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I'm in the Calgary area but rural and I just installed solar and went operational this past September with my first phase of 5.4K panels. I have another 9K ground mount under construction for a total of 14.4K operational next spring. I have room on my inverter for another 5K future expansion if needed. I went solar because the power grid is becoming less stable with the growing demand because of population growth the electrification of vehicles and the political vilification of fossil fuel energy. This past year Alberta has had two emergency power alerts and some area's had brown-outs. There's no question in my mind power rates will be increasing in the future especially during peak usage times. Just look at California as an example to see of what I believe is eventually coming to Alberta. In rural area's power outages are more frequent and without power we have no water because electrical water well pumps. I went with a grid tied battery backup system where my system uses solar first- grid power 2nd and during any power grid failures, solar first- battery power 2nd or a combination of both or just battery if there is no solar to feed my loads usage. Both the solar panels and the grid re-charges the batteries when available. I have it set up where the batteries run the house loads overnight and then recharge the next day during sunny periods to be ready again for the next night. It gives me about 2 days of house usage on the batteries alone during a grid outage which I will eventually expand to 4-5 days in the future. My system does not allow solar energy to feed back to the grid so I am not selling back to the power company. This made things much simpler with the power company's red tape as all I had to do is prove my system cannot energize back to the grid during a power outage and they were happy. I researched, designed and sourced the solar equipment for the system myself. The people I purchased the equipment from included the design drawings for the electrical permit and I hired a local Electrician with solar experience which was very difficult to find but I lucked out and found a good one. I did not participate with any of the government programs because they had limited grants which were already taken at the time. Besides I do not want more regulatory eyes in my life and they had lots of hoops to jump through for only a $5000 grant so I happily paid for everything out of my own pocket. Although I do not expect a financial return on my investment, I kinda expect one day it may give me one. Right now if it is only peace of mind or not having to worry about rolling outages and this system helps isolates me from any future huge power charge increases, that's mission accomplished for me. I know where I stand. Since installing solar I now have options I didn't have previously. The grid is now my backup instead of being 100% relied on. That's piece of mind for me.

Just wait till that 27psi hits it

Good video. Short and to the point.

are the drls only on when the low beams are on or do they ever come on by themselves

How have they been holding up, any cons as of now?

Same issue going on with my LLY..thanks for the video!

Don't listen to this guy. He pushed my wife into a toybox when she was four years old. She still the has the scar.

The main reason I went with solar in 2015 was because banks were not paying much on my investments. And the little I was earning was taxable. I was employed back in 2015. I pulled 27K out of my funds for my solar. I'm now retired and enjoying my passive income from my solar. Not having a power and gas bill allows me to pull less from my RIFF accounts. This keeps me in the lower net income bracket. I get the Carbon and GST rebaits now. I have 36 Enphase inverters. I had one fail during a FW update. Two others stopped performing. Corroded MC4 connectors. I already had spare connectors and my own crimpers. My inverters have a 25 year warranty. I'm 64 and had no issues climbing on the roof. Took me 15 min's to replace the connectors.

This video was made in Sept? Get back to me in Nov, Dec and Jan on how badly that 80 foot pine tree across the street shades your panels. I know a guy that knows a guy that could take care of that. lol.

I'm a retired CATV tech. I am South of Calgary. I did my DIY in 2015 Fortis didn't care much back than. I generate way more than I ever used. I got everything I needed at contractor price from Eecol in Calgary. Sept. 9th this year 2024 I hit a milestone of 100 MWh generation.

I drain my block…run the antifreeze through the engine and then drain the block again

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Also, I used to live right around the corner from you! Howdy ol' neighbour! 🤠

Nice truck. Good video.. i was wondering if you could do a follow up video in a couple of months or yr. Im wondering if the clear housing will get yellow over time. I have noticed this happens to headlights with aftermarket led light bulbs. Have u noticed any discoloration on yours? Thanks

I can't stand the resistive circuits for buttons. Tiny changes in circuit resistance cause the buttons to stop working or start doing the wrong things. My wife's hood latch had a switch like that to detect hood open and when it failed and the car thought the hood was open, the remote start wouldn't work, that was a tricky sumbich to diagnose. Dum dum dum.

Keep us posted on how the Noxudol is working for you!

Dad had fire. Roof collapsed we could have added height to top of walls. But chose not too.

Nice job 👍

I've used several rust preventatives in the years I've been a mechanic. Some are just a waste of money, NH Black is the worst in my opinion. I made up my own using summer grade bar n chain oil, paraffin wax, and a toilet wax ring, heated to 35c. It worked good for a couple of years then needed to reapply . Noxuldol seems to work but hard to work with. So far Surface shield does it all, sprays easy, it creeps and last for at least three years in high impact areas like wheel wells. It's cheaper than Noxudol. Thanks for the video. Next hoax pandemic, tell Trudeau and his totalitarian government to go F^&k themselves. We're not closing down the country again. Stand up for your freedoms.

Lots of friends with Pure now! I am 310lbs and run a Phase 5 Doctor. Like that board you have. What brand is your skim board?

Jurassic Jack is the MAN!!! Reminds me of my boy.

Thanks for this. I just spoke with them and ordered one. I told them they need to give you a commission. Lol.

What a Guy! Thanks for the tip!

Very well explained!

My weather maker 8000 is 28 plus yo. Air conditioner trane from 1988. My blower motor was disgusting. Cleaned but squeaks more now.

I need a video showing exactly how to change the top DRL to Amber instead of white.

THANKS for the vid. I'm almost to the point of painting my 97 chev resto... I missed what you used for primer? I've shot endura on my scrap trailer with good results and used endura caliper zinc primer..

I was lame enough to stoke the far side of my 40x 40 garrages wood heater.then close it down.raise the shop door just above my fan. Which no longer runs. It was a large belt driven fan.30 inch i guess. Id block the roll up door on either side of the fan.

Thanks for the review you really sold me on this set!

Awesome Edmonton sucks

Truck looks awesome!

Hey what was the noise did you ever found out ?

Excellent presentation ! Thanks for sharing.

Proud of yea.

the old Datsun service manuals show this method

Only thing i would have changed would be removing the sill plate and adding cripples every other stud sistering them together all the way to the new bottom...or better yet osb plywood the inside wall with glue and screws.

im using the same primer on my celica 1977. what i would do when blocking, after hitting raw metal stop. Finish up the panel, and filler or prime again to reblock. spot primer-ing it then blocking to blend would even work if time/money does not allow for more primer. I would only wetsand when body filler or metal is all covered and not exposed. your DA sanding method to even out the scratches makes good sense but only if the surface is 100% to your liking ready to up the next grit or lay primer/sealers

I've been racking my brain about redesigning my roof trusses to gain headroom and now I come across this guy! Holy crap what an idea! My shop is 24x36 though 😅

You think you might be interested in renting that booth out?

What fans do you use to blow the fumes out? Do you recommend if I should get 1 or 2 fans as one for blow air in and one for blow fumes out?

John, glorious afternoon greetings. Thank you for your video and it brought me info I need as that is what is important. I've never used one of these and at the rental shop today I showed them a picture and unfortunately the worker didn't have the info, but said his partner would. I had a slab poured with a hump of about 3/4 of an inch needing removal, but it goes for I reckon at least 20 feet and about 6 foot wide - yes, never use that guy again and don't recommend them. Certainly! I would anticipate if that took you 1 1/2 hours my project will be a very full day and I'll have a sore back at the end of it? Really not much else one can do except jack hammer and don't want to possibly hurt the integrity of the slab. Thank you and God bless! Hoping you're liking that floor you put in. I've installed a few of them for clients and they are amazingly durable to a degree.

Knowledge is power. And simplicity. Dont over think.

I had occasionally watched the Lakeside guy. He’s about as far as you can get from restoration type work though. And he uses that one K glazing potty like you and the one K primer. To each their own. My one comment that might help you out is that those long blocks are meant to be mostly used in a straight line but not a complete straight line because they dig scratches but you want to go side to side or the X pattern as little as possible, otherwise you’ve turned an 18 inch block into a 3 inch block that’s just really wide. Your work will get better when you do.

Thanks for the vid, will be tackling this job this weekend as well. For future videos, something that would help people tremendously, are part numbers! Listing the PNs in the description could improve your videos! But all in all great vid!

Here we have pressure treatment , which contacts concrete. When I read 21 I expected 24. Three courses of cement blocks. Was surprised at more wood. But your right, it not my property, and maybe it in desert south west

Hi does your boy have adhd or asd both my kids do Loved the video funny to see that you allowed your son to touch your face without missing a beat (funny because I have people comment on how i do it also ) It just becomes normal ,people just don't understand

Gets the job done. I've watched other videos where they raise the roof which in the end is a lot less work. You don't need to change the door locations and the windows. Why did you choose this technique just wondering?

nice!

That kids a bratt

Have you ever tried to freeze it? I'm sure I've seen it somewhere and it just all chips off 🤷

Silver Birch Metallic.... got 3 LBZ's out in the shop with the same paint, by fluke. I'm the original owner of one of the three, bought one with a bent frame for the 85K engine and trans, and the other sight unseen based on the recommendation of a good friend. All GMC too