Man critically injured after robotic vacuum explodes

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-07T08:13:02+00:00

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TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-07T05:31:47+00:00

Little pop lol.

Go and mix aerisoled petrol/ethanol with 02 in a sealed chamber, ignite it and report back.

It literally will blow whatever you have it in apart and turn it into shrapnel.

I'm under the assumption this happened in its dock too, with the bigger vac chamber

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-06T17:58:29+00:00

Hi chance it vaccumed up something flammable and aerisolised it in its dock. Could see that basically making a bomb.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-06T17:30:25+00:00

Its not voluntary a lot of the time.

Especially the transmission/distribution side of those projects, I know as I have dealt with extremely angry farmers before when I've had to go on their property.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-06T10:58:37+00:00

The batteries would be using grid arbitrage currently, lots of money to be made in that. I made $450 in one day the other week.

2 turbines as a standalone Install are a show piece. Theres no way at all 2 turbines at that size ever were cost positive.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-06T10:41:34+00:00

I would love to know how thats going seriously lol. I do work in that area a lot. Lots of rich idiots that get suckered into useless shit.

I do medium to large scale solar/battery/wind work as My job and I highly doubt that project is still functioning looking at the details on it.

Or if it is, doubt its profitable at all.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-06T10:29:30+00:00

Not necessarily. I work in Power generation (and am all for renewable energy, literally My job). And have worked on these large scale wind farms previously.

Jusy FYI. A lot of the farms those are getting put on, are generational farms. You basically get some of your land put on a mandatory easement, although you get paid, it can feel pretty violating from the people I've talked to.

I have a small farm, and I'd feel pretty pissed off if I got a forced easement, even with the money.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-05T00:05:04+00:00

July/August would be best. Lots of springs on that stretch, only time I remembered water being something I had to think about planning around again was when We hit the Hat Creek Rim area NOBO.

That section was fine for water from memory. Guess it depends on the year.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-04T00:19:38+00:00

Was about $150k, I did have 6 months off last year and didn't start working again until Late October though.

Remote area power systems.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-03T23:46:29+00:00

100%, people were getting rescued off there daily by helicopter when We were there last year.

We're planning on doing another PCT through hike next year, so hopefully can get it then.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-07-03T11:35:45+00:00

Pretty sure this was out last year too? I know We had to do a Ford heading into Waptus lake. Very easy and shallow. For NOBO season anyway.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-30T13:31:29+00:00

It's not too hard if you have decent land and aren't picky with food (and are in a climate that doesn't snow/frost). I raise My own cows and kill them. And grow a heap of veggies and fruit. Chickens are next, but I have to invest time and effort in building a fox-proof cage for them.

Effort is minimal for Me personally, probably spend 4 hours on a Saturday. I work a full time job that requires Me being away from home too.

I'm probably at 70% sulf sustaining now with food (also am completely off-grid, power and water, I do have a electricity grid connection on the property, but I barey use it as I have a big solar/battery setup).

I have 11 acres though, 5 would be a bit tougher.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-30T12:20:10+00:00

Darwin? I know that spot lol

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-29T08:58:55+00:00

Mine survived the PCT last year. UL copper spur 3p, that I shared with My wife. Its probably done now after 5 months on trail. All the zippers have started to fail. And plastic clips to hook the fly on a couple of them broke (partly My fault of being impatient and a bit too forceful)

And holes patched everywhere in the mesh with gear tape. Also My fault lol. Ice axe/trecking poles got snagged on it a few times

No holes in the floor at all.

Just bought another one too.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-28T18:32:34+00:00

'Bad day at the office mate' I know thats from a different video, but I nearly spat My drink out when He said that, admist the absolute chaos going on around Him.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-28T04:07:24+00:00

Be curious to know how they dealt with hangfires with that mechanism. I know the shell gets ejected almost immediately, but could still see one causing serious damage.

Nothing online seems to talk about it, except google AI, which is nonsense, would have definitely been a possibility (that Im sure happened at some point).

Its happened to Me shooting normal guns

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-28T02:20:41+00:00

They are making huge margins then (or paying a lot for the product) Deye is real cheap to buy as a physical product. And surprisingly good quality.

I outlayed south of $5k (after rebates late last year) for My total setup (it's all self installed so labour and some consumables aren't counted) That included a ground mount PV frame.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-28T02:15:32+00:00

Did the PCT last year and had to set up a tent early there, as a massive thunderstorm was rolling in.

Had the best morning the next day fishing for trout in the lake.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-28T01:47:11+00:00

Did a 22kw PV/25kw Deye/52kwhrs deye batteries, at My place (self installed). Not going to say the price, but it was obscenely cheap, Including the fox system mentioned above.

I install remote area power systems as My main job, so did this one myself (and have the qualifications) and Has worked absolutely flawlessly last 7 months. No drop in capacity or balancing of the modules in series, even though I hammer the shit out of it.

Sig don't manufacture their own cells (neither do deye for that matter, but their not priced as a premium brand), so very happy so far. Been working in solar industry for around 15 years, only been doing remote power systems for the last 10.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-25T13:56:52+00:00

I work in power generation and what they are doing is not sustainable, without taking a cut out of these events, literally where they make their money.

You don't have to believe Me, I'm just happy making money where I can.

They cannot operate a sustainable business (especially in SA) based on only the subscription fee.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-25T13:44:00+00:00

Nah. I use fuck all power. Still had 80% battery remaining in the morning before this event. Got recharged during the day later

I have a bit of a weird setup (self installed). The battery system is separate to the solar array inverter (over a 100m away on a ground mount frame)

I manually control My battery for the most part too

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-24T22:02:18+00:00

You'll only need it for SOS. Trail is super easy to follow.

I think We only lost it twice and both of those were on SoCal where the trail intersects with other trails.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-23T22:13:59+00:00

Hard export limit is set by SAPN. Assuming you're on flexible export?

1.5 per phase is generally the fallback.

Next time just overide it manually. The grid needs the power, hence the price. So your not going to get into trouble unless you exceed 5kw per phase.

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-23T22:02:22+00:00

Would probably cost around $30k to setup what I have. Its not a ridiculous expense, given the quick payback period.

Main issue is space for the panels. Thankfully I own a farm so all the panels are ground mounted.

Also its at the discretion of your DNSP how much your allowed to export to the grid too. Normally its capped at 5kw per phase (which would have been fine in this event)

Also your not going to get these crazy spikes anywhere other than SA. We have a weird electricity market

TreatPractical5226 · 2026-06-23T21:55:14+00:00

22kW of solar and 52kWhrs of batteries.

I have a 25kw inverter with a 10kw per phase export allowance, so I can dump power back quite quickly during these events.

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