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OSHA considers anything over 50 volts hazardous. So does NFPA but they only enforce over 100.

You have a backhoe, wouldn't it be easier to just put in a outside entrance to the basement? You are just getting started 🤔.

480 vdc from the panels in cold temps can kill 😲. Getting old has made me need reminders.

Only $2500 for the xp12000. The rest were what I started with for backups. $9k of batteries if I bought them all though. It's a fun learning experience and so far I have survived.

I took a couple pics in my solar backup power shed.

Maybe it should start with, building a 2500 pound capacity elevator 🤔. Or possibly end with a divorce 😬.

Mine just has a switch on it for fwd / rev and it works with my static converter.

I turned ours into a hitch carrier for my BX. Perfect size.

I think RWS has to go through the living room first with no elevator yet 🤔.

I'm more interested in a video about moving a Bridgeport down the stairs into the cellar 😲.

I have been running my Bridgeport on a static phase controller for 30 years without a problem but getting ready to switch to a VFD. For my CNC spindles I use Chinese VFDs. I switched to a single phase motor on my southbend lathe.

If it was built between 2020 and 2022 Kubota substituted many metals for whatever they could find. Maybe it's Chinesium. Time to find a professional welder.

YES. Mine isn't bad. I bought one of those quiet California Air Compressors for my woodworking shop several years ago and no real problems yet. Very quiet oiless pump because it's in my basement. Only thing it's kick in is 90 psi and top pressure 125 psi so it wouldn't be good for a...

This was my first cart that I built to play with solar that has run the lights in my shop for over a year. Also ran fridge, freezers, internet, and tvs during outages. 5 kw battery and a little sun worked great. This is the trailer I modified for the panels to keep them portable. This is...

An old fridge to keep things like welding helmets and rods bug free and dry . Nothing like a big old spider crawling around your helmet when trying to weld.