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Fancy and expensive, or just grab an old FPE panel and run your fridge like a fire pump.

I was thinking through how to switch the garburator. The island layout changed, so the end switches are farther away, and my wife is not into having a switch by the soap dispenser. Then I had the bright idea of a voice activated relay. Immediately this played out in my head: I have my hands in...

Two panels, one for critical loads and one for general loads, with a transfer switch. That’s the move.

Neighbour went on vacation and his smoke alarm did the low battery beep for a week over the summer. I should replace mine once the reno is done. Mine near the kitchen was always cranky even from light cooking. Hopefully the new range hood fixes that. The builder installed microwave and range...

Realistically, this is the practical solution.

That urinal will stay...

You did make a very good point about the generator breaker tripping while trying to feed the grid. Zapping lineworkers was what I was taught in trade school, and it stuck with me. Now that you made me think about it, generally the generator should overload and trip. However, generators and solar...

What is a reasonable opening for a 30 inch stove? Wife wants it tight, but I feel like that could get painful later. Go with the minimum 30 inches, or leave 30 1/8?

Did you power the fridge and sump pump directly with extension cords, use a transfer switch, or backfeed the panel? Obligatory warning: you should never feed a panel without an approved method. If you backfed it with the main still on, the utility coming back could explain why it tripped.

Nice, wife is not happy with Adorne color choices. Got it, thanks.

Just saw these. I'm in love.

Oh yeah, cool tip. We bought a budget range hood with high CFM and knew the tradeoff would be noise. Turned it on and, yep, it was pretty loud. We figured whatever, so be it. I had some butyl rubber sheets lying around and wrapped the hood with them. Turned it back on and honestly thought I...

I am thinking way too hard about whether to install the island back and side panels first and butt the flooring against them, or run the flooring up to the cabinet base and only underneath the panels. If the flooring goes under the panels, I would probably aim to leave about a 1/8 inch gap, but...

That's what I am going for. Sorry crankcall.

Ridiculously overbuilt but here is one cabinet base. Thanks for the input. Island is next.

Gub Bicycle Phone Mount -... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B072DSRF3J?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I have it on my MTB and road bike. It looks a bit weird in pictures, but it's sleek and low profile when the phone is not in it and never failed me on jumps or drops. The arms are not that tall, so if you...

I use FCP for critical stuff like timing components, but mostly RockAuto with part numbers from dealer catalogues or websites and known good manufacturers. Beware, though: a brand name with letters covered in diacritics is not necessarily German.

I’m using 60" x 9" laminate. My subfloor is 5/16" plywood, not OSB. The drop is very gradual and runs along the length of the room, roughly through the middle. I suspect it’s because the joists start framing into the stairwell there instead of continuing to the exterior wall. There’s no crest or...

I finally got around to laying the floor. I had a few dips to deal with, but overall it has been pretty good. However, I have one area where the floor changes slope. It drops about 10 mm over 1 metre. The flooring allows a maximum dip of 3 mm over 1 metre, but that seems to refer to a low spot...

I'm not huge on cloud-based systems, but it's good to know they have that capability. I'm more interested in doing it locally and wirelessly, with no cloud, based on something like the Aube RC840T-240. I did a really cool no wire fishing control system with a friend on his hydronic setup, where...