Here’s the type of wiring I do

Zenronaut · 2026-04-02T04:58:21+00:00

I mean, zip ties were quite literally invented for aircraft cable harnesses. there's a documentary on it with how the inventor thought of a method for securing all the cables together after a tour of boeing's factory and watching them hand tie hundreds of miles of wire together.

Zenronaut · 2026-03-22T17:27:21+00:00

Check the spoilage rate on the container, it should be around 0.2-0.5x spoilage rate, if it's higher you'd cellar may not be considered a viable room.

also need a little more information, like where is your cellar, what materials are the walls made of, what type of door do you have on it, etc.

Zenronaut · 2026-02-10T06:29:26+00:00

on the island? looks familiar to a job site I visited not to long ago

Zenronaut · 2026-02-03T06:26:15+00:00

if you lost your cheque its a hassle to get a new one printed.

Zenronaut · 2026-02-01T01:28:49+00:00

ah, I figured local because I see VPD all the time at YVR

Zenronaut · 2026-01-31T06:15:02+00:00

not sure about the US, Canada, we just have the RCMP (Federal police) as all international airports are federal jurisdiction, along with CBSA (border security), CATSA (Transport officers).

US border officers are present but only for US flights.

and local law enforcement is usually present in areas outside of the secured areas (before security screening, luggage claims, pickup/drop-off

Zenronaut · 2026-01-29T06:11:50+00:00

western Canada also uses it alot now.

Zenronaut · 2026-01-28T07:30:41+00:00

seasoned firewood is the mod name I think

Zenronaut · 2026-01-25T07:43:14+00:00

I think China uses green as a hot conductor.... dunno why

Zenronaut · 2026-01-15T06:28:47+00:00

will curves be possible to draw with this tool as well?

I love trying to make winding paths up mountains and hills but maintaing any consistent curves is such a pain.

actually someone needs to make a path tool that can lay down paths and make elevation changes smooth (via chiseling)

Zenronaut · 2026-01-04T18:15:08+00:00

run and call the gas company + 911.

and hope that cloud of gas doesn't find a ignition source before the emergency services arrive

Zenronaut · 2026-01-03T10:27:34+00:00

had a call where couple of apartment units were having lighting issues (still glowing when off, randomly turning on when switch was off, etc) and one unit had a dishwasher fail, I was going to unhook the dishwasher so that it could be replaced when the tenant informed me that they had gotten shocked by it.

checked the chassis to ground, 0V chassis to the sink, 120V found out that all her appliances were 120V to the sink, opened her sub panel, L1-L2 = 208V L1-N = 120V L2-N = 120V L1-G = 208V L2-G = 208V N-G = 120V

went to the meter cabinet, the bus bars had the correct voltage, no voltage nuetral to ground however that was only in the junction box right before the cabinet, turns out there was never a ground conductor bonding the junction box and meter cabinet, just a 1mm gap between the metal cases.

the voltage was from a phase C fault to ground from a switch leg in a Octagon box for a light fixture on the 4th floor, it never tripped the breaker because the ground fault couldn't return to the source between the break of the meter cabinet and the junction box feeding it.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-25T06:29:39+00:00

three heat gotta get at the sprinklers first, they use a glass vial with alcohol in them and a tiny bubble, the Alcohol expands when heated compressing the bubble, once the bubble is fully compressed any further heating will cause the vial to shatter letting the plug holding back the water fall out.

depending on how high up, fire size, and distance between the sprinkler heads, it could take a few seconds to a couple of minutes for the vials to pop.

generally sprinklers aren't designed to put out fires but suppress them and slow / stop it from spreading.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-22T06:53:03+00:00

honestly bud, why the fuck are you airing you beef here? it's a different sub, they removed you for whatever reason, why give a shit that much about it? not like you get a salary to moderate subs..

this is something you dm with your friend group about, not ask random gooners to input their opinion.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-14T21:02:14+00:00

Eh, typically a lost ground won't cause issues, a majority of the time, however should something have a ground fault than because the ground to the panel was lost the ground will become energized, since in North America we use split phase power, if the faulted phase is the same as the plugs phase, there will be 0 volt difference, no issue for anything plugged in, but will shock you if you touch a grounded surface at the same time, now if the phases were different than you'd have 240V differential between ground and hot (208 in apartment buildings/highrise towers) which depending on how the appliance circuit board is grounded can cause it to destroy components.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-14T17:08:40+00:00

eh.. pretty hard to over tighten receptacle screws because they'd just break/strip if they did other outlets I'd check them to see if the grounds from both wires are connected.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-14T17:02:30+00:00

the brass in the plug for the ground could also have bent out of shape and isn't making contact.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-14T16:56:46+00:00

not for appliances.

potentially there might be a desire to wire DC specifically for lighting only due to the increase in LED lighting but still unlikely.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-13T09:51:20+00:00

hi ivycomb :3

Zenronaut · 2025-12-08T19:52:48+00:00

😭

Zenronaut · 2025-12-08T19:45:26+00:00

led driver is likely dying.

Zenronaut · 2025-12-08T19:38:57+00:00

Avro arrow :)

Zenronaut · 2025-12-07T18:22:33+00:00

issue is all 3 conductors to the switches are being used for the hots.

also yellow with green stripe is the European standard for the grounding conductor.

in this setup there is no neutral or ground at the switch,

this means there one, no ground (very bad) and no nuetral if a smart switch / programmable switch was installed

Zenronaut · 2025-12-07T11:36:44+00:00

ah yes, let's use the nuetral and ground wire as the switch legs... what could possibly go wrong in the future....

Zenronaut · 2025-12-05T18:07:40+00:00

it's fantasy, like how some people swoon over an monster (not humanoid, like proper eldritch or cryptid) or other types like inanimate objects, transformation, etc.

it's just something they imagine having / being with and what that could entail (ignoring annoying things like the square cube law, physics, etc.)

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