Home Improvement

Erronius Kajiimagi

Great news. My electrician is super cool. Happy to take over. No we won’t pull permits as it will just open too many other doors that were already opened (unpermitted septic repair, unpermitted feeder 240v to barn, unpermitted chicken coop, etc).

So to solve the issue with limited space around my main, he’s going to put this box in the ground, I forget what it’s called… From there he’ll just pipe wires through the existing two 2” conduits going into main. So this “box” will act as a hub. I guess these things are usually used to get around NEC code for total degrees in curvature of a conduit run (had no idea about this).

Wayyyy better plan than what cousin Eddy and I were thinking - piping a bunch of individual conduits directly to main.

Im also going to get an automated gate installed which will need a 200-300 ft electric run so this box or as I’ll refer to it “hub” will be super useful for expanding electrical.

thanks for all the advice from both of you. I didn’t think my electrician would do work without permits but I probably should have just asked him instead of assuming.

Probably some sort of quazite box, would be my guess

Foler said:

I didn’t think my electrician would do work without permits but I probably should have just asked him instead of assuming.

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Man, fuck permitting. I honestly think people only do it when they have no other choice.

Erronius said:

Probably some sort of quazite box, would be my guess


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Man, fuck permitting. I honestly think people only do it when they have no other choice.

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Yes I’m starting to realize this..

Sooo I’m shopping around for a shed builder. Looking to have a 14x24 shed built. Probably leaning towards gambrel shed maybe for loft storage. This will store all property maintenance tools such as weed eaters, chainsaws, brush cutters, shovels, axes, etc etc.

I’m wondering the juice is worth the squeeze to have it insulated? The idea being to help control heat and temp. I’d probably have to have a dehumidifier and just pipe it to outside.

Is that overkill? I have nice tools and I’m a “buy for life” type person.

edit - maybe just skipping the insulation and piping a dehumidifier in it would do. I’d probably add a fan in there for when I’m working in there

Foler said:

Sooo I’m shopping around for a shed builder. Looking to have a 14x24 shed built. Probably leaning towards gambrel shed maybe for loft storage. This will store all property maintenance tools such as weed eaters, chainsaws, brush cutters, shovels, axes, etc etc.

I’m wondering the juice is worth the squeeze to have it insulated? The idea being to help control heat and temp. I’d probably have to have a dehumidifier and just pipe it to outside.

Is that overkill? I have nice tools and I’m a “buy for life” type person.

edit - maybe just skipping the insulation and piping a dehumidifier in it would do. I’d probably add a fan in there for when I’m working in there

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I’m just thinking out loud and could be full of shit, but I’d think insulation would be a waste of money if you’re not planning on climate control. Similarly, a dehumidifier probably wouldn’t be very effective unless you made the space relatively air tight.

Dandai said:

I’m just thinking out loud and could be full of shit, but I’d think insulation would be a waste of money if you’re not planning on climate control. Similarly, a dehumidifier probably wouldn’t be very effective unless you made the space relatively air tight.

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Yeah.. I really don’t want to go to the trouble of AC + insulation if the payoff is minimal. I don’t live in coastal Florida. To be frank I’m not sure I’ve seen any of my tools acquire significant rust in my current barn that is just concrete block..

Leaning towards an overpriced custom tuff shed build and by default they have heat shielding around walls to help keep heat down.

Anyone have experience with tuff shed? Only downsides I’ve seen is overpriced and if you go with their steel floor joists shed companies won’t move them because apparently they just fold in versus wood skids.

<laughs in Electrician>

Lanx said:

garage door wouldn't close, yes outlet has power, nothing blocking the sensors

pulled it and sent it back down manually, and connected the latch, opens fine

will not close, so if the sensors are fine, theres an adjustment on the opener to use more downward force, and thats what worked for me (in case someone finds this useful)

yesterday was also the first really cold day of the year, so idk why.

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We used to have an issue with certain times of day where the sun would shine at just the right angle to disrupt the beam or whatever between sensors and/or overheat something. The sensors were also old as hell, replaced them and no more door stuck open.