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>>1075035

When you get up to industrial plumbing and industrial electrical the two are similarly interesting. While an industrial electrician seems to be in more danger a stupid plumber can get himself killed equally quickly when he decides to rattle gun open a pressurized valve.

But when you are dealing with residential shit then both are pretty shitty but plumbing tends to be shittier. Don't go residential in either case unless you plan to run a business at some point.

If you are already guaranteed to be lined up with electrical, stick to it. Don't drop it for a possibility that may not work out.

>>1075035
if you take up plumbing you will have to stop biting your nails

Once you become a fully qualified plumber its pretty good and bulk cash but as an apprentice i hope you like digging holes for 8 hours a day for $10 an hour.
Shoulda joined the army at least they get to play with guns after the slave labor.
Btw aus fag here

>>1067614
Put it in your ass

>>1067617
charge it up to 450 first

>>1067614
Get more capacitors and annoy your neighbors with an emp device.

>>1079069
why dont you try plugging it into your ass fggt

>>1079069
you cannot

If that is a dryer plug then it simply won't work.
The plug on the wall clearly says 125V NEMA 5-30R.

Most dryers are 240V

>>1078861
>Medium size house, 15 individual "rooms
15 rooms is not medium sized you rich fuck

also i cant read what you said about your hvac it doesnt make any sense

also it doesnt make any sense trying to make 15 rooms smell nice by just pumping smell, you might as well just get those timer smell things you plug into the mains that will occasionally spray from a little bottle

your entire strategy is wrong

Sick waveguide

>>1078866
>>1078866
3 bedrooms
1 living room
1 dining room
1 kitchen
1 entry hallway
3 bathrooms
1 basement room
1 utility room
2 hallways
1 walk in closet

15 "rooms"
3 bedroom 3 1/2 bathroom house

>>1078873
picture taken from the internetz, not my house

>>1078851
>What would you do if you were me?
learn to rebuild the batteries

>>1078856
batteries are fine (and because I take care of them, they'll last a long time)
the problem are the tools

>>1078851
ya dun goofed bro
i would chalk it up as a loss and sell them, cause the new shit their making is tight

>oily surface

wot

>>1078762
2nded

>>1078747
plywood should never need sanding

>>1078747

Generally speaking no. If it's not as it should be you should return it and get your money back.

>>1078769
>Never

Not entirely true. Depending on what you're using it for and how you're binding it, there are different grades of plywood.

A/BB/X/WBP aren't necessarily going to bond well with one type of adhesive for a example so sanding might help in some circumstances.

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Get something pic related.

Start with finding out how much power a pi requires to function properly then work out how much electricity can be generated from a hand crank a la clock.

OR

just go buy a hand crank generator and go from there, maybe pull apart one of those camping radios or something?

>>1078666
That would probably be the easiest thing actually. Get a hand crank generator and a large mainspring from a clock and see if I can mash the two together. Wind up the main spring, let it uncoil and turn the crank.

the "devil forge" ones from lithuania are pretty damn good for the price - it would help if you said where in the world you are, since that may not be much use if you're in outer mongolia.

>>1078573
Oh, totally forgot, eastern USA

Get 2 bags of refractory cement and make your own

Would cost you a lot less than $500

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Commencing dump of general Arts and Crafts type stuff.

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>>1078584

>>1078463
Was it the dimmer itself or the halogen bulb(s) that was buzzing?

I have used plenty of cheap dimmers and never had a dimmer that buzzed. I have, however, had many incandescent bulbs that vibrated and whined/buzzed when used with a dimmer.

>>1078469
It was the dimmer. I was really the cheapest stuff.

The 50€ Legrand thing buzzes too, but you really have to put your ear on the thing to hear it, it's not a problem.

Both dimmers said "for halogen and incandescent", min 40W max 300W (ish)

is there any particular reason, you are ignoring the classic rotary-shaped wall dimmer? idk wtf that is your pic, but, that aint no 'classic' in my book - rotaries have always been the most popular, mainly for the reason they are simple and quick to use.

You ghet two varaitions, click rotary for on (switches on, then level set, all in one 'sweep') or, push button for on, rotary for level - prefer the first as usually more reliable, slightly slower than push-click on/off, but night and day faster than that +/- shit.

Basically, avoid the fuck anything that says 'touch' or 'glass' - invaraibly meme bullshit that will be slower than slow to use, if and when it works - and buy decent quality rotary, Legrand should be good if available. Some lamps are still gonna be noisier than others, halogen, unless you mount the trafo elsewhere, never be 100% quiet with a wallmount. But buying cheap/meme shit will make it 50 times worse.

personally I wouldn't have anything hanging or the outlets on the ceiling, I'd run them over and down to wall boxes or on a support post

whatever you do, try and run a separate circuit just for tool stuff....thinking about 220 is a good idea too

>>1078375
I don't have any real reason not to do what you describe, other than "lol more BX jacketed cable to buy, and also concrete walls in basement"

Is there any massive downside to ceiling outlets, other than unsightly hanging cords whenever something is plugged in?

>>1078380
that's just my $0.02

for me it could be one of those out-of-sight-out-of-mind things...if I'm changing a bit or a blade, I'd like to have the outlet at or below eye level so I remember and recognize that the machine is unplugged first

if it's a matter of the number of outlets, maybe a larger wall mounted power strip

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>>1078303
they work like this, search the model number for parts.

>>1078303
do you have a model number?

just search briggs and stratton along with the model number.

they work just like a vertical crankshaft engine, except they're engineered in a way so the oil and gasoline stay where they are supposed to once flipped so the crank is horizontal.

>>1078310
Do you have the 2 stroke animation?

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easy as that

>>1078159
Thank you.
I don't have a 400 and 0.1 microfarad capacitor, can i use other values?

>>1078218
Google it

>>1077438
Are they on the same phase? Just remove one feed, voila.

>>1077441
....Whats a phase?

>>1077441
What are you asking here?
The breakers are in parallel so it would be a direct short between phases? Or a240v light bulb? Genuinely curious I'm not American I don't know the intricacies of split phase

>>1077315
>/g/ here

fuck you, when i needed help with my PC you guys make fun of me

Bury a shipping container

>>1077315
It starts with a plan. You need to have a clear idea of:
1) how many people will occupy this structure.

2) how long does it need to be in use.

3) where did you envision building it

4) of OPSEC is a primary concern then you will be doing much of the work in your chosen group. How skilled are you?

And so on.

/diy/ hates these threads both because we have a surprising number of them, and because they never go beyond an op's mental masterbation.