That is handy to have heat or cool.

Does Oz run on 220 for most household voltage? In the states we have 110 for most things and 220 for big appliances like clothes dryers and ovens. I have it in my garage for the welder. And I have a 220 water well.

Everything domestic is 240V

Lucky ducks.

220 is for sure more efficient. It is more deadly. My electrician friend said 110 is low enough that a human can still open a hand and release a 110 wire. 220 is to much power and can’t be released. I was not willing to test it.

My Dad did extra work besides his day job doing electrical. It was mostly on weekends. He took me Long as his helper on Saturdays. One Saturday we were wiring up te sockets and lighting for a new construction large animal veterinary hospital. Remember is wss really cold and we didn't have any sort of heat in the new construction.

While we were working with the wiring some idiot finish carpenter instead of using the extension cords provided hooked up the building's main junction box so he could run his table saw. I was on a ladder wiring a 220 socket when he did. Not only did I get shocked, my arms felt about 2 inches long, I was knocked off the ladder. Probably a good thing I was on a ladder and got knocked away from the wires. My head was near one of the metal building's beams and it singed my hair. Got to go Jr High with my head shaved before there was anybody doing that. No Alopecia, Kemo kids or even Neo-Nazis. Just the weird kid with a shaved head.

Dad got really mad at the carpenter. Not only was the junction box tagged to not touch, that guy wasn't supposed to even be on site or monkey with the electricity. Dad refused to do any more commercial jobs after that. All he did after was residential stuff, which meant I got to be his attic rat.

Back when I was much younger and dumber I decided I really needed a exhaust fan in my bathroom at my house. It was a house built in the early 1950s and modernized a lot, but the bathroom never had an exhaust fan. It was summer and the central AC system was running hard and I was dumping a bunch of hot moist air into the house after every shower.

It was a 100 degree day and easily 125 to 130 in the attic. I punched a hole from below where I wanted the fan, went into the attic to find the studs and cut the hole. I made several trips up and down, and finally got ready to wire it up.

The house had originally been wired all in conduit, and the electrical ground was the conduit. I had to run a wire from the electrical box to have a good 3 wire system. So I got to spend a lot of extra time up there running the wire, and setting up an electrical junction box. By the time I came down I remember thinking wow, it is nice and cool in the garage, it was only 100 degrees. I was squirting sweat.

The fan made a big difference in keeping the humidity and heat out of the house. I suspect that long in the heat would kill me now. It was nice to be young and tough once.

Forgot what I was up there for, but was in the attic in our old house and fell through. The boards Dad had put across joists to walk on were not anywhere thick enough. Crrrack, and I landed sitting in the recliner in the living room. Laughing, Dad told me to quit wasting my time watching TV and get back to work.

Was glad that house did not have textured ceilings so it was no big deal to patch. Did end up repainting the living room and kitchen ceilings though.

At my present house I have a trail up in the attic. The first thing I did to the house was install a central vacuum system. That was a lot of attic time. I laid down 1/2 inch plywood in several spots that were near the places that the pipe came down the wall. Since then I have have brought several strands of Cat 6 cable to my home office. I have the video DVR with 6 cables total just for that.

I really don't wanna go back up, no doubt I will at some point. I need to replace every pot light we have with a better insulated and sealed fixture, and then have a bunch of insulation blown in.

We blew a bunch in our attic. It is only 18" thick now after several years. Tough to get around in though since it covers everything.

When house hunting found a really cool house. Exterior walls were 6 inches thick intead of 4 despite it being brick veneer. The ceiling joists were much thicker as well. the entire attic was floored with 3/4in plywood. It had an attached 2 car garage and and unattached, tall, 2 bay workshop that each bay was big enough to park an RV in. It also had built-in hidden gun safe and separate valuables safe.

Really cool except was on the corner lot on a very busy street. The front yard was on the busy street had 10 ft of gray suet from the traffic. Most of the yard space was unuseable. Would have been great except for that. With the thick walls and floored attic you couldn't even hear the traffic.

The builder/owner showed the house and kept coming down on the price. Just couldn't see living on that busy street with basically no yard being a dog owner. Had already looked at and decided against a house that had a stockade fence and backed up to a busy street. That back yard had a coat of gray suet on everything.

Is today some kind of deferred Monday or something?

Huh? :confused:

Sorry jim, that comment was directed towards those of us whom still have customers of our magnanimous knowledge and abilities whether direct or indirect.

Agggh. I have been kidnapped

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I suspect digging holes is in my near future.

Holey garden center Batman.

Stijn!!
 

Yea, it was suggested to me that the Elky was the best vehicle for us to go get more dog food for the doggers, and eat at Earl’s bbq since it is next door. Then we could go run to the garden center and load up with some top soil and more mulch.
The 911 was the worst of the vehicles for that, and the Macan was just not the ideal vehicle like the Elky.

Must have wanted to cart more than would make one trip in the Macan.

My Range Rover came with a thick vinyl liner for the back. You could fold the back seats up and put the liner in. It went up the sides and attached just below the glass, even covered the rear tailgate. Then you could use the back like a pickup truck without worrying about messing up the interior. The liner looked a little used so am sure the previous owner used it for her horse stuff. The interior still looked good.

There was also a thick rubber mat thing for the rear to use without the seats folded. It had 5 inche tall sides including the back where the tailgate was. Think that was to cart stuff that might spill or was just dirty without needing to cover the sides up to the windows.

The seats had the factory waterproof seat covers. Think they were on it since day one. The seats looked great except where I had to clean the glue off that sealed the sea cover seams to make the seat covers waterproof.

The floor mats were toast, but the carpets still looked good. Replaced the floor mats with Cocomats. I like Cocomats. Had them in my BoxsterS, Both BMWs, and the Rover. Will likely get a set for the Cayenne. Look great, don't show much dirt, and just hose off when they do. Will also catch and hold spills without your shoes sitting in the wet like with those weather tech rubber mats. Wouldn't use them for a trunk or rear cargo mat. Stuff will slide around it em too easy.

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Think this color cocomat would look pretty good in the Turbo as well since the interior is beige and mocha.

When turned in the X3 off lease kept the mats and traded my Dentist the mats for a crown.

The Macan has a rubber floor mat that goes up the sides a few inches. But when hauling bags of top soil or mulch it is going to leave a mess. With the recent rains all the bags had some oozing and left a few drips and bits of dirt in the bed. I can't care less about the open bed of the Elky with a few specks of dirt on the rubber mat. It will dry up and blow out the next time I get on the highway and any left over dirt will wash out when I wash the car or it gets rained on. With the Macan we would have have to spend time with rags and cleaner to get it spotless again. ;)

Well Glen, looks like you will be digging literal holes or figurative holes if you don't do the literal ones.

I am outa here. All y'all have a nice Easter.

(Did the 11:00-2:30am network thing. I am a bit tired now and have tomorrow off - I get to be like Jim or Jeff for a few days!)

Had this 78 when was a kid. The record was red and it had a white lable with plue and pink on it with a picture of Gene Autry.

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Think I may still have it in a box somewhere. May even have the old record player that will play the darned thing.