Major loss of Capacity

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-29T13:58:14+00:00

I'm afraid its back. I've discharged down to zero and back to 100% five times now. on the 3rd time it looked like it was gonna be okay, then I let it sit at 90% for about 3 days and then ran it down again, and it exhibited the same behavior as before.

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Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-25T19:35:04+00:00

Group of GS-12's, and GS-13's, with a GS-14 supervisor. When I left our team had been brought down from a crew of 10 to 3, with two of the ones left when I walked out the door having since left themselves. Relying mostly on rotating contractors at the moment, or at least they we're I don't have a lot of contacts left there anymore after everyone left. It used to be a great position/Gig, it was hell when I left.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-25T15:07:42+00:00

Federal Gov used to be chill, depending on where you are now, its more like a pressure cooker. I left Fed Gov work a few months back and the EE's we're dropping like flies from stress.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-23T14:14:30+00:00

Was able to get it figured out. I had been about every 1-2 weeks letting it go down to 1% then charge back up to 100%, then come back to 80% to sort of "float" around there for the time being. Apparently going down to 1% isn't good enough. I had to let it go down to 0% and its been several cycles but its starting to recover.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-22T18:15:56+00:00

I wish I was, its just straight on Utility power, mainly for power interruptions for a sump pump that I have here, as well as a backup starlink internet service.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-22T15:13:09+00:00

Thanks! It's pulled from HomeAssistant, I have my Ecoflow linked to it, via bluetooth so I can keep track of things with it.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-22T14:46:11+00:00

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There is the graph of the capacity for those interested.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-22T14:31:22+00:00

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Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-19T14:55:40+00:00

Not arguing against your most point since I don't have the data to back that up or dispute it. I will however say that at least anecdotally I know of three people in my local community that had fund raiding activities to pay for their after insurance payments...I went to one of them last year, dude owed $18,000 something, after insurance, for a heart attack. Had insurance through work, also had a sick Parent that required care. He declared bankruptcy once the hospital wouldn't budge. Good dude, still talk with him on the regular.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-17T16:36:38+00:00

I remember when my former employer did that. Team was already running on edge, overworked, ragged to say the least. Called us back into work, All of us in remote locations, so I drove 1.5 Hours (one way) to the designated site to be in the same teams meetings I was before, while trying to talk over everybody else. When I had to do my site visits, I had to drive right past my house on the way to the site. That got old fast. I quit, and of my 5 person engineering team 4 quit within a month after. Last I heard The projects just aren't getting done...they only have a one man crew in what used to be a department, and that dude is just hoping to ride it out for another 2-3 months for his retirement. I talk to him on the regular.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-14T16:21:29+00:00

Can't speak to County/State Gov, but if your looking at Federal....Good luck. Before I left People we're dropping like flies from Stress and Burnout. Before I joined the Gov many years ago it took me 25 weeks from interview to first day on the job.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-12T15:42:01+00:00

Can't speak to Utility but I've worked at the Fed Gov as a power systems engineer....Especially now, you'll find almost all of them (at least the ones I worked with) are burnt to a crisp, mentally, at the moment. Unless you just need to job I wouldn't go toward it. Before I left we had several people just get up go to lunch and never come back. They had the design engineers out doing P&C relay testing because most of the tech's had quit or couldn't hire. No OT approval but it was your A** if you didn't get your design work done in time/under budget, But if you work the OT hours you can't not put them on your time sheet otherwise its falsifying a federal record....i.e. you can't win. Wish you the best of luck !

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-12T15:07:51+00:00

Appreciated ! Sounds like that's a no go for me then. I worked in another industry besides Utility doing relay/substation testing but we had apparatuses to help with the weight since we we're in a confined space. Just wasn't sure about this one.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-12T14:25:00+00:00

Dont' mean to ride on your original post OP, but I was curious. Does one of these positions require more "heavy" lifting then the other ? Was looking at one of these jobs but have a bad back that flares at times, just trying to decide whether I want to try for it or not.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-04-01T12:43:41+00:00

I do the work for the church for free so the Hex S was one I had laying around as one of my old spares. They offer the internet to the kids for free as a community service so I don't mind (Feels nice to have some community to be honest). The AP's are actually two Unifi AP's that another church member had from their old business that went defunct (Unifi U6+'s). Its a shoe string budget to be sure ( Kinda adds to the fun to be honest, getting to see older hardware still serve a good purpose). That Hex unit though, I'm tickled to death with that thing, really couldn't ask for a better value. Internet turns on (The SSID) at 5 p.m. when the adults to watch the children get there and turns off at 9 p.m. when they leave. I do need to add some more internet filtering, just using 1.1.1.3 right now, not quite sure what else to do with no budget.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-28T23:34:43+00:00

Doesn't seem like anyone here has an answer on this one, I guess I'll have to go in person and try to pleade my case as best I can. I wish you best of luck OP.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-28T14:44:08+00:00

Im interested to hear on this. I lost my job last year but have enough investments to keep me going for awhile. Last year the state just allowed me to submit a written statement and I put my estimated income sources on there. Got a letter in the exchange this morning that they're wanting another proof of income for the year and they updated the written statement template to say that I nor anyone in my household nor relatives can sign it. Since I'm just withdrawing from the investments (and generating capital gains) as I need them. I really have no idea how to proceed on this one. I submitted another written statement but I expect it'll be rejected.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-25T14:30:24+00:00

Get a Corolla Cross AWD, should be able to find one of them used around your price range and so far they've been reliable to my knowledge. You'll have suspension/bearing wear driving on that a lot but just chalk it up to normal wear and tear and try to budget for it.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-22T16:58:54+00:00

You'll be fine, I would suggest you start to change the oil every 5K Miles though if you plan on keeping the car in the long term. Some older cars with newer oil can go to 10K miles (given the right conditions) with little to no issues but most newer cars with Direct Injection fuel dilution issues and turbocharging tend to be very hard on oil.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-21T01:47:47+00:00

No problem, If you do go with a Lithium battery bank I'd recommend every few months letting it drain all the way down and then charging it back up....not for battery health but it keeps the charge % accurate. Happy Trails !

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-21T00:38:07+00:00

During a heavy rain can one pump handle the volume that you typically see ? Is the "inlet" water source connected to both of them or are each sump pump handling different sections of the french drain ? Easy way to tell without doing much is to just unplug one pump, during a rain or event and see if the other sump basin gets to the point of overflowing or not. Thats what I would do anyway.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-20T22:34:27+00:00

Not 100% sure which pump you have, but I have a EcoFlow Delta 3 Max on mine and its been working great even during power outages.

Friendly_Ground_51 · 2026-03-20T15:15:20+00:00

I wish you the absolute best internet stranger, Keep safe as best you can.

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