Building Project.
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Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
So, I was on Facebook and my friend Mark was talking about buying a 45,000 BTU Modine-style heater like what Dippy used. Another friend saw it and called me, saying he had one of the same type and size in really-nice shape with the mounting hardware, some of the plumbing, a pressure gauge and a thermostat. He wants $100 for it. I told Mark about it, and he was supposed to call me back after he got a price to plumb it. He never called me back.
He just posted pics of the one he bought. $1400+ installed?! I probably could have saved him $800 or more. Obviously, Mark's missing a screw or two, because he had it installed in a totally-uninsulated garage, hanging from rafters... there's no ceiling at all, much less an insulated one! What the hell?! Who does that?! That thing is going to run constantly, and it's hooked into his home natural-gas line.
I'm glad it's not my gas bill. :doh:
He just posted pics of the one he bought. $1400+ installed?! I probably could have saved him $800 or more. Obviously, Mark's missing a screw or two, because he had it installed in a totally-uninsulated garage, hanging from rafters... there's no ceiling at all, much less an insulated one! What the hell?! Who does that?! That thing is going to run constantly, and it's hooked into his home natural-gas line.
I'm glad it's not my gas bill. :doh:
71ChargerRT
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Damn...
I need to throw everything out of my garage, continue my shelf and build a bench. One where I can mount a nice big vice.
I need to throw everything out of my garage, continue my shelf and build a bench. One where I can mount a nice big vice.
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Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
Oh wow. That's hilarious!
Mine is rated at 75,000btu@86% efficiency and works like a charm! Added about $25 to my monthly gas bill. :dance:
I also have an insulated ceiling with 2.5 feet of fiberglass blown in insulation in the attic.
71ChargerRT
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Glad it's not mine too! I was kinda bummed about not having my door insulated yet.
68R/T
I got drunk and swallowed my teeth, now
He should be real proud of how well the exhaust is sealed to the outside wall. :bwuhaha:
68R/T
I got drunk and swallowed my teeth, now
No need to throw everything out, just pick it up and organize a little.:doh:
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
A little slower night tonight, just want to relax a bit. 
Got my bottom tool box moved in and my shelving units sided, bolted together and screwed to the wall.
I think tomorrow will be clean up and start moving in day. :dance:
Got my bottom tool box moved in and my shelving units sided, bolted together and screwed to the wall.
I think tomorrow will be clean up and start moving in day. :dance:
71ChargerRT
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Excellent! Looks great!
71ChargerRT
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That is a small fridge...
Seriously.
Do you have to restock it every hour?
Do you have to restock it every hour?
71ChargerRT
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That's what I need for my garage, serious tunes! Guess I'm gonna start yardsaling come spring!
69.5CUDA
Blah Blah Blah
funny thing about tunes.....a 450watt powersupply a car radio with cd line in and a pc to feed said line in and some 6s can put out some good tuneage...add to that a sub box with another pc PS and a 300watt amp and my 20x20 is covered!!!....6x9s in each corner and a sub box in the rafters dead center
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
My setup is currently in my house, since I blew up so many amplifiers that I'm now down to one.
AudioSource AMP100 amplifier, 2x50W @ 8Ω, dynamically my speakers are about 5Ω so it's probably around 60W each. An Onkyo, two TEACs, two Sonys, a JVC and a Pioneer all went to their graves in my living room from being overworked. The AudioSource is four years old and has been driven many hours straight0 cranked to 11. It can't be killed. Optimus (Radio Shack) passive equalizer to boost the horsepower of certain frequencies. Source material is just my old IBM ThinkPad running WinAmp. Speakers are recycled '70s cabinets I reinforced, ported, and installed all new components including off-the-shelf crossovers, Dayton 12" woofers, Dayton 2" soft-dome midranges, and Dayton aluminum-dome 1" tweeters. All the components were chosen spefically to match, though they also had to fit existing holes. Ports are 4", tuned to 75Hz, and the boxes are half-filled with Acousta-Stuf with a clear path from the woofers to the ports. They bang; the 75Hz tuning was chosen to get the most out of kick drums for that punch in the chest.
Total overkill, and it's a lot louder than you'd think for a low-wattage amp.
Beverages are cooled in the same refrigerator I've had since August of '89... the infamous Race Fridge.
Heat is a 300K BTU house furnace running on a mixture of drain oil and diesel fuel. The only thing I don't like about it is its footprint. It takes up about a 3½' x 5' corner in the garage, due to the required air space around it.
AudioSource AMP100 amplifier, 2x50W @ 8Ω, dynamically my speakers are about 5Ω so it's probably around 60W each. An Onkyo, two TEACs, two Sonys, a JVC and a Pioneer all went to their graves in my living room from being overworked. The AudioSource is four years old and has been driven many hours straight0 cranked to 11. It can't be killed. Optimus (Radio Shack) passive equalizer to boost the horsepower of certain frequencies. Source material is just my old IBM ThinkPad running WinAmp. Speakers are recycled '70s cabinets I reinforced, ported, and installed all new components including off-the-shelf crossovers, Dayton 12" woofers, Dayton 2" soft-dome midranges, and Dayton aluminum-dome 1" tweeters. All the components were chosen spefically to match, though they also had to fit existing holes. Ports are 4", tuned to 75Hz, and the boxes are half-filled with Acousta-Stuf with a clear path from the woofers to the ports. They bang; the 75Hz tuning was chosen to get the most out of kick drums for that punch in the chest.
Total overkill, and it's a lot louder than you'd think for a low-wattage amp.
Beverages are cooled in the same refrigerator I've had since August of '89... the infamous Race Fridge.
Heat is a 300K BTU house furnace running on a mixture of drain oil and diesel fuel. The only thing I don't like about it is its footprint. It takes up about a 3½' x 5' corner in the garage, due to the required air space around it.
69.5CUDA
Blah Blah Blah
i wont list off the stuff in the house lol except 1 pair of very very very very old speakers with soo much kick they bear mentioning..they are a pair of 16s..no..NOT 15's....they are electromag units in 2 HUGE cabinets that look like they were made in the 50s..my current sony head unit with all the bells and wistles cant even over run them
as for your thinkpad doc..fishy has one and so do i....boss man gave em to us..it was my only portable unit since BEFORE i came back for fishy...and has spent many an hour tuning the alfa's aftermarket brain...great lil machines that dont chew up a ton of power
as for your thinkpad doc..fishy has one and so do i....boss man gave em to us..it was my only portable unit since BEFORE i came back for fishy...and has spent many an hour tuning the alfa's aftermarket brain...great lil machines that dont chew up a ton of power