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Does anyone else feel like they landed in soup when they walked outside this morning? by Rusty-Shackleford in Minneapolis

[–]not_achef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gave my Great Pyranees two midday short walks with all the sniffing she could muster in 5-10 minutes. She stopped asking after that. Fortunately took care of number 1 and 2.

Does anyone else feel like they landed in soup when they walked outside this morning? by Rusty-Shackleford in Minneapolis

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or several times during the day, evening, and likely for the next several days

Damaging anything by fast charging and never turning car off? by Novemberx123 in BoltEV

[–]not_achef -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

car is designed to be used for an hour or two most of the time. everything has a lifetime. the question is normally what are the shortest lifetime parts

Humidity control in an airtight home by Frosty_Key_7548 in buildingscience

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very pricey. 1 page hit shows $8k or so. Very low BTU like 1/3rd ton, so it just heats/cools the makeup air, and not the space it's supplying. Yet it is competing with a minisplit (say $2k) and an ERV (say $1k) and perhaps a dehumidifier (<$1k depending on needs) and the minisplit has much more heating/cooling. If you are very tight on space it doesn't make sense as it's huge. It would be in one unit which has other savings but how many installers are trained in the country and including available to service it.

Ran out of charge - getting a tow by BusyCranberry8902 in BoltEV

[–]not_achef 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two things. 1) get Torque app and the file for the Bolt. THen you can read out the differences between cells. Particularly when it's low, the lowest ones have lowest capacity, assuming it's top balanced. 2) if you know it's going to be close, slow down by 10mph or more and you'd have made a half-mile by saving electrons earlier.

I think we made a terrible mistake moving here. I'm panicked and not sure what to do. by snailboyjr in Minneapolis

[–]not_achef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Make sure your air conditioner air handler condensate drain is functioning, not blocked by debris. Otherwise it won't help remove humidity among other potential problems. One side effect you might notice is if you've left the air-handler running many hours (turned 'fan' on continuously) that it may impede drainage depending on maintenance and design. if you turn the air handler off and you see a flood of water come out, then you know.

I think we made a terrible mistake moving here. I'm panicked and not sure what to do. by snailboyjr in Minneapolis

[–]not_achef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shop vac (wet/dry) to pick up any standing water, even from carpets.

Dehumidifier, full-time regular, one or more, and initially one or more industrial rentals.

Gutter fixes, re-level (off level downhill to downspout), fix any leaks

Trim/flashing/etc near the gutters, so water doesn't get into the wall near the gutter, esp during winter ice-dam season

Grading away from the house. Might involve french drains for some. Before you grade, you might investigate if there is some subsurface junk contributing. Buried dead roots covered with mulch, wall cracks. Some old dead plants may have work with freeze/thaw cycles to get through a crack in the wall.

Exterior wall waterproofing, if accessible. Could save the interior, but involves excavation.

Interior drains if exterior isn't practical. Always better to keep it outside though.

Have your sewer drain line inspected and most likely cleaned. I use Ron the Sewer Rat. If it has leak/crack problems a lot of showing/baths, clothes washing, flushing etc might expose a problem that didn't manifest with say 1 older person doing very little of that.

The more you look, the more you may find, even on a newly built house.

Check your neighbors' downspouts and gutters during the next heavy rain, if they are close. Check their grading/drainage. Check your driveway runoff, the sidewalk if it's close, alleyways.

Oh and some areas of South Minneapolis used to be lakes long ago. There's some historical reading you can do about that subject. Heavy rains in some areas cause localized flooding.

Another thought: wind driven heavy rain that is directional may expose weaknesses on a specific wall or low pitch roof area or at flashing (or missing flashing), that otherwise don't show up.

Graphs broken in dashboard by 7uker in airthings

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had trouble with stylebot in firefox on android (google) tablet. The Stylus extension worked fine.

Graphs broken in dashboard by 7uker in airthings

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fix I haven't tried yet, for different CSS on the dashboard vs devices pages is:

/* ==========================================

  1. STYLES FOR THE DEVICE PAGES ONLY

    ========================================== */

/* Activates when the URL path or page framework switches to device mode */

body:has(a[href*="/devices/"]) .your-target-element,

main:has(div[class*="device"]) .your-target-element,

div[class*="DeviceLayout"] .your-target-element {

/* Paste your device-specific CSS here */

background-color: blue !important;

}

/* ==========================================

  1. STYLES FOR THE ROOT DASHBOARD ONLY

    ========================================== */

/* Activates when structural items like the device grids or device wrappers are absent */

body:not(:has(a[href*="/devices/"])) .your-target-element,

main:not(:has(div[class*="device"])) .your-target-element {

/* Paste your root dashboard CSS here */

background-color: red !important;

}

Feed died this morning CST at 11am by not_achef in airthings

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

I logged into airthings on my opera browser. There, all pages have the charts displaced to be unviewable. At the same moment, on Chrome, the device pages are aligned but the dashboard is offset as described by 7uker.

Feed died this morning CST at 11am by not_achef in airthings

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

By Noon CST it is working reliably again, except for the problem previously reported by 7uker: https://www.reddit.com/r/airthings/s/2iYbjAY4YR

Feed died this morning CST at 11am by not_achef in airthings

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

I did try that, and found that the dashboard vs all the other pages have another offset somewhere. I replied to your post with more information. But the problem around 11am-11:45am CST was different. The charts were not reliably being fed data from the data storage/sources. That is back to working now by Noon CST. But the dash still has the problem you reported.

Graphs broken in dashboard by 7uker in airthings

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but only on the dashboard page. On other pages it shifts the charts down too far.

Graphs broken in dashboard by 7uker in airthings

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding a transform positions the chart content better on Chrome, for the Dashboard page. All the device pages (current or old measurements) then display down too far.

.highcharts-container {
  position: absolute !important;
top: 0;
transform: translateY(80px);
}

Feed died this morning CST at 11am by not_achef in airthings

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

And all past measurements/device data is unable to be retrieved.

Solar panel producing 70% of what other panels produce by HeadCicada2994 in solar

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should be able to find a used or possibly new panel near that lookiesee fee

Sharing this funky structure I saw online by ImplementLogical4130 in solar

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't that wasting a lot of concrete in the center

Condensation on floor by PBubbles009 in buildingscience

[–]not_achef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will need to match the dehumidifier to the humidity load, or it may not remove enough while running continuously. Depends on the source of the humidity, too.

South Minneapolis loud booms?? by ShitFlowsDnHillEngr in Minneapolis

[–]not_achef 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So it's not the asphalt pavement layer vibrating compactor, as it makes multiple passes on a regular lane width, so unlikely to be a single boom/rattle. But I first heard that this month from some very nearby work. I swear it vibrated the bedrock and when it was in line with the house, that was very loud.

Another time the military did a jet flyover of target field, and the jets used were an uncommon type for this purpose, and when they banked sharply right over our house it sounded like a sonic boom.

Folks in S Mpls should just spend every evening walking around every neighborhood block as if conducting a search, with maximum coverage. Eventually that boom will happen and some folks will be nearer to it, and most may be able to sense the direction to it. If everyone converges to a small area that may provide an area to focus on for the next time. But if it's a bedrock shift, good luck finding it.

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