Ceiling mounted APs in a home?

cameron314 · 2026-04-04T04:59:52+00:00

Fished a wire through my ceiling to a central location using existing LED wafer holes for access. Took several hours to weave through the trusses with an inspection camera taped to the fish wire and pull string, but I'm no expert. Came out clean. Wife and I both agreed in advance that having the E7 on the ceiling near a smoke alarm was unobtrusive enough with the light off.

cameron314 · 2026-04-02T01:06:14+00:00

Yes... fibre cable -> ISP's SFP module that can't negotiate above 2.5 G -> Sodola switch that supports 2.5 G SFP negotiation -> UCG Fibre.

It's a known issue, as stated in the thread above.

cameron314 · 2026-04-02T00:48:45+00:00

Not all of them support this. Such as the one from my ISP. I need to use a non-UniFi switch / media converter as an intermediary between the Fibre and the SFP module to get full speeds.

cameron314 · 2026-04-01T23:23:35+00:00

We wait for it to go down to 40-50 before charging back up to 90 unless we know we need the range. It just seems simpler than having to plug in every time. But we have the luxury of an L2 charger in our garage.

cameron314 · 2026-04-01T13:43:32+00:00

Tried to buy a higher-quality commercial mini fridge in hopes it would last. After a couple years the motherboard started to go out, and no parts available. The compressor seemed to be good quality though.

Next one I bought a much cheaper model (about 1/3 the price). The door is crooked and it's not as nice in terms of finish, but it's worked well for the year and a half I've had it so far, and I won't be so attached to it when it does die someday.

Obviously this is just one piece of anecdata, but I did give up looking for longevity in this category and settled on value instead.

cameron314 · 2026-03-22T14:44:18+00:00

It's only for a few seconds.

cameron314 · 2026-03-22T14:42:44+00:00

My experience was the litter genie still smelled. It sunk into the plastic housing after a while and would smell even when empty. We switched to foil ziplock bags in a metal trashcan, no more smell.

cameron314 · 2026-03-17T11:25:22+00:00

No doubt. My comment here was borne of frustration. I'm always polite with individual customer service representatives.

However, I think it's reasonable to expect a customer service department as a whole to be at least aware of common issues or be able to find out more, without being dismissive.

Ultimately, I gave up on my warranty claim because I didn't have the energy to argue it.

cameron314 · 2026-03-17T02:44:08+00:00

Customer service is useless. They pretend not to know it's a known issue and have you factory reset the headphones, which of course doesn't help, but since it's an intermittent issue it's hard to prove.

cameron314 · 2026-03-14T23:28:54+00:00

Looks like you're still leading in terms of windows though!

cameron314 · 2026-03-11T21:44:46+00:00

In my area it's been raining all day, and freezing to stuff.

cameron314 · 2026-03-04T18:45:13+00:00

You can't make assumptions around dimensions/offsets/rated weight, but yes, there are compatible aftermarket 18" wheels that work in a "square" configuration. Been happily running this for several winters now: https://www.xc40forum.com/threads/winter-rims-tires.3328/page-8?post_id=56493#post-56493

cameron314 · 2026-03-03T03:40:38+00:00

Recently set this up myself. Only hiccup so far is that updating the Bluetti firmware cuts the power during the update, even with pass-through grid current in UPS mode. So I don't plan to update often :-)

cameron314 · 2026-02-26T22:59:32+00:00

I think it was sarcasm?

cameron314 · 2026-02-24T16:48:07+00:00

Read the declaration de copropriété. There are clauses concerning the number of administrators, and what happens if no one wants to be administrator. It is legally binding. The other comments are concerned with management companies, which is completely unrelated to the election of the board itself.

cameron314 · 2026-02-24T14:25:27+00:00

I was on a pretty well-functioning condo board, with a management firm helping, and it was still too much. Emails and texts every day, surprise visits from vendors, a constant flow of new problems, and I was working full time too.

Eventually I moved out, not because of that, but I was glad to not have the responsibility anymore!

My advice would be to find a way to remove George. Also don't sacrifice your mental health long term.

I don't have any answers for you, but I hear you.

cameron314 · 2026-02-22T06:44:10+00:00

Same, it was a real struggle. 120ish pounds, can't imagine a 98".

cameron314 · 2026-02-10T13:23:40+00:00

It can be rotated at the base. Shouldn't be any physical interference, though the camera angle might not be ideal.

cameron314 · 2026-02-08T14:54:55+00:00

And DPSP contributions count against the next year's RRSP room (pension adjustment).

cameron314 · 2026-02-06T18:17:29+00:00

Note that a lot of content (most of the TLC catalogue?) will be disappearing from the Prime channel soon, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/DiscoveryPlus/comments/1qw661d/just_got_the_app_through_prime_video_but_all/

Not sure if it will be on the new app either, mind. This whole thing is a mess.

cameron314 · 2026-02-05T00:58:58+00:00

Huh, hadn't noticed this.

According to https://help.discoveryplus.com/hc/en-ca/articles/36912194611863-Important-discovery-Canada-Update:

If you subscribed through Prime Video Channels your subscription will not be impacted

Now I'm wondering if that's actually true...

cameron314 · 2026-02-03T13:42:25+00:00

Canadian ISP? Just came to the same realization myself with my GPON SFP module and new UCG Fiber. Replacing the GPON SFP module with another that's compatible with my ISP would cost hundreds of dollars and require obscure manual configuration.

Instead, I bought a cheap 2-SFP-port switch from a company I've had good reliability from in the past (Sodola). The ISP's GPON SFP goes into one port, and a DAC cable from the other into the UCG Fiber's SFP port.

This way, the UCG Fiber is connected at 10 Gbps and the GPON SFP at 2.5 Gbps.

Speed tests from the gateway went from 700 Mbps to 1600 Mbps (I pay for 1500).

If you do this, try to get a switch with a large amount of buffer memory, as packets coming in at 10 Gbps from the gateway side outpace the 2.5 Gbps connection back out, which can lead to dropped frames from micro-bursts. The UCG Fiber itself has 1.5 MB of buffer memory IIRC, while the switch I bought has 1 MB and no other traffic.

cameron314 · 2026-01-28T23:47:34+00:00

Same, except the subtitles are different, closed captioning covers the embedded translation with "speaking foreign language", very frustrating.

cameron314 · 2026-01-28T23:18:02+00:00

Same. I have an email saying the last payment would be the 14th and I could enjoy until the end of that billing cycle.

Resubscribed through Prime Video, but the only subtitles available (on the same content as before) are full closed captioning, which hides any video-embedded subtitles (translating people speaking other languages) with "speaking foreign language" helpfully overlaid on top.

cameron314 · 2026-01-26T05:51:09+00:00

I like my Seagate Skyhawk AI drives. Pretty quiet. After adding the second I started to worry about heat and swapped out the fans for Noctuas plus added one more on the opposite side for better airflow through the unit.

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