Clames

re: Manual Battery Charger 2/10/engine start Recommendations

Posted by Clames on 5/22/24 at 9:12 pm

[quote]how has it held up?...[/quote] Great for me. I use it all the time, I use it to give my vehicle batteries a good top off charge every month or so plus I have other lead-acid batteries in my shop. It's nice having the two-bank charging feature too....

re: Manual Battery Charger 2/10/engine start Recommendations

Posted by Clames on 5/22/24 at 8:30 pm

[quote]What do you use that has been reliable?[/quote] I have an old (1990's old) Diehard "dumb" charger, a DeWalt DXAEC100 charger, and a pair of Clore Automotive float/maintainer chargers. Stay away from Schumacher, mostly junk. If my Diehard ever gives out then its replacement will be an arse...

re: Good news, Honda Mower Baws (new Stihl line)

Posted by Clames on 5/22/24 at 3:18 pm

The top end 756 model is worth looking at, Kohler commercial-grade engine with pressurized lubrication....

re: Biden’s event in New Hampshire today

Posted by Clames on 5/21/24 at 10:30 pm

[quote] coupled with low political IQ.[/quote] Just low IQ period....

Political Talk

re: Is this a dumb idea? Natural gas line and generator

Posted by Clames on 5/21/24 at 10:04 am

It will have to be a large flexible line, for that distance and size of generator that's about a 1" diameter iron pipe connection. I would be a bit nervous running a flexible line that far too just as a safety concern....

re: US College Degrees by gender, for class of 2024

Posted by Clames on 5/20/24 at 3:36 pm

[quote]How is he a licensed electrician at such a young age? Does your state not require a certain number of hours on the job as an apprentice prior to going out on your own?[/quote] Minimum age is 20 and you can start an apprenticeship at 16 and schooling goes towards the minimum hours required....

re: US College Degrees by gender, for class of 2024

Posted by Clames on 5/20/24 at 3:29 pm

Let's see a breakdown, by gender, for degrees that aren't worthless....

re: MERV level on home AC filters in South Louisiana

Posted by Clames on 5/20/24 at 12:21 pm

[quote]The system has to work harder, blower motors, etc to overcome resistance to airflow with a restrictive filter.[/quote] Well, not as much work harder, just you won't get the effective air flow and run the risk of icing the evaporator. Most systems have the blower after the filter so a dirty...

re: Wood Ceiling choices?

Posted by Clames on 5/20/24 at 12:12 pm

[quote]If you were going to add a wood ceiling to a room, what would you use? T&G Pine? Its about a 10X12 area.[/quote] Just finished such a ceiling at my fiancee's mother's house and in a similar sized room. Fun weekend project that included some wiring work to fix some old wiring and found t...

re: Any of you run TruFuel in your lawn equipment?

Posted by Clames on 5/20/24 at 9:37 am

Think she warns against TruFuel, doesn't see the problems being caused with other brands like Echo or Stihl. When I run RedArmor canned fuel its about a 500 - 600 rpm difference in RPM and I notice it takes a little longer for my blower to really warm up. I pulled the spark arresters out of my stuf...

re: Which controller did you start with?

Posted by Clames on 5/18/24 at 10:28 pm

Intellivision and also this piece of shite: [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/pfpgOJ9Lwdb_flW5hMoW3c2_lO-OqeNODQpVUckREkEO9eDcZQzCF525vT8GJt--U147Xs2KUip2RdOIpF5D8J9rn1BsuvpMCVUxe-7mE7FPDjHMLd9GfYdJjA[/img]...

re: how do you fix squeaky doors (NOT WD40)?

Posted by Clames on 5/18/24 at 10:04 am

[quote]once that plastic washer/bushing wears out, you'll have to keep lubricating often or replace it.[/quote] That must be a very cheap or improper hinge in that case because I hang a lot of doors and none of the hinges have plastic bushings or washers unless a hinge mounted door stop is involv...

re: TGIF Watch thread

Posted by Clames on 5/17/24 at 6:41 pm

[quote]I'm curious how that works on the inside, how does it speed itself up or slow itself down to maintain the time? What kind of mechanism?[/quote] The movement can move all the hands independently. It will move the hands to the exact time then start ticking the seconds again upon completion o...

re: TGIF Watch thread

Posted by Clames on 5/17/24 at 2:22 pm

Citizen for me today. Watch I always travel with and it will set itself automatically or with a push of a button by pulling a GPS or radio-based time signal so it's pretty much always within a second of NIST time. [img]https://d2j6dbq0eux0bg.cloudfront.net/images/58560370/3109476269.jpg[/img]...

re: UN Did Not Halve Numbers of Gaza Civilians Killed

Posted by Clames on 5/17/24 at 1:48 pm

[quote]what a surprise[/quote] That there are such complete and utter morons, like you, that take the numbers (propaganda) from a know terrorist organization at face value....

Political Talk

re: TGIF Watch thread

Posted by Clames on 5/17/24 at 1:45 pm

That's either a really big watch or you have really skinny wrists....

re: “Name brand” gasoline

Posted by Clames on 5/16/24 at 1:25 pm

[quote]After getting the gasoline, they went over to the place where the "magic" and proprietary additives were injected. So I'd say no, it's the same stuff.[/quote] Those additives, especially detergent additives, is what separates good gasoline from the cheap crap that the poors and ignorants p...

re: how do you fix squeaky doors (NOT WD40)?

Posted by Clames on 5/16/24 at 1:16 pm

[quote]It's water based [/quote] WD-40 is in no way, shape, or form a water based lubricant. WD stands for Water Displacing and if you look in the SDS for it: "Solubilities: Insoluble in water". As for door hinges, I use 3-n-1 oil or mil spec CLP. I don't think I've ever had to real oil a hing...

re: Any of you run TruFuel in your lawn equipment?

Posted by Clames on 5/16/24 at 1:12 pm

[quote]What's the benefit of TruFuel? It seems to be a popular product.[/quote] The only real benefit is that it is more stable than gasoline. I use it as a flush for my 2-stroke and 4-stroke equipment at the end of the season before long-term storage but during the season I mix my own (E10 89 oc...