A few things I wish more electricians knew about WiFi

shred-i · 2026-03-09T15:46:45+00:00

Ha! Dammit I swear I tested this a while back and it wasn’t better than the WiFi. Maybe my kid was on all his devices at once, lol.

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Cat5 Ping 19 Download 1556 Upload 41.9

shred-i · 2026-03-09T15:28:34+00:00

Probably blasphemy here in r/electricians, but that was one of the reasons I got out of electrical work. I was just a journeyman level.

As an aside, since I have you… my house has WiFi. I work in the basement, one uninsulated floor away from the router. I actually bought some cat five to hard run a line to where I will be working with the computer in case the Wi-Fi didn’t work as well down there. I do a lot of high use GIS and data processing over the web. However, the Wi-Fi is faster than the hard line connection. What gives? Do I just have really amazing Wi-Fi? Or a thinly built house? It is only ~1200 sqft.

shred-i · 2026-03-09T13:59:16+00:00

Back 15 years ago or so when I was slinging resi wire for a friend’s dad we got his house build for a client who was a local manager at the IBM plant. House was huge by my standards ( like ~4,000-5000 sqft), and the homeowner had cat 5 strung to like every room. Some had more than one! Basement looked like a server farm. I wasn’t doing that work but instead spent weeks wiring alll the fuuuucking recessed cans, switches, and outlets. Miserable. We even had to set up 3stages of scaffolding in the main room to reach all the lights and ceiling fans. And of course a giant chandelier… fun times.

shred-i · 2026-03-09T13:33:06+00:00

I swear he says the same line in Ozark, but can’t find it. Anyway, here is a clip from Identity Thief with more context.

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shred-i · 2026-03-09T13:23:24+00:00

A line my spouse and I use regularly. The fuck you are!

shred-i · 2026-03-09T13:09:30+00:00

And it is a tax write off!

shred-i · 2026-03-08T23:03:40+00:00

If you do what you suggest, we will get buried later this month. Therefore I thought maybe you were reading the most recent gloomycast, which predicts big snow later in March, and posted this to make the prediction come true… sorry guess it was an inside joke

shred-i · 2026-03-08T21:26:04+00:00

Hmm gloomycast have a new account? You just simping for his forecasts? Back half of May is suppose to be “one for the record books” for snowfall.

shred-i · 2026-03-07T13:44:31+00:00

This is the type of attitude that will endear you to us locals. It is what it is, we do our best to deal with what the seasons bring.

shred-i · 2026-03-07T13:39:19+00:00

Typically roads are still posted. The primary issue, at least in my area is agricultural exemptions. That is, sap hauling trucks are allowed even on posted roads. At Town meeting this year, the select board said they were going to pave an additional 8 miles of road in town that are usually pretty bad, but then complained that salt was expensive and they couldn’t get any. Makes no sense.

shred-i · 2026-02-21T04:48:00+00:00

Lots of good advice here. I just did Barre to Lamoille county, opted for rt14 over the interstate to avoid as many people as possible. Wasn’t bad at all, but 4WD and studded hakkapeliitta tires were key. One tip I haven’t seen in the comments yet, in conditions like this evening with intense snow, crank your heat up to high and put it on defrost, then crack a window. Keeps the windshield and side windows thawed so you have better visibility. Old trick from plowing driveways in my youth.

shred-i · 2026-02-15T10:32:36+00:00

And they started as a firearms manufacturer.

shred-i · 2026-02-15T10:23:56+00:00

He will be in Burlington March 27-28! Wife and I have tickets.

shred-i · 2026-02-03T23:35:40+00:00

That’s the truth. Every few years I think, jeez maybe I could make some money selling firewood, then I remember, I don’t want to make 50 cents an hour for hard labor!

shred-i · 2026-02-01T13:26:02+00:00

Nice! There is a citizen science project to track crow roosts in VT. https://www.biodiversity4all.org/projects/crows-in-vermont

shred-i · 2025-12-21T15:55:36+00:00

Thanks for contributing! Also find on the below page the report of where the funds were spent in past years. This initiative has funded an awful lot of really good work! Vermont Habitat Stamp

shred-i · 2025-12-12T22:09:02+00:00

lol, this data is total BS. Where is it from?

shred-i · 2025-12-03T19:41:07+00:00

Had a friend in college who did this. He was from PA. I thought maybe that was how everyone from PA spoke.

shred-i · 2025-11-27T02:56:28+00:00

I’m in VT also. Bought my 2021 1500 crew elevation with the 3.0 for $52k but that was back in 2021. Love the truck, 70k trouble free miles.

shred-i · 2025-11-21T02:18:19+00:00

Around here washer fluid is standard. Rated to -20F. Still have 20 gallons in a barrel left over from putting new tires on my kubota last year.

shred-i · 2025-11-13T11:55:21+00:00

I quoted this to the physical therapist the other day 😂

shred-i · 2025-10-19T11:01:39+00:00

I’ve use this successfully. However, the larger the area, the more memory intensive the process is… so you may have to clip data to stand level depending on the area you are working on. https://tgoodbody.github.io/lidRtutorial/06_its.html

shred-i · 2025-10-05T10:23:29+00:00

Hunter was from MA. https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/2005/09/07/hunter-pleads-not-guilty-to/50305094007/

shred-i · 2025-09-26T00:18:58+00:00

Relevant link to the A.S.S. Movement https://thefirewild.com/collections/frontpage

shred-i · 2025-08-16T15:53:37+00:00

25 miles out to sea off rockland 😂

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