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 Discussion on answer by manassehkatz-…

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Ecnerwal
Feb 26 04:43
Sorry, yes, I misread townhouse for apartment. In either occupancy the risk to the connected neighbors adds restrictions to working on the household wiring. But sorting out the stove wiring is legit. Check the plug prongs (while unplugged) for continuity between the ground prong and all the other three. There should be no continuity/infinite resistance. If the ground and neutral are conected there, then the neutral jumper in the stove for a 3-prong cord is probably not correctly configured for a 4 prong cord. Or for any of the other 3 there's an actual ground fault.
Ecnerwal
Feb 26 04:43
But still an MDU.
Ecnerwal
Feb 26 04:43
Since the residence is described as an apartment, odds are that corrections would need to be done by a licensed electrician with the landlord's approval.
 

 The Frying Pan

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Ecnerwal
Jan 17 21:07
Candied orange slices should be less active kitchen time than marmalade (which is the default approach without that constraint.)
 

 Discussion on question by allen nguye…

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Ecnerwal
Dec 5, 2024 02:35
As has already been answered at the question, drilling through the siding is not the way to get from your outside panel into your garage. To do that safely you cut temporary access in the drywall (and patch it after) or install a permanent access panel so you don't have to cut it again for the next thing you want to add. The siding is not involved at all, and you don't have an ugly mess going out from your panel and into the siding.
 

 Discussion on question by Serge: Uncl…

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Ecnerwal
Jun 27, 2024 02:35
Simply put, you're betting the possible loss of the working vacuum cleaner against the possible cure of the non-working air conditioner. Not a good bargain as I see it.
 

 Room for cooking mods and Ecnerwal

Ecnerwal
Feb 3, 2024 18:31
Fine by me. I was assuming when I declined an edit for "spam or vandalism" that would get flagged for examination, as I don't recall there being an option to actually flag the edit itself, and having declined the edit I can't very well flag the not-edited answer, and I'm hardly going to approve such edits, with all the blazing intellect of (apparently) a 13 year old that learned some dirty words behind them.
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:27
I suppose if they've bothered to VPN their various account creations adequately that you can't verify sockpuppetry on the 3 samples here in cooking, they have. If not, there's your evidence.
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:12
^l^k^
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:12
The Jan 22 at cooling user: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/107916/user107916
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:05
Reads like the same mind behind the verbiage to me.
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:04
diy.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/174004
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:04
Another at DIY.SE from Jan 11, again "anonymous user" (possibly deleted sockpuppet?)
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:03
diy.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/174027
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:03
An anoymous attempt at DIY.SE from Jan 11
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:01
cooking.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/91075
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 01:01
Here's one from Jan 22, here, differ numerical user:
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 00:58
This was today's activity here: cooking.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/91152
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 00:57
I'm not sure if I can get enough back-trail info on the rejected edits at DIY.se to ID other sockpuppetry - several 1 rep usersome number accounts.
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 00:56
In comments deleted on this question they were belligerent and threatening, and this seems to be the approach they have taken to "following through"
Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 00:54
999 4 16
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Ecnerwal
Jan 31, 2024 00:54
Well, today's flag was for a different user account (which I identified in the flag) that made an edit attempt here in cooking whihc I rejected as vandalism, the language of which was pretty clearly the same individual as the poster of the downvoted question.
 

 Discussion on question by EJoshuaS - …

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Ecnerwal
Jan 26, 2024 15:27
@EJoshuaS-StandwithUkraine ...and what I'm saying is that despite some people having or claiming success with it, you might spend twice as much only to find they eat it anyway.
Ecnerwal
Jan 26, 2024 15:27
I tried the chili-pepper infused bird seed. My squirrels apparently were nursed on Sriracha or Tabasco, so that was a waste of money. Your squirrels may vary.
 

 Discussion on question by alexok16600…

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Ecnerwal
Dec 24, 2023 19:26
25 feet outside the house, then into the basement? Or 25 feet inside the house?
Ecnerwal
Dec 24, 2023 19:26
As for question 2, you already have copper wires connected to aluminum wires connected to the meter enclosure.
Ecnerwal
Dec 24, 2023 19:26
A ton of missing grounds - probably not, given not much if any cable visible, presumably you're in conduit, and conduit is a ground conductor if metallic and properly assembled. I rather doubt any qualified electrician ran a bunch of circuits without grounds, but they might not be grounds you recognize if you don't understand that metallic conduit is a ground.
 

 Home Improvement

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Ecnerwal
Nov 18, 2023 15:34
Your Oct. 7th mention of Steelcase being too expensive. Both. Though now that I've poked back through and recall that you're in Singapore the specifics of where used office-type furniture may be found will undoubtedly vary. But it's always out there, because it's built to last, and typically outlasts both companies and the desire of companies that survive to redecorate the office to be trendy for this minute.
Ecnerwal
Nov 18, 2023 15:20
Mostly I'm just popping in here as the only place other than a comment that will probably be deleted to mention that I'm going to see if I can make my fingers stop typing DIY when I get bored for a while, having (briefly) joined the 200K club, until Harper goes off to the 300K club and leaves me on my lonesome there...
Ecnerwal
Nov 18, 2023 15:17
@JourneymanGeek Steelcase (so long as "classic" or "trendy in some past era" rather than "the trendiest of this minute" works for you) is a commodity product at used outlets such as Habitat ReStore and GoodWill, etc. at far more reasonable prices than new.
 

 Discussion on question by user3646303…

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Ecnerwal
Nov 18, 2023 13:59
So your specific product appears to be: eg4electronics.com/categories/inverters/…
Ecnerwal
Nov 18, 2023 13:59
50A 120V fits exactly no standard application, so indeed, what are you up to, or what massive code violation are you on the brink of?
 

 Discussion on question by Sidney: Is …

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Ecnerwal
Nov 10, 2023 15:32
What application do you think you have for this safety hazard? There's almost certainly a better way.
 

 Discussion on question by IMTheNachoM…

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Ecnerwal
Oct 5, 2023 05:08
The air handler itself should be (probably is?) insulated on its exterior surfaces from the attic air. If it's not, well, do that, or have that done.
 

 Discussion on question by GrassMan: U…

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Ecnerwal
Oct 2, 2023 04:37
Are there breaker spaces in the meter box? That's pretty common these days, and the 100A panel may just be a sub-panel, with heavy loads run straight to a meter-main. Please edit in a picture of the meter and panel.
 

 Discussion on question by CuriousMan:…

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Ecnerwal
Apr 10, 2023 21:00
@whatsisname google.com/…
Ecnerwal
Apr 10, 2023 21:00
One big trap (a house trap) is an idea that was sometimes done in addition to normal traps but which is now forbidden (turned out to be a bad idea) in most plumbing codes. Evidently you are somewhere with no codes or codes not in line with accepted international model codes.
 

 Discussion on question by Tim: Altern…

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Ecnerwal
Feb 15, 2023 13:45
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory - in your case, being listed to meet British Standards might be the applicable case.
 

 Discussion on question by David: ALL …

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Ecnerwal
Dec 3, 2022 21:32
What was the weather doing at the time?
 

 Discussion on question by m-a-r-c-e-l…

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Ecnerwal
Nov 9, 2022 13:28
@Harper-ReinstateMonica Latent heat of crystallization is real science. The marketing department are ignorant, of course, and rather "dense" between the ears to use that particular terminology. Most of the materials in question float in water (waxes are the most common thing that freezes at a convenient temperature for domestic hot water storage.)
Ecnerwal
Nov 9, 2022 13:28
I see no indication that this device is listed by a NREL to US standards. You would need a manufacturer certification that it was so cross listed or you can't install it here. it seems likely based on your panel that you are in the US. This is a common issue with trying import electrical gear yourself.
 

 Discussion on question by Tai: Electr…

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Ecnerwal
Oct 17, 2022 05:12
Locate the breaker (or breakers) associated with the mystery switches, shut it off (verify that hot boxes stay cool and power meter does not wind up if you flip the switches) and unscrew the covers of the mystery hot boxes, and post pictures (probably as a new question linked to this question, not a further extension of this question.)
Ecnerwal
Oct 17, 2022 05:12
So turn off the breaker(s) associated with the area and look at the meter to see if it stops using so much power when you do that.
 

 Discussion on answer by i--: Calculat…

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Ecnerwal
Oct 8, 2022 14:02
Or is your setup off-grid? In any case, you have an apparent mis-match between the number and voltage of panels and the number and voltage of inverters.
Ecnerwal
Oct 8, 2022 14:02
6 strings of 6 panels would be 252V "nominal" but open circuit voltage is likely to be higher than nominal, and in any case if "Max PV input" is 250V 252 is more than that. So probably no more than 4 or 5 panels in a string, and that makes for difficult math with 36 panels into two inverters - 7 strings of 5 leaves one lone panel 9 strings of 4 both don't divide in two very well. That's a very low grid-tie inverter input voltage, which causes me to be concerned that you've already ordered it when you might find that the inverters are actually sub-optimal for your application.
Ecnerwal
Oct 8, 2022 14:02
Brand and model number of inverter plus this "world wide web thing" should yield all sorts of data before you lay hands on the thing in person.
Ecnerwal
Oct 8, 2022 14:02
Look deeper into their specs - the inputs certainly will have limits, for both V & A.
Ecnerwal
Oct 8, 2022 14:02
If the parts are not bought yet, it depends on what parts you buy - if the parts are bought yet, you have to suit the parts you have - which will have limits on how much one inverter (or one inverter input connection if it has more than one) can take.
Ecnerwal
Oct 8, 2022 14:02
If you have one string, it's 1512V. 2 or 3 parallel strings to keep the voltage below 1000 or 600 seems more likely in my present understanding of typical grid-tie voltage limits. That would double or triple the amperage, but still be very low amperage at very high voltage, where small (well insulated) wire is fine.
 

 Discussion on question by Adrien: My …

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Ecnerwal
Aug 29, 2022 03:07
That appears to be rated at 10A, (should draw LESS than most hair dryers) so if it's tripping a 15A circuit, something is wrong. You wouldn't happen to have a Kill-A-Watt meter, or a friend with one, given that it's a 115V 5-15P unit? That would give you some serious detailed information, right at the plug.