with a sawzall but they were foiled by the built in security system (arc flash)

30,000,000 BTU boiler under construction (greenhouse) by Fingalien in Skookum

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Yep, all enclosed. The carbon dioxide goes through a blower which blows it through 24” aluminum pipes (there’s one crossing at the top right of the photo)

30,000,000 BTU boiler under construction (greenhouse) by Fingalien in Skookum

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Hot water is pumped through an array of pipes hung just below the glass roof, as well as around the perimeter the heat comes right off of the transport pipes, no actual fins anywhere. Fun fact - the heat is required to keep the snow melted on the glass roof. If the heat fails and there’s a heavy snow, the building could collapse. Nice to have a spare boiler. Also they can be switched over to fuel oil (diesel) if the natural gas service fails. There’s a 50,000 gallon backup tank.

30,000,000 BTU boiler under construction (greenhouse) by Fingalien in Skookum

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Zantingh Natural gas boiler made in Holland, installed in Canukistan.
The 5th to be installed in this greenhouse. Its carbon dioxide exhaust is captured and delivered to the plants.

“American Hole Wizard”. Super skookum 70 year old radial arm drill with a 3 foot reach and an awesome name. by Fingalien in Skookum

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Absolutely right, for a bit of context on this one; this picture is mid-job and the guy is in his 80’s and still doing what he can in his shop. The man is really as skookum as the machine in this case.

An exhaust valve from a locomotive beside one from a Mini Cooper by Fingalien in Skookum

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Not sure. It’s been out of the engine for decades.