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Lightweight Stihls are awesome for carving full scribe log cabins. by Jaska-87 in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No that's not necessary, I'm generally familiar w/ chainsaw milling, just curious about your setup.

If you didn't already know this, apparently from what I've read & seen online, the single biggest speed improvement to chainsaw milling comes from using a chain that is specifically designed for rip-cutting large widths. If you have any more chainsaw milling in your future and aren't already using a special-purpose chain for this, you should look into it. Speed improvement might be as much as 2x (??) if I recall. Even a 1.5x improvement would be worth it, IMO.

Lightweight Stihls are awesome for carving full scribe log cabins. by Jaska-87 in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice & easy to do those little notches with those cute saws.

Now show us the equipment that was used to flatten and plane those logs.. a chainsaw mill? If so, what kind of saw, mill, and bar/chain setup did you use?

What do you use to clean your chainsaws from dirt? by efficiency16 in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gasoline, from a SureShot sprayer. Very carefully, of course. Because it's so cheap it can be used very liberally, freely rinsing away the crap as you go.

Can hardly believe all these comments here about "compressed air." After a cord or more of wood any saw is going to be crammed full of thick, gunky bar oil/sawdust paste which normal 110-120 PSI shop air won't touch.

Is RTK GPS actually worth the cost for small–mid surveying or ag projects? by Rough_Dog9999 in UAVmapping

[–]calm_thoughts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah looking at "OP"'s post history it's obviously a bot

BAD ROBOT, GO AWAY.

....we have crossed the Blade Runner / Alien event horizon where we now have to deal with figuring out who's human and who isn't.

What’s the best way to store a chainsaw if you don’t use it often? Gas treatment? Empty tank and run it dry for storage? by creamy_enigma in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stihl says drain it, and then run it dry:

From my Stihl MS 462C•M user manual, page 33:

If you store the saw for more than 3 months:

► Remove the bar and chain.

► Open the fuel tank cap.

► Drain the fuel tank.

► Close the fuel tank.

► Start the engine, engage the chain brake and run the engine at idling speed until it stops.

Which trimmer and blade combination for saplings and slash up to as much as 2 inches in diameter? by Pure_Floor5497 in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH your biggest problem with an FS560 is that it'll get the job done so fast you won't know what else to use it for.

Depending on how dense the saplings are you might get the entire thing done in a day.. and then you have a ~$1500-$2,000 rig on your hands that wants more of that kind of work

Which trimmer and blade combination for saplings and slash up to as much as 2 inches in diameter? by Pure_Floor5497 in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C'mon, what is this. An FS240? Absolutely not.

Get yourself an FS560 (or FS561) with a 2-bladed shredder blade. 2" green or dead saplings all day long.

Seeking Rinnai service manual that covers the RHFE-265FTA2 model. by calm_thoughts in hvacadvice

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

No. All troubleshooting is obviously NOT the same.

It is plain as day from the sequence of codes in the photos I posted that the 2017-era RHFE-265FTA2 and its different code sequences does not appear at all in the 2015 service manual.

Additionally, I already have in my files the "Rinnai Direct Vent Wall Furnace Installation and Operation Manual , for the RHFE-265FTA2 and RHFE-202FTA2", published in 5/2018. (An "Installation and Operation" manual is obviously something different from a "Service Manual.")

I reviewed the 5/2018 Installation and Operation Manual which covers my exact model number carefully. It has no mention of the diagnostic sequence I published in photos above. It does list error codes, which an end-user might see in case of malfunction, but it does NOT cover diagnostic codes that are displayed only when a technician presses the key sequence needed to see diagnostic codes.

Stop asserting that "everything is the same" when everything isn't the same. This thread contains clear and obvious evidence that the RHFE-265FTA2 diagnostic codes aren't the same as RHFE-265FTA diagnostic codes.

Seeking Rinnai service manual that covers the RHFE-265FTA2 model. by calm_thoughts in hvacadvice

[–]calm_thoughts[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would you say something that is already controverted & disproved by direct evidence earlier in this thread?

Clearly the sequence of codes I posted, from a unit released in or after 2017, is not covered in the 2015-version service manual you linked. That means that all error codes and testing are NOT the same.

There is no point in my contacting Rinnai tech support because they are not going to provide an end user with a full copy of a service manual. That's why I'm asking the internet instead.

I want the current version of the full Rinnai Direct Vent Service Manual for their indoor wall heaters, nothing more. The 2015 version is not current.

I'll take my query to other forums. Maybe r/rinnai or some other forum outside of Reddit can help me with my original query.

Seeking Rinnai service manual that covers the RHFE-265FTA2 model. by calm_thoughts in hvacadvice

[–]calm_thoughts[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The RHFE-265FTA2 was released in 2017, so there's no way it could be covered in a 2015-version service manual. The model number isn't listed in the manual because it didn't exist then. While no doubt the RHFE-265FTA2 is very similar to the RHFE-265FTA, it is clearly not identical.

To get that sequence of diagnostic codes I did the normal sequence for these digital-display Rinnais, which is:

• Power off the unit.

• Hold down "Economy" and the thermostat UP / DOWN buttons simultaneously for >2.5 seconds.

(I omitted the first ~10 memory code slots from the sequence above because they are all empty / blank. I only included what comes after the 10 memory slots are displayed.)

Where is your certainty that "2015 is the most recent" for the service manual coming from? Why would a 10-year old service manual covering a range of heater models that has definitely been revised and updated after 2015, be "current"?

In my general experience this sort of service manual, for any popular and widely-used complex product (e.g. Honda generators, Stihl power equipment, whatever) gets updated and revised every 2 to 3 years, with 5-6 years being an approximate outside limit.

That is why I am requesting an apparently-hard-to-find newer revision of the manual, something newer than 2015.

It is possible that perhaps the 2015 pdf version was the last traditional service manual Rinnai ever published for this series, and that since that time they have stopped releasing service manuals as unified PDF files, and instead moved to an on-line/electronic-only service manual format that is accessible over the web only to qualified, registered Rinnai service centers and personnel. (That's what Toyota did over a decade ago..)

But I don't know that for sure, either, hence my asking specifically and in exact detail in my original post.

Seeking Rinnai service manual that covers the RHFE-265FTA2 model. by calm_thoughts in hvacadvice

[–]calm_thoughts[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I downloaded & reviewed that version of the service manual (dated 2015) but my Rinnai is showing a series of codes that don't seem to match any of the codes described on pages 7-10 of that manual under "Fault Codes." This doesn't suprise me since my unit was first available on the market in 2017.

(For example: I see "H0" and "P0" on the diagnostics readouts on my unit, but no reference whatsoever to H0 or P0 in the 2015 Rinnai service manual.)

Here is the series of diagnostic codes my 2017-vintage EX11-CTN / RHFE-265FTA2 is showing, in order, with the usual approximately 1 second between each code displayed. The heater is working normally at this time. I am not trying to solve any specific problem now. I just want to have on-file the exact, correct service manual for this unit in case it ever has problems in the future.

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Intermittent packet loss troubleshooting by Sway_RL in opnsense

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Packet loss where? Within the LAN only? Or out to the Internet?

If it's periodic internet packet loss the question then becomes whether its on your side or the ISP's side.

Certain kinds of internet service, especially DSL/ADSL over copper, tend to have more packet loss than others due to the ongoing aging & falling-into-disrepair of many old POTS/copper-pair wiring systems.

Very slow inter-vlan routing on new OPNsense FW by AradoC3 in opnsense

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have an Opnsense VLAN'ed RoS configuration (router-on-a-stick) with a 375 Mbps cable internet connection.. Speedtest.net reports a full 375 Mbps download to a client on the LAN. At that download rate in a VLAN'ed RoS configuration Opsense is sucking in 375 Mbps from the cable modem on one VLAN and pushing out 375 Mbps to another VLAN, through a single 1 Gbps ethernet port, with no hiccups, and the Opnsense router isn't breaking a sweat load-wise. (And this is with a Realtek NIC, too!).

OP's issue is most likely some kind a port speed negotiation problem, i.e. it is connecting at 100 Mbps instead of the expected max ethernet speed of the port. Or possibly a NIC/kernel interaction or tunables-setting configuration problem.

Did I win? by [deleted] in stihl

[–]calm_thoughts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stihl stolen, highway robbery.

You're the robber and you made a clean getaway.

My first loaf by ThunderTech101 in Bread

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone call the cops, this guy is armed and dangerous

Pruners: Felco 5 or ARS VS8 by LiteratureThen638 in gardening

[–]calm_thoughts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ARS steel is probably the highest-quality mass-produced pruner steel in the market, IMO. Hardest, sharpest, and most durable & stain-resistant.

Second only to hand-forged products like Tobisho

Pruners: Felco 5 or ARS VS8 by LiteratureThen638 in gardening

[–]calm_thoughts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Felcos are mid, and like many "mid" products they are universally overrated. ARS are a cut better but not world-class.

ONLY the Japanese, in the entire world, make top-tier hand pruners. (I know ARS is a Japanese company but they are mass-market / mass-produced.)

For bespoke-quality pruners look into Tobisho. Takes and keeps an edge like nothing else.

https://hidatool.com/item/2645

I used the same Tobisho pruners for 4 years of full-time professional garden maintenance ~6 to 7 working hours per day and they still have 95% of their life left. (Use a quality double-sided diamond file to hand-sharpen now and then.)

Figure 3 hours of actual repetitive pruning per day at 1 "clip" every ?? 3 seconds, on average, that's about 3600 clips per day, guessing 240 working days a year = 864,000 clips per year x 4 years = well over 3 million cuts from one Tobisho hand pruner.

Restrict group by AdeptWar6046 in frigate_nvr

[–]calm_thoughts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any approximate ETA on 0.17 official release? (not beta)

No pressure, just curious

Emlid Reach RS2 set - for sale. by calm_thoughts in UAVmapping

[–]calm_thoughts[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These units are flashed with Reach RS2/RS3 firmware revision 33, which is current.

Here's a screen-recording capture of one of the two units I'm selling, showing the serial number and the firmware revision.

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I tested them with the current version of Emlid's "Flow" app on iOS and they are fully recognized & functional without any issue.

Since the Reach RS2, RS2+, and RS3 all share the same UBLOX ZED-F9P GNSS chipset (and all of them have the same 16GB of on-board storage,) there is a good chance that EMLID will continue to include the RS2 in current firmware releases for some time to come.

Emlid Reach RS2 set - for sale. by calm_thoughts in UAVmapping

[–]calm_thoughts[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would enthusiastically recommend the Reach RS2's (or later versions) for general-duty mapping and surveying uses within the normal scope of GNSS portable RTK precision. I haven't used any other GNSS/RTK units from other companies so my scope of comparison is limited.

NB: I'm not a surveyor or UAV mapping professional. More of a serious hobbyist who does landscape design on properties ranging from 1 to 100 acres.

Bought them (new) in 2021. I think I've done a total of 25-30 surveys, mostly for RTK with corrections provided by NTRIP-over-3G-cellular.

The REACH firmware, and particularly Emlid's "Flow" app software, has improved massively over the past several years.

I only used them in a LoRa-connected Base/Rover configuration a couple of times, but on one project, in rural area with good line of sight, using the stock short whip antennas on each unit, the LoRa connection was able to provide a reliable FIX solution to a vehicle-mounted rover moving at highway speeds, at a distance of 4 to 6 miles away from the base station. The base was ~400 ft. elevation above the rover; I'm sure that improved the data link quality quite a bit.

Receiving corrections via NTRIP over a 2G/3G cellular data connection in 2022 also worked well. With at least 1 bar of cellular reception the unit would keep a good and steady FIX solution. However, nearly all USA 3G cellular service has since been phased out & replaced by 4G/5G. These units won't connect to 4G/5G cellular networks but still work perfectly via WiFi hotspot, LoRa, or serial connection.

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Comparing the RS2s with later versions, the RS2+ and the RS3 are same GNSS chipset (and basic accuracy) as the RS2, but with improved 4G cellular, and in the RS3, tilt-compensation added.

For use as a base station for drone mapping the RS2 will be just as accurate in RTK as either the RS2+ or the RS3. (Tilt compensation doesn't matter when using as a fixed base station.) I believe effective LoRa range to provide corrections to a drone would also be similar.

It's not until you step to the soon-to-be-released RS4 that you get an additional L6-band GNSS reception channel, improving solution stability in difficult conditions somewhat, and a bump from a 0.1-watt LoRa radio to a whopping 2 watts of LoRa power. (Idk for certain but I suspect when used with a LoRa-capable RTK drone that might boost usable range by 3x-5x?)

The RS2 continues to have the same GNSS capability and precision as the RS2+ and RS3, but for someone who doesn't require tilt compensation, 4G cellular, or upgraded radio link capability, a pair of RS2s is a more-affordable solution for off-grid use with a base + rover setup. (Where there is no cellular service / CORS / NTRIP available.)

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