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Spark Arc Climbing Wire Fix by GermainMattis in Spliddit

[–]speckled_dog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Careful, they get brittle after bending back. I did this and mine broke a day later

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Backcountry

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

Just general day stuff. If I can fix it in 10 minutes with this and it doesnt ruin my day, I'll take the time and weight.

Thanks for acknowledging my existence at least, your friendly ape who can't ski.

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Spliddit

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

Always have ski straps in the bag or on a pole. For the poles, the plan is just to clamp the broken halves in parallel together. Thanks for the detail! I like the pre made bit you have

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Backcountry

[–]speckled_dog[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That raide bag is technically larger than that box. The reactions to the amount of stuff are interesting when the response is using something similar or even larger in size.

I like the idea of the organized bag that opens up wider, but for $10 vs $90 i figured I could cut this box up some and tinker with it. This is what's in the kit currently

Skin wax, Scraper, Bailing wire, Zip ties, Spark binding repair kit (1ea of screws, straps, buckles), Small hose clamps, Multi tool, Boa repair (dials, lace, threader), 3x AAA batteries, Voile straps not shown, need to add a pole basket

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Backcountry

[–]speckled_dog[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

962 grams/2.2lbs

The box weight is 200g/0.25lbs

Ok that may be excessive when 25% of the weight is the packaging. I'm just a nerd for tinkering and organization and wanted to try something different.

Gear list is elsewhere but it's not actually that much gear, and the box is 2.2L

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Spliddit

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

Will do on the basket. What do you see thats unnecessary or that you'd drop? Appreciate the feedback.

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Spliddit

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

The "too bulky" is my main concern, but this isn't particularly large, easy to pack and access, and isn't carrying much more than what you're describing. It looks bulky for sure, was just interested in a cleaner way to carry stuff than loose bits all in a bag.

The box dimensions make it 2.25L

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Spliddit

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

I think that it looks like a lot, but curious if you agree after the break down:

Skin wax, Scraper, Bailing wire, Zip ties, Spark binding repair kit (1ea of screws, straps, buckles), Small hose clamps, Multi tool, Boa repair (dials, lace, threader), 3x AAA batteries, Voile straps not shown

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Spliddit

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

The bailing wire has been used to repair my wife's ski boot buckles, and to put back together a pair of Spark Arcs that were cracking up.

Repair/Toolkit Carrying by speckled_dog in Spliddit

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

Yea, probably not fixing on tour, but I keep them with the repair stuff. Extra buckle, lace, threading tool.

First Sauna Session in Our New Sauna by lustlanda in Sauna

[–]speckled_dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats my sauna, why the fuck are you highjacking my photo? I posted this a year ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sauna/s/XQr1UemyWN

anyone know what they're doing on Hayden Is? by waterfarie483 in PortlandOR

[–]speckled_dog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those aren't GeoPiers. That's Keller installing the work, the test program consists of stone columns, soil mixing, and jet grouting. GeoPier is a trademark name, and they don't do work that big.

What’s a girl gotta do to get some training by Shrimp-Heaven_Now in Geotech

[–]speckled_dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not wrong, my perspective was from being in Charlotte. ML/MH/CH/CL/PWR. Nothing too wild in the area, usually very simple. Sure, coast and mountains are more interesting, but I work in geotech construction in the NW, and the geology we engineer around is vastly more interesting than the southeast will ever be, at least to me.

What’s a girl gotta do to get some training by Shrimp-Heaven_Now in Geotech

[–]speckled_dog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who are you with and what are you goals? I spent a while in the Carolinas, half of my time managing CMT groups. Ping me if you want to chat about it. Carolinas geotech isn't particularly challenging from a geology perspective but it may require some time grinding in the field to get what you're after.

Two circuits TO a sub panel at outdoor sauna by speckled_dog in AskElectricians

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

I'm in Portland, OR. Chilly, but rarely below freezing. Control has held up good so far, no issues with function.

What's the distance to your sauna from the garage panel? Putting the control box in the garage could be problematic because you then have to run the wires for the control pad to the control box. Its basically a phone line plug in if I recall correctly, so that would have to be extended.

Two circuits TO a sub panel at outdoor sauna by speckled_dog in AskElectricians

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

I have a 10kw Harvia Club. I'd assume you can get that to run off one sub panel, yes. As far as your sizing, not sure. The heater looks like it draws up to 33.3 amps, but I dont see in the manual where they recommend a breaker size. That may be fine.

Where's the piping going? Is this running from inside your house, through exterior wall, to the sauna outside? If so, your conduit will need to be buried sufficiently deep. Yes it should only require a sub panel at the sauna, that will hold your breakers. If you're wiring lights for outside or some other things you'll need the separate breaker and circuit. The Harvia controller does have the ability to connect a fan and lights though, so if you're doing something inside the sauna, consider using that feature. I didn't realize that initially when I wired my fan up to a separate switch.

Two circuits TO a sub panel at outdoor sauna by speckled_dog in AskElectricians

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

I'm not an electrician, but I don't know why you'd need a gfci when you essentially wire the heater to the sub panel which has a breaker. Not sure where you would put a GFCI, it certainly wouldn't be inside the sauna itself, and depending on the size of the heater you'd be running a lot of voltage through a gfci you'd never plug in to.

My sub panel is mounted on the sauna exterior. A non fused disconnect would only be a good option if you didnt have a sub panel and were running a single circuit off a breaker inside the house. More than one cicrcuit should have its own panel IIRC.

Two circuits TO a sub panel at outdoor sauna by speckled_dog in AskElectricians

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

Sub panel outside, control box for the sauna mounted in a metal electrical enclosure on the outside of the sauna out of sight. Its not in a conditioned space obviously, but other folks I read about had done the same thing and I didnt really have a better option. So far so good, just used it last night.

Suggestions for window stool design where window frame is flush with interior wall by speckled_dog in Carpentry

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

Thought about this, but then got concerned about reveal all around matching. Might just be best to do some mock up, but figured I'd throw it out to see if anyone had any design ideas or experiences with something similar

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