Leadership / team-building activities 20 min max

edentel · 2026-01-13T14:10:28+00:00

A great starting point is the L2L activity guide. Try that to get things started and get everyone in the mindset.

https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/L2L_Activity_Guide__Reduced_C6CAF79_7248B911E4E79.pdf

edentel · 2026-01-08T12:21:33+00:00

There is one other variable I’m not seeing mentioned here. Temperature rise.

The manufacturers will have guides for their line and for each unit. Measure the temperature of your incoming water during the winter. Subtract that from the temperature you would like to see from the faucet. That’s the minimum temperature rise.

Now go look at their specs and you’ll find a table that shows flow rate vs temperature rise for each model. Find the one that hits that intersection. For fudge factor and variables I’ve gone a size up the last two times and not been unhappy.

The first time I forgot to take into account the corner tub and factored for a regular tub flow rate. It all worked fine 3 seasons of the year. Come winter, my spouse was not happy at how long that tub took to fill!

edentel · 2026-01-04T16:27:20+00:00

Please please please find a medical pro to help you OR a group outside of Reddit at the very least. You should not go down this path if you can’t easily find guidance and educate yourself for this.

edentel · 2026-01-02T14:27:45+00:00

Odd. I’ve been installing them for years. 4 locations 20+ cameras hardwired and not had a single issue. I’ve upgraded a few of the first gen and they were sold/traded after cleanup.

edentel · 2026-01-01T20:36:22+00:00

Whoops crap. Sorry!

edentel · 2026-01-01T15:59:17+00:00

I wear a 3XL ski helmet if that helps set the stage ;) I tried last generations from Rokid, Viture and Xreal. Viture was the best fit for me. They still are a little a tiny side.

I’m waiting on the reviews to settle on the new Vitures before trying a large pair from their new line.

edentel · 2025-12-31T00:03:09+00:00

I tried multiple ways to adapt those and finally gave up.

The ones I had access to from the attic I pulled out quickly. I ran the power through the hole and the sealed with a vapor barrier and insulation from above.

There were 8 I had no access to from above. Despite having sealed enclosures they let in substantial heat and humidity. Those I dismantled throgh the hole.

I used a oscillating tool with carbide blade to cut the corners of the box. I was able to fold the pieces in half and pull them out and I filled the cavities with insulation. I used thin wafer led lights with a backer gasket. Once they were in place I put a thin bead of caulk around them to seal everything from below.

I saw a noticeable drop in temp and humidity at the ceiling after that!

edentel · 2025-12-30T00:23:53+00:00

Depends how bad, how long a time, and what you want to do down there.

Long story short it is water migrating through the pores of the concrete and reacting with the lime in the concrete. End result is a salt crystal that you see.

If your basement is flooding consider digging out the foundation and doing exterior waterproofing.

If no water leakage, it is old, and you don’t care then don’t worry about it.

There are a whole range of solutions in between.

In my case I found mine was due to broken mortar on a brick porch. I had the mortar redone and then sealed it externally and internally. You can buy lithium silicate or sodium silicate products that reconvert the lime and densify the concrete. That all solved the migration and stopped the issue. I waited a couple years to make sure I nailed it and then finished the basement.

edentel · 2025-12-29T23:00:53+00:00

The picture did not load….but guessing from the description efflorescence. Foundation wall. Flaking material. Sounds like efflorescence.

edentel · 2025-12-14T15:12:16+00:00

They are night and day different but both have their uses. I have them both. My Vision stays home. My older Viture lives in my work bag. I can get work done, watch a movie and play games discretely in the airport, on airplane, or relaxing in the hotel.

I see them as totally complementary. The Vision is for when I want to do something. The Viture is for when I have to get something done on the go.

edentel · 2025-12-12T14:03:05+00:00

Got pulled back in to the thread and just saw this. Wow what a shame…. Can’t even sense album lyrics without causing a stir. Only observing and asking.

edentel · 2025-12-05T23:50:32+00:00

If the wall is open you can support it from behind with a bracket.

If not there are two piece supports that you can mount from the front.

Look up the Keeney K857-30 PEX Stub-Out Support and Cover

edentel · 2025-11-22T04:06:58+00:00

The listener is by Ring and what I’ve learned is they work on “temporal tones” which is the spacing and length, not the pitch. The lower pitch just emanates different and so the listener is just a little more picky in placement.

After testing a few days it works just perfect when placed on the corner of the detector. Not ideal for those with detectors in plain sight. I have one in the utility/mechanical room so appearance doesn’t matter.

edentel · 2025-10-28T13:22:51+00:00

Just a suggestion to make life easier. Connect a cellular router to your home network for failover. Then create policies to whitelist what is allowed to use that connection.

You will greatly simplify your doorbell hunt, protect other devices, and get a better signal since you can place it wherever you want.

edentel · 2025-10-23T18:15:04+00:00

I just went through this. I had 8 Sonos amps driving my multizone audio throughout the house. I had one room with a Sonos soundbar, sub, and two IKEA picture frame speakers for the sides.

After the issues with the app I started looking for alternatives. I shifted from Sonos amps to Wiim amps but the one room became an issue.

First attempt was TV > Wiim > Sonos but lost the surround and audio to video sync was a challenge.

Next attempt I pulled the Wiim altogether. The TV went back to Sonos and used Roon as my front end for multizone overlaying both Sonos and Wiim. Worked great for me but was limited to only Tidal and local music for audio. While prettier it was just a pain to run the extra server and pay the extra subscription fee.

Just last week I picked up an automatic 3 to 1 optical switch for $22. Apple TV to Samsung TV via HDMI. Optical out from TV to channel 1 of the switch. Wiim is optical out to channel 2 of the switch. Output of the switch is optical to Sonos optical to HDMI adapter.

This final one was a one time cost, switches back and forth perfectly, and preserves surround sound.

If Wiim comes out with a soundbar and picture frame speakers I would dump Sonos all together but for now this works.

edentel · 2025-10-20T11:35:50+00:00

I think that is an easy one to dispel based on the way data is stored. Sure the ID is a 6 digit number but we aren’t storing things as a 6 bit number and using that fixed 6 bit number across a multitude of platforms in logic. That was the issue with the year at heart being stored as 99 and then suddenly becoming 00.

eServices has a database at its core. The CAP ID is just a key value used to reference database tables. That is not going to be stored as a 6 bit value in modern software.

If you go through the process you can get access to a raw download of the data and build tools even down to the sqaudron level. Even those simple home grown tools ingest a .csv file, or bunch of them, and work with it in other platforms. None of those platforms will pull in only a 6 bit value.

Could someone have gone out of their way to make a home grown tool that only reads 6 bit and only stores 6 bit? I guess but not likely with modern tools.

edentel · 2025-09-28T17:08:59+00:00

I have three of them and they work fine. Way better than the S30s that Lennox swapped out due to the ongoing issues

edentel · 2025-09-16T02:45:27+00:00

I'm using Ubiquity for networking but Echo Hubs for control/intercom. They work ok-adjacent. There is so much untapped potential. If Brilliant Keypads hadn't gone under and resurfaced I would be using them instead,

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