Recent content by Mark_BX25D

I'm thinking the impeller is just fine and more blades won't help at all. You need SPEED. What RPM are you running? If you are running at good RPM, maybe a small modification would help. (But get the speed up, first!)

Too many misplaced commas.

Yep. Been using that for a bit more than 4 decades. I once sharpened some filleting knives for my boss. He would go fishing with his doctor buddy on the doctor's (very nice) boat. Said doctor was a head and neck surgeon. When they got back from their fishing trip, the doctor said the...

Even among auto and equipment techs, people who actually understand electricity are pretty rare.

Yep. No load vs. loaded are two different worlds. This confuses a lot of people. Loaded vs. no load is why I like to use BOTH a test light AND a multimeter. That's an excellent video.

Sadly, these days Made in USA doesn't guarantee quality. The Europeans are doing a lot of things better than we are. :( Their building methods are much better than ours, just as one example. Wall Street has too much power, and they don't care about anything long term. All they care about...

Yes, you certainly can. That ignorance is all over the Internet! It's still wrong. You can take the word of a widespread old wive's tale that has no basis in fact, or you can read some of the many controlled studies that address the question based on science, rather than rumor. Your choice...

I can't say I have ever heard anything but good about a Jotul, except when it was clearly operator error, but blaming the stove. I have an ancient Grandpa Bear Fisher stove, and I get 12-14 hours routinely, stuffed full and choked down. Yes, that makes creosote. I also clean my chimney...

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with burning pine. It does NOT cause more creosote than other kinds of woods. That is an old wive's tale. Pound for pound, there is almost NO difference in the creosote production from one species to another, hardwood OR softwood. It's not about WHAT you...

Yep... I've tried all kinds of traps (ever see a blacksnake caught in a glue board?) and I have given up. I put out the poison, refresh it regularly, and I'll deal with the occasional stinker in the walls. Everything else is, A) too much work, and, B) not very effective.

Probably a lot more effective, too!

Weird. Just weird. Strange way to live..... You're supposed to ignore maintenance and then complain about the build quality!! Get with the program! 😠 😜

Maybe if we all gather around and give it a group hug, it will feel better? :D Yep.

It's not the EVs, or even the concept of an EV. It's the battery technology. It doesn't matter at all how pleasant current EVs are to drive, or what niches they might serve acceptably. They simply can't replace gas and diesel on any reasonable scale until we have a major breakthrough in...

Oh, sorry. I thought you were asking an honest question. Everything I said is easily verified. Ah, of COURSE! Popular opinion is ALWAYS right! People are NEVER swayed by advertising and hype into making poor decisions! And of course, the buying public is always very far-sighted and...