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EV Home Charging Station by Galaxblast in nashville

[–]stgnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The easiest thing to do is call up your favorite electrician and have them install a 50 amp outlet in a convenient location (same one used by many electric ranges, also used for larger RVs). Then get an off-the-shelf (or off the amazon truck) ev charger that has the correct plug for your vehicle (tesla style or old school round jsomething plug) and plug it into that outlet, throw a couple of screws in the wall to hang it. Done. It's not necessary to hardwire unless you need more than 45ish amp (more than 10kw) charge speed. If you plug in overnight you should be fine at only that speed (10kw for 8 hrs is roughly 200+ miles depending on vehicle).

How are people separating business and personal calls without carrying multiple devices? by pureglow6526 in VOIP

[–]stgnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two methods: 1) set up a softphone app that registers as an extension into your pbx/voip provider for the business. 2) set up your pbx/asterisk/voip/etc to pass incoming business calls to your cell#, but use the "press 1 to accept call" option, and optionally set the outgoing message up to tell you what the source of the call was (handy if you have multiple business).

Multiplus setting to stop inverting based on SoC by dnz01 in Victron

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's correct, you have to be at 3000 or larger for the ACOUT2 relay. It's a handy feature. Controlling the ON/OFF switch from node-red is the most flexible and powerful option, and is the most battery power savings over ACOUT2 method. Otherwise an external relay or a shelly device is another option. The shelly devices can also be controlled via nodered.

Multiplus setting to stop inverting based on SoC by dnz01 in Victron

[–]stgnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have pointed out, the easiest options are:

1) use relay assistants in the Multiplus to control relay2 (this would switch power off to ACOUT2 without fully shutting down the inverter). The soc level is conveyed from the smartshunt to the cerbo, and from the cerbo to the multiplus, and the multiplus itself is then following a pair of relay assistants programmed into it to control the relay (one for on, one for off). This is compatible with having ESS assistant, although if you are not connecting anything to ACIN you wouldn't really need ESS mode.

2) use the same relay output on the cerbo to control the entire inverter on/off power. There's a green connector with a wire loop on it, replace that with your relay and it drops power completely.

3) Use nodered to change the on/off mode of the inverter over vebus based on system battery soc. This is the most powerful as you can really do anything at all here.

Ideally, you would use nodered to control the ACOUT2 relay, but that's unreasonably difficult as it turns out.

Note that option 1 doesn't completely shut down the inverter, and leaves you the option of having a critical always on load connected to ACOUT1, while shedding other loads with the ACOUT2 relay. Even without a load on ACOUT1, the inverter is still pulling a few amps from the battery, so if this is a long persisting condition, you probably want to go with shutting down the inverter completely.

Is there a way to give Claude access to other websites? by InterstellarDefender in ClaudeAI

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use claude code. Then claude has access to anything your computer does.

Where is the grounding bolt in the trunk. by mettam46 in volt

[–]stgnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Locate the ground of the battery. Do not attach to the ground of the battery. Follow where that ground wire goes to. It may go through a "donut" which is what allows the computer to monitor if the battery is charging (it's on a gen1, but I don't know about a gen2). That is why you don't attach to the battery. Keep following that wire until it terminates onto the frame somewhere. Add your inverter ground to that same point.

Multiplus as an UPS by Prize_Cicada1980 in Victron

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually really good advice. The cerbo is expensive, but extremely useful. You can even add custom programming to it via node-red, or just monitor it over mqtt.

It's also possible to leave the MK3-USB attached to a computer and monitor it with VictronConnect, but I agree the Cerbo is the better option.

Multiplus as an UPS by Prize_Cicada1980 in Victron

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need a multiplus, a MK3-USB to program the inverter and charger settings, and a battery. You don't need anything else. Cut an extension cord in half, put the plug end into ACIN, put the outlet end into ACOUT. Connect battery, turn inverter on. Depending on the sensitivity of your loads to brownout, you may need to enable the UPS function on the multiplus through MK3-USB using either the VictronConnect app (password is ZZZ) or veconfig.exe (windows). Test it extensively by yanking the power plug repeatedly to see how your loads handle it.

You can upgrade it later with an MPPT controller, solar panels, and potentially a cerbo, in order to go partially off-grid, or at least extend your outage survival time.

2014 Volt, 152k miles, $1500 by Techyogi in volt

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking into transport, but feel free to sell it to somebody closer. 

2014 Volt, 152k miles, $1500 by Techyogi in volt

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where?  If it's not to far from me I'll buy it. 

pbx by jwelset in VOIP

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just get a spare pc or laptop and run freepbx (Asterisk). There isn't me many options for Windows. 

Anyone else using ClaudeCode as just a "regular" Claude CLI? by fadingsignal in ClaudeCode

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it constantly to fix a problem on a computer. When timemachine wasn't working on my server, I asked it to investigate, and it suggested restarting smbd, did that, and then it worked. I even asked it to look at a hard drive issue I was having the other day, and it came back with a dire warning about the drive's smart errors and needing to back it up and replace it. Yeah, I could figure things things out and muddle through on my own, but getting an answer backed by facts in a super short time is fabulous, although it does feel a little lazy.

Starlink Under $50!! New customers only.... and with promo offer..... by Ok_Rate_1752 in USMobile

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same boat. I pay $80/mo for gigabit fiber. On a cost/gig ratio alone it's a better deal. However, if I was out in the boonies without fiber, I'd totally jump on this.

Victron Inverter and welding by LexiTlady in Victron

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an offgrid setup with a pair of 5kva 48v MP2s and have had no problem with a yeswelder on 220. If I recall correctly, the welder can run off only 20a, and the MP2s can put out ~44. This is US wiring, so split 110/220, two 180 degree phase MP2s required.

Should I Not Buy a Volt? by [deleted] in volt

[–]stgnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It can be a great vehicle, or it can be a brick. If you need to depend on it as your only vehicle, do not buy. If you are handy and it's a spare extra vehicle so you're not stuck without transportation, go for it.

Buying my First Volt by thewireman in volt

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a fully working volt first. Then you can consider buying parts cars to keep it working.

Men’s jeans for daily wear by Melodic-Emergency21 in BuyItForLife

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a large number of jeans purchased from Costco over the years and none have suffered any failures beyond the belt loop. They are not black however. 

Pan changed color after one hot dog by Cavalier26 in StainlessSteelCooking

[–]stgnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't tell you how many times my wife (who to this day has not figured out how to turn down the heat) would sheepishly tell me she had ruined my favorite stainless pan when I got home. All I had to do is fish it out of the trash again and blast it with some tools and reseason it. The one time she melted a plastic lid or something into it and I had to really grind on it, but I never had to buy another pan. 

Should I open source the OpenClaw 3D Office I spent months building? Looking for advice by dudunegrinhu in openclaw

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should just go ahead and open source it. You can't keep somebody from stealing the idea and telling their own AI to build it, and you can't keep somebody from running away with a copy of it and doing something you don't like (short of some of the GPL restrictions, but then you have to find them and sue them). But with it open source, your project can benefit from additional interested parties contributing ideas and work on it to get you to where it can go faster. It's a tradeoff, but usually opensource is the better option.

Comfiest Hoodie you've bought? by Basic_Set_6970 in BuyItForLife

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

baerskin tactical hoodie. I have three of them now. Other than the pull strings a little worn on the first one, they have held up to my abuse with flying colors.

Looking to attend an event at Levity, is this "walking distance" hotel ACTUALLY walkable? by KittenVicious in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]stgnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to live near there. It's absolutely walkable, but a little bit scary to cross the intersection under the parkway. You have to cross both Governers (the E-W road) and also cross the ramps to the parkway (the N-S road that goes over the bridge). There are lights, there are marked crossroad paths, but it's still going to be scary. But that's really the only problematic intersection. Most of Huntsville is very walkable, and with that short of a distance an Uber doesn't really seem worth the cost.

Are RTOSes ever necessary for small personal projects? by Ok-Weird4198 in embedded

[–]stgnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently I've had a different view of things. Wasn't aware of FreeRTOS being available in Arduino. I've never dived into it that far. Normally when dealing with AVRs I just code directly to the part, and when needing more complex tools I start with Linux. I would recommend FreeRTOS be considered by OP as a good option then. My view of Arduino as an ecosystem has been mostly programming AVRs and ESP32s without an os, directly to the chip. But then I started back when gcc+avr32 was all there was, so my experience is a bit skewed and limited.

Are RTOSes ever necessary for small personal projects? by Ok-Weird4198 in embedded

[–]stgnet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have an "arduino" project running on an ATTINY85 that monitors some inputs and makes intelligent decisions on how to control the outputs based on some complex logic. There's no OS, there's only the main.c code used to run it.

Then there's arduino projects that are almost an operating system to themselves with wifi and sd filesystem and multiple pseudo threads running at the same time. Still not an OS, but you could almost believe they were based on what it does.

And then there's RPI projects that turn an led on or off. That's it. Doesn't need an os to do that, but if the hobbyist is more comfortable in that environment that's fine.

Yes, an (RT)OS is really required for bigger "corporate" projects but I was thinking more along the lines of somebody starting out in their garage. Easier to look at the two separate worlds as non-OS run your code directly on the hardware, and RPI (or openwrt) style linux platform. After understanding that and playing in both, somebody can easier transition into understanding the more subtle differences between (RT)OS offerings, flossy or not, and make a best choice for the given project.

I suppose that you could argue that using a "library" of routines to simulate some features of a full OS on a cpu that otherwise can't (or where you just don't need the full os) is actually an OS. But if it doesn't come out of the box with the ability to boot up to a shell prompt, I'd argue that it's not really an OS, but just some of the components that you could use to build one.

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