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StormDrain posted:She's annoyed because coming up with dinner plans that are varied and interesting is a chore and she wants inspiration. Even if you don't care you have to contribute!
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I have a question for you electrical engineer guys cuz I don't know poo poo about electrical stuff... I have a Ryobi generator that is 2200 starting watts and 1700 running watts, and it has two 120v outlets, will I be able to safely run my refrigerator and freezer off of it? I will be using 25ft and 50ft 12/3 AWG extension cords with it.
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Aug 11, 2021 19:26
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StormDrain posted:I got poo poo a while back for some medium rare steak but idgaf. I think it just didn't photograph well, it was perfect. Just post it. I mean, yes, but also rare brisket is objectively wrong. It has to be cooked to break down the gristle. Applebees Appetizer posted:I have a Ryobi generator that is 2200 starting watts and 1700 running watts, and it has two 120v outlets, will I be able to safely run my refrigerator and freezer off of it? Are we talking a combined unit or two? Look at the electrical rating on the equipment and see. They may add up to less than 1700W. If that’s the case you’re 100% golden. If more than that, but less than 2200W, you’re *probably* fine. Refrigeration equipment draws a huge starting load to get the compressor working and then not a lot after that. If it adds up to over 2200W I wouldn’t try it, personally. If nothing else it will probably overload the minute you look away.
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Advent Horizon posted:Are we talking a combined unit or two? It's two units, fridge/freezer in the house and a freezer in the laundry room. I can't find any wattage information on them it's just amps/volts/hertz Fridge is 3.30/115/60 Freezer is 5.0/115/60 [e] the manual for the freezer says not to use an extension cord because a 10% difference in voltage could damage the motor.....But if I'm using an appropriate extension cord I should be fine, right? I'm gonna be using a 25' 12/3 rated at 15 amps for the freezer, and a 50' of the same for the fridge. Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Aug 11, 2021 |
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Aug 11, 2021 19:54
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Krakkles posted:I drove a Tesla Model 3 / Dual Motor yesterday. I have zero love for Elon, I don't really trust Tesla, but I gotta admit that's a pretty nice car. That thing is stupid fast. Ruined me on ICE cars. I think the design is bland and I can't stand Musk, but drat, I want one of his cars. Or any car that does what Tesla does. He doesn't have anything unique, just managed to bundle the lightning together long enough to get over the first big hill. But that gave a huge head start on the future. And after you drive electric, everything else feels like the past.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:It's two units, fridge/freezer in the house and a freezer in the laundry room. Unless your power factor is significantly different from 1.0 (likely not true here) watts = volts* amps, you have a total of 920 watts there. Even if your power factor is poo poo, you should be fine. That amount of 12ga extension cord is fine too, that's basically the same amount of conductor that's in your walls for your fridge outlets anyways. They really aim those no extension cord rules at the people who are going to try and run it off those silly little 18ga lamp extension cords or 400ft of daisy chained 12ga between two trailers or something. "Starting watts" is a bullshit marketing term that means little aside from what kind of inrush current it can handle, but I don't trust it much even to tell you that, I'm not sure it's standardized or that anyone follows the standard if it does exist. It's the same kind of nonsense as gross vs net horsepower, "developed" horsepower on vacuum cleaners (they take the starting inrush current and convert that so the number on the label looks more impressive, but the motor never actually makes that much power when you're using it) - lies made up to sucker people who don't read further than the big number on the front.
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Aug 11, 2021 20:06
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Starting load IS high on fridges - I tried to run mine off batteries and large inverter and it would blow the fuse on inverter. But the Hebert should be fine start one then hook the other up.
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Aug 11, 2021 20:13
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everdave posted:Starting load IS high on fridges - I tried to run mine off batteries and large inverter and it would blow the fuse on inverter. Exactly what I was going to say, plug in one then the other, rather than connecting them and starting the generator or plugging them both into a splitter and plugging in the splitter. I bet the genny with protect you from yourself too, and pop a breaker if you overload it. I assume you're giving it a test run before whatever disaster comes to your home.
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Aug 11, 2021 20:29
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Krakkles posted:I drove a Tesla Model 3 / Dual Motor yesterday. I have zero love for Elon, I don't really trust Tesla, but I gotta admit that's a pretty nice car. That thing is stupid fast. Right up until it self-drives into a wall, or an OTA update bricks it/removes features you use or like. But there is no mistaking how fast and powerful they feel (and are!) StormDrain posted:She's annoyed because coming up with dinner plans that are varied and interesting is a chore and she wants inspiration. Even if you don't care you have to contribute! But... I really don't know. I don't even necessarily want *her* to cook anything. Lots of days I don't care, and only eat to not die/prevent headaches. Now, once I *start* eating... Krakkles posted:Honestly, this is most of the value that something like Blue Apron provides. I'm somewhat picky, but I can usually manage to get by on whatever, but I haaaaaaaate trying to think of what to have for dinner. This. It's one of the problems of liking almost everything. A lot of restaurants I can throw a dart at the menu and be happy.
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Aug 11, 2021 20:34
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On generator chat. I bought one that has a 50amp 240v outlet. If I plug a 240 to 120 adaptor in can I still pull 35-45 amps through it?
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Aug 11, 2021 20:35
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Darchangel posted:
Well at least you understand the problem! I've been in the rut lately of not meal planning my week and that needs to change. I used to plan a few meals with my wife and try to get good overlap on ingredients. Lately it's been frozen pizza, ravioli, tuna melts, or snacks for dinner. Just whatever convenient pantry food. We discussed it and at least had the idea of making a list of good meals we like so we can just "idk what to eat, pick from here please". I think the last new thing I made was shrimp ceviche and we were both very happy about it.
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Aug 11, 2021 20:44
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StormDrain posted:We discussed it and at least had the idea of making a list of good meals we like so we can just "idk what to eat, pick from here please". I've got a google doc of these actually. It's a pretty handy list to pull out once a week or so.
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Aug 11, 2021 20:45
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kastein posted:Unless your power factor is significantly different from 1.0 (likely not true here) watts = volts* amps, you have a total of 920 watts there. Even if your power factor is poo poo, you should be fine. That amount of 12ga extension cord is fine too, that's basically the same amount of conductor that's in your walls for your fridge outlets anyways. They really aim those no extension cord rules at the people who are going to try and run it off those silly little 18ga lamp extension cords or 400ft of daisy chained 12ga between two trailers or something. Thanks Ken, I was hoping you'd chime in! We're getting ready because it's hurricane season down here, eventually I'd like to go with a bigger generator that can hook up right to the panel but we're working with this for now. Hopefully we won't have to use it lol. StormDrain posted:Exactly what I was going to say, plug in one then the other, rather than connecting them and starting the generator or plugging them both into a splitter and plugging in the splitter. Yeah good idea about plugging them in one at a time, makes sense not to overload it if i don't have to. Wife is ordering the proper extension cords through her work account (commercial roofing) and once I get those I'll do a test run. I need to get a bigger gas can too, I don't think two gallons is gonna cut it for any decent length of time, altho I always make sure to fill the cars up before a storm hits just in case.
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Aug 11, 2021 21:02
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Darchangel posted:Right up until it self-drives into a wall, or an OTA update bricks it/removes features you use or like.
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Aug 11, 2021 21:09
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My new generator holds 4 gallons 2 seems low for one? Rhino - as someone who is at this moment wallowing in self despair I can be like do what I say not as I do: you have a job, house, wife - forget about people enjoy life until you have to go back to work. It disgusts me that I have such a good life and I’m so miserable so I understand but we gotta try to be different
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Aug 11, 2021 21:27
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I'm not really wallowing, someone on my shift tested positive and they aren't telling us who because privacy or whatever. Like gently caress that guy, tell me who it was so I know if I was near him. I'm pissy.
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Aug 11, 2021 21:31
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Treasured game show host's replacement after his death will be ... white man with history of sexual harrassment and woman who blamed Harvey Weinstein's victims for their abuse and vaccines for health problems in her family. Obviously most of the airtime will be given to the man, of course. Oh, but he's the executive producer of the show, and she was on a show about nerds, so they're totally qualified.
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Aug 11, 2021 22:21
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Krakkles posted:Treasured game show host's replacement after his death will be ... white man with history of sexual harrassment and woman who blamed Harvey Weinstein's victims for their abuse and vaccines for health problems in her family. Obviously most of the airtime will be given to the man, of course. I will watch exactly as much as I have watched in the last 20 years. I am just not their demographic. Rhyno - on car chat. It is normal and sensible for the gut check yourself on something like a car purchase. Don't regret selling the Speed6 though. I enjoyed mine while I had it but I don't miss it. The thing was probably at the bottom of the depreciation curve and will never become anything. The truck you bought is probably worth more now than when you got it. Definitely keep searching for a fun car though. Life without something fun to drive is sincerely dull and boring. The weirdest and most unexpected thing for me is that I enjoy driving my dumb body on frame Toyota (Lexus) as much as I enjoy my M3. Both cars are fun in different ways because they get used for different things.
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Rhyno posted:I'm not really wallowing, someone on my shift tested positive and they aren't telling us who because privacy or whatever. Like gently caress that guy, tell me who it was so I know if I was near him. gently caress, are you quarantined? Krakkles posted:Treasured game show host's replacement after his death will be ... white man with history of sexual harrassment and woman who blamed Harvey Weinstein's victims for their abuse and vaccines for health problems in her family. Obviously most of the airtime will be given to the man, of course. I heard Levar Burton did really well.
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Krakkles posted:Treasured game show host's replacement after his death will be ... white man with history of sexual harrassment and woman who blamed Harvey Weinstein's victims for their abuse and vaccines for health problems in her family. Obviously most of the airtime will be given to the man, of course. Why the gently caress not Levar Burton? Assholes. Twitter seems pretty negative about the choices, at least on Jeopardy's official account. OFFS - he was the executive producer of the show. Tell me there wasn't a fix in there.
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64bit_Dophins posted:People really need to stop taking their jobs so seriously fr He’s not even doing that! HIS job is to get his companies products on STR’s employers shelves. Policing STR’s employment isn’t his job at all, especially when he’s going about his private business on personal time. gently caress that narc.
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If I’m looking for the cheapest computer I can hook to my 4K OLED and watch 4K 60FPS YouTube videos, does anyone have any recommendations? I assume I’ll need to spend a few hundred dollars, but I’d love to be incorrect. Edit: are any of the sub-$100 no-name Android boxes any good? I recall they WERE crap, but last I tried one was 2015. It’ll be hardwired to it’s own VLAN so security worries are fairly minimal. RIP Paul Walker fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Aug 12, 2021 |
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RIP Paul Walker posted:If I’m looking for the cheapest computer I can hook to my 4K OLED and watch 4K 60FPS YouTube videos, does anyone have any recommendations? I assume I’ll need to spend a few hundred dollars, but I’d love to be incorrect. If it's just for youtube, i would just get a chromecast. Then again, how can you not already cast to a 4K OLED? For anybody with game pass, they just added The Art of Rally which is awesome, and they put Hotshot Racing up there a while ago which is also really awesome. Powershift update: had an IV for a couple days waiting for a CT scan for blood clots. Ironically caused a bunch of blood clots. took almost a month before i could straighten my arm. Need further tests for the whole breathing/blood pressure thing but covid is loving things up again so the doctor doesn't even know when it can be scheduled.
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OLED-havers: The LG Store *finally* has a goddamn HBO Max app.
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Ether Frenzy posted:OLED-havers: Just in time for the recall
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Ether Frenzy posted:OLED-havers: Don’t get too excited, the app sucks
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Powershift posted:If it's just for youtube, i would just get a chromecast. Then again, how can you not already cast to a 4K OLED? I want to veg out with a keyboard and a web browser with Ublock origin, also I don’t have my TV connected to the internet because TVs are creepy.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:He’s not even doing that! HIS job is to get his companies products on STR’s employers shelves. Policing STR’s employment isn’t his job at all, especially when he’s going about his private business on personal time. gently caress that narc. Yeah true - gently caress that guy! I still have a first gen Chromecast and it works great. Once I found out about bubble pnp server I've been using the thing non-stop to stream music from my desktop with Foobar 2000 lol
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Advent Horizon posted:I did a brisket last night. Beautiful smoke ring, nice bark, and the point was perfectly moist. I'm working on finishing up my brisket still. Melts are loving amazing.  
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I'm working on finishing up my brisket still. *bad gruff voice* I don't know who you are. I don't know what you drive. If you are looking for help I can tell you I don't have tools, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you feed me a brisket melt now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will show up on the memorial day cookout.
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mariooncrack posted:Don’t get too excited, the app sucks All I care about is if it plays the loving video or not. I was about to buy ANOTHER roku product to view just that one app on my LG OLED. RIP Paul Walker posted:If I’m looking for the cheapest computer I can hook to my 4K OLED and watch 4K 60FPS YouTube videos, does anyone have any recommendations? I assume I’ll need to spend a few hundred dollars, but I’d love to be incorrect. Keep in mind that there is some DRM associated with 4k and the pc or card has to be LICENSED to play 4k from streaming services. I have a fully 4k capable Intel compute stick and my TV does not recognize and process 4k streams from it with HDR or anything. And it's obvious, you switch over to the Amazon app and watch the same show and the little HDR icon pops up at the beginning, and the picture is lit completely different and far superior. I'm not sure how to figure it out, as some cards and pcs are supposed to be able to do it, I just know mine doesn't, and most generic computers won't either. It's all supposed to prevent ripping in 4k with the high end lighting, but all it does is piss off consumers. Here's a rundown: https://www.newegg.com/insider/how-to-watch-4k-video-on-a-windows-10-pc/
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mariooncrack posted:gently caress, are you quarantined? Woke up to an alert that said we were all safe as the person hasn't been here since Monday. We figured out who it was really quick, actually a nice guy. Don't know if he is vaxxed or not.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Sometimes I think just having a meal plan like eating chicken/rice/broccoli every drat day with an occasional burger or something would be the way to go, just eat the same thing and suck it up.....Food for enjoyment just isn't working anymore lol. I'm with you on the coffee, it hits me pretty hard but it also gets me through the morning. Krakkles posted:I drove a Tesla Model 3 / Dual Motor yesterday. I have zero love for Elon, I don't really trust Tesla, but I gotta admit that's a pretty nice car. That thing is stupid fast. Darchangel posted:Why the gently caress not Levar Burton? Assholes. Twitter seems pretty negative about the choices, at least on Jeopardy's official account. Powershift posted:Powershift update: had an IV for a couple days waiting for a CT scan for blood clots. Ironically caused a bunch of blood clots. took almost a month before i could straighten my arm. Need further tests for the whole breathing/blood pressure thing but covid is loving things up again so the doctor doesn't even know when it can be scheduled. Back to the doctors next week. Finally talked them into removing the lovely PICC line and putting in a central line, will be nice to have full use of my arms again instead of one limited to 10lb. Also a bunch of tests since I'm there. May try a new drug to see if we can get my intestines to start absorbing some nutrients. Still don't have poo poo for energy but it's been so long I've figured out how to manage it pretty well.
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Years ago I made up some dymo embossed labels of various meals or ingredients on magnetic tape and stuck them all to the fridge. Worked great for anyone to make a meal suggestion or remind the lazy-brained what will actually get eaten. Since we moved to a place with an integrated fridge they got moved and mostly lost, I might refresh them now we have the steel-fronted fridge back.
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Rhyno posted:I'm not really wallowing, someone on my shift tested positive and they aren't telling us who because privacy or whatever. Like gently caress that guy, tell me who it was so I know if I was near him. A good chunk of night shift is out right now. I felt like walking death the other day, though it's progressed to just feeling really tired. Got the brain swab done yesterday, should know today. Coincidentally, my employer started requiring us to wear masks again starting yesterday. 64bit_Dophins posted:Once I found out about bubble pnp server I've been using the thing non-stop to stream music from my desktop with Foobar 2000 lol You can pry Winamp out of my cold, dead hands.  MrYenko posted:Have they figured out that they can close travel lanes on non-toll roads, and then dynamically toll them as “express lanes” yet? During a loving TORNADO OUTBREAK (Dec 26th 2015), they raised the toll prices on I-635 to over $10 per section. At the time it was normally something like 50 cents to start. The toll section is mostly underground and much safer from a tornado... Yeah, I'd say they figured it out.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:I want to veg out with a keyboard and a web browser with Ublock origin, also I don’t have my TV connected to the internet because TVs are creepy. You probably want any small form factor PC. I’ve seen woot sell them for ~$300. Not sure how good they are at 4K. Could also get a NUC or Mac mini. Make sure whatever you buy has HDMI out.
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