Canonical_Warlock
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- Comment on It's more economical 1 week ago:
Hmmm. Are they DTF?
- Comment on Brazing Copper Plumbing Pipe? 2 weeks ago:
It still doesn’t beat the long term durability and 100% recyclability of copper though. If I was doing an install in a factory or somewhere where the plumbing would require frequent modification then the fact that pex is easier to work with would probably make me go that route. But in my house where I will be replumbing once and then it will be almost entirely burried in the walls and left alone for decades, I would rather just put the extra work in and do it with copper.
- Comment on Brazing Copper Plumbing Pipe? 2 weeks ago:
I’m not sure about shower valves in particular but I have devinitely brazed directly to regular nylon core plumbing ball valves before by using the rag trick.in that case you just wrap the valve itself with the wet rag.
- Comment on Brazing Copper Plumbing Pipe? 2 weeks ago:
Yep. Thas is all that’s in silphos. For any work that isn’t copper to copper then I would need to use silver brazing wire which is just copper, zinc, tin, and silver.
- Comment on Brazing Copper Plumbing Pipe? 2 weeks ago:
Yep there are crimp fittings but they cost more and the seal in those fittings is only rated to last so long. Of course that is a very long time (50 years I think) but I still prefer sweat fit copper that lasts for the life of the pipe.
- Comment on Brazing Copper Plumbing Pipe? 2 weeks ago:
Copper pipes don’t leach microplastics into my drinking water, are 100% recyclable, and are more durable.
- Comment on Brazing Copper Plumbing Pipe? 2 weeks ago:
The same is actually true of a lot of refrigeration components as well. You just wrap a wet strip of rag around the pipe to act as a heat barier between where you’re brazing and the sensitive component. As long as the rag stays wet (which it will unless you go really slow) then heat won’t significantly propogate past that point. Just doing that can let you braze a joint within 1" of a plastic component as long as you’re careful where you point the torch.
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- Comment on Don't Look Up 2 weeks ago:
and they’re like the drug central for the state (they’re not).
To be fair you never know. There is a small town fairly near where I live that had one of the largest meth production operations in the country at one point. Turns out it’s pretty easy to make a lot of drugs and not get caught when you do it in the middle of nowhere.
- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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’ 3 weeks 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’ 4 weeks ago:
I think they were meaning the billionare class and they just phrased it very suspiciously.
- Comment on this lemmy? 4 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
If you’re young enough though then they may let you touch it.
- Comment on Thats fair 5 weeks ago:
Goals.
- Comment on Thats fair 5 weeks ago:
Brain twice as powerful but so riddled with benzos that it functions at half capacity.
- Comment on Thats fair 5 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 5 weeks ago:
Congrats. You now feel anxiety twice as intensely.
- Comment on incredible that this was a show for childrend 1 month ago:
How dare they indoctrinate my children with this heterosexual filth!
- Comment on Choose one 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months ago:
If that’s your fetish, I guess.
- Comment on community work is revolutionary 2 months ago:
Isn’t this what Jesus did?
- Comment on Bawitdaba 3 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 3 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?