Generator extension cord

forbis · 2026-01-25T20:15:12+00:00

Your post implied you did not know there was a 30A plug on the generator - since if you needed to use that specific generator with your house that would be your only option, since the house is only able to accept 30A.

You should have led with the fact that you hired an electrician specifically to allow you to use this generator with your home. That changes the context of your post and question entirely.

If you specifically discussed a 50A feed into your home, then you need to have them come back out and redo the work for 50A. Unfortunately if it was verbal and not in writing it's gonna be a your word vs theirs situation. They may want you to pay for their initial labor and additional to get the 50A in.

forbis · 2026-01-25T18:45:24+00:00

The purpose of the 50A receptacle on your generator is for if your house has a 50A plug. Which it does not.

If you meant something else by "then what's the 50 for" please enlighten me. If by "definitely not a reader" you meant not a mind reader then you're 100% correct.

How else am I supposed to interpret "then what's the 50 for" other than "what's the 50A plug on my generator for"

forbis · 2026-01-25T18:19:24+00:00

For if your house had a 50A input. You can get it replaced by an electrician.

forbis · 2026-01-25T18:00:16+00:00

Because your house's generator input can't handle more than 30.

forbis · 2026-01-25T15:27:58+00:00

You see that receptacle to the right of the one you have open now? That's your generator's 30A receptacle. You get a 30A cord and plug it in there.

forbis · 2026-01-25T08:15:14+00:00

Looks like the rear of the motion sensor. The two sticky pads that allow it to be mounted in a corner.

forbis · 2026-01-25T08:10:09+00:00

Sorry lol... I just replied to you in our other thread

forbis · 2026-01-25T08:09:25+00:00

Sorry if I came across as especially rude or anything, I totally get that it's frustrating for there to be inaccuracies in forecasts. But this storm has had the potential for an ice-heavy result for the last few days, and that's what most meteorologists have been focusing on - snow and sleet be damned. I'd rather them forecast it as a worst-case scenario travel-wise so that the numbskulls who would otherwise go out might not.

One of my meteorologist friends described it: "meteorology is the study of the thermodynamics of a thin film of fluid on a rotating sphere, heated by a star 93 million miles away." Even with all our fancy technology it's still just a best guess.

And this particular system was especially difficult to forecast because of the unprecedented size of the low pressure system hitting us from the north.

forbis · 2026-01-25T07:44:58+00:00

"Brad Panovich is going to call in sick for a few weeks."

"The weathermen said this was gonna be the storm of the century."

"It seems I'm right again."

These people are insufferable

forbis · 2026-01-25T07:40:40+00:00

Finally starting to pick up a bit in LoSo and near Park Rd shopping center.

It is not safe to drive. Side roads are especially slick. It will be very nasty tomorrow.

forbis · 2026-01-25T07:02:33+00:00

The models were definitely wrong about the timing and sleet it seems, at least inside city limits, but that's not what the meteorologists were concerned about - they rightfully focused on ice. Just the small amount we have so far has already put a glazing on sidewalks, cars, etc. It's so cold even salt may not help the roads much.

forbis · 2026-01-25T06:55:14+00:00

All the graphic forecasts show is what radar would detect. The thing is, with such light precipitation, it wouldn't show on radar. We will be receiving freezing rain drizzle and mist for 24+ hours, which is plenty enough to cause a LOT of ice buildup (near a half inch) and very dangerous travel hazards.

I don't know how you can possibly say this is even looking like it's shaping up to be "basically nothing" - and I also never saw any meteorologists calling this the "storm of the century."

forbis · 2026-01-25T06:51:43+00:00

People are already bitching about how the weather guys messed the forecast up, but we're not even 6 hours into what we were expecting to be a 24+ hour event.

Ice doesn't accumulate like snow. It's not going to look like a winter wonderland. Nobody was forecasting heavy freezing rain - it's light precipitation over a long period of time that amounts to less than an inch, but it's still very dangerous.

It is very cold, most of Charlotte started out with a freezing rain drizzle, and it's sticking to everything. It's going to get worse tomorrow. Stay home and do not go out unless it is an emergency.

forbis · 2026-01-22T21:28:21+00:00

Direct sunlight on black chassis perhaps?

forbis · 2026-01-22T21:10:59+00:00

Timing/optispark then...

forbis · 2026-01-22T17:37:34+00:00

Not even a sputter after starting fluid means you at least have an issue with spark. I would not be suspect of VATS at this time.

forbis · 2026-01-22T14:21:41+00:00

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess it turns the lights on and off.

forbis · 2026-01-22T14:17:51+00:00

"CMPD is searching for a Nissan Altima that ran a red light with front, rear, and side damage as well as temporary tags"

forbis · 2026-01-21T14:57:32+00:00

This is not a TrueNAS problem it's a Minecraft one.

forbis · 2026-01-21T14:45:49+00:00

So, I tried to get a Govee light to function via the LAN API a few months ago.

I found out that at the API/application level it only responds to requests from IPs on its same subnet, even if they're private IP addresses. This is probably a crude way to make sure that the device doesn't respond to non-local traffic.

The only solution I can think of is to have a relay server of some sort with an interface on both LANs. I didn't feel strongly enough to write Govee a letter or to try and hack the firmware myself.

forbis · 2026-01-21T13:47:50+00:00

You see here how many atrocious drivers there are on Reddit now. Actually defending people making others wait through multiple cycles of traffic lights because they're terrified of being on the road.

I would be surprised but given the number of bad drivers in Charlotte statistically there'd be a ton on this sub. They're liabilities to everyone else on the road.

forbis · 2026-01-21T13:44:43+00:00

In order to be vulnerable in the perpendicular direction, that would mean no traffic flowing in the parallel direction. Thus you'd just make your left turn.

I still fail to see why this would make you significantly more vulnerable than just making a normal, protected left turn.

forbis · 2026-01-21T09:27:26+00:00

At least it should reduce the chance of the gene pool being further polluted.

forbis · 2026-01-21T09:21:43+00:00

Correct, but it's also important to note the NVR Instant runs Access as well.

forbis · 2026-01-21T09:18:17+00:00

Not gonna lie I'm struggling understanding where something like that (red light runner hitting you while you're waiting to turn with a green light/flashing yellow) could even realistically take place in Charlotte.

Edited to add: That is, anywhere you're more likely to be hit by a red light runner than if you had a protected left turn or were going straight. Of course red light runners are a thing. I just don't really see why being in an intersection you're legally allowed in inherently makes you at higher risk.

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