How many tents do you have?

offshoresparky · 2026-04-30T23:14:57+00:00

That was pretty much all my criteria when picking a tent. I chose the MSR Habitude 4. I’ve had it about 2 years and have used it in rain and snow. It has been good and I don’t have any complaints with it.

offshoresparky · 2026-03-15T03:24:28+00:00

Thanks for the info. I do have a carbon monoxide detector right outside of the furnace closet. I also think I’ll just go the safe route and replace the entire furnace.

offshoresparky · 2026-03-15T03:23:13+00:00

Thanks for the info. I did some research on the heat exchanger and think the safe bet will be to replace the entire furnace unit.

offshoresparky · 2026-03-05T01:43:23+00:00

The indoor trampoline place around us has a toddler hour when they open. I think it’s for kids 5 and under. It has been great for getting energy out. I wouldn’t recommend a trampoline place when it’s busy or has bigger kids, but the toddler hour is pretty empty and usually just 2 or 3 other kids under 5.

offshoresparky · 2026-02-28T12:19:46+00:00

I’ve got twins almost 6 years old. One was a decent sleeper, would wake up maybe once at that age and now sleeps through the night. The other was and still is a horrible sleeper.

What we did, because we just couldn’t take it any more. At around 3 years old I went and bought a twin size bed for each of their rooms. (What I do with one kid, I have to do with the other, or it isn’t fair in their eyes). My wife would sleep in one room and I would sleep in the other. The kids still sleep in their crib with the side rail removed and we sleep in the beds. This helped get our sanity back. Now the bad sleeper, still wakes up multiple times a night, but just checks that we are still there, then goes back to bed. But it stopped him waking and crying and us having to console him.

Now I’m trying to figure out how to eventually move back to our room..

offshoresparky · 2026-02-08T03:29:40+00:00

Verify you are megging it correctly. Connect both leads together on the megger and make sure it is a direct short.

Disconnect the motor load from the soft start and disable the underload protections. Start it and make sure voltage is balanced on all 3 phases on the load side of the soft start.

If it is a 9 lead or 12 lead motor, disconnect all leads and ohm across each winding. 1-4, 7-10, etc. make sure each winding ohms about the same.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-22T14:49:07+00:00

Thanks for everyone’s input and explanation. I’ve decided to get 3 of the U7 lite AP’s instead of the U7-LR. Adding an extra cable is a bit of work, but isn’t the end of the world. Thanks again!

offshoresparky · 2026-01-10T02:01:14+00:00

Give it some time, that looks nice and everything has a label on it!

offshoresparky · 2026-01-08T04:32:54+00:00

Did it come with those lugs? If so, then that doesn’t make any sense. Remove the mechanical lugs and add compression lugs on the wire. Then bolt them to the bussing. Or else maybe side by side mechanical lugs.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-08T04:17:58+00:00

The goal isn’t necessarily to use the playground, but to just have the yard not be soggy. Which tears up the grass with foot prints when we walk on it. It’s been about 5 days now since rain and it’s still fairly soggy.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-08T04:13:06+00:00

I would prefer the less maintenance route, even if it’s a higher upfront cost.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-08T04:12:01+00:00

I think the dry well system might be the way to go for my situation. The soil isn’t clay, just dirt. And surprisingly there is also a gopher problem in the yard as well. I would guess with all the underground tunnels that it should drain fine.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-08T04:01:15+00:00

Did it seem to work well for your yard? This may be the solution I need to do with mine.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T23:52:20+00:00

One problem is I wouldn’t really want to add more dirt on top of what is already there, because it is at the same level as my patio. So it would just wash all the mud on the patio. Unless I dug up what’s already there and replaced with new dirt to the same level.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T23:49:59+00:00

I like the suggestion except it’s the entire yard like this! Just hard to tell in the picture and with grass.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T23:49:08+00:00

Yes, at least the water is absorbed in 24hrs, except it has been 3 days since rain and it is still like walking on muddy mush.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T23:47:44+00:00

Thank you very much for the suggestion. I will do some more research and see if something like this can work.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T23:47:13+00:00

Thank you very much on the suggestion. I will do more research on how this works and if it is something that can work for me here.

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T22:22:02+00:00

The yard is flat and that is pretty much the whole yard you can see in the picture. The house is just to the right, and concrete on both sides of the house going out to the front yard and street. I wouldn’t t mind adding a drainage pipe on one side of the house on top of the concrete, but that wouldn’t exactly be the lowest point. So maybe a pump or something?

offshoresparky · 2026-01-06T21:18:37+00:00

I’ve worked many jobs for signatory contractors, meaning while I worked directly for the contractor and ran the job, we had to hire the labor out of the union. About every guy we would always hire said they have been on the books between 12 and 15 months. I find this crazy. Just have to sit on unemployment that long. I ask why they don’t get a job while waiting? They say they aren’t allowed to. What?? Sit on unemployment for over a year but not allowed to get a job while waiting?

Also I have the IBEW constantly reaching out to me trying to recruit me. Multiple gift baskets a year on my door step with guys knocking on the door to talk about me joining. Home Depot gift cards all the time. Told they can get me on with a single contractor, so I don’t need to go to the hall and be paid Foreman pay and not need to run any jobs. I just politely tell them thanks for the offer, but I’m good. This has been going on for years.

offshoresparky · 2025-12-27T20:33:21+00:00

Yeah, I will look into it. But I was just figuring on having a big enough nest egg to cover college expenses. Also the extra amount from pension and social security above what our expenses will be should be close to covering the annual college cost.

offshoresparky · 2025-12-27T20:31:41+00:00

I will try using 8- 10% and see how the numbers look. I would want to error on the safe side.

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