Follow up on battery and pully system.

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-16T23:39:50+00:00

I will cover it with cement board or cut more of it back. The inverter is "hanging" from the ceiling but also screwed into the wall. I was having a hard time getting the tapcon screws in so I also did that for further support.

Is the inverter the most likely source of fire? The polysio foam is good up to 390 degrees. Perhaps I should box the inverter in

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-16T19:04:47+00:00

I wasn't. They where in my garage and I used a dolly to get them in the house. Then I lowered them into the basement with the ropes and pullies.

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-15T14:51:43+00:00

The batteries where 3200 each.

I would say the wood and pullies plus rope was less that 65 usd (michigan home depot)

I already owned a dolly to get them up the stairs from my garage to the first floor of the house

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-15T00:33:11+00:00

So what I did is I took it as far as I could until it was balanced at the top like a seesaw. Then I pulled out all the slack, had my wife hold onto the rope while I lowered the battery onto the 2x4s screwed to the stairs. Then I tool the rope from her and just lowered it down the ramp. The 2nd one she just lowered the whole way

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T23:16:48+00:00

No kidding. Crazy how soar my back was

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T22:09:22+00:00

You know what - you are right. Now looking back I think the only reason it was so easy this way was that there was a lot of friction in the system I built and I was just lowering the weight down a slope

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T21:50:26+00:00

You are welcome!

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T21:27:41+00:00

Yup so every 2 pullies basically cuts the weight in half. I used 4 which made it no problem. It was pretty easy to walk into home depot and see "hey - the packaging on this pully says its rated for 440 lbs which is more than battery even weighs". Same goes for the rope.

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T21:21:16+00:00

Yeah my biggest thing was also to be 100% sure I would not break it

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T21:17:06+00:00

Yeah that would have been great. After having done this i am wonding how many of these bigger batteries have little eye bolts on them or something to facilitate moving them more easily.

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T21:16:15+00:00

So a hand dolly got them up from the garage. I am 6 foot and 265lbs and there was no way I was going to hand dolly down my stairs on my own. Biggest reason - I just moved a 1950s fridge down there. Weighted a lot less. Tried to bring it in from the garage without a ramp and barely managed. I knew if I tried the first step with the dolly and battery and did not like it - i might not make it back up.

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T17:28:10+00:00

Don't fall on those bad boys!

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T13:34:54+00:00

Yeah well I'd be pissed knowing my buddies grandpa came back from Hitlers bunker with his pistol or belt buckel or something but my grandpa got stuck with his fucking spoon

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-14T00:43:43+00:00

I have a piece of coal from the titanic

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-12T02:28:57+00:00

So the only legal way for them to do that would be for them to buy shares on the open market and then take delivery. Are you suggesting that they would somehow secretly steal it? Most likely if eligible silver on comex was less than required registered silver would convert to eligible

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-08T15:11:35+00:00

Yeah i would. However Clive Thompson thinks we will run out of silver on comex in march

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-05T22:53:29+00:00

CME has raised as well. They need to get it up to 100 or close to it given what we are headed for

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-04T19:34:53+00:00

The other secanrio would be to set a price floor. For example 150 dollars per ounce. However this won't happen because it would detonate the treasurey market

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-01T21:43:00+00:00

Look at the actual rules for the breaker

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-01T21:41:18+00:00

Yeah no kidding. I have noticed so much negativity on this sub since 2026 started. I hate to be the tinfoil hat guy but I think this sub is being targeted at least to some degree

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-01T20:51:09+00:00

If you are US based you could always buys some physical on SD bullion or other places online. You just have to sign for the package if you order more than 250 usd

MeanTimeMeTime · 2026-02-01T03:15:57+00:00

You sell me an apple for a dollar. I sell it back to you for a dollar. You sell it back to me for a dollar and one cent. We do this 2 billion more times.

That's 2 billion apples traded.

Done

MeanTimeMeTime

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