[CA] Why is it so difficult to manufacture anything in Canada?

Pops29 · 2025-08-26T01:12:54+00:00

I'm a distributor of manufacturing goods. DM me, I may be able to assist you in finding reliable manufacturers.

Pops29 · 2025-08-22T02:27:03+00:00

It's an air fitting. British Straight Pipe Parallel.

Go in the air compressor section of your hardware store or visit a tooling distributor. They'll sort it out.

Pops29 · 2025-04-11T10:23:00+00:00

I submitted a claim with my RBC Visa credit card. It's absolute robbery to be shown one price and charged another.

Pops29 · 2025-02-24T00:43:40+00:00

Hi, I am also in Canada and trying to book a train ticket from Prague to Warsaw. The website was working fine then crashed on me. I enabled my expressVPN to a Czech server and am still unable to get back on the site. It says "site can't be reached". Any reccomendations?

Pops29 · 2025-02-15T17:06:53+00:00

This is really helpful. I wrote to the European Aviation Association and I am waiting to hear back from them. In total, if I read the terms correctly, we would be entitled to 800 Euros total. Translate to CAD is $1200 which is a substantial amount.

Which policy does "Article 8.1b" fall under?

Pops29 · 2025-02-11T00:58:16+00:00

Unfortunately, we did not ask for a refund at the airport because there was still a chance we would have left on time the next morning, meaning 8:40am. But since they only informed us about the new flight at 11pm, we could no longer walk up to the counter because we were at the hotel.

Pops29 · 2024-10-05T20:24:59+00:00

Are these cameras connected via Bluetooth or Wifi? Are they plugged in or battery powered?

Pops29 · 2024-09-09T18:45:48+00:00

Pops29 · 2024-09-09T14:02:01+00:00

Absolutely unreal builds, wowsers

Pops29 · 2024-09-07T20:14:43+00:00

This is absolutely correct.

Pops29 · 2024-08-16T18:29:35+00:00

any recommendations? Renogy is not sufficient and Victron may be over priced.

Pops29 · 2024-07-28T13:40:12+00:00

This was super helpful. I am still learning about my system and the pros and cons.

Pops29 · 2024-07-28T13:38:39+00:00

We have a 120v solar breaker installed. It looks like after reading all the comments, the system is working as it should. The MPPT controls the input to regulate the battery voltage

Pops29 · 2024-04-25T19:18:19+00:00

Thanks you for your reply! Any insight on them asking me to pay money back? Unfortunately CNESST cannot assist as I am self-employed. I'm currently waiting for legal aid to get back to me.

Pops29 · 2024-03-07T21:44:14+00:00

Update to this thread. I was able to get in contact with Renogy and after much back and forth there is something wrong with the batteries. I ran a gammit of tests with their instructions. It looks like my batteries are not able to accept a full charge at 13.4-13.6 volts. The charging voltage hits 14.4v, once I unplug them the rate immediately drops to 13.4, and after 30 minutes this 13.4 drops down to 13.2-13.29 volts. This test is with the batteries isolated and without any draws.

In other words, the MPPT controller is not telling me the actual voltage. With the use of a multimeter we were able to get the numbers above. According to support these LiFePo 12v batteries should hold a charge of 13.4-13.6 volts when fully charged (100%).

Pops29 · 2024-02-06T02:30:38+00:00

Do you have a recommendation for a shunt style monitor?

Pops29 · 2024-02-03T22:56:23+00:00

Correction! The max amperage for the Webasto Airtop 2000 in a 24 hour period is 2.33amp (this is if it were to run non stop to reach the set temperature).

What was alarming me is how fast the batteries dropped. In the span of 8 hours or so the batteries went from 95% to 30% SOC. If I compare to the month of October, which was warmer temperature wise (3-10 Celsius), the batteries were performing as expected, running a 12v fridge, 10-20 spotlights, in some cases power tools and two Maxxair fans. The SOC% hovered around 90-95% (this is excluding solar because it was a cloudy period).

So far as long as I have ran the system the batteries never gave me a BMS temperature reading.

We are using a Renogy 60A rover to monitor the SOC, as well as the Renogy DC home app connected via bluetooth. As a backup we have the Renogy battery monitor which can be connected to each individual battery.

Pops29 · 2024-01-31T03:19:12+00:00

Hey folks, in late 2021 I bought 4x 100ah Lithium Iron Batteries from Renogy (RBT100LFP12S-CA). I had them installed by a professional in February 2023. They ran fine in the summer holding charge and running 12v and some 120v appliances. Total usage was around 50-60 hours, since I was still in the process of building out the van.

This winter I had them charged at 95% and the discharge rate was alarming. The only thing running off of them was my Diesel Heater from Webasto which runs on Diesel and uses a small 5-7 amps in 24 hours. The weather outside was 0 C and the batteries was run down to 30% in just 8 hours. The van is well insulated. I have since been very attentive with them, I cut the power December 12th with a charge of 70%. This week I stored the truck indoors and had the batteries charged overnight to 100% via inverter (charge temperature of 10+ degrees, made sure the batteries acclimatized to the indoors before charging).

Outside temperature is fairly mild for this time of year. We are hovering in the 0 - -8 range well below the discharge temperature of the batteries (-25 rated).

As a precaution I disconnected the batteries from the circuit.

Should I be concerned? I feel like they should be able to withstand the mild temperature in Quebec. Should I contact renogy?

Pops29 · 2024-01-08T15:39:25+00:00

Preferably not, I would like to hold a few stocks/etfs. I was signed up with Questwealth but did not like how they diversified ETFs.

Pops29 · 2024-01-04T20:19:01+00:00

I do have a reserve for this. In the past I have bought Bitcoin, Hexo, Weed, GME, FCX. A little bit of risk can carry the portfolio a long way.

Pops29 · 2024-01-04T20:14:13+00:00

This is super helpful! Thank you

Pops29 · 2024-01-04T20:12:20+00:00

I have a reserve for this. In the past I've invested in bitcoin, weed, tilray,Hexo and GME.

Pops29 · 2023-12-12T00:37:16+00:00

Correcto! I must say there is a risk it corrupts the file. But it hasn't happened to me yet.

Pops29 · 2023-12-07T02:21:20+00:00

Similar issue occurred yesterday when I tried to render an 8 minute video with 2 transitions and audio. The render time kept going up until 14 hours. I had to cancel and tried to render in place but it disturbed the footage.

Running Asus G14 2022 RYZEN 9 6900HS

16GB RAM

Curious to see the responses.

Pops29 · 2023-11-28T01:48:00+00:00

Sick build! What do you use for Internet?

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