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In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:37 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:49 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: The next numbers you'll want to know: When a decent rain comes, not just sprinkles, start timing when the rain gets serious. If you can zip down there and trip the pump real quick, letting it empty is a good starting place for the measurement. Time how much delay there is from the start of serious rain until the first pump cycle. Then, how long until the 2nd cycle. When the rain ends, how long delay until the last cycle (if there is a pump cycle after end of rain). These will be the numbers you can compare to in the future.
Quote:This is data that would be good to know, at this point in time: Go down to it, activate it until it almost sucks air, then wait 5 or 10 minutes - or until the water stops pouring into it from the inlet tube. Then activate the pump again, until it just starts to suck air. Then start the timer After that 2nd manual activation, what is the surface level in the well after 1 minute? You can measure from the rim. Then, what is the level after 2 minutes following the sucking air. Then, what is the level after 5 minutes total? After 10 min total? after 15 min total?
Thursday, May 27, 2021 8:46 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Friday, May 28, 2021 12:30 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Friday, May 28, 2021 12:39 AM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: The next numbers you'll want to know: When a decent rain comes, not just sprinkles, start timing when the rain gets serious. If you can zip down there and trip the pump real quick, letting it empty is a good starting place for the measurement. Time how much delay there is from the start of serious rain until the first pump cycle. Then, how long until the 2nd cycle. When the rain ends, how long delay until the last cycle (if there is a pump cycle after end of rain). These will be the numbers you can compare to in the future. I can't believe I told you to wait for rain to happen. My bad. We should be far more pro-active. This can be done anytime day or night - EXCEPT when it is raining. When convenient for you. First step would be handy to trip the pump once, just to start off with a good reference point - the bottom of the range. Then place the end of your garden hose at a point either against your basement wall, or within a foot. Pick one of these spots: far end of your house, farthest from your kitchen; under your kitchen window, or just about over the front sewer pipe; back wall, about over your main crap pipe; one side of your sand pit, near the basement wall; the other side of the sand pit, unless it is already covered by one of the other locations here. Start counting the minutes when you turn on the garden hose full blast. Your water meter can tell you what the count is, and might tell you the flow. Letting out 20 gallons should be good, and 40 gallons should be more than enough. You will want to notate how many minutes elapsed until you end up turning the garden hose off. After turning the hose on, take a nice comfy carpet scrap or air mattress down to the well, settle in a bit. Take the measurements I noted above. Also the measurements I noted below will help. Also observe the water flow into the well. When this flow rate changes, notate the change and the time. After completing the observations, do not test another location until at least a day for the system to dry out. Repeat the sequence at another of the locations I mentioned, or one of interest to you. Quote:This is data that would be good to know, at this point in time: Go down to it, activate it until it almost sucks air, then wait 5 or 10 minutes - or until the water stops pouring into it from the inlet tube. Then activate the pump again, until it just starts to suck air. Then start the timer After that 2nd manual activation, what is the surface level in the well after 1 minute? You can measure from the rim. Then, what is the level after 2 minutes following the sucking air. Then, what is the level after 5 minutes total? After 10 min total? after 15 min total?
Friday, May 28, 2021 1:59 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Spent the last three days looking into investment opportunities, but I had to shit can a couple days-worth of research when I started decsribing specific assets with 10-year charts and hubby was like "No, that's not what I was thinking about" Well, DUH, what have we been talking about for the last MONTH? BLUE CHEESECAKE? I swear to God what I say goes in one ear and out the other. So now I'm on a whole new bunny trail and so far just coming up with confusion. Hubby will spend DAYS deciding on what sandpaper to get, but can't be bothered to spend an hour thinking about where we might plunk a significant chunk of money. Then he says "Do what you want" but the last time I did I heard about it for the next 20 years. I love my hubby but sometimes he's a dick. Just had to vent.
Friday, May 28, 2021 2:17 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1KIKI: I hope so too! I called a plumber I had good experience with in the past, but he can't get to it till next week. In the meantime, I have other things I need to do. So dishes get washed in the bathroom sink for now. Tomorrow I'm going to see if the whole house shutoff works. If it does I might possibly try and remove the hose. I THINK it should come off OK. I got it mostly off when it started leaking, which made me realize the undersink shutoffs didn't work. And I was able to screw it back on and it didn't leak. So if the whole house shutoff works, I THINK I can remove the hose and take it to ACE hardware ... and if they don't have a replacement, I SHOULD be able to put the hose back on with no problem. If that doesn't work out though, and I either can't put it back, OR it ends up leaking, then I'm sunk with the whole house needing to be shut off. So I'm going to proceed carefully and thoughtfully. But the one critical point I can't 100% anticipate is taking the hose off all the way, then putting it back on just to see if I can. If I can't, or it leaks, then I have a real problem. PS either way, I'm eventually going to to to get all the shutoffs replaced - 2 per sink and 1 toilet ... with ball valve versions. They also make compression fit ball valves, and push-on ball valves. So I THINK if worse comes to worse, and these valves can't be easily removed, they might be cut off since there's significant pipe length coming through the wall, and new valves might be retrofitted on.
Friday, May 28, 2021 2:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: The next numbers you'll want to know: When a decent rain comes, not just sprinkles, start timing when the rain gets serious. If you can zip down there and trip the pump real quick, letting it empty is a good starting place for the measurement. Time how much delay there is from the start of serious rain until the first pump cycle. Then, how long until the 2nd cycle. When the rain ends, how long delay until the last cycle (if there is a pump cycle after end of rain). These will be the numbers you can compare to in the future. I can't believe I told you to wait for rain to happen. My bad. We should be far more pro-active. This can be done anytime day or night - EXCEPT when it is raining. When convenient for you. First step would be handy to trip the pump once, just to start off with a good reference point - the bottom of the range. Then place the end of your garden hose at a point either against your basement wall, or within a foot. Pick one of these spots: far end of your house, farthest from your kitchen; under your kitchen window, or just about over the front sewer pipe; back wall, about over your main crap pipe; one side of your sand pit, near the basement wall; the other side of the sand pit, unless it is already covered by one of the other locations here. Start counting the minutes when you turn on the garden hose full blast. Your water meter can tell you what the count is, and might tell you the flow. Letting out 20 gallons should be good, and 40 gallons should be more than enough. You will want to notate how many minutes elapsed until you end up turning the garden hose off. After turning the hose on, take a nice comfy carpet scrap or air mattress down to the well, settle in a bit. Take the measurements I noted above. Also the measurements I noted below will help. Also observe the water flow into the well. When this flow rate changes, notate the change and the time. After completing the observations, do not test another location until at least a day for the system to dry out. Repeat the sequence at another of the locations I mentioned, or one of interest to you. Quote:This is data that would be good to know, at this point in time: Go down to it, activate it until it almost sucks air, then wait 5 or 10 minutes - or until the water stops pouring into it from the inlet tube. Then activate the pump again, until it just starts to suck air. Then start the timer After that 2nd manual activation, what is the surface level in the well after 1 minute? You can measure from the rim. Then, what is the level after 2 minutes following the sucking air. Then, what is the level after 5 minutes total? After 10 min total? after 15 min total?
Friday, May 28, 2021 2:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Been avoiding the foods I'm allergic to and seem to feel better most of the time. Yesterday I had some ketchup and rice and today may be feeling it in my knees, hips and ankles. You allergic to ketchup? or tomatoes? or High Fructose Corn Syrup? Have you tired that real ketchup yet? Is the swelling in your joints considered to be RA? Dr doesn't know if it's RA or something else, Tests for RA was only midly positive. I've been tested for allergies and have an extensive list of things I'm allergic to (inhalation) plus eight foods including tomato, beef, rice, coffee, lettuce, potato, orange, and a couple of things I forget bc I don't eat them very often. But the test is incomplete bc there aren't solutions of ALL possible foods, so I find that I seem to have a bad reaction to all of the solinaceae (tomato, tomatillo, eggplant, potato and possibly their futher relations -peppers) and many of the citrus (orange, bergamot, grapefruit), black olives (also allergic to olive pollen) and who-knows-what-else. If I stay strictly away from the foods I know I'm allergic to and their close relatives, I seem to do OK. Fortunately I can eat fish, chicken, turkey, pork, wheat, corn, just about every nut I've ever tried, beans, crucifers, curcurbits, etc. Unfortunately, dear daugther developed many food sensitivities after a bad gastrointestinal viral infection five years ago(kind of like I developed asthma after a bad viral URI when I was 20) and her food list is much more restricted than mine, and we're still trying to figure it out.
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Been avoiding the foods I'm allergic to and seem to feel better most of the time. Yesterday I had some ketchup and rice and today may be feeling it in my knees, hips and ankles. You allergic to ketchup? or tomatoes? or High Fructose Corn Syrup? Have you tired that real ketchup yet? Is the swelling in your joints considered to be RA?
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Been avoiding the foods I'm allergic to and seem to feel better most of the time. Yesterday I had some ketchup and rice and today may be feeling it in my knees, hips and ankles.
Friday, May 28, 2021 3:50 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Spent the last three days looking into investment opportunities, but I had to shit can a couple days-worth of research when I started decsribing specific assets with 10-year charts and hubby was like "No, that's not what I was thinking about" Well, DUH, what have we been talking about for the last MONTH? BLUE CHEESECAKE? I swear to God what I say goes in one ear and out the other. So now I'm on a whole new bunny trail and so far just coming up with confusion. Hubby will spend DAYS deciding on what sandpaper to get, but can't be bothered to spend an hour thinking about where we might plunk a significant chunk of money. Then he says "Do what you want" but the last time I did I heard about it for the next 20 years. I love my hubby but sometimes he's a dick. Just had to vent. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
Friday, May 28, 2021 12:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: You asked about the hose. That vinyl hose that I specified was for discharge, and I run that all over. But what you put in the well will be pulling water, making suction, vacuum. Not sure if that hose would collapse - which I know garden hose does. But that "reinforced" or whatever version of the hose I specified would like hold up just fine. Next time at HD, just fondle the different versions of the hose, and compare prices.
Quote:For your hose draining into your toilet, might set up some hanging doohickey on the main crap pipe, or something to hold up the hose when needed. I like those Gorilla Ties or whatever for that.
Friday, May 28, 2021 12:11 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 1:01 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 1:05 PM
Quote:SIGNYM: Spent the last three days looking into investment opportunities, but I had to shit can a couple days-worth of research when I started decsribing specific assets with 10-year charts and hubby was like "No, that's not what I was thinking about" Well, DUH, what have we been talking about for the last MONTH? BLUE CHEESECAKE? I swear to God what I say goes in one ear and out the other. So now I'm on a whole new bunny trail and so far just coming up with confusion. Hubby will spend DAYS deciding on what sandpaper to get, but can't be bothered to spend an hour thinking about where we might plunk a significant chunk of money. Then he says "Do what you want" but the last time I did I heard about it for the next 20 years. I love my hubby but sometimes he's a dick. Just had to vent. KIKI: If you'd like it's a topic I'd be EAGER to discuss with you! Just let me know where you've already been so I don't retrace old ground. I can think of several different scenarios for how things are going to go. A few months ago I read an article about which way will it go - depression or hyperinflation? Anyway, basically what they guy said was - there are so many unknowns being discussed among tptb that we'll never be able to ferret out, and on top of that it's a complex system with many hidden dynamics, and so ...nobody really knows or can possibly figure it out.Well, I feel better about being confused! But still, it doesn't the answer the question about what to do. And if it's right that the earth has a 40% chance of breaking the 1.5C safety limit at least once in the next 5 years - with outlooks of course for increasing frequency and severity of deviation - then the most important factors might not necessarily be economic, but resource access. I'm talking survivalist end-of-times territory. Anyway, I'd be happy to discuss whatever is on the table to discuss.
Friday, May 28, 2021 1:27 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 1:42 PM
BRENDA
Friday, May 28, 2021 4:56 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 5:18 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 5:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:SIGNYM: Spent the last three days looking into investment opportunities, but I had to shit can a couple days-worth of research when I started decsribing specific assets with 10-year charts and hubby was like "No, that's not what I was thinking about" Well, DUH, what have we been talking about for the last MONTH? BLUE CHEESECAKE? I swear to God what I say goes in one ear and out the other. So now I'm on a whole new bunny trail and so far just coming up with confusion. Hubby will spend DAYS deciding on what sandpaper to get, but can't be bothered to spend an hour thinking about where we might plunk a significant chunk of money. Then he says "Do what you want" but the last time I did I heard about it for the next 20 years. I love my hubby but sometimes he's a dick. Just had to vent. KIKI: If you'd like it's a topic I'd be EAGER to discuss with you! Just let me know where you've already been so I don't retrace old ground. I can think of several different scenarios for how things are going to go. A few months ago I read an article about which way will it go - depression or hyperinflation? Anyway, basically what they guy said was - there are so many unknowns being discussed among tptb that we'll never be able to ferret out, and on top of that it's a complex system with many hidden dynamics, and so ...nobody really knows or can possibly figure it out.Well, I feel better about being confused! But still, it doesn't the answer the question about what to do. And if it's right that the earth has a 40% chance of breaking the 1.5C safety limit at least once in the next 5 years - with outlooks of course for increasing frequency and severity of deviation - then the most important factors might not necessarily be economic, but resource access. I'm talking survivalist end-of-times territory. Anyway, I'd be happy to discuss whatever is on the table to discuss.
Friday, May 28, 2021 5:38 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: You asked about the hose. That vinyl hose that I specified was for discharge, and I run that all over. But what you put in the well will be pulling water, making suction, vacuum. Not sure if that hose would collapse - which I know garden hose does. But that "reinforced" or whatever version of the hose I specified would like hold up just fine. Next time at HD, just fondle the different versions of the hose, and compare prices.Ah... now that makes sense why the "frequently bought together" suggestions under the product had two different hoses along with it. The listing of the product didn't tell you that you should do this, but the instructions probably do. Yeah. I'd imagine the regular stuff could collapse under the kind of pressure that would be able to pull that vertically 3 meters. Thanks for the tip. Hopefully that stuff isn't too much more expensive. I'll be using a lot of it with my current plan. I don't want that pump back by the well. When I mount it I want to be able to get to it right inside the crawlspace door.
Quote: Maybe feeding it up through the kitchen cabinet will be the way to go. I'd rather not turn this into a $100 job when I thought I was going to get it done for under $50.
Quote: How long do you think the suction tube should be, maximum. I wasn't really thinking about that either, but perhaps the 25 feet I was considering is way too much for the pump. Quote:For your hose draining into your toilet, might set up some hanging doohickey on the main crap pipe, or something to hold up the hose when needed. I like those Gorilla Ties or whatever for that.That would work, until I ever get around to finishing the bathroom. It's all exposed for now. ETA: Damn... that brings up another question about these pumps... If the power is coming from the suction, would it even still be able to feed the water vertically beyond the pump (not sure how water works in this situation). If I had that thing mounted in the crawl space, I could mount it high enough where gravity could get it into the toilet, but if I put the hose out the window that would actually be higher than even the highest possible point I could mount it in the crawl space. This would also be an issue in the kitchen. If I mounted it in the cabinet somewhere, it would still have to force water up and around the front of the cabinet, above the countertop and then out the window... all of that past the pump itself.
Friday, May 28, 2021 7:36 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 7:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:SIGNYM: Spent the last three days looking into investment opportunities, but I had to shit can a couple days-worth of research when I started decsribing specific assets with 10-year charts and hubby was like "No, that's not what I was thinking about" Well, DUH, what have we been talking about for the last MONTH? BLUE CHEESECAKE? I swear to God what I say goes in one ear and out the other. So now I'm on a whole new bunny trail and so far just coming up with confusion. Hubby will spend DAYS deciding on what sandpaper to get, but can't be bothered to spend an hour thinking about where we might plunk a significant chunk of money. Then he says "Do what you want" but the last time I did I heard about it for the next 20 years. I love my hubby but sometimes he's a dick. Just had to vent. KIKI: If you'd like it's a topic I'd be EAGER to discuss with you! Just let me know where you've already been so I don't retrace old ground. I can think of several different scenarios for how things are going to go. A few months ago I read an article about which way will it go - depression or hyperinflation? Anyway, basically what they guy said was - there are so many unknowns being discussed among tptb that we'll never be able to ferret out, and on top of that it's a complex system with many hidden dynamics, and so ...nobody really knows or can possibly figure it out.Well, I feel better about being confused! But still, it doesn't the answer the question about what to do. And if it's right that the earth has a 40% chance of breaking the 1.5C safety limit at least once in the next 5 years - with outlooks of course for increasing frequency and severity of deviation - then the most important factors might not necessarily be economic, but resource access. I'm talking survivalist end-of-times territory. Anyway, I'd be happy to discuss whatever is on the table to discuss. Well, what we're trying to do is disaster-proof our savings for the next 50 years, not make a lot of $$$. IMHO no matter wha happens, the dollar is either going to devalue or disappear completely bc there is nothing - except our military- backing its value (no manufacturing, pisspoor management of financialism, and serious military overextenion). I can't imagine how that would work out in the long run, and we'd have to reform our economy and leadership so drastically I can't imagine anyone pulling us out of this bc bc most of our pols and ALLof our deep state are beholden to $$, and that's the problem. The stock market and RE are floating on bubbles of Fed money-printing. SO looking outside of the dollar, what kinds of assets are going to retain value? I would look to real assets in the USA (farmland, gas) and well-managed water-rich and/or commodity-rich economies (currencies, bonds, stocks) outside of the USA, and gold and silver. Norway (not Sweden), Bolivia, Russia, Iceland. Not China bc it's full of speculative bubbles and financial manipulation, not Sweden (they've taken that whole "political correctness" to the point of destroying their own nation), not the EU (not a real nation), not Singapore (all financialism) are first thoughts. But this prolly belongs in the de-dollarization thread. When I have more time I'll post into there. BTW, projections for the USA indicate HIGHER rainfall totals almost everywhere except, of course, the southwest which is anticipated to be 25% drier on average than now. So land which might be marginal now (High Plains) might benefit from more rainfall. Of course, it will be more sporadic ... torrential one year, parched the next ... but good aquifer managment should be able to handle that. I'm looking specifically at Utah bc it's a well-managed state w/o excessive debt, has that whole Mormon-cohesion thing going for it and has some nice ranching areas in the high valleys. Idaho also, on the dry side of the mountains. South Dakota is like Delaware - an incorporation-friendly state - and is apparently incredibly corrupt. If anything across the globe orthe USA stands out for you, let's go to the de-dollarization thread.
Friday, May 28, 2021 8:04 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:SIGNYM: Spent the last three days looking into investment opportunities, but I had to shit can a couple days-worth of research when I started decsribing specific assets with 10-year charts and hubby was like "No, that's not what I was thinking about" Well, DUH, what have we been talking about for the last MONTH? BLUE CHEESECAKE? I swear to God what I say goes in one ear and out the other. So now I'm on a whole new bunny trail and so far just coming up with confusion. Hubby will spend DAYS deciding on what sandpaper to get, but can't be bothered to spend an hour thinking about where we might plunk a significant chunk of money. Then he says "Do what you want" but the last time I did I heard about it for the next 20 years. I love my hubby but sometimes he's a dick. Just had to vent. KIKI: If you'd like it's a topic I'd be EAGER to discuss with you! Just let me know where you've already been so I don't retrace old ground. I can think of several different scenarios for how things are going to go. A few months ago I read an article about which way will it go - depression or hyperinflation? Anyway, basically what they guy said was - there are so many unknowns being discussed among tptb that we'll never be able to ferret out, and on top of that it's a complex system with many hidden dynamics, and so ...nobody really knows or can possibly figure it out.Well, I feel better about being confused! But still, it doesn't the answer the question about what to do. And if it's right that the earth has a 40% chance of breaking the 1.5C safety limit at least once in the next 5 years - with outlooks of course for increasing frequency and severity of deviation - then the most important factors might not necessarily be economic, but resource access. I'm talking survivalist end-of-times territory. Anyway, I'd be happy to discuss whatever is on the table to discuss. Well, what we're trying to do is disaster-proof our savings for the next 50 years, not make a lot of $$$. IMHO no matter wha happens, the dollar is either going to devalue or disappear completely bc there is nothing - except our military- backing its value (no manufacturing, pisspoor management of financialism, and serious military overextenion). I can't imagine how that would work out in the long run, and we'd have to reform our economy and leadership so drastically I can't imagine anyone pulling us out of this bc bc most of our pols and ALLof our deep state are beholden to $$, and that's the problem. The stock market and RE are floating on bubbles of Fed money-printing. SO looking outside of the dollar, what kinds of assets are going to retain value? I would look to real assets in the USA (farmland, gas) and well-managed water-rich and/or commodity-rich economies (currencies, bonds, stocks) outside of the USA, and gold and silver. Norway (not Sweden), Bolivia, Russia, Iceland. Not China bc it's full of speculative bubbles and financial manipulation, not Sweden (they've taken that whole "political correctness" to the point of destroying their own nation), not the EU (not a real nation), not Singapore (all financialism) are first thoughts. But this prolly belongs in the de-dollarization thread. When I have more time I'll post into there. BTW, projections for the USA indicate HIGHER rainfall totals almost everywhere except, of course, the southwest which is anticipated to be 25% drier on average than now. So land which might be marginal now (High Plains) might benefit from more rainfall. Of course, it will be more sporadic ... torrential one year, parched the next ... but good aquifer managment should be able to handle that. I'm looking specifically at Utah bc it's a well-managed state w/o excessive debt, has that whole Mormon-cohesion thing going for it and has some nice ranching areas in the high valleys. Idaho also, on the dry side of the mountains. South Dakota is like Delaware - an incorporation-friendly state - and is apparently incredibly corrupt. If anything across the globe orthe USA stands out for you, let's go to the de-dollarization thread. I would be wary of farmland as investment. Most farmland is vastly overpriced because of unsustainable cornsyrup/ethanol bubble. This makes it between 3 and 6 times the actual real value. The only folk using it as investment are farmers, because they need the land to farm - but they still hate the exorbitant prices. And those farmland prices are destroying family farming in America. When the markets collapse, those fake and artificial markets like ethanol are going to be the first to implode, in favor of products with actual value.
Friday, May 28, 2021 9:08 PM
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Friday, May 28, 2021 9:30 PM
Friday, May 28, 2021 9:38 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Got quite a bit of unexpected rain late in the day to make up for what we didn't get last night. I had to go outside and clean out the neighbors sewer and the one by the ditch because the streets were flooding. The time between cycles for the 1" storm last night was a little over 4 hours after I manually forced it. That was at 4:14 But then it started raining hard for a while in between. Here's the times for the cycles after that... 6:28PM 6:49PM - 21 min 7:08PM - 19 min 7:25PM - 17 min 7:41PM - 16 min 7:55PM - 14 min I don't see how we woudn't be getting back to 5 minute pump cycles with another 3.6" rain. We've only had about 1.75" in the last 72 hours right now. Granted, the sump cycles now are only 15 seconds instead of 22 seconds, and water is flowing freely into the well without any water backing up the flow. Rain is tapering off to almost nothing at this point. I'll keep an ear out for it and see when and how much it starts spreading out again once the rain stops. P.S. That pump I got came today. I was mistaken. The "3 meters" was the maximum depth of water the vacuum side of the hose should be in. It claims to be able to pump water vertically a whopping 15 meters!
Friday, May 28, 2021 9:49 PM
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Friday, May 28, 2021 11:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Got quite a bit of unexpected rain late in the day to make up for what we didn't get last night. I had to go outside and clean out the neighbors sewer and the one by the ditch because the streets were flooding. The time between cycles for the 1" storm last night was a little over 4 hours after I manually forced it. That was at 4:14 But then it started raining hard for a while in between. Here's the times for the cycles after that... 6:28PM 6:49PM - 21 min 7:08PM - 19 min 7:25PM - 17 min 7:41PM - 16 min 7:55PM - 14 min I don't see how we woudn't be getting back to 5 minute pump cycles with another 3.6" rain. We've only had about 1.75" in the last 72 hours right now. Granted, the sump cycles now are only 15 seconds instead of 22 seconds, and water is flowing freely into the well without any water backing up the flow. Rain is tapering off to almost nothing at this point. I'll keep an ear out for it and see when and how much it starts spreading out again once the rain stops. P.S. That pump I got came today. I was mistaken. The "3 meters" was the maximum depth of water the vacuum side of the hose should be in. It claims to be able to pump water vertically a whopping 15 meters! Quote:I think you are talking 4:14 am. But then I don't see a time around 6pm when the rain started hard.
Quote:I think you are talking 4:14 am. But then I don't see a time around 6pm when the rain started hard.
Quote:It does seem about 20" in an hour.
Quote:That pump is talking 3 meters of vertical suction (much more difficult than vertical pressure), and 30 feet or more of horizontal should be no problem, providing the hose does not collapse. But how many speeds does your drill/driver have? Maybe try the lowest setting to start.
Quote:I would not be concerned if the pump cycle intervals become 5 min, or less. But the number you want is how long does that frequency continue? And how much delay after rain started, how much delay after hard rain stopped?
Saturday, May 29, 2021 12:54 AM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 12:25 AM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 2:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: It's about 28 minutes between cycles now, with a steady rise all day. At this point, my guess is 108 cycles since 6:28PM up to the last cycle before midnight tonight. At roughly 5.66 gallons per cycle, that would be 611 gallons in the last 30 hours, and there's been no rain for over 24 hours. The pump didn't go off all that much with that first .90" rain we had (I wish I was keeping track... don't remember why I didn't). It had been a while since we got any rain at that point and the ground was pretty dry. But after we got the following .95 or so inches, adding up to right about 1.9" in 72 hours, that's when it started going off a lot. I'm going to take a stab in the dark and guess 32 cycles tomorrow if we don't hit the floor. That would be another 181 gallons if that happens. I'm going to be installing a wi-fi camera down there. Not sure what bells and whistles it's got, but my hope is that I'll be able to put the "sump pump channel" on my TV, and hopefully be able to get timestamps for all the future cycles instead of having to babysit it all day long. It's a lot harder to do because it makes about 1/10th as much noise as it did before I dug the well out. -------------------------------------------------- Give me liberty or just come shoot me in my house. I'm so over this ridiculous reality.
Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:09 AM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:11 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Also the brand of almond milk I am using has just decided to add that stupid *&^%$^&**^^&*&&^%% additive. So, that is now off my menu and there doesn't seem to be any milk substitute that can use because they all have that idiot additive in them.
Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:24 AM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 4:48 AM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 8:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: For your camera action, you might use a paint pen, probably yellow, to mark levels on the side of the well. Like the low mark, one minute after cycle stop, and high mark, and maybe each inch in between.
Quote:Another thing I'd like you to try. Tomorrow, if you can. Go test your new drill pump, run to output to the toilet. or into a big pail, then dump into toilet. I would hope you can do this for an hour. Prevent the pump from triggering. Then time the intervals between cycles for several cycles.
Sunday, May 30, 2021 10:14 AM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 10:20 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Over here, we got the furniture legs stained. I thought this was going to be "spread on, wipe off". Boy, was I wrong! I had to experiment a bit. Found out that Maple is hard to stain bc with the grain going every which way some areas absorb a lot more and it gets blotchy gel stain is supposed to make stain LESS blotchy bc it doesn't soak in as much 220 sandpaper makes the wood too smooth, we had to use 150 to open up the wood even so, the amount that soaked in didn't achieve a dark enuf color, so we had to use it more like a glaze the pretreatment that's supposed to reduce blotchiness made it worse the gel version is high pigment and it dries in, like, a minute (very short "open time" in technical terms) But if you try and work it when its tacky you risk wiping off as much as what you lay down, so if you want to lay a heavy layer on you've got to get it even, FAST Dear daughter is better at this than I am! Not as simple as originally thought, but it's done. Now I need to practice on some Baltic birch plywood and see if it's as big a pain as maple bc that would be my next project ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
Sunday, May 30, 2021 12:50 PM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Also the brand of almond milk I am using has just decided to add that stupid *&^%$^&**^^&*&&^%% additive. So, that is now off my menu and there doesn't seem to be any milk substitute that can use because they all have that idiot additive in them. Oh, that sucks. Sorry to hear that, hon. Can you drink full fat milk? Bc I thought it's not supplemented bc it already has natural vitA in it? ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Also the brand of almond milk I am using has just decided to add that stupid *&^%$^&**^^&*&&^%% additive. So, that is now off my menu and there doesn't seem to be any milk substitute that can use because they all have that idiot additive in them. What is the additive?
Sunday, May 30, 2021 3:34 PM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 4:49 PM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 4:52 PM
Sunday, May 30, 2021 10:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: It's Sunday. Relax, Brenda. I was planning on working after my guests left, but we ate big... which I rarely do during the day. Feels like hibernation time early today. -------------------------------------------------- Give me liberty or just come shoot me in my house. I'm so over this ridiculous reality.
Sunday, May 30, 2021 11:09 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: For your camera action, you might use a paint pen, probably yellow, to mark levels on the side of the well. Like the low mark, one minute after cycle stop, and high mark, and maybe each inch in between.Good idea. Quote:Another thing I'd like you to try. Tomorrow, if you can. Go test your new drill pump, run to output to the toilet. or into a big pail, then dump into toilet. I would hope you can do this for an hour. Prevent the pump from triggering. Then time the intervals between cycles for several cycles.
Quote: ETA: Oh.... I think I see where you're going with this. You don't mean continuously. You just want me to use only the drill pump to get the water out and into the toilet for a full hour to see if the stream from the inlet slows down when the pump isn't putting it out to the street. Great way to see if any of that pumped water is just being dumped right back against the house.
Monday, May 31, 2021 2:56 AM
Quote: ‘Nothing looks good’ preparing for summer wildfire season Severe drought has turned forests and grasslands into dry fuels, ready to ignite from a careless camper or a lightning strike. More people are building in areas bordering wildlands, expanding the so-called wildland-urban interface, an area where wildfires impact people the most. Invasive, highly flammable vegetation is spreading uncontrolled across the West. “I’m seeing probably the worst combination of conditions in my lifetime,” said Derrick DeGroot, a county commissioner in southern Oregon’s Klamath County. “We have an enormous fuel load in the forests, and we are looking at a drought unlike we’ve seen probably in the last 115 years.” Asked how worried he is about the 2021 fire season, DeGroot said: “On a scale of 1 to 10, I’m a 12. Nothing looks good.” https://apnews.com/article/ca-state-wire-fires-business-science-government-and-politics-e44c7eacec9a253c923d63ec9a883271
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