The Home Improvement Thread

[Silverback]

They are on a switch.. the same switch that controls the lights in the garage. They are in series off of them. Just like its shown to be done. Turn on the lights, fans get power. If you had left them on and/or their lights on they will come on as well.

 

[Taco Loco]

Ok for some reason I thought you did not have a switch

 

[Silverback]

Looks like this.. but with about 4 more lights in the series.

 

[Anathollo]

Hey @Silverback ,

I'm sitting next to my electrical superintendent/Guru, what's the model # on these fans? He wants to look them up.

He said that if it's a DC motor, then something is wired incorrectly internally causing them to spin backwards. He said on 110V power it shouldn't affect these like that. So there's either a physical switch internally that adjusts the rotation of the blades or the Chinese worker built these on a Monday after the Chinese new year and you should return them.

 

[Taco Loco]

Hey @Silverback ,

I'm sitting next to my electrical superintendent/Guru, what's the model # on these fans? He wants to look them up.

He said that if it's a DC motor, then something is wired incorrectly internally causing them to spin backwards. He said on 110V power it shouldn't affect these like that. So there's either a physical switch internally that adjusts the rotation of the blades or the Chinese worker built these on a Monday after the Chinese new year and you should return them.

Hey @Silverback ,

I'm sitting next to my electrical superintendent/Guru, what's the model # on these fans? He wants to look them up.

He said that if it's a DC motor, then something is wired incorrectly internally causing them to spin backwards. He said on 110V power it shouldn't affect these like that. So there's either a physical switch internally that adjusts the rotation of the blades or the Chinese worker built these on a Monday after the Chinese new year and you should return them.

Ordered 2 72" 9 blade fans from Lowes. Bitches move 9000 cfm on high.. on sale for $250. My ghetto fab Big Ass fans. Both going in the garage. One above the fab table and one above the main bays.

Shop Fanimation Studio Collection Slinger V2 72-in Brushed Nickel Downrod Mount Indoor/Outdoor Ceiling Fan with LED Light Kit and Remote Control (9-Blade) ENERGY STAR at Lowes.com

 

[Anathollo]

@Taco Loco thanks! I forgot he posted that.

 

[tx_shooter]

New drainage ditch I decided to add tonight while my house was taking on water. When I cut the trench in there was so much water I could not really see where I was digging. Funny how fast it all drains when the rain stops.

 

[Oswego]

With all the rain and flash floods anyone out there have swales on their land contoured with grade? Won't work with 18" of rain, but they can pretty much stop the run off of most storms.

Some of you may get put off because "hippy", but Ive been researching it for a self sufficient property I can plant a discreet food forest on.

 

[Anathollo]

Worked all weekend at my mom’s house. Hung a bunch of new light fixtures, new swanky ceiling fan in the kitchen (looked just like Sean’s garage fans), installed a TV bracket for her kitchen TV. Also, hung a bunch of insulation in the rent house and did a bunch of miscellaneous stuff to the house. At another one of my mom’s rent houses, I installed a water filtration unit on the kitchen sink because it’s fed from a separate main water line (really old house) and the line is degrading away which is releasing a bunch of junk that keeps clogging the kitchen sink faucet. Those little cheesy plastic fittings they come with are a PIA to install. I took the kitchen faucet apart to clean out the screens and they were %90 and %99 clogged on both screens.


One of the shop lights in the garage ballast burned out, so I’ve got to swap in a new one. It’s going to be a PIA to replace because it’s wired in series with a bunch of other ones so I’ll have to end up running new cable to the other two lights.

 

[TacoXpo]

With all the rain and flash floods anyone out there have swales on their land contoured with grade? Won't work with 18" of rain, but they can pretty much stop the run off of most storms.

Some of you may get put off because "hippy", but Ive been researching it for a self sufficient property I can plant a discreet food forest on.

Try to do that in my state and you will become a felon in short order.

 

[TacoXpo]

I'm sure the EPA will want to have a word with him.

 

[Oswego]

That's why when I do get some land it will be far away from civilization. I don't need some hillbilly neighbor shooting me or the gov arresting me when I start collecting rainwater by changing the grade of the run off.

 

[Silverback]

Our city just sponsored a rain barrel program. We bought two at about 2/3's the cost of one from Home Depot or something. Nice barrels. Things are full now.

 

[Oswego]

Our city just sponsored a rain barrel program. We bought two at about 2/3's the cost of one from Home Depot or something. Nice barrels. Things are full now.

Good ol states rights... some promote self sufficiency and some will put you in jail for thinking of not suckling on their teet

 

[Taco Loco]

Our city just sponsored a rain barrel program. We bought two at about 2/3's the cost of one from Home Depot or something. Nice barrels. Things are full now.

News Flash: county now promotes and expands the mosquito breeding program, by offering homeowners rain barrels at discounted rates.

 

[Silverback]

No shit. Supposedly there is a tablet you throw in them to prevent mosquitos from breeding but not harmful to plants.

Summit 20-Pack Mosquito Dunk https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002568YA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_guEvxbBKF0T50

 

[Taco Loco]

No shit. Supposedly there is a tablet you throw in them to prevent mosquitos from breeding but not harmful to plants.

Summit 20-Pack Mosquito Dunk Amazon.com : Summit 20-Pack Mosquito Dunk : Home Pest Repellents : Patio, Lawn & Garden

Gallon of bleach much cheaper
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/pdf/emergency/09_202278-B_Make_Water_Safe_Flyer_508.pdf

 

[TacoXpo]

Our city just sponsored a rain barrel program. We bought two at about 2/3's the cost of one from Home Depot or something. Nice barrels. Things are full now.

Ours were "FREE." To be read as, "A brother of some politician made $50 for each overpriced barrel that they siphoned state and federal money for so they all got rich!"

 

[TacoXpo]

I so want a grey water system. Right now I take out a bucket in the morning from allowing the water to warm up. We also throw all of our rinse water on our garden each time I do dishes (we have a rinse 'bucket' that sits in the sink).

 

[tx_shooter]

I so want a grey water system. Right now I take out a bucket in the morning from allowing the water to warm up. We also throw all of our rinse water on our garden each time I do dishes (we have a rinse 'bucket' that sits in the sink).

Growing up we had a grey water "filtration" system that went to a barrel that we watered from. I never realized how efficient it was until much later in life.