#garfield Logs

Nov 18 2018

12:03 AM zhanx: how slow rue_mohr
12:07 AM rue_mohr: frustratingly
12:07 AM rue_mohr: or it'll be jello as its printing
12:07 AM rue_mohr: mostly the collar
12:07 AM zhanx: k
12:07 AM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tutorials/mech/reprapYgearbox/slide.htm
12:14 AM rue_mohr: feedback!
12:14 AM rue_mohr: I really dont know if your there
12:14 AM rue_mohr: and that usually goes badly
12:37 AM zhanx: rue_mohr, sorry
12:43 AM rue_mohr: do you see the instructions????
01:05 AM zhanx: yes
01:05 AM rue_mohr: ok, does it all make sense?
01:05 AM zhanx: yes
01:05 AM rue_mohr: dont miss the main one there, DONT DRILL YOUR FINGER
01:05 AM zhanx: noted
01:06 AM zhanx: i see you want me to use a hammer also
01:06 AM rue_mohr: mhm
01:06 AM rue_mohr: or your boot, whatever
01:14 AM rue_mohr: you dont need to drill it if the print comes out ok
01:15 AM rue_mohr: I had a sloppy print and had to file bumps off the print
07:14 PM Tom_L: rue_mohr, what's the gear for?
07:15 PM Tom_L: what part on a reprap uses a shoulder bearing?
07:42 PM rue_shop5: for the 2:! gearbox
07:43 PM rue_shop5: shoulder? shouldn't have one, should just be a plain ball bearing...
07:43 PM rue_shop5: zhanx, that bearing didn't have a shoulder did it?
07:58 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, ?
08:50 PM Tom_L: somebody was looking for a shoulder bearing for a reprap
08:50 PM rue_mohr: dunno
08:50 PM Tom_L: just wondered what for because i didn't recall seeing one
08:50 PM rue_mohr: the commercial ones use them with that extruded aluminum rail
08:51 PM rue_mohr: `*
08:51 PM rue_mohr: ``````
08:51 PM rue_mohr: 1`
08:52 PM rue_mohr: sorry, twisting the snot out of the keyboard so it would sit flat on the desk
08:52 PM rue_mohr: god thats so much better
08:52 PM rue_mohr: so, the solar is on
08:53 PM rue_mohr: I'm good to a peak of 1040w
08:53 PM rue_mohr: the solar panels are 300w and the inverters are 260
08:53 PM Tom_L: solar pannels?
08:53 PM rue_mohr: yea
08:53 PM Tom_L: hmm
08:53 PM rue_mohr: on the house
08:53 PM Tom_L: when did you get those?
08:53 PM rue_mohr: offset the damn power bill
08:53 PM rue_mohr: we install them at work
08:53 PM rue_mohr: not, me, but the company
08:53 PM rue_mohr: so i ahve them at cost
08:54 PM rue_mohr: :)
08:54 PM Tom_L: how do the coverters work?
08:54 PM Tom_L: direct connect to mains?
08:54 PM rue_mohr: grid trie microinverters
08:54 PM rue_mohr: yes, 240V
08:54 PM Tom_L: cost?
08:54 PM rue_mohr: dunno
08:54 PM rue_mohr: we install for under $3/w
08:54 PM rue_mohr: so its less than that
08:54 PM rue_mohr: somewhere under $3k
08:55 PM Tom_L: for 1k w?
08:55 PM rue_mohr: yup
08:55 PM rue_mohr: "peak 1kw"
08:55 PM Tom_L: how many years does it take to offset that cost?
08:55 PM rue_mohr: less when you ge them at cost
08:55 PM rue_mohr: I think normally about 7-10 years
08:56 PM rue_mohr: they live 30
08:56 PM Tom_L: how many pannels did youget?
08:56 PM rue_mohr: 4
08:57 PM Tom_L: guy at the vo-tech was working on some but i think he figured it easier and cheaper just to buy them
08:57 PM Tom_L: pannels like rifraf was making iirc
08:57 PM rue_mohr: didn't rifraf come to the same?
08:57 PM Tom_L: i dunno
08:57 PM rue_mohr: after all the resins and stuff
08:58 PM Tom_L: how many volts per pannel?
08:58 PM Tom_L: and don't you need a battery to smooth it out for AC conversion?
08:58 PM rue_mohr: hmm 60cell?
08:58 PM rue_mohr: no batteries
08:58 PM rue_mohr: direct converstion
08:58 PM Tom_L: hmm
08:59 PM Tom_L: my power is minimal i think, i'm not too worried about it
08:59 PM rue_mohr: do they have time-of-day rates up there?
09:01 PM rue_mohr: I'm gonna be interested to see if I can tell the difference with them on
09:05 PM Tom_L: i don't think so
09:05 PM Tom_L: not that i'm aware of anyway
09:06 PM Tom_L: what's your annual peak bill?
09:06 PM Tom_L: when you use the most
09:06 PM Tom_L: mine is ~170-180
09:11 PM rue_mohr: hmm
09:11 PM rue_mohr: iirc $50/mo
09:11 PM rue_mohr: so 100
09:12 PM Tom_L: that's not bad
09:12 PM Tom_L: but i got ppl home most of the time and the air is on in the summer
09:17 PM Tom_L: i'm guessing your gas bill would be more than mine if you weren't using alternate heat
09:19 PM rue_mohr: yup
09:19 PM rue_mohr: tho I have no wood heat right now
09:19 PM rue_mohr: I might stick a radiator in the hosue and just put a fan on it
09:20 PM Tom_L: are those pannels protected from the elements in any way?
09:21 PM rue_mohr: no, their hard-ass tho
09:21 PM Tom_L: what about hail?
09:22 PM rue_mohr: rated
09:22 PM rue_mohr: the hail their rated for would leave on the panels intact
09:22 PM rue_mohr: only
09:32 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/temp/hail/hail4.jpg
09:32 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/temp/hail/hail5.jpg
09:32 PM Tom_L: that?
09:37 PM rue_mohr: iirc its rated for larger
09:37 PM rue_mohr: I was REALLY glad we dont get what its rated for up here, dont remember the exact size