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rmenergy

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sparkuri said:
Is that an ATS?
If so it looks fancy.
What's right under it to the left of the surge protector that looks like a little meter base?
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It’s an 18kW Generac. Air cooled through as the water cooled was quite a bit more.

Next to the main is the disconnect & inverter for the PV system on the house. Came with it when I purchased the house but I had to rewire it & replace the inverter as it had a burnt terminal at a lug.

Here’s the garage with the new sub panel & hidden xfer switch as well as the gas line run(was still a mess from moving everything around for the work):

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rmenergy said:
It’s an 18kW Generac. Air cooled through as the water cooled was quite a bit more.

Next to the main is the disconnect & inverter for the PV system on the house. Came with it when I purchased the house but I had to rewire it & replace the inverter as it had a burnt terminal at a lug.

Here’s the garage with the new sub panel & hidden xfer switch as well as the gas line run(was still a mess from moving everything around for the work):

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It must've been the pv inverter I was looking at.
Things have changed a lot since I was in the field.
 
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sparkuri said:
It must've been the pv inverter I was looking at.
Things have changed a lot since I was in the field.
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Plus now the PV panels have their own individual inverters so you can keep expanding if you want.

This one allowed me to negotiate the price down since it was bad. Exchange didn’t cost me anything & I purchased a 15yr extended warranty from the manufacturer. The PV system is only 6kW but since it was a negative selling point on the house it’s been a net positive 😉
 
RussfromNH

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watch how fast the have nots try to take from those that have
I think cities will shit to bed in 48 hours
 
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RussfromNH said:
watch how fast the have nots try to take from those that have
I think cities will shit to bed in 48 hours
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The previous job I had would cover this in training as that position was responsible for system restoration & associated switching.

All the major utilities have studied the large outages in urban areas over the years. 3 days tends to be the tipping point into chaos.

Rural areas otoh, can sustain outages of weeks on end with little impact as far as crime is concerned.
 
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Wild said:
Some scary shit to think about. Complete darkness at night. Everything closed or on back-up generators. Banks, hospitals, pharmacies, grocery stores, etc. No stop lights or street lights working. Do you have a generator? How many gallons of fuel on-hand to run it? Do you have enough food and water to last you or your family a week? A month? How would you wash your clothes? Ever hand washed and used a clothes line? What about home security to protect you and your family from the thugs? How many guns do you own? How much ammunition do you have on-hand?

I wouldn't past these evil motherfuckers to try something like this.


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I'm more prepared now than I ever have been. After the COVID bullshit and the lockdowns, in which I was living in the most locked down state in the world. I saw how easy it was to get locked down if you lived in the urban sprawl somewhere, so I got the fuck out and moved thousands of miles away from any capital city to my own little compound. I now have solar panels and a Tesla battery, plus a 10 kilowatt gasoline generator, and about 100 gallons of fuel. I've experienced three blackouts since I moved here, and the solar battery back up has kept me going without the need for the generator. I also have about 25K in silver and gold, and I have one bitcoin. Not allowed to easily have firearms in Australia, so I have a very high powered crossbow and a bunch of swords and machetes.
 
kvr28

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We would be fine for a long time, first priority is defend the home and restaurant, fallback point is the cabin, second fallback is to my buddies farm on top of the mountain behind me that overlooks the whole valley. This is the plan for a TEOTWAWKI event.
 
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I’d still be proper fucked. Too close to the urban jungle.

For all you guys that do like to prep, I’d recommend looking up your areas flood management maps. Especially the ones for dam failures. If the dam has a hydroelectric station that isn’t able to island itself (supply its own station service load without grid connection), it might be susceptible to its leech pumps failing to remove compromising water levels from the outer face of the dam. Especially if it’s an earthen dam.

Some of these maps might shock you. Think about this for a moment, prior to CA building its major waterway dams, it was possible during high flow season to take a river boat from Sacramento to Bakersfield. That’s far from the only area impacted but just let that picture sink in when driving that span of land currently.

After my morning Bjj class I’ll see if I can find some links for those in CA if anyone is interested.
 
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rmenergy said:
I’d still be proper fucked. Too close to the urban jungle.

For all you guys that do like to prep, I’d recommend looking up your areas flood management maps. Especially the ones for dam failures. If the dam has a hydroelectric station that isn’t able to island itself (supply its own station service load without grid connection), it might be susceptible to its leech pumps failing to remove compromising water levels from the outer face of the dam. Especially if it’s an earthen dam.

Some of these maps might shock you. Think about this for a moment, prior to CA building its major waterway dams, it was possible during high flow season to take a river boat from Sacramento to Bakersfield. That’s far from the only area impacted but just let that picture sink in when driving that span of land currently.

After my morning Bjj class I’ll see if I can find some links for those in CA if anyone is interested.
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Interested
 
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rmenergy said:
I’d still be proper fucked. Too close to the urban jungle.

For all you guys that do like to prep, I’d recommend looking up your areas flood management maps. Especially the ones for dam failures. If the dam has a hydroelectric station that isn’t able to island itself (supply its own station service load without grid connection), it might be susceptible to its leech pumps failing to remove compromising water levels from the outer face of the dam. Especially if it’s an earthen dam.

Some of these maps might shock you. Think about this for a moment, prior to CA building its major waterway dams, it was possible during high flow season to take a river boat from Sacramento to Bakersfield. That’s far from the only area impacted but just let that picture sink in when driving that span of land currently.

After my morning Bjj class I’ll see if I can find some links for those in CA if anyone is interested.
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I worked in the State Emergency Services for a few years and we were trained to deal with flooding events. In the vast majority of cases, bad flooding will only occur when it's overflow from a river or a dam, or maybe from blocked drains in an urban environment but this will usually be to a lesser degree. So, if you don't live near a waterway, and you don't live downhill at the bottom of a dip, you probably won't be effected by major flooding.
 
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rmenergy said:
I’d still be proper fucked. Too close to the urban jungle.

For all you guys that do like to prep, I’d recommend looking up your areas flood management maps. Especially the ones for dam failures. If the dam has a hydroelectric station that isn’t able to island itself (supply its own station service load without grid connection), it might be susceptible to its leech pumps failing to remove compromising water levels from the outer face of the dam. Especially if it’s an earthen dam.

Some of these maps might shock you. Think about this for a moment, prior to CA building its major waterway dams, it was possible during high flow season to take a river boat from Sacramento to Bakersfield. That’s far from the only area impacted but just let that picture sink in when driving that span of land currently.

After my morning Bjj class I’ll see if I can find some links for those in CA if anyone is interested.
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Found them in my phone.

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fmds.water.ca.gov fmds.water.ca.gov

Have to leave for bjj class now.
 
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redneck said:
I worked in the State Emergency Services for a few years and we were trained to deal with flooding events. In the vast majority of cases, bad flooding will only occur when it's overflow from a river or a dam, or maybe from blocked drains in an urban environment but this will usually be to a lesser degree. So, if you don't live near a waterway, and you don't live downhill at the bottom of a dip, you probably won't be effected by major flooding.
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Check the map. I’ve had to train for several of these failure events. Some are more susceptible than others & the state isn’t prepared for mass notification prior. Not properly prepared anyway.
 
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rmenergy said:
Check the map. I’ve had to train for several of these failure events. Some are more susceptible than others & the state isn’t prepared for mass notification prior. Not properly prepared anyway.
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I'm speaking as someone in Australia, so if I sound dumb, that's why. I described how it usually works here, but we are upside down, so.....
 
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redneck said:
I'm speaking as someone in Australia, so if I sound dumb, that's why. I described how it usually works here, but we are upside down, so.....
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Government tends to be very reactive & not proactive. This shows in their annual drills for their emergency action plans. Then when deficiencies are pointed out, people get “offended” and nothing changes.

I’ve seen this with several issues over the years. Not just EAP drills.
 
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