What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

Don't b eat yourself up too bad over not seeing your cousin. sometimes life gets in the way and that stuff happens. We ALWAYS can guilt trip the hellout of ourselves on this that and the next thing. Your memories of her are fond right now. You two may have had a fight when you visited last and then your last memories would have been tainted, so this could be a mixed blessing... we just NEVER KNOW. Go plant something in her honor to help make up for it.

THe power panel. Umm, yah, that can easily be done yourself, turn off at the meter BUT, how bad did it overheat? The breaker needs replacing absolutely but did it cook down the insulation any? What about the mounting studs on the box, do you need a new service box now? Make sure the 'electrician' doesn't see 'dumb bimbo' and want to take you for a $3400 dollar ride, especially if the power is out and they know the fire dept been out there, they got you over a barrel and desperate.

WITH THIS... are you paying a mortgage? If the answer is yes, get a report from the fire department and if you DO end up paying a sh$$ ton of money, write it off on your homeowners insurance. File a claim. No something like this wont make your rates scream up as long as these 'events' dont happen all the time with you.

aaron

The guts of the panel need to be replaced. Trying to find someone who can do quickly and be reasonably priced. Right now they are estimating $1500.

 

[TJAnonymous]

@TJAnonymous Any updates on the ribs?

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A crazy number of tomatoes waiting in the garden to be harvested tomorrow evening.
Found two more Hornworms and fed them to the one hen who likes them.

6 pounds of chicken breasts in the pressure cooker to be canned later today.
Am getting ready to start processing a batch of tomatoes to let them simmer for the day.

I heard a recipe for pear raspberry jelly late last night. I'll have to give that a re-listen while I work in the kitchen.

Air is smoky, fire risk is high today, laundry is well underway.

Sounds like Queen Elizabeth is failing.

Not yet... Still waiting for the doctor's office to call.

 

[chickengr]

Oh ya, the fish poop is awesome for plants. Hence, the tilapia thing, between the grow out getting it's share and the once a month or whatever cleaning of the substrate and then either just dumping it onto a plant or into a compost somewhere, yep, lots of nutrients.

Aaron

I would like to grow fish. there is a stream/wadi near my 1/2 acre plot. I might get advantage of that. I know nothing about growing fish.

 

[Sally PB]

Hug your loved ones every chance you get.

Here are hugs for you.

 

[Ascholten]

The guts of the panel need to be replaced. Trying to find someone who can do quickly and be reasonably priced. Right now they are estimating $1500.

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Yah that panels is done, Id suspect those two breakers you are looking at too. The heat did not just stay there it will have travelled down the bus a bit too. TBH depending on the age just get an entire new panel AND new breakers, They are only like 15 bucks each and it's not worth the hassle if they don't fit the new panel just right etc etc. Your main cable coming in from the weatherhead, How is that? did you crispy that. Do NOT let them convince you that they can 'resleeve' that little bit of insulation there if it did burn back, that is BS, if it got that hot to burn the insulation you crystalized the copper / cook the aluminum too and it needs to be replaced. Whether they have slack in the bend and a bit of 'pull' or run that termination from meter to box they'll have to see.

This is entirely up to you but if it were MY house, at that point, THAT is an insurance claim and they are replacing it ALL, NOT ^%ing around. Now a disclaimer, I worked as an 'electrician' to give you the easy title to understand, in the Navy for 21 years, and also worked as an Instrumentation and Controls / Operator / Maintainer in a power plant for another 18 years, so I may be a bit 'sensitive' to electrical damage as I have seen many things get BTFU, often times from 'Quick Fixes' so may be a bit hyper sensitive to electrical damage

1500 dollars is actually pretty cheap TBH. They have to pull all those wires out, pull the old panel out, and shove them all back in and land them in the new panel. That is also something that they are probably going to have to pull a permit on too. Also depending on how your house is set up, they MIGHT also have to pull your meter can from the power company. This will involve letting them KNOW that happened. SAVE your receipt and call them once it is done with so they can come and inspect (basically just a formality) but more importantly, put THEIR seal back on your meter box. If they see a strange seal on it, that is tampering, and can cause you many nasty issues.
Also YES I KNOW you want your juice back on, but unless you KNOW this electrician and KNOW he's good and honest, don't be afraid to shop around.

Since it's heat damage and insulation compromised on the main bus, Id have to advise AGAINST backfeeding thru a dryer / water heater outlet for 'temporary power'

Sorry to get long winded, but with stuff like this, since you are AT this point, it's just best to do it right and get it ALL done at once up front.

Aaron

 

[Ascholten]

I would like to grow fish. there is a stream/wadi near my 1/2 acre plot. I might get advantage of that. I know nothing about growing fish.

Im pretty much in the same ballpark. I had a tank with a few oscars in it at one point in my life and did well with them but otherwise the whole tilapia thing is new to me. SO WERE CHICKENS !! and i think Im doing pretty well here on that end, so I'll do my studying and hop in and hopefully have some fishies to keep me company as well in a year or so

Aaron

 

[WthrLady]

I put the 13/14 week old pullet in the coop with the big girls. They've spent oodles of time around each other the past 4 weeks. Came in to process tomatoes and went back out 45 minutes later to let them all out and dump the tomato guts in the yard. Judy(the pullet) is hiding under the coop ramp, devoid of all butt and tail feathers, but one. I sprayed her, told her I was sorry, and put her back in her giant enclosure in the workshop.
I have GOT to figure out which *&^& hen is doing this. I have 6 full grown hens with NO tail or butt feathers. They'll freeze come winter if I don't cull the mean ass one.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Yah that panels is done, Id suspect those two breakers you are looking at too. The heat did not just stay there it will have travelled down the bus a bit too. TBH depending on the age just get an entire new panel AND new breakers, They are only like 15 bucks each and it's not worth the hassle if they don't fit the new panel just right etc etc. Your main cable coming in from the weatherhead, How is that? did you crispy that. Do NOT let them convince you that they can 'resleeve' that little bit of insulation there if it did burn back, that is BS, if it got that hot to burn the insulation you crystalized the copper / cook the aluminum too and it needs to be replaced. Whether they have slack in the bend and a bit of 'pull' or run that termination from meter to box they'll have to see.

This is entirely up to you but if it were MY house, at that point, THAT is an insurance claim and they are replacing it ALL, NOT ^%ing around. Now a disclaimer, I worked as an 'electrician' to give you the easy title to understand, in the Navy for 21 years, and also worked as an Instrumentation and Controls / Operator / Maintainer in a power plant for another 18 years, so I may be a bit 'sensitive' to electrical damage as I have seen many things get BTFU, often times from 'Quick Fixes' so may be a bit hyper sensitive to electrical damage

1500 dollars is actually pretty cheap TBH. They have to pull all those wires out, pull the old panel out, and shove them all back in and land them in the new panel. That is also something that they are probably going to have to pull a permit on too. Also depending on how your house is set up, they MIGHT also have to pull your meter can from the power company. This will involve letting them KNOW that happened. SAVE your receipt and call them once it is done with so they can come and inspect (basically just a formality) but more importantly, put THEIR seal back on your meter box. If they see a strange seal on it, that is tampering, and can cause you many nasty issues.
Also YES I KNOW you want your juice back on, but unless you KNOW this electrician and KNOW he's good and honest, don't be afraid to shop around.

Since it's heat damage and insulation compromised on the main bus, Id have to advise AGAINST backfeeding thru a dryer / water heater outlet for 'temporary power'

Sorry to get long winded, but with stuff like this, since you are AT this point, it's just best to do it right and get it ALL done at once up front.

Aaron

They are replacing the entire panel. They said it will take 8 hrs. I don't think they can reuse the old breakers because of age. My house was built in 1989. All the wiring looks good though. I think we caught it in time.

 

[WthrLady]

The Queen is gone. OMG. 96, not unexpected, but still
What a lifetime.

 

[Acre4Me]

The Queen is gone. OMG. 96, not unexpected, but still
What a lifetime.

I know!! And reasonably great health up to the end!