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The solar seems to do a great job keeping the robot charged. But if the batteries run down the solar can take a while to recharge it. I like to charge it with AC and then put it in the pool. It will run all day that way. Then I take it out after sunset and put it back in the pool in the morning. It seems to work best that way. I will have to make some update videos.

These types of pool vacs have a fine mesh in the pool vacs basket. If you have a lot of fine silt in the bottom of your pool like I do it will clog up the pool vac pretty quick. Once the pool vacs basket is clogged up you will have to clean it or it won't work right. But if you keep cleaning the basket it will eventually clean your pool. The old fashioned pool vacs that you connect to your pool pump skimmer with a hose seem to work pretty good. If you return your pool robot you might want to try a Suction Pool Cleaner. I used to have a really nice Hayward Poolvergnuegen but it got worn out and I wanted to try something without a pool hose.

That's great! I just got a new filter pack. I will have to make a video about changing all the filters too.

If you have tried loosening the nut as much as you can and it's still stuck it could be the plastic arm. They also make a metal one with a much thinner arm. I was going to try that one. The amazon link is in the video description.

@@ThatHobby Okay. Thank you for responding!

That sounds like a good idea. I haven't seen any accessories like that but I have heard of people using fire bricks or rocks to raise the height of the coals.

Yeah we have had it for a few years now. It is a good portable AC. If you have to go with a portable AC the Black+Decker is great. But if you can go with a window AC unit it will be cheaper and work a little better. The best would be a mini split but they can be a little price. So it really just depends on your situation.

I am not sure why that is happening. I had a recirculation system valve next to my water softener system and I would only get a few minutes of hot water in the shower upstairs. I turned it off and now I get all the hot water I want upstairs. It had failed and shutting it off bypassed it. Check and see if you have a recirculation system valve in-between your hot water heater and you water filter. I am not sure if that is the issue but turning it off worked for my upstairs shower.

There could be some packing material or debris in there? We set ours up to vacuum everyday and it took about 3 months before the that filter got clogged up and set off the error code.

I was just thinking that I should take it apart to clean it. I thinking the top needs to come off to clean the vents. I will try to make a video about it.

It seems like there is a water sensor and the propellers will keep spinning until it dries off.

It's doing great! The key is to seal it up pretty good. There are no outlets on this side of my house. So it's nice to have a place to plug some stuff in too.

I can be a lot of work to keep my pool clean. So it's pretty nice to have this pool vac to help clean up my pool.

Mine didn’t come with that screw 😩

@@kimberrtimberr I think the screw was in the bottom of the box under the cardboard packing material? You have the turn the cardboard packing material upside down to find it.

I looked on Amazon and I didn't see one. It's kind of a unique rectangular bracket. The manual says to message them on Amazon or contact customer support for parts. Here is a link service@joy-pebble.com

We live in Phoenix. So it gets pretty hot here too. We have two AC units on our house one for each floor. But a few of the rooms seem to never cool down. So we put these portable AC units in them so that we don't have to crank up the AC in the rest of the house.

@@ThatHobby I’m trying to cool down the garage. I not sure if a portable can handle it lol so every year I just move my work into the house lol I shopping mini splits but I think they gonna be way to high to have an ac guy install it and I not want to install it myself. I’m considering the biggest portable I can find or maybe back into the house for summer.

Yeah I was thinking of getting a mini split for the garage too. For now I just use the portable AC units in the garage. I have a 10,000 BTU in the garage. It doesn't cool down the garage that well but it blows 64 degrease on me while I am working. Without the portable AC unit I wouldn't be able to work in the garage at all in the summer. I made a bunch of videos about portable AC units. Here is the playlist if you want to check them out. ruclips.net/p/PLPchKpHClTxuAlvsNQrmZIQmvv-c2CJK8

So for my clog I just pushed in the sewer hose until I could feel the head of the sewer jetter bumping up against it. I kept spraying it until the clog broke up. I had to have a tub under the cleanout drain to collect the water that was backing up though. But that way I knew the drain was clear because the water started running down the drain pipe. My pressure washer isn't that powerful so it took a few tries to break up the clog. If you have a more powerful pressure washer you may break through the clog a little quicker.

@@ThatHobby thx . i use this method yesterday and got at least a gallon of black inch colored water. the biggest iasaue is the pipe is veertical so the discharge went all over the floor.. i did this 2 more times, i was abiut to give up when dumped approx 1 litre of lye NaOH commercia; solution. i let this sit over nite. after wards i dump 1 gal if very hot water and guess what very little back upo :) i hyrdojetted afterwards and no more clogg thx for your vid

That's great!

When the compressor is on it is pretty loud no mater what fan speed you have it on. You are hearing the compressor not the fan. Try cranking it up for an hour before you go to bed. Then turn the thermostat to a higher temp. That should make it a little quieter while you are trying to fall asleep.

I was thinking of getting a robot vacuum that mops too. That's too bad it wont redock though. Shark has pretty good customer service. Try calling or emailing them to see if they can help you get your vac back on track.

@@ThatHobby there's cooler robo vacmops than what I got now. Ones that auto refill and clean the pads and lift them over carpets. But this is pretty good for the price. It just requires so much attention it's not very automatic. I have to manually dock it almost every time and selectively choose where it mops. I haven't researched them in like two years but I think roborock had a good one. Still. This one still functions well enough that I keep getting "value" out of it for effectively no price other than constant observation and maintenance. If it finishes the job it redocks, but if I tell it just to clean everything it runs out of gas in the middle. It used to redock charge and resume. I almost believe it's programmed to just not work well after warranty period

Your welcome

Thanks! I used to try and put the hose in a tub with soap and water in it to clean the hose up. That was a real pain. The hose seems to get just as clean this way and it's a lot easier.

Thanks! I used to have a gas grill too. But I only use the Weber now.

You're welcome!

The controls are on the top. The lights on the front aren't buttons. They are just indicator lights. A stove or at least a cup warmer on the top would be awesome. It does dispense hot water pretty good though. So that's pretty nice.

I do like how it climbs walls though. That part is pretty cool. But you have to keep emptying the basket if you have a lot of crud in the bottom of your pool like I do. When the basket gets clogged up it just bounces around and doesn't really do anything.

There are a couple of vent plates in the garage. So I connected to the bottom one. I left the top one open. I haven't sealed up the garage yet. I am just using the AC to blow some cold air on my while I am working in the garage. So this is just a temporary set up. That's what's nice about these portable AC units.

@@ThatHobby Thanks, but what did you attach the AC unit exhaust to? Is that the window vent that comes with the AC?

@@user-dm2vx6lb4h I misunderstood the question. Yes I cut the included AC window vent and taped it to the wall vent with aluminum heat tape. The vent cover will get pretty hot and regular tape will just fall off. I also made a vent cover out of a large coffee can for the AC unit in my other garage. So there are a few different ways to connect the vent hose.

@@ThatHobby Thanks! That helps a lot!

I just went by the instruction manual. For cleaning and rinsing the tank Avalon recommends pouring 0.6 gallons of water into the cold tank and then draining it. I haven't tried the other method but I think you will need to close the lid and turn the power back on to use the straw to suck water up into the tank. Then you will need to turn off the power and open the lid to drain the tank. So I think the Avalon recommended instructions are designed to be more efficient. You don't have to open and close the lid as much with their instructions. I also think it has to do with protecting the pump. If you go with the other method just make sure you don't run the pump dry or you could damage it. But I think the main reason that Avalon recommend this method is so that people will open the tank and inspect it. So yeah most people will just put a cleaning solution in a water jug and never open up the tank to inspect and clean it. A combination of both techniques might be the way to go. Let me know what you end up doing and how it works out.

Thanks! Yeah garbage disposal are kind of controversial. There were a lot of bits and chunks of stuff stuck in the pipes.

We have a lot of lizards in our back yard. Sometimes they get inside and our cat will chase them all around the house.

If you can get a Mini Split AC that would work best for a room without windows. But you will need to drill some holes in the wall and connect it the outside or to the roof. If you can cut a hole in your wall you can use almost any AC unit even a window unit. The Black+Decker portable AC will work in dehumidify mode without venting it though. But you will need to connect the drain hose when you run it in dehumidify mode so you will have to have a way to drain all the water that it collects in the unit. I am not sure how hot it is in your room but dehumidifying it may be enough to make it more comfortable.

@@ThatHobby , wow, thanks for the not just speedy, but detailed reply....thank u very much...awesome, ive screen-shotted this so ill have the information at easy access, thanks younagain🙏🙏🙏

There is typically a cartage in each faucet handle. So in your case the cartage for the hot water faucet has probably gone bad and needs to be replaced. If you have hot water in other faucets then it is probably just a bad cartage on your hot water faucet.

The top drain is for the dehumidifier. The bottom drain is used to drain the unit when you are not using it. They recommend keeping the hose attached to the top drain when you run it in dehumidifier mode. But they also recommend plugging the top drain plug when you run it in AC mode. The compressor will get really hot inside of the unit and it circulates the excess moisture in the unit to cool down the compressor when it is in AC mode.

Glad you liked it! I got a Motion Array music subscription. They have a lot of good music and sound effects choices.

It worked great for my mirror but I haven't tried it on anything big like a spoiler. It says it bonds plastic to metal paint. So it should work.

If you take everything out of your refrigerator and defrost the whole thing it should only take a couple of days. But if you just defrost the icemaker it could take a while depending how bad it is. I got a really nice countertop ice maker sent to me to make a video about. I have been using that when the one in my fridge needs to be defrosted. I actually like the ice from the countertop ice maker better.

I opened the drain plug to see if there was any water in there and it was empty. If you run it in AC mode it will circulate the moisture inside of the unit to cool the compressor. These things get pretty hot inside when you run the AC and should evaporate most of the moisture so it shouldn't really fill up. But if you run it in Dehumidify mode it will fill up really fast and you will need to connect the drain hose when you use the Dehumidify mode. I don't get a lot of humidity where I live. So I only run it in AC mode.

Try to warm it up a little. Put them out in the sun to warm up first. When they are warm they are a little softer and the lids will go on easier,

2x4 across the top works, Rick it back n forth, the 2x4 then use your hands to pop the lil piece in the rim

Yeah they give us fines too. I get notices if we have leaves or weeds in the yard. They send me a letter telling me that I have a few weeks to clean them up or I will get a fine.

The security door will be mounted to the door frame surrounding your existing door. It will open outwards and should be larger than your house door so that it can be attached to the door frame. To get the right size measure your door frame from side to side and top to bottom. As long as its not larger or shorter than your door frame you should be good to go.

@@ThatHobby Much appreciated!

If it is running in dehumidify mode it will build water up in the top tank and you will need run it with the drain hose attached. But in AC mode it should be pretty hot inside of the unit and it uses that moisture to cool down the unit. Try draining it and then running it for a while in AC mode and see if it evaporates the moisture inside of the unit.

Thanks, I did that and if it worked, the water it generated evaporated.

I put one camera on each side of the house. So they are about 20 ft away from the router. The wifi connection is great at that range. I am not sure how far they can go though. This video was more about the POWEROWEL batteries. But I can make a dedicated video to the Blink Cameras. I like having them connected to the Echo Show. It's pretty nice to be able to pull them up on there and see the side gates in the yard.

Oh wow! Sounds great! You got a lot of stuff with it too.

Thanks for the idea! I got some different brands of security cameras too. I am planning on posting some more security camera videos for them. One of them even has a solar panel on it.

My supervisor got a solar panel for a couple of his camera

Yeah that would be a great idea for an update video. The cool thing about making these videos is that I have a date I can look back on to check and see when I installed them and how long the batteries lasted.

Thanks!

Thanks

There are a few different ways to sharpen chisels. I thought I would try a few of them and make some videos about it.

I have had it for about 6 months now. I use it everyday and it still works great. It can be kind of loud though. But it has an off button so you can always turn it off once it has filled up with ice. Our family room is right next to the kitchen. Kitchen noises in general can be kind of distracting when I am watching TV. So yeah that's the only issue other than that it's great.

Yeah I had spiders under my old house too. One time after working under my old house I went to take a shower and I set my hat on the bathroom counter. When I got out of the shower there was a big spider on the counter. It had been on my hat the whole time.

Normal rain shouldn't be an issue. Plus the areas that we have it set up are protected from rain and wind pretty good. But if it is on a side of your house that is exposed and you get a lot of wind and rain you may need to take it out if you have a really bad rain storm that is blowing the rain sideways.

I am not 100% sure but I run it in battery mode.

So you keep the battery switch on when you are using the trickle charger?

@@jhm68 I think I misunderstood your original question. From what I understand the battery switch has to be on to start the unit. But I don't think it has to be on to charge the battery. Here is a link to the Manual. On the PDF the battery charging instructions are on page 22. It's pretty ambiguous but I don't see anything about turning on the battery switch to charge the battery. You can hit CTRL F to search more about the battery charger. www.cummins.com/sites/default/files/files/manuals/onan-p4500i-inverter-portable-generator-manual-03-2021.pdf

Thank you for your time and help. I appreciate it.