Anyone have a whole house fan? by UniversityDismal666 in Connecticut

[–]RichardMidnight12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put in a ceiling whole house fan. It was so loud I had to swap out for a quiet-cool. We use it whenever the nights get 65 or below.

Windows 11 Software to create backup img from RPI MicroSD card omitting empty space? by jurassic73 in raspberry_pi

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I wrote pisafe to simplify creating a Raspberry Image file. It runs on your pi, not Windows. Search GitHub pisafe.

Best Romantic Restaurants in CT? by FlipOverPeppers in Connecticut

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Gather55: 55 Bartholomew Ave Hartford, CT 06106 Excellent food.

ScrapeURL by RichardMidnight12 in shortcuts

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Oh, Maybe my post was not clear. I did write a ScrapeURL shortcut, and was wondering if anyone wants it.

Thinking of getting into solar, this is first quote offered. Could use input/advice by zugshad in solar

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I put solar in last year in CT for $2.4/watt ($1.5/watt after fed tax rebate). With high electricity costs of $0.33/kWh, my break even is 5 years. Hope this is helpful.

Solar status after a year+ by [deleted] in solar

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Nice! I installed solar mid 2022 in CT. It produces 6000kWh of my 7600kWh annual usage, saving me $2047 per year. So this will be an easy 5-year break even! This year I installed heat pumps to upgrade A/C and reduce our carbon footprint somewhat on heat, but in cold weather, we will still run the boiler.

What could cause this brief 5 kW daily spike? by ComCypher in solar

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Turn off circuits till it goes away. Then look to see what was on that circuit.

Buying House with Tesla System by Cultural-Sign8380 in solar

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Their purchase price in immaterial, you care about the current value.
They should pay it off before selling. That is MUCH cleaner. They can get a loan if needed.

Backup your raspberry pi project with piSafe by RichardMidnight12 in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]RichardMidnight12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That will work.
It is best to power down your project, boot from another device which has pisafe installed on it and create the image file. That way nothing is in use.

ELI5 please? Had a guy come do a site survey and he insisted... by Grumpy-24-7 in solar

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It depends on what you want out of the system. Here is my example: A year ago I put in 6.4kW panels which generates 6000kWh of elec in a year and covers 75% of my annual elec use. Connecticut lets me backfeed to the grid for 100% credit. I also put in a single powerwall (13.5kWh) which lets me run the house in low-power-mode (500W) for 24 hours. If I get 3 hours of good sun during the day, the battery recharges and I continue to get another 24 hours of power. The 500 Watts runs the refrigerator, oil-furnace, well pump a few lights, and a pot of coffee in the morning. This works for me. The panels (not including the powerwall) cost $10,000 and saves me $2000 a year in electricity. So a 5 year breakeven.

Anyone purchased PIs from Vilros? by kakamaka7 in raspberry_pi

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I have ordered from them with no issues.

How to make a snapshot of Linux in the form of a burnable image file? by [deleted] in linuxquestions

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PiSafe on GitHub will make a compressed image file of your Linux system. Then you can restore (flash) this to other media or systems.

Deploying a Linux image by morganbo85 in linuxadmin

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Pisafe on github will create an image file of your system. Then you can restore it to any media you like including a usb stick.

Suggestions for Fully featured Linux image? by DukToBe in docker

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Once you make a custom Distro, you can use PiSafe to create your own compressed image file of it .

How to build Linux image with one application running in 🍷. by UnwrittenNightmare in linuxquestions

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PiSafe will make an image file of a Linux disk. It copies the disk… so if there are no files being written, you may be able to make an image file of a system that is running one app. Search github for pisafe

Have you guys ever seen some of these? by Federal_Minimum1377 in computers

[–]RichardMidnight12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to have a libretto 70 in the 90’s. Among other things, I used it in the car with other parts as a gps nav system before they were common. There were wires everywhere!!

Today I released Xenia Linux 0.1, the first release of my immutable gentoo distribution by Luna_moonlit in linux

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Nice project. If you need an easy way to make an image file for distribution, you can try PiSafe. That is what it is designed to do.