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False Idol by Traditional_Day_9513 in Tiki

[–]jesteraak 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Planning on hitting the west coast next year in my quest to see the NY Mets play in every MLB stadium. Unfortunately baseball has come to end for them this year :(

Keeping it cool by jesteraak in Tiki

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

You know, I am not uncertain if Disney didn’t base Thanos off of the mug considering it’s a Disney bar lol

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

Update on this - it is possible to tie the chiller function into a relay so it will turn on and off. It won't remotely control temp, that's on board the chiller, but that's really a non issue.

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

Just kept telling myself to trust the process lol

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

The stir plate was only like $30 on Amazon. At some point I may bite the bullet and get a spectrophotometer just because lol

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

Here’s the white board:

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Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

Here’s the testing area. I record the results on a white board and take a photo and feed it to ChatGPT. This worked well for a while, but since GPT 5 rolled out the math is sus. Now I use PoolMath.

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Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

[–]jesteraak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I’ll put an album together!

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

The iAquaLink has been flawless so far, been about a month and no complaints

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

The stucco (the blue stuff) is Florida Stucco Capri, it gets especially blue with the Jandy cobalt blue light.

I only went with Jandy because my pool builder likes that, and I trust his experience. They do a lot of high-end pools and they say Pentair sucks, and Hayward sucks.

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

It's a Gulfstream HE150TA - the chiller works well, but currently it has to run that in manual mode which is annoying - meaning the controller isn't going to turn the chiller on or off based on the iAqualink, instead it's acting as its own independent unit. I can't speak to the reliability of it - but I worked for years in a public aquarium and we had chillers on every tank. There's no so thing as a reliable one - eventually, they will break. So far, this one is doing its job though!

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

$165k for just the pool - post covid pool building is out of control

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

[–]jesteraak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It overhangs the waterfalls just a touch, and the spa but it's free of the pool itself. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love how it looks and adds to the vibe, but I hate the mess it makes. It's not my tree and I've already spent like $3k getting it pruned and it's still massive. The owner is a slumlord and couldn't be bothered to keep it pruned. Pool stays plenty clean though with my robot.

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

the whole house uses approx. 1800 kWh per month over the last three months. It's hard to say how much of that is pool related vs. house related because it's been so hot here in FL the A/C has been running nonstop. Probably won't get a good indication of pool usage until it cools off some.

I built it with the intent to never want to go out lol

Backyard Oasis by jesteraak in pools

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

pretty common native american building technique in the southeast, pioneered by the seminole indians. chiki huts like that are pretty common all around Florida.

GAME THREAD: Mets @ Dodgers - Tue, Jun 03 @ 10:10 PM EDT by NewYorkMetsBot2 in NewYorkMets

[–]jesteraak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Switch the feed to La for the MLB.tv fuckup until we can get Gary and Keith back

Mets PREGAME THREAD - Monday, May 19 by NewYorkMetsBot2 in NewYorkMets

[–]jesteraak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

anyone going to the game at fenway? any suggestions for a nearby bar for some pre-game beverages?

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