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- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 2 days ago:
Haha. I’m the same way. It’s fun to tinker with that stuff. It’s actually probably a good thing it’s so expensive otherwise I’d have twice as many half finished renovations.
Just be sure you’re aware of local laws. At least where I live home owners can do all of their own electrical work as long as they get it inspected but that isn’t the case everywhere. As far as the minisplit goes you should be legal to DIY it as long as you use precharged units and linesets. You just can’t buy refrigerants or legally tap into the system in any way unless you have an EPA 608 certification. But if you’re using precharged linesets and the equipment works then you won’t need to do either of those things unless you somehow lose the refrigerant charge. As far as the rest goes just do your research on system sizing, placement, and all that jazz. But as far as DIY goes, a minisplit is probably about the same difficulty level as installing a new gas furnace so if you would be comfortable doing that they you should be fine.
Also if you’re going with a heat pump minisplit, I’d go with mitsubishi, not a samsung. The Samsung units are more technically advanced and have more flashy options but they aren’t very reliable. I’ve worked on several that had major issues less than a year after install. They’re also more “proprietary” when it comes to working on them. On the other hand I have never come across a dead mitsubishi with less than 5 years of hard use and they’re dead simple to work on as far as minisplits go.
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 2 days ago:
Yeah, we don’t really use village in the US. A town is anything with a population smaller than about 10,000ish but the exact number will vary with the density and vibe. If you can’t drive across the entire population center (where it’s roughly broken into blocks) within the span of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Single version not Album Version) then it’s two big to be a town.
- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 2 days ago:
It’s like when I first looked into the gap in the sheetrock around my breaker panel and discovered that my basement has at least 1 (and likely many more) fully wired outlets that were just sheetrocked over at some point. I definitely would have been happier if I hadn’t known that.
- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 2 days ago:
Honestly, the requirements to become a professional in most of the trades are pretty minimal because there’s a massive shortage of trained workers in basically every trade. The bar is probably the highest for electricians. I’m a refrigeration mechanic and the bar for us is basically subterranean. I’ve come across “professional” repairs all over the place that are just wild.
Honestly, if you’re a DIYer and you’re consulting building codes at all then you’re probably doing better work than many (but not most) pros. That’s why you should never just go with the cheapest contractor you can find for anything. They’re cheap for a reason. You really need to ask around and see who is good in your area. One thing that can help is if you can find a contractor that does commercial as well as residential work. It’s not 100% but generally they’re going to do better work because it’s a bit harder to get away with shoddy work with many commercial customers than it is with most residential customers.
- Comment on Forbidden Tech 5 days ago:
Holy shit, this is what that part in the bible is actually about. People back then just didn’t know about electricity so they thought it was about gay people.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’ 1 week ago:
Technically yes, but in the current political climate phrases like your initial one are frequently said by right wing wackos to alude to various protected classes indirectly. For example. With your initial comment
and as such the system is beneficial to minorities (specific ones, not all).
The first thing that pops into my head isn’t billionares, it’s alex jones ranting about “the jews” and “the world order”, because the way you wrote that comment had a lot in common with the way those people talk when they’re trying to not say the quiet part out loud.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’ 1 week ago:
I think they were meaning the billionare class and they just phrased it very suspiciously.
- Comment on this lemmy? 1 week ago:
What? Where did you see rape in this? Unless Lemmy has an accusation against him that I dont know about.
- Comment on Pope Joan 2 weeks ago:
If you’re young enough though then they may let you touch it.
- Comment on Thats fair 2 weeks ago:
Goals.
- Comment on Thats fair 2 weeks ago:
Brain twice as powerful but so riddled with benzos that it functions at half capacity.
- Comment on Thats fair 2 weeks ago:
Definitely my spine. There’s a reason basically anyone who has worked in the trades for a while has a fucked up back. It would be nice to avoid my impending back problems.
- Comment on Thats fair 2 weeks ago:
Congrats. You now feel anxiety twice as intensely.
- Comment on incredible that this was a show for childrend 4 weeks ago:
How dare they indoctrinate my children with this heterosexual filth!
- Comment on Choose one 4 weeks ago:
Ball Peen and Dead Blow are my EDC hammers but I also usually keep a good ol claw hammer near by just in case.
- Comment on Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money 5 weeks ago:
Too cold in the UK for them to work? We run them in MN where it can hit -25C in winter. On the coldest days they can’t be the sole source of heat but they work just fine in the cold.
- Comment on America is fucked 1 month ago:
That’s how it’s supposed to work in the US too. Maybe it depends on the state but in MN at least it’s illegal to fail to pull over for emergency vehicles. If you see any emergency vehicle on the road running with lights on then you are supposed to stop and pull off to the side so that they can have the whole road.
The video in the OP looks nuts to me too. I’ve never seen people fail to pull over for an emergency vehicle in my area.
- Comment on Easy mistake to make 1 month ago:
If that’s your fetish, I guess.
- Comment on community work is revolutionary 1 month ago:
Isn’t this what Jesus did?
- Comment on Bawitdaba 2 months ago:
Kid rock makes music for people who smoke newports through a hole in their neck.
- Comment on It may be true but doesn't help me today 2 months ago:
You still can. My dad bought a 2010 F150 for $400 a couple years ago. Sure it used to be a salt truck and therefore had more rust than metal left on its body. Sure it had 4 bald flat tires on it. Sure you have to disconnect the battery every time you park it or it dies. Sure the CD player ocasionally makes grinding noises and starts smelling like smoke every once in a while until you whack the dash hard enough to make it stop. Sure it has no shocks left whatsoever and it feels like you’re driving a trampoline. But who cares about minor things like all that?
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
Of course! I’ve actually used those for marine connections before. For some reason I just forgot those existed. Thank you.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
Yeah, I’ll have to bring some of that along next time. We have it at the shop. I just didn’t consider bringing it last time because it hadn’t occured to me that heat shrink would be impossible to use in there until I was nearly done.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
I don’t think a soldering iron would retain enough heat. I had considered warming something else up with a torch but any hot work anywhere in that site requires all sorts of permitting even where it’s possible.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
I had never heard of that. Definitely going to look into it now though.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
In this situation it was butt splices. We almost never solder anything. We just need the butt splices sealed in case of condensation or dirt.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
There’s an idea. As long as I’m using boiling water there will never be an ignition hazard because it will never go much above 100C. I could probably do something with a bit of water and quicklime to have an instant ignition free hotplate.
I’d need to figure out specifics and test it elsewhere of course but that is probably workable. The real question is if it’s practical in the field. Either way it’s something I’ll probably try out at home just for fun.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 3 months ago:
Yeah, tape is fine here and logically I know noone will complain but it still rubs me the wrong way so I was hoping there was an alternative. If not then oh well, tape it is.
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- Comment on Do snakes prefer to drink warm or cool water? 3 months ago:
Overthinking has to be my favorite hobby.