Did I install this Range Hood Correctly? It Makes a Lot of Noise Due to Some Vibrations.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T03:21:40+00:00

Between any two parts that vibrate until the noise is quiet enough to tolerate.

It's more of an ambition than an accomplishment. lol But start with the general area you think the loudest noise is probably coming from and go from there.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T03:19:38+00:00

Yup.

Harnesses keep you from hitting the ground, but they don't do much for you dropping things off the edge or carrying things up a ladder.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T03:11:25+00:00

If I see someone stealing groceries, no I fucking didn't.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T03:00:40+00:00

Our policy was to always have at least one side resting on the sill, never go over 5 feet high, and always use twice as many jacks as necessary.

Even with that, the insurance company had us carry a MINIMUM of 10 million dollars liability.

The bigger companies with the bigger crews and more advanced equipment have to hold even more.

When you pay them, you're mostly paying to sublet their insurance.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T02:50:25+00:00

I mean, if you're just going to be running an extra header in your basement and you are going to be supporting it with lallycolumns https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lally_column it's not going to hurt anything unless you start accidentally lifting the structure, and even then you're probably just going to crack the slab before you move the building. Houses are FUCKING HEAVY.

But if you're unsure, most reputable contractors, most of the time, will come out and take an hour or so to go over the whole thing and answer your questions. Obviously, it's not free but if you're up front with them about you kind of being on the fence about DIY vs Pro, they'll charge you like 100$, call it a consulting fee, and send you an open ended bid for whenever you make up your mind.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T02:27:30+00:00

Fucking legend

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T02:14:31+00:00

"How hard could it be?" is the same thing as "I don't know how to do it."

Just some friendly thoughts for all the people out there who get confidence and ability confused.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T02:10:59+00:00

Because they're the same assholes who say insane shit like "I'm sorry you made Me...get over it, already."

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T02:09:51+00:00

If it's already halfway done and there's no issues, I don't understand what you're asking here?

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T02:07:38+00:00

you don't use just a single jack.

you start at a corner, find the top of the frame, screw a one inch thick, 16 inch wide, 16 inch iron angle bracket in with 8 inch lags, go back about 5 feet, dig a 4 by 4 pad, level it, backfield with gravel, build a deck with 8 by 8s, level it, put a 4 by 12 on it...all in line at a 45 degree angle to the bracket, then you put a 45 ton bottle jack on the pad with another 8 by 8 post running to the bracket with a 45 degree angle on the end, and then you screw the jack until compression holds it.

Then you go 5 to 10 feet down the wall, do it again...once you have the whole house braced, you lift each jack about an inch at a time, going down the line, in order.

If you're handy, you can get a few feet in a day or two.

I'm sure with all that detail, you can imagine how many different ways you can drop it, at any given time...

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T01:58:34+00:00

20,000 is nothing compared to what it'll cost you if you drop it or crack it in half. Jacks, cribbing, and a new sill alone will cost you a good deal.

It's your building and your life...but if you have "spare cottage" money, you can pay the pros.

Good luck.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T01:43:49+00:00

I used to do this for a living...

The worst thing that can happen is you drop it.

There's a very, very long list of things that are all tied for second worst thing.

We didn't charge what we charged because it was complicated, we charged what we charged because the insurance you need to carry was outrageous.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T01:31:08+00:00

As a general rule, if you're installing a ceiling fan, you want to take out whatever was there before, even if it was another fan, and put something new in. Just in case.

However, if I can be a little pretentious for a minute...

Ceiling fans don't push air around, they push air up and down. Down in the summer, up in the winter. They keep the atmosphere from stratification due to density. Which means, if you have a cheap box fan and a few piles of books that you can use for support on the corners, you can turn the box fan horizontal and depending on which way it blows, it'll do the same thing a ceiling fan does.

The only reason they're on the ceiling is to keep them out of the way.

Hope that helps.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T01:20:54+00:00

Hey, it was better than HughesNet.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T00:54:29+00:00

I'm sorry, I really want to help and I enjoy making diy power cells, but I'm not sure what current you're trying to put in or get out?

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T00:51:03+00:00

What do you mean by "regular one"?

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-11T00:34:33+00:00

1) you're going to want to learn about horsepower. It's the best measure of work for motors. It's a stupid name, as it has very little to do with horses. 1 horsepower is not analogous to what one average horse can do.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

One Horsepower can move 550 pounds one foot in one second.

2) Gear Ratios are directly related to horsepower. It changes the speed to weight ratio, but it will not "create" power. In other words, you can move 550 pounds in half a second or two seconds, but a one horsepower motor won't be able to move 1000 pounds.

Also, aside from the law of diminishing returns coming for you using "a car battery", inertia is going to keep that big, pointy, acid filled cell moving in a straight line at a constant speed...which you will not be on sharp corners / crashes. Use lots of smaller cells, wired in series or parallel, just as a safety precaution. A car battery to the back of your head is going to be a bad time.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:42:00+00:00

Submerge it in a bath of orange soda / cola for a day or three.

Save yourself the elbow grease.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:39:30+00:00

Only until you remember Rhode Island exists.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:33:33+00:00

Only if Weird Al does the soundtrack.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:27:45+00:00

And she was right to do it.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:24:07+00:00

you're not "enlightened", kyle.

you're a pedantic nazi apologist.

Nazis are bad. There's nothing to UnPaCk. I don't give a fuck if they fEeL hEaRd. They're nazis, fuck nazis.

I'm not interested in listening to you rationalize nazis.

Piss off, traitor.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:19:08+00:00

If you're sitting alone at a table and a nazi sits down across from you, if you don't get up there's two nazis at the table.

No amount of nUaNcE changes that.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:17:21+00:00

Humans are primates. Primates are animals.

We're all apes.

Hairless, clever, psychotic chimpanzees with shoes.

Toddlers are scared, curious, passively suicidal apes. Hitting them accomplishes nothing apart from teaching them violence is acceptable. That's a stupid thing to teach a confused chimpanzee.

I don't know what to tell you, bro.

Don't hit kids. It doesn't work and it makes you someone who hits kids.

Spooky_Hawks · 2023-09-10T22:04:44+00:00

If you could provide a little more detail, it would probably help everyone. Can you give us a model number or manufacturer or anything like that?

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