++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[Red Squirrel]

I'd like to get more into car stuff myself, but not a fan of working outside. It's one of the reasons I want to buy an off grid property, I want to build a big garage to work on projects.

 

[sdifox]

I'd like to get more into car stuff myself, but not a fan of working outside. It's one of the reasons I want to buy an off grid property, I want to build a big garage to work on projects.

you can't rent garage there?

 

[Red Squirrel]

you can't rent garage there?

I want my own space where I'm not paying per month and I can just leave a project for days or weeks or months without worrying. Renting is not really practical unless you absolutely know what you're doing and know you can do it in a couple hours and leave. There used to be a place you could rent a garage but don't think they're around anymore. If you're really stuck you can probably use the car wash, technically.

But either way I want my own garage so I can setup my own tools etc and it's my own space.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I would probably buy an old car and fix it up for practice before I do anything on my main one. Eventually I would like to EV convert my truck and redo the entire body. But that is kind of an ambitious goal I would only attempt if the truck breaks down to the point where I need to get a new vehicle.

Easiest is to probably put the battery pack in the bed of the truck, and just have thick plate steel cover over. I would lose about an 18650 height worth of bed space.

At the rate manufacturers are releasing EVs I will probably end up doing it before an official one becomes available on the used market for a reasonable price.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I should probably build a drone or RC car before I build an EV though. Start small. They are essentially the same general idea from an electrical point of view.
My next major project is my shop, which is too small to work on a car but I can work on smaller projects.

 

[sdifox]

I would probably buy an old car and fix it up for practice before I do anything on my main one. Eventually I would like to EV convert my truck and redo the entire body. But that is kind of an ambitious goal I would only attempt if the truck breaks down to the point where I need to get a new vehicle.

Easiest is to probably put the battery pack in the bed of the truck, and just have thick plate steel cover over. I would lose about an 18650 height worth of bed space.

At the rate manufacturers are releasing EVs I will probably end up doing it before an official one becomes available on the used market for a reasonable price.

yeap, nothing like going over a bump and have some heavy stuff rupture your Li-Ion batteries.

 

[bigboxes]

I'd like to get more into car stuff myself, but not a fan of working outside. It's one of the reasons I want to buy an off grid property, I want to build a big garage to work on projects.

I can pretty much do an oil change year round here outside. I don't think that would work too well where you live.

 

[sdifox]

I can pretty much do an oil change your round here outside. I don't think that would work too well where you live.

synthetic 0W40 flows fine in sub zero temp. you may want to run the engine a couple of min to facilitate flow of old oil.

 

[bigboxes]

synthetic 0W40 flows fine in sub zero temp. you may want to run the engine a couple of min to facilitate flow of old oil.

While it's technically possible, I'm referring to how f****** cold it is in the winter. Personally, I wait for good weather to do my work which is most of the time here. I'm just happy it's not so hot has it has been the last couple months. Nothing like a hundred degrees plus with the sun beating down on you.

 

[sdifox]

While it's technically possible, I'm referring to how f****** cold it is in the winter. Personally, I wait for good weather to do my work which is most of the time here. I'm just happy it's not so hot has it has been the last couple months. Nothing like a hundred degrees plus with the sun beating down on you.

wrenching in winter outdoors is a big nono

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah not a fan of working in extremes, whether it's too cold or too hot. That's why a climate controlled shop is a must. Can keep it above zero in winter and keep it below 25C in summer and it's comfortable enough to work in.

While I don't have room for car stuff in my current garage, once I do insulate it I do have lot of smaller projects I want to get into. I wanted to start on insulating that this year but getting my trees cut kind of ate into that budget. Drained my savings account.

 

[Red Squirrel]

At least now that the floor is done I can start later in winter if I decide to. Now that I have a truck I don't need to order lumber all at once, I can just go get it myself, so I can do a bit at a time like start with rafters and what not.

 

[shortylickens]

just walked out to get the mail and it was so damn nice.
71 degrees and the weakest of wind.

 

[sdifox]

lulz

 

[sdifox]

and no, taxes, utilites, mortgage are not on this CC. Not even my internet and phones.

 

[shortylickens]

I sincerely hope you are investing for the future.

 

[sdifox]

I sincerely hope you are investing for the future.

yeah, RRSP, RESP for the kids. Dual decent income household here.

 

[sdifox]

Yeah not a fan of working in extremes, whether it's too cold or too hot. That's why a climate controlled shop is a must. Can keep it above zero in winter and keep it below 25C in summer and it's comfortable enough to work in.

While I don't have room for car stuff in my current garage, once I do insulate it I do have lot of smaller projects I want to get into. I wanted to start on insulating that this year but getting my trees cut kind of ate into that budget. Drained my savings account.

you are going to live off grid and have an ACed garage? ahahahaha

 

[Red Squirrel]

you are going to live off grid and have an ACed garage? ahahahaha

Solar/wind. I would have a ridiculous amount of extra power in summer since the system needs to be sized big enough for rest of the year when it's overcast pretty much all the time.

Biggest challenge is the inverter... hard to find inverters that can run big inductive loads. I'm sure they do make DC A/C units but that would be niche and very specialized, so harder to get. There's other ways to cool air off grid though, su ch as using water ponds and evaporative cooling. These are all things I'd have to experiment with.

 

[sdifox]

Solar/wind. I would have a ridiculous amount of extra power in summer since the system needs to be sized big enough for rest of the year when it's overcast pretty much all the time.

Biggest challenge is the inverter... hard to find inverters that can run big inductive loads. I'm sure they do make DC A/C units but that would be niche and very specialized, so harder to get. There's other ways to cool air off grid though, su ch as using water ponds and evaporative cooling. These are all things I'd have to experiment with.

you are going to put up your own windmill? baller.

 

[sdifox]

nyaa

 

[Red Squirrel]

you are going to put up your own windmill? baller.

I would have room for it, why not. Don't really need to worry about any kind of bylaws either in unorganized townships.

 

[sdifox]

I would have room for it, why not. Don't really need to worry about any kind of bylaws either in unorganized townships.

more talking about the cost of windmills...this says 1.3M per MW

Wind Turbine Cost: Worth The Million-Dollar Price In 2022?

Multimillion dollar price tag? Huge wind turbine cost a good investment? Do they really pay for themselves in 2022? How much power do they produce? Answers here

weatherguardwind.com

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'd probably get a generator before I get all the proper infrastructure setup though. That's cheating a bit, but I would want a backup anyway.

 

[Red Squirrel]

more tlaking about the cost of windmills...

lol it would not be a huge commercial one. Something I would build myself.