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    Show Us a Tool

    that's what gets me on a lot of ebike commercials,people that have never missed a meal,throttling their ebikes or trikes,never turning the pedals[ while greasy Joan,doth keel the pot]
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    Just for fun...

    I like roundabouts,not so long ago there were only 2 in VA,now they are everywhere.( the "smart" traffic lights are the worst time wasters,in "Salem" VA(a community with pride) the old style traffic lights were timed,you could hit a green and run the speed limit and usually you never had to stop...
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    Just for fun...

    most public water mains here are ductile iron,semi private systems are sometimes heavy duty plastic,most service feeds are "cts" HD plastic usually 160-220# pex from the "corp" stop( used to be copper to the meter.) last private community we did was 4" ductile iron mains( a few houses in a...
  4. K

    The transition

    "[England swings like a pendulum too,Fathers on bicycles,2x2]
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    The transition

    you can get your cardio in( or use "door dash" or similar)
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    the overpriced "grubcadet" blades are wearing better then I expected,for the money I have wondered why they couldn't have put a little toolbox and hour meter on the zt series,I have the one with the steering wheel it really does good on hills.one thing I didn't like was those stupid "s" center...
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    The transition

    you do not want howling winds,you want steady moderate mono directional winds( a bit less then 20 mph according to my ken) OTH you could make enclosed volute turbines that could use more"Helter skelter " wind,some of the roof top systems can be designed like this,much is possible. our fair...
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    The transition

    been headed that way a long time.
  9. K

    What are the 5 slots on an Aventon battery?

    thanks,my big problem is the connections at the source.
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    What are the 5 slots on an Aventon battery?

    no penetrox,no pass to connect to grid in these parts, btw is there a glue I can use to repair delicate wires( I cannot solder these days arthritis ,nerves and smashed joints make fingers stiff.
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    The transition

    not so far from here in Botetourt County they are constructing a wind farm above Gala to power a new data center,most be enough steady winds in those ridges to generate some serious power,its far enough off the beaten path to not be so visually offensive( the luddites would say otherwise,guess...
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    The transition

    never actually had it till I was married( always made do) with the Carrier system that worked good for many years my electric bill seldom exceeded $200 a month,the windows that help through the worst heat use more than that if I lived alone I probably would never use ac or very little heat...
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    The transition

    my central has been down better than a year now( burnt a lot of wood last winter) ol'Lady wont agree to have it looked at.
  14. K

    Anybody else oil a chainsaw manually?

    the older chainsaws we used had manual oilers,finally the McCuloughs had auto and manual oiling the best system(IMO)
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    I have seen stumps petrify in various type of soil,usually the rain splash imbeds sand into the wood.
  16. K

    What are the 5 slots on an Aventon battery?

    my little 15 a 350 watt controller has 5 little puny wires the instructions sez Hall effect and the motor will probably run without them,it said if you have a rumbling or jerking unplug the hall sensors you probably have a bigger controller with 2-3 Juliet connections? if you have signal and...
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    The transition

    that can be a problem,just consider the lack of ICE maintenance. you can probably get that battery repaired if you think it is worthwhile.
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    The transition

    that's the thing about global warming it actually drops the average winter temps in some locales( so does the HAARP apparently.)
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    The transition

    wrong completely wrong this ventless attic was tested in Florida,Owens corning did the research,the attic remain hor tenough there is sort of a positive pressure in there or simply so few air changes that the humity load is taken care and the ducts are buried in the insulation blanket( to...
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    The transition

    have no idea what China's coal reserves are,but have been told the Norfolk coal exports have been halved for quite awhile,even our local Papermill halved its coal imports when the "biomass" boiler was online.It all boils down to this,heat! heat does the process,generates the steam,makes the...
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