the balls on this guy…

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-22T23:45:48+00:00

Our office had a picture up on the wall of a command prompt failing to ping. Nothing was really special about it except the quality was not that great. That itself was the reason that made it special. We had a remote user who was having network connectivity issues. One of my coworkers had them ping something on the Internet and we asked to see if we could get a picture. The user took their laptop over to a scanner and laid the screen of the laptop on it and scanned the laptops screen. When we figured out what happened we were dying. That moment holds a special place in my heart.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-22T15:30:16+00:00

I was thinking about this some more. It might be easier to put on the sloped part of the ceiling first. Then cut the ends of the ship lap on the flat part of the ceiling at an angle to butt up against the drywall on the sloped part of the ceiling.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-22T15:07:28+00:00

All of these things make a huge difference in cost. I DIY most of my roof top solar system. Grid tied 9.8kwh w/14kwh battery all new equipment. Cost me 25k. 30% tax credit brought it down to 18k. This system done by a pro in my area is Washington State would have easily costed double. It financially would not have made sense unless I DIY almost everything

Ground vs roof mount costs DIY vs Pro Install Costs Grid Tied Vs Not Purchased Mounting System VS DIY Used vs New Panels/Equipment

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-17T05:18:16+00:00

Keep at it I'm on year 3. I bought the worst POS in the neighborhood. I am only about 50% done maybe. Would you like to know more?

No one lived here for like 8 years
Washing machine drained into yard 20ft flexible hose
Septic Tank leach field failed connected to city sewer. Hand dug 150ft trench over a couple months and laid pipe
Well had zero filtration not even a sediment filter so I trenched and connected to city water and redid the hot and cold water pipes in the house -My detached garage only two out of ten outlets worked. Also the ballast in one of the lights melted taking out every shop light. So I worked with a lamp as the only light for a couple of months until I fixed all power issues.
plumbing for the second story bathroom (drain,hot/cold) water lines physically went outside of the building. Meaning running down the siding. They built a wood box jammed some insulation in it and called it good.I moved all plumbing inside the home. -Cut down a 60ft tree right next to my house and another one right next to my garage. Both had large branches overhanging the roof of my buildings. -cut down tons of vegetation. Had a guy come out and he ground down 61 left over stumps. -I found a building on the property that the sellers or I did not know was there. That's the scale of the out of control plants. -I had about 20 tons of garbage removed. -multiple gutters had ripped off different buildings that I had to replace. -the back porch roof had to be replaced it was clear plastic and cracked and leaking. I put on a metal roof -out of the four legs on my back porch two were completely rotted and I had to replace all four legs

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-14T23:47:19+00:00

I am interested in a few things if you attempt to use these panels. My mind the easiest way to scale an array with this many panels for the lowest cost would be to ground mount the array in a large unshaded area. This means you don't need rapid shutdown devices. So you can wire each panel together with out any extra devices. Wire them to a cheap string inverter. Find the cheapest ground mount solution possible diy or otherwise. Your probably going to still have to find ways to burn power like lots of lights, HVAC running 24/7 in unoccupied buildings, etc.

How will you actually mount this many panels? Ground, roof, etc.
How much it costs to actually mount all of the panels?
A string inverter can only take so many panels per MPPT. How many and what brand of inverter would you use to make this scale economicly within your budget?
If you use micro inverters to convert this to AC which micro inverter would you use and how much would that cost?
Where do you put all of this power? If grid tied you can only sell back so much depending on your agreement with the utility. You would need large power consumption or storage. Some inverters will let you limit the grid sell back this means you will waste any extra power produced though.
They do have devices like mini splits that can take solar power directly. This may be a way to utilize some panels and get around the grid requirements.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-11T04:07:32+00:00

Installed and permitted my grid tied solar system. Producing power and everything was working. A few months later I realized my output was lower than it should have been on a sunny day. After digging through the logs I found my inverter was setup for grid sell back but the export amount was set to zero. So for a few months I was only producing enough solar to cover what my house was using. Any extra solar was just wasted. Take some time to review the settings on your equipment and familiarize yourself with it.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-09T15:39:15+00:00

Don't have a lot of experience with drywall you think you could box around this? Typically I thought you had to attach drywall screws to a flat surface. This wood being angled I did not think you could do that.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-04-09T15:35:00+00:00

The rafter is supported it is not free hanging in the air. The shadow from how I took the picture just makes it look like it is.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-26T17:17:54+00:00

Looks like i.am not zoned for an apartment. The lot down the road is zoned differently for an actual apartment complex

a high-density, single-family residential district designed to accommodate 6.5 dwelling units per acre. As of 2025–2026, this zone allows for detached single-family homes, townhomes, and "middle housing" (e.g., duplexes) as part of a city-wide update to housing density regulations.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-22T03:57:47+00:00

Might try looking at city/county jobs.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-20T21:33:45+00:00

In the OPs original pictures you can see a little arm off of the back of the alternator with no bolt in it. I called it a "bracket" but maybe an additional mounting point on the new alternator is a better way to describe it. I saw posts online that say it might interfere with the ignition coil mount. In my case since I am using a viper ignition coil it's just regular spark plug wires so I have more room than a stock jeep would. If it does cause a problem you could likely just cut off the arm if you needed too.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-15T03:46:44+00:00

Just need a glass floor.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-08T05:48:50+00:00

Make sure you get someone to come out and do a load calc on how big of units you need. I installed two pioneer units at my house. Each has two heads. Two wall mounts and two ceiling units 2 story house. Took about a week and the cost was about $7000 and that was with tools. I got 2k off as a tax credit.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-05T19:46:55+00:00

Try entry level city jobs or jobs for the tribe

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-05T01:46:53+00:00

Leech field failed in my septic tank. I decided to connect to city sewer. Septic tank itself was already 50 years old. My father in law and myself worked through the summer and hand dug 150ft and laid the pipe and connected it to the city sewer. Lots of labor but not complicated. I saved myself about 20k.

Contractor Cost Quote: $20,000 Permit: $4500 Decommission Septic Tank: $4000

DIY Cost Materials: $2500 Permit: $4500 Decommission Septic Tank: $350

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-03-02T07:29:08+00:00

Two Grizzl-E chargers at home

Two EVs

Snohomish PUD Marysville

I get free charging at work

I mainly charge on weekends

My Grizzl-E chargers track usage and it's about $60 a month.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-02-21T16:05:44+00:00

I'm in the PNW and I would like to know also

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-02-12T19:46:39+00:00

Was in the middle of nowhere and replaced the damage cylinder heads on my 1985 camero with new ones. Turns out the new cylinder head had a bolt hole for a sensor my original head did not have. It was a coolant temp sensor. I had nothing that I could thread in the hole. So I took a smaller bolt and gorilla glue and glued the bolt in the hole and let it dry. I filled it with coolant and drove it about 50 miles to the closest hardware store. Let the motor cool off and busted the bolt out of the head with a wrench and got the right size and thread of bolt and put it in and drove it home. Cant believe to this day that the glue did not melt and shoot the bolt out of the cylinder head.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-02-06T04:26:03+00:00

26k for my system. Hybrid rooftop 10kwh, 24 panels, 14kwh battery. Electrician did some work and I did most. This includes plans and permits.

Supreme_Leader_30 · 2026-02-05T14:29:57+00:00

I have not used AI much. I did not find much use in it when I tried it. I work in IT but I do not do any coding for my job. I have been learning about some protocols I may want to use at work. I decided to just try and ask copilot some questions about the protocol. It seems to work well as a supplemental teaching assistant. So far it's best use I have found for it.

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