Sunnydaze solar fountain water pump kit
Anyone care to share link maybe of where they got their drying module?
2023.03.29 08:33 Henry0225 Anyone care to share link maybe of where they got their drying module?
Hey guys, so when I bought my first s7mVU the drying module was also in stock. So got both. Fast forward a few months and I ordered a 2nd robot (also S7MVU) but module is OOS. And has been since then. I was thinking of actually hooking up to the water line and drain line of my washing machine for my 1st floor robot, so I’d like to get the Chinese variant since I read that the water pump for that kit plugs into the drying module itself that only the Chinese variant has. Can anyone be kind enough to share the link to the drying modules they got? I went on alliexpress after seeing many share how the ones they got are original, just Chinese. But no one shares link. I went to Ali website and there’s a lot listed with varying prices. Don’t want to get a knock off so yeah. (Feel free to dm link of for someone reason Reddit/admins don’t allow links)
Thanks :)
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Thanks :)
2023.03.29 05:14 High_Stream I got to test out the Quell Impact at the Game Developer's Conference and here are my thoughts
For those who don't know, the Quell Impact is a new boxing based fitness gaming peripheral that has been in development for a few years. It features resistance bands and haptic feedback. The first game Quell is releasing for the Impact is called ShardFall, where you run around a fantasy world and punch monsters. Check out their website here.
Anyways, I've been following their Discord ever since their first Kickstarter a few years ago, and through them was able to win free tickets to the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week. Then I got to try a seven minute demo that included several different enemies. As far as they know, I'm the first Kickstarter supporter to test the game out. Here are my thoughts:
The Good:
- The game can tell whether you're throwing a jab/straight, hook, or uppercut. Some enemies only take damage if you hit them on their weak part.
- It's an incredible workout. I run 5k and do upper-body workouts on alternate days. 7 minutes on this thing knocked me out. With the running and punching, it felt like a twice as long workout on Fitness Boxing, or like I was sprinting for that long. The resistance bands make it even harder.
- You don't need a VR kit to play it, you can run it on a normal Windows computer.
- I got a free swag bag with a towel and water bottle.
The Bad:
- It was picking up punches I wasn't throwing. They told me that they had the sensitivity up for other testers. We figured that since I keep my guard up and rotate my shoulders when I punch, it was registering the motion of my guard hand as throwing a punch. They said that they are working on machine learning to learn what is and isn't a punch. I also assume that there will be a sensitivity setting I can reduce.
- Steering your path while running was hard to control. You have to press the trigger buttons to steer, and I kept running into things. That will probably get easier to control with practice, and they said they're trying other methods of control. It must be tricky to control when you have to use hands that are pumping while running.
Conclusion: I'm looking forward to getting the game I ordered almost three years ago. At least I'm glad that the game actually exists.
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Anyways, I've been following their Discord ever since their first Kickstarter a few years ago, and through them was able to win free tickets to the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week. Then I got to try a seven minute demo that included several different enemies. As far as they know, I'm the first Kickstarter supporter to test the game out. Here are my thoughts:
The Good:
- The game can tell whether you're throwing a jab/straight, hook, or uppercut. Some enemies only take damage if you hit them on their weak part.
- It's an incredible workout. I run 5k and do upper-body workouts on alternate days. 7 minutes on this thing knocked me out. With the running and punching, it felt like a twice as long workout on Fitness Boxing, or like I was sprinting for that long. The resistance bands make it even harder.
- You don't need a VR kit to play it, you can run it on a normal Windows computer.
- I got a free swag bag with a towel and water bottle.
The Bad:
- It was picking up punches I wasn't throwing. They told me that they had the sensitivity up for other testers. We figured that since I keep my guard up and rotate my shoulders when I punch, it was registering the motion of my guard hand as throwing a punch. They said that they are working on machine learning to learn what is and isn't a punch. I also assume that there will be a sensitivity setting I can reduce.
- Steering your path while running was hard to control. You have to press the trigger buttons to steer, and I kept running into things. That will probably get easier to control with practice, and they said they're trying other methods of control. It must be tricky to control when you have to use hands that are pumping while running.
Conclusion: I'm looking forward to getting the game I ordered almost three years ago. At least I'm glad that the game actually exists.
2023.03.29 04:32 DizzeeAmoeba A Perfect Day For Trucking
CHAPTER 1: PRETRIP
I wake up to the feeling of the sun shining on my bare naked ass and I can already tell it’s going to be a beautiful day trucking.
The sun was shining through the windshield - no time to draw the black out curtains, that would only slow me down. You see I am a trucker. The road is my religion, dispatch is my retarded shepherd and the odometer is my God.
I throw on yesterday‘s sweat pants. Who am I kidding– these are last weeks sweatpants. These ones come with extra condiments.
Listen buddy, washing them would only slow me down, and I am a trucker, shackled to the pounding clock of the D.O.T. in unholy matrimony.
I slide out of the driver seat to the Diesel soaked lane and allow my knees to take an extra second to decide if they will catch the 300 pounds of cargo that is my body (bout 130 overweight on the scales. That’s a violation!! heh heh heh) With some goading they agree to punch in for another day, for now.
I wipe my nose on my hands and it is disgusting. I punch in my fuel code and throw the pumps into the tanks as I head inside to flying J to buy breakfast lunch and dinner all at once. Who has time to cook!?
”Welcome to Lov-“
But i barely hear it. Other people are a mere ambiance to my grizzled soliloquy and their cries fade to the background of my experience as I recite into my Blue Parrott Bluetooth headset.
“… and they gave me escort cars I’m tellin’ yuh unmarked National Guard two in the back and one in the front. I was haulin’ military cargo yuh see? But no placards so them stupid 4 wheelers wouldn’t know what I was carrying. Real top secret had to get a special clearance and everything. They got me on file now. Tarped and chained it myself. This bad boy wasn’t going nowhere I tell yuh. Had to drive the route in reverse as well, for security purposes. Floatin’ gears all through the Appalachians. Took home bout 14k off that run alone. Of course i dont do this for the money I could come off the road anytime…”
I snapped out of the trance of reminiscing and realized I was finished dropping a dirty little trailer of my own. Unloaded that faster than most receivers and didn’t even have a forklift.
In princely fashion I rose from the throne and tied my pants closed. I turned around and briefly admired my work and thought to myself “that bad boy ain’t going nowhere“ I turned back around and walked broadly, slowly, out of the restroom. Alpha.
I pull out an extra large fountain drink cup with the deftness of a gun slinger when the bell tolls. A true samurai knows his sword by the weight of the hilt alone.
Push Click Cherry Dr Pepper. No ice. That’s just bullshit water.
I Pivot like a rusty merry go round to the roller grill. The glizzies glisten gleefully as I savour the moment. Of course the freshest is in the back so my hands skip past the eager calls of the dogs at the front and flip over a few caught in Sisyphean rotation at the back until I find one with the perfect tenderness. I grab a tacquito and mash it hard into the bun before placing the hotdog on top to conceal my secret agenda. “Breakfast and lunch … heh heh heh “ Smirking to myself as I fumble with the drink lids and drop a few, and break a few. I finally manage to get one on the cup of sweet syrup.
I hobble for the cashier like a broken wheelbarrow and maintain unbroken eye contact (of course they don’t see behind these polarized aviators but they fan feel it. I just know.) .
“Just the usual, darlin”
She hands me a tin of Grizzly Natural Fine Cut and my gums are already tickled at the thought of packin’ a fat lipper.
“You wanna use your points for that stuff?”
She gestures to my wiener.
“Darlin’, if I keeps spending these points how’my ever s’posed to be affordin’ you dinner with me?”
She’s heard it before but it’s so funny she laughs at the quip yet again.
“Third divorce is a charm honey, let me know” But she’s already turned her back to fixin’ up the shelves. “Oh well maybe next time…”
I crack the tin and head for the door as I pack a fat one into my maw.
“Breakfast, lunch….and dinner. Hmmh hmh hmh.”
Looking to my rig I see a decent line up of idiots behind me. Fueling seems to be done. Looks like She’s ready to roll…..
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I wake up to the feeling of the sun shining on my bare naked ass and I can already tell it’s going to be a beautiful day trucking.
The sun was shining through the windshield - no time to draw the black out curtains, that would only slow me down. You see I am a trucker. The road is my religion, dispatch is my retarded shepherd and the odometer is my God.
I throw on yesterday‘s sweat pants. Who am I kidding– these are last weeks sweatpants. These ones come with extra condiments.
Listen buddy, washing them would only slow me down, and I am a trucker, shackled to the pounding clock of the D.O.T. in unholy matrimony.
I slide out of the driver seat to the Diesel soaked lane and allow my knees to take an extra second to decide if they will catch the 300 pounds of cargo that is my body (bout 130 overweight on the scales. That’s a violation!! heh heh heh) With some goading they agree to punch in for another day, for now.
I wipe my nose on my hands and it is disgusting. I punch in my fuel code and throw the pumps into the tanks as I head inside to flying J to buy breakfast lunch and dinner all at once. Who has time to cook!?
”Welcome to Lov-“
But i barely hear it. Other people are a mere ambiance to my grizzled soliloquy and their cries fade to the background of my experience as I recite into my Blue Parrott Bluetooth headset.
“… and they gave me escort cars I’m tellin’ yuh unmarked National Guard two in the back and one in the front. I was haulin’ military cargo yuh see? But no placards so them stupid 4 wheelers wouldn’t know what I was carrying. Real top secret had to get a special clearance and everything. They got me on file now. Tarped and chained it myself. This bad boy wasn’t going nowhere I tell yuh. Had to drive the route in reverse as well, for security purposes. Floatin’ gears all through the Appalachians. Took home bout 14k off that run alone. Of course i dont do this for the money I could come off the road anytime…”
I snapped out of the trance of reminiscing and realized I was finished dropping a dirty little trailer of my own. Unloaded that faster than most receivers and didn’t even have a forklift.
In princely fashion I rose from the throne and tied my pants closed. I turned around and briefly admired my work and thought to myself “that bad boy ain’t going nowhere“ I turned back around and walked broadly, slowly, out of the restroom. Alpha.
I pull out an extra large fountain drink cup with the deftness of a gun slinger when the bell tolls. A true samurai knows his sword by the weight of the hilt alone.
Push Click Cherry Dr Pepper. No ice. That’s just bullshit water.
I Pivot like a rusty merry go round to the roller grill. The glizzies glisten gleefully as I savour the moment. Of course the freshest is in the back so my hands skip past the eager calls of the dogs at the front and flip over a few caught in Sisyphean rotation at the back until I find one with the perfect tenderness. I grab a tacquito and mash it hard into the bun before placing the hotdog on top to conceal my secret agenda. “Breakfast and lunch … heh heh heh “ Smirking to myself as I fumble with the drink lids and drop a few, and break a few. I finally manage to get one on the cup of sweet syrup.
I hobble for the cashier like a broken wheelbarrow and maintain unbroken eye contact (of course they don’t see behind these polarized aviators but they fan feel it. I just know.) .
“Just the usual, darlin”
She hands me a tin of Grizzly Natural Fine Cut and my gums are already tickled at the thought of packin’ a fat lipper.
“You wanna use your points for that stuff?”
She gestures to my wiener.
“Darlin’, if I keeps spending these points how’my ever s’posed to be affordin’ you dinner with me?”
She’s heard it before but it’s so funny she laughs at the quip yet again.
“Third divorce is a charm honey, let me know” But she’s already turned her back to fixin’ up the shelves. “Oh well maybe next time…”
I crack the tin and head for the door as I pack a fat one into my maw.
“Breakfast, lunch….and dinner. Hmmh hmh hmh.”
Looking to my rig I see a decent line up of idiots behind me. Fueling seems to be done. Looks like She’s ready to roll…..
2023.03.29 04:05 PhynixGaming [PC] H: Plans W:Caps/Btats
25K Recipe: Nuka Cola Dark Deathclaw Gauntlet Extra Claw
20K Camo Backpack Junkyard Fountain
15K Bear Arm Deathclaw Gauntlet Grafton Monster Lamp Safari Croc Backpack Safari Gorilla Backpack Sitting Gorilla Standing Gorilla Vintage Water Cooler Radioactive Barrel
10K Animatronic Clown Bed of Nails Circus Cage Trailer Wall Mounted Fan Behemoth Boss Plushie Snallygaster Plushie Wanamingo Plushie
5K Red Rocket Gas Pump Wall Light Red Rocket Gas Station Lamp Red Truck Ceiling Light Barbed Wire Fences Cultist Backpack Insurgent Hat Insurgent Outfit Marine Wetsuit Marine Tactical Helmet Marine Armor Helmet Molerat Wind Chime Musket Stack Monument Nuka Girl Area Rug Santa Crash Treasure Hunter Hat Treasure Hunter Outfit Recipe: Formula P Bramin Plushie Cave Cricket Tube Mirelurk King Tube Scorched Tube Yao Guai Tube T-60 PA Plans
Tubes - 2K Alien Human 1 Human 2 Super Mutant Wendigo
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20K Camo Backpack Junkyard Fountain
15K Bear Arm Deathclaw Gauntlet Grafton Monster Lamp Safari Croc Backpack Safari Gorilla Backpack Sitting Gorilla Standing Gorilla Vintage Water Cooler Radioactive Barrel
10K Animatronic Clown Bed of Nails Circus Cage Trailer Wall Mounted Fan Behemoth Boss Plushie Snallygaster Plushie Wanamingo Plushie
5K Red Rocket Gas Pump Wall Light Red Rocket Gas Station Lamp Red Truck Ceiling Light Barbed Wire Fences Cultist Backpack Insurgent Hat Insurgent Outfit Marine Wetsuit Marine Tactical Helmet Marine Armor Helmet Molerat Wind Chime Musket Stack Monument Nuka Girl Area Rug Santa Crash Treasure Hunter Hat Treasure Hunter Outfit Recipe: Formula P Bramin Plushie Cave Cricket Tube Mirelurk King Tube Scorched Tube Yao Guai Tube T-60 PA Plans
Tubes - 2K Alien Human 1 Human 2 Super Mutant Wendigo
2023.03.28 23:47 jlcsanyi Skimmer issue—bad pump or bad plumbing?
 | So please ignore the paver stone in the skimmer, I chucked that in there purely to keep it from popping out of the water while it’s having this issue which makes a lot of noise. submitted by jlcsanyi to ponds [link] [comments] I’m still fairly new to the whole pond thing, my husband and I bought this house a year ago which came with the pond and all all the fish and equipment. We have always had issues with this Oase skimmer. It will periodically pop out of the water and start sucking straight air which is super loud. Over the winter the pvc pipe that runs under the deck from the skimmer and pump burst so I’ve had to replace it recently. The skimmer connects to a submersible pump which then runs under the deck, winds back around, and disappears back under the deck (I’ll attach a photo of the wonky plumbing in the comments) where it somehow feeds a fountain in the back corner of the pond—now, I have no idea where or how it connects because the folks that built this house thought it would be a great idea to built the deck around and on top of the pond and all of its equipment so other than what’s under the deck I can’t get to it without tearing up my deck which I’m not keen to do, especially not on my own. Whenever the skimmer acts like it does in the video I can see in the tubing that it looks like the water just stops? And there will be a big bubble in the tubing that will slowly move and then shoot through and it will start running again. Would this be more likely due to the pump connected to the skimmer trying to die or would it be more likely that one of the two air release valves in the plumbing under the deck is messing up? |
2023.03.28 22:05 Warm-Giraffe-7704 What am I doing wrong?
Ive had two bettas die over the course of the last few months. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I have a six gallon tank, a water heater and pump, don’t over-feed. I bought a “check your water” kit and it said my pH was a little high, but all other parameters were good. I’m really upset about this. Any idea what could be going wrong??
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2023.03.28 21:05 BallisticB00m Bmw e92 has no ABS/TC after ECU replacement
Hi, my 2007 E92 325i ABS and traction control does not work ever since i changed my ECU due to my old one being water damaged.
The car has been though a lot since i bought it 8 months ago and i have barely driven it 200 miles. Below is a timeline of what this car has been though with ECU's. I dont expect everyone to read it all as its boring as heck, but if you do i highly appreciate it.
There's sometimes long gaps between things this was usually because it was at a garage or i was away or because i just gave up on it.
I live in the UK so some things may be different from NA or the rest of the world FYI.
Any further questions you have please ask away.
BMW Issues Timeline
16th July 2022 - Bought the Car, everything worked fine, drove fine, no lights on dash. Previous owner had great service history and seem to really care about it. Perfect…
6th August 2022 - went to go start after leaving it sitting since buying it, car would crank but not start. I tried charging the battery, nothing. I bought a new battery and still nothing. Not Perfect.
11th August 2022 - got it diagnosed by an "auto-electrician" (who was crap) who said the ECU is toast due to water damage. Tbf i did see him take out the ECU and it was rotten so i believed him.
18th August 2022 - bought a used ECU,key and CAS unit set off ebay and got it installed by the same auto-electrician who advised me to buy this "set", no coding was done to the car what so ever. Car then ran and drove however its millage was incorrect and it also read warning lights which the guy couldn't clear as he "forgot his diagnostic kit" (ikr major red flag).
20th August 2022 - went to a local garage to try clear the codes, they didn't manage to clear them however did allow me to record the codes which reads as follows. (Make note of the first 2 they appear later)
Antilock Brakes (ABS/ASC/DSC) - Codes - 3 5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5E1F - "Powertrain CAN Chasis Number Wrong/ECU not initialized"
22nd August 2022 - Left the car parked up as i went on holiday
1st September 2022 - Returned from holiday, car would crank but not start.
13th September 2022 - Got the car towed to an independent BMW "Specialist"
12th October 2022 - Towed the car back to my house as the "BMW Specialist" couldn't fix it after trying multiple different ECU's and trying to code them from my CAS unit, told me i should take it to a BMW main dealer or its maybe something wrong with the wiring. This place never charged me and i heard great reviews about them however their communication was poor and thought they weren't the most professional, also an entire month and still didn't do anything wtf.
20th October 2022 - Towed the car to a work friends private garage who is an retired mechanic, i work abroad in the winter so needed it to be stored somewhere plus he wanted to try and mess with it.
22nd October 2022 - sent my original damaged ECU to a company that claimed it can either A fix the ECU or B take the data from the ECU and put it onto a new one.
25th October 2022 - company came back saying they couldn't take any data from the ECU as it was too damaged and wasn't able to help.
3rd November 2022 - Bought one last used ECU and got it sent off along with the original cas unit to a company that re-codes ECU to match with the original cas unit since my original ECU was toast.
11th November 2022 - ECU came back after it was re-coded, plugged it in and the car would as ever crank but not start.
17th November 2022 - Got another Auto-electrician to come and he charged me £40 to tell me he didn't know and there was no communication with the ECU. At this point i was pissed off and was going to just try and scrap or sell the car for spares before i went away for the winter, however my work friend talked me out of it and said he will store it over winter for me and then see what he can do. (He was quite determined and had nothing else to do lol)
28th November 2022 - 5 days before i was set to go away, my friend called me to say he got it running. How? There was a green 30amp fuse in the ECU box that had blown he had simply replaced it and she started up. The millage was correct and it was running fine. However there was still a brake light an ABS light and a traction control light on. Since i was going soon i never went over to check on the car and he said he would still store it over the winter for me.
17th march 2023 - I returned back home and went to pick up the car, the car still started and ran fine however the lights were still on. I drove it home and it drove perfect.
21st March 2023 - took the car down to my local garage to read the codes. They read as follows
5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail"
The same codes as before, all the way back in August, however the code for "ECU not initialized" was no longer present (phew). The ABS and Traction control does not work at all. I have checked all fuses, all are good.
25th March 2023 - i got another (yes another) Auto-electrician down to see if he could do anything he told me the car needs to be properly set up with the ecu as he cant "established a connection with the ECU". Told me to go to main dealer.
My cousin who is an mechanic for mercedes F1 team(way smarter than me) thinks the ABS module wants to be recalibrated. However the auto-electrician guy couldn't even view the codes let alone get in to re-calibrate anything. But my local garage could view the codes but said they couldn't go any further as it was out of their area of expertise.
I believe initially when the original water damaged ECU was taken out and the "ECU kit" or whatever you call it was plugged in it started to cause issues with ABS and traction control. And then when the car wouldn't start again after i was on holiday it was due to the blown fuse. However what i dont understand is how to clear or recalibrate the ABS system to get ABS and traction control working again. I also don't understand why my local garage could connect to the ECU but the auto-electrician guy couldn't.
Since the guy came on Saturday the car still starts and drives. However the lights never disappear. And also a check engine light has appeared since, im not sure what its about as I haven't had the time to get it read. I have checked all the ABS sensors, they seem fine. I have also checked for fluid leaks, there isnt any. And the brake pedal feels normal (not too stiff).
I believe it's something electrical and not the ABS pump. But honestly im pretty stumped what to do next. I know this post is ridiculously long and i haven't written this much since my school exams but im really at a lost with this car and would love any bit of knowledge anyone can provide. Thanks.
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The car has been though a lot since i bought it 8 months ago and i have barely driven it 200 miles. Below is a timeline of what this car has been though with ECU's. I dont expect everyone to read it all as its boring as heck, but if you do i highly appreciate it.
There's sometimes long gaps between things this was usually because it was at a garage or i was away or because i just gave up on it.
I live in the UK so some things may be different from NA or the rest of the world FYI.
Any further questions you have please ask away.
BMW Issues Timeline
16th July 2022 - Bought the Car, everything worked fine, drove fine, no lights on dash. Previous owner had great service history and seem to really care about it. Perfect…
6th August 2022 - went to go start after leaving it sitting since buying it, car would crank but not start. I tried charging the battery, nothing. I bought a new battery and still nothing. Not Perfect.
11th August 2022 - got it diagnosed by an "auto-electrician" (who was crap) who said the ECU is toast due to water damage. Tbf i did see him take out the ECU and it was rotten so i believed him.
18th August 2022 - bought a used ECU,key and CAS unit set off ebay and got it installed by the same auto-electrician who advised me to buy this "set", no coding was done to the car what so ever. Car then ran and drove however its millage was incorrect and it also read warning lights which the guy couldn't clear as he "forgot his diagnostic kit" (ikr major red flag).
20th August 2022 - went to a local garage to try clear the codes, they didn't manage to clear them however did allow me to record the codes which reads as follows. (Make note of the first 2 they appear later)
Antilock Brakes (ABS/ASC/DSC) - Codes - 3 5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5E1F - "Powertrain CAN Chasis Number Wrong/ECU not initialized"
22nd August 2022 - Left the car parked up as i went on holiday
1st September 2022 - Returned from holiday, car would crank but not start.
13th September 2022 - Got the car towed to an independent BMW "Specialist"
12th October 2022 - Towed the car back to my house as the "BMW Specialist" couldn't fix it after trying multiple different ECU's and trying to code them from my CAS unit, told me i should take it to a BMW main dealer or its maybe something wrong with the wiring. This place never charged me and i heard great reviews about them however their communication was poor and thought they weren't the most professional, also an entire month and still didn't do anything wtf.
20th October 2022 - Towed the car to a work friends private garage who is an retired mechanic, i work abroad in the winter so needed it to be stored somewhere plus he wanted to try and mess with it.
22nd October 2022 - sent my original damaged ECU to a company that claimed it can either A fix the ECU or B take the data from the ECU and put it onto a new one.
25th October 2022 - company came back saying they couldn't take any data from the ECU as it was too damaged and wasn't able to help.
3rd November 2022 - Bought one last used ECU and got it sent off along with the original cas unit to a company that re-codes ECU to match with the original cas unit since my original ECU was toast.
11th November 2022 - ECU came back after it was re-coded, plugged it in and the car would as ever crank but not start.
17th November 2022 - Got another Auto-electrician to come and he charged me £40 to tell me he didn't know and there was no communication with the ECU. At this point i was pissed off and was going to just try and scrap or sell the car for spares before i went away for the winter, however my work friend talked me out of it and said he will store it over winter for me and then see what he can do. (He was quite determined and had nothing else to do lol)
28th November 2022 - 5 days before i was set to go away, my friend called me to say he got it running. How? There was a green 30amp fuse in the ECU box that had blown he had simply replaced it and she started up. The millage was correct and it was running fine. However there was still a brake light an ABS light and a traction control light on. Since i was going soon i never went over to check on the car and he said he would still store it over the winter for me.
17th march 2023 - I returned back home and went to pick up the car, the car still started and ran fine however the lights were still on. I drove it home and it drove perfect.
21st March 2023 - took the car down to my local garage to read the codes. They read as follows
5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail"
The same codes as before, all the way back in August, however the code for "ECU not initialized" was no longer present (phew). The ABS and Traction control does not work at all. I have checked all fuses, all are good.
25th March 2023 - i got another (yes another) Auto-electrician down to see if he could do anything he told me the car needs to be properly set up with the ecu as he cant "established a connection with the ECU". Told me to go to main dealer.
My cousin who is an mechanic for mercedes F1 team(way smarter than me) thinks the ABS module wants to be recalibrated. However the auto-electrician guy couldn't even view the codes let alone get in to re-calibrate anything. But my local garage could view the codes but said they couldn't go any further as it was out of their area of expertise.
I believe initially when the original water damaged ECU was taken out and the "ECU kit" or whatever you call it was plugged in it started to cause issues with ABS and traction control. And then when the car wouldn't start again after i was on holiday it was due to the blown fuse. However what i dont understand is how to clear or recalibrate the ABS system to get ABS and traction control working again. I also don't understand why my local garage could connect to the ECU but the auto-electrician guy couldn't.
Since the guy came on Saturday the car still starts and drives. However the lights never disappear. And also a check engine light has appeared since, im not sure what its about as I haven't had the time to get it read. I have checked all the ABS sensors, they seem fine. I have also checked for fluid leaks, there isnt any. And the brake pedal feels normal (not too stiff).
I believe it's something electrical and not the ABS pump. But honestly im pretty stumped what to do next. I know this post is ridiculously long and i haven't written this much since my school exams but im really at a lost with this car and would love any bit of knowledge anyone can provide. Thanks.
2023.03.28 21:00 BallisticB00m E92 has no ABS&TC after Ecu change.
Hi, my 2007 E92 325i ABS and traction control does not work ever since i changed my ECU due to my old one being water damaged.
The car has been though a lot since i bought it 8 months ago and i have barely driven it 200 miles. Below is a timeline of what this car has been though with ECU's. I dont expect everyone to read it all as its boring as heck, but if you do i highly appreciate it.
There's sometimes long gaps between things this was usually because it was at a garage or i was away or because i just gave up on it.
I live in the UK so some things may be different from NA or the rest of the world FYI.
Any further questions you have please ask away.
BMW Issues Timeline
16th July 2022 - Bought the Car, everything worked fine, drove fine, no lights on dash. Previous owner had great service history and seem to really care about it. Perfect…
6th August 2022 - went to go start after leaving it sitting since buying it, car would crank but not start. I tried charging the battery, nothing. I bought a new battery and still nothing. Not Perfect.
11th August 2022 - got it diagnosed by an "auto-electrician" (who was crap) who said the ECU is toast due to water damage. Tbf i did see him take out the ECU and it was rotten so i believed him.
18th August 2022 - bought a used ECU,key and CAS unit set off ebay and got it installed by the same auto-electrician who advised me to buy this "set", no coding was done to the car what so ever. Car then ran and drove however its millage was incorrect and it also read warning lights which the guy couldn't clear as he "forgot his diagnostic kit" (ikr major red flag).
20th August 2022 - went to a local garage to try clear the codes, they didn't manage to clear them however did allow me to record the codes which reads as follows. (Make note of the first 2 they appear later)
Antilock Brakes (ABS/ASC/DSC) - Codes - 3 5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5E1F - "Powertrain CAN Chasis Number Wrong/ECU not initialized"
22nd August 2022 - Left the car parked up as i went on holiday
1st September 2022 - Returned from holiday, car would crank but not start.
13th September 2022 - Got the car towed to an independent BMW "Specialist"
12th October 2022 - Towed the car back to my house as the "BMW Specialist" couldn't fix it after trying multiple different ECU's and trying to code them from my CAS unit, told me i should take it to a BMW main dealer or its maybe something wrong with the wiring. This place never charged me and i heard great reviews about them however their communication was poor and thought they weren't the most professional, also an entire month and still didn't do anything wtf.
20th October 2022 - Towed the car to a work friends private garage who is an retired mechanic, i work abroad in the winter so needed it to be stored somewhere plus he wanted to try and mess with it.
22nd October 2022 - sent my original damaged ECU to a company that claimed it can either A fix the ECU or B take the data from the ECU and put it onto a new one.
25th October 2022 - company came back saying they couldn't take any data from the ECU as it was too damaged and wasn't able to help.
3rd November 2022 - Bought one last used ECU and got it sent off along with the original cas unit to a company that re-codes ECU to match with the original cas unit since my original ECU was toast.
11th November 2022 - ECU came back after it was re-coded, plugged it in and the car would as ever crank but not start.
17th November 2022 - Got another Auto-electrician to come and he charged me £40 to tell me he didn't know and there was no communication with the ECU. At this point i was pissed off and was going to just try and scrap or sell the car for spares before i went away for the winter, however my work friend talked me out of it and said he will store it over winter for me and then see what he can do. (He was quite determined and had nothing else to do lol)
28th November 2022 - 5 days before i was set to go away, my friend called me to say he got it running. How? There was a green 30amp fuse in the ECU box that had blown he had simply replaced it and she started up. The millage was correct and it was running fine. However there was still a brake light an ABS light and a traction control light on. Since i was going soon i never went over to check on the car and he said he would still store it over the winter for me.
17th march 2023 - I returned back home and went to pick up the car, the car still started and ran fine however the lights were still on. I drove it home and it drove perfect.
21st March 2023 - took the car down to my local garage to read the codes. They read as follows
5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail"
The same codes as before, all the way back in August, however the code for "ECU not initialized" was no longer present (phew). The ABS and Traction control does not work at all. I have checked all fuses, all are good.
25th March 2023 - i got another (yes another) Auto-electrician down to see if he could do anything he told me the car needs to be properly set up with the ecu as he cant "established a connection with the ECU". Told me to go to main dealer.
My cousin who is an mechanic for mercedes F1 team(way smarter than me) thinks the ABS module wants to be recalibrated. However the auto-electrician guy couldn't even view the codes let alone get in to re-calibrate anything. But my local garage could view the codes but said they couldn't go any further as it was out of their area of expertise.
I believe initially when the original water damaged ECU was taken out and the "ECU kit" or whatever you call it was plugged in it started to cause issues with ABS and traction control. And then when the car wouldn't start again after i was on holiday it was due to the blown fuse. However what i dont understand is how to clear or recalibrate the ABS system to get ABS and traction control working again. I also don't understand why my local garage could connect to the ECU but the auto-electrician guy couldn't.
Since the guy came on Saturday the car still starts and drives. However the lights never disappear. And also a check engine light has appeared since, im not sure what its about as I haven't had the time to get it read. I have checked all the ABS sensors, they seem fine. I have also checked for fluid leaks, there isnt any. And the brake pedal feels normal (not too stiff).
I believe it's something electrical and not the ABS pump. But honestly im pretty stumped what to do next. I know this post is ridiculously long and i haven't written this much since my school exams but im really at a lost with this car and would love any bit of knowledge anyone can provide. Thanks.
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The car has been though a lot since i bought it 8 months ago and i have barely driven it 200 miles. Below is a timeline of what this car has been though with ECU's. I dont expect everyone to read it all as its boring as heck, but if you do i highly appreciate it.
There's sometimes long gaps between things this was usually because it was at a garage or i was away or because i just gave up on it.
I live in the UK so some things may be different from NA or the rest of the world FYI.
Any further questions you have please ask away.
BMW Issues Timeline
16th July 2022 - Bought the Car, everything worked fine, drove fine, no lights on dash. Previous owner had great service history and seem to really care about it. Perfect…
6th August 2022 - went to go start after leaving it sitting since buying it, car would crank but not start. I tried charging the battery, nothing. I bought a new battery and still nothing. Not Perfect.
11th August 2022 - got it diagnosed by an "auto-electrician" (who was crap) who said the ECU is toast due to water damage. Tbf i did see him take out the ECU and it was rotten so i believed him.
18th August 2022 - bought a used ECU,key and CAS unit set off ebay and got it installed by the same auto-electrician who advised me to buy this "set", no coding was done to the car what so ever. Car then ran and drove however its millage was incorrect and it also read warning lights which the guy couldn't clear as he "forgot his diagnostic kit" (ikr major red flag).
20th August 2022 - went to a local garage to try clear the codes, they didn't manage to clear them however did allow me to record the codes which reads as follows. (Make note of the first 2 they appear later)
Antilock Brakes (ABS/ASC/DSC) - Codes - 3 5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5E1F - "Powertrain CAN Chasis Number Wrong/ECU not initialized"
22nd August 2022 - Left the car parked up as i went on holiday
1st September 2022 - Returned from holiday, car would crank but not start.
13th September 2022 - Got the car towed to an independent BMW "Specialist"
12th October 2022 - Towed the car back to my house as the "BMW Specialist" couldn't fix it after trying multiple different ECU's and trying to code them from my CAS unit, told me i should take it to a BMW main dealer or its maybe something wrong with the wiring. This place never charged me and i heard great reviews about them however their communication was poor and thought they weren't the most professional, also an entire month and still didn't do anything wtf.
20th October 2022 - Towed the car to a work friends private garage who is an retired mechanic, i work abroad in the winter so needed it to be stored somewhere plus he wanted to try and mess with it.
22nd October 2022 - sent my original damaged ECU to a company that claimed it can either A fix the ECU or B take the data from the ECU and put it onto a new one.
25th October 2022 - company came back saying they couldn't take any data from the ECU as it was too damaged and wasn't able to help.
3rd November 2022 - Bought one last used ECU and got it sent off along with the original cas unit to a company that re-codes ECU to match with the original cas unit since my original ECU was toast.
11th November 2022 - ECU came back after it was re-coded, plugged it in and the car would as ever crank but not start.
17th November 2022 - Got another Auto-electrician to come and he charged me £40 to tell me he didn't know and there was no communication with the ECU. At this point i was pissed off and was going to just try and scrap or sell the car for spares before i went away for the winter, however my work friend talked me out of it and said he will store it over winter for me and then see what he can do. (He was quite determined and had nothing else to do lol)
28th November 2022 - 5 days before i was set to go away, my friend called me to say he got it running. How? There was a green 30amp fuse in the ECU box that had blown he had simply replaced it and she started up. The millage was correct and it was running fine. However there was still a brake light an ABS light and a traction control light on. Since i was going soon i never went over to check on the car and he said he would still store it over the winter for me.
17th march 2023 - I returned back home and went to pick up the car, the car still started and ran fine however the lights were still on. I drove it home and it drove perfect.
21st March 2023 - took the car down to my local garage to read the codes. They read as follows
5DD2 - "Inlet Valve Calibration Data Fail" 5DD0 - "Valve Calibration Data Fail"
The same codes as before, all the way back in August, however the code for "ECU not initialized" was no longer present (phew). The ABS and Traction control does not work at all. I have checked all fuses, all are good.
25th March 2023 - i got another (yes another) Auto-electrician down to see if he could do anything he told me the car needs to be properly set up with the ecu as he cant "established a connection with the ECU". Told me to go to main dealer.
My cousin who is an mechanic for mercedes F1 team(way smarter than me) thinks the ABS module wants to be recalibrated. However the auto-electrician guy couldn't even view the codes let alone get in to re-calibrate anything. But my local garage could view the codes but said they couldn't go any further as it was out of their area of expertise.
I believe initially when the original water damaged ECU was taken out and the "ECU kit" or whatever you call it was plugged in it started to cause issues with ABS and traction control. And then when the car wouldn't start again after i was on holiday it was due to the blown fuse. However what i dont understand is how to clear or recalibrate the ABS system to get ABS and traction control working again. I also don't understand why my local garage could connect to the ECU but the auto-electrician guy couldn't.
Since the guy came on Saturday the car still starts and drives. However the lights never disappear. And also a check engine light has appeared since, im not sure what its about as I haven't had the time to get it read. I have checked all the ABS sensors, they seem fine. I have also checked for fluid leaks, there isnt any. And the brake pedal feels normal (not too stiff).
I believe it's something electrical and not the ABS pump. But honestly im pretty stumped what to do next. I know this post is ridiculously long and i haven't written this much since my school exams but im really at a lost with this car and would love any bit of knowledge anyone can provide. Thanks.
2023.03.28 20:26 LIS1050010 Do You Have the Skills You Need to Survive a Depression?
Do you think you have the skills to survive a Depression?
Let’s face it. We may say we’re preparing for winter blizzards or freak hurricanes, but down deep, if you’re a prepper, what you’re really preparing for is a collapse of America’s economy. It may happen within a few days, or it may be a continual downward slide over many years. Its causes may include numerous Katrina-size natural disasters, a toppling federal government, chaos on Main Street, and the odd meteor or two.
Regardless of the causes, we want our families to be as secure as possible for the long haul.
So, the question that naturally arises is: How do you prepare for a Greatest Depression? Is it even possible to prepare for something that may last a decade or much, much longer? Is it better to be a homeowner, even if someday you’re unable to make your mortgage payments, or is it better to have mobility and rent? Should you leave your life savings and retirement funds where they are or take the tax and penalty hit and invest in land, or gold, or a year’s worth of food?
While there are no definitive answers to these questions, you can take stock of your level of preparedness, see where the gaps are, and work to fill them.
If you answered yes to all in this level, congratulations! You will survive.
If you passed the easy and medium levels but failed the hard level, not to worry. You are teachable. A Boy Scout learns 99% of these depression survival skills! Select a skill to learn, make a plan, and then work the plan! Rinse and repeat.
Now, let’s consider a question.
We’re preparing for something on a worldwide scale, so I asked Survival Mom readers this question: How should we prepare for a Greatest Depression? Here is a curated selection of those responses.
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Let’s face it. We may say we’re preparing for winter blizzards or freak hurricanes, but down deep, if you’re a prepper, what you’re really preparing for is a collapse of America’s economy. It may happen within a few days, or it may be a continual downward slide over many years. Its causes may include numerous Katrina-size natural disasters, a toppling federal government, chaos on Main Street, and the odd meteor or two.
Regardless of the causes, we want our families to be as secure as possible for the long haul.
So, the question that naturally arises is: How do you prepare for a Greatest Depression? Is it even possible to prepare for something that may last a decade or much, much longer? Is it better to be a homeowner, even if someday you’re unable to make your mortgage payments, or is it better to have mobility and rent? Should you leave your life savings and retirement funds where they are or take the tax and penalty hit and invest in land, or gold, or a year’s worth of food?
While there are no definitive answers to these questions, you can take stock of your level of preparedness, see where the gaps are, and work to fill them.
Assess Your Depression Survival Skills
Let’s begin by evaluating your skills that would help you survive a depression. Answer yes or no to the following questions:
Easy skills level:
- Do you know how to sew on a button?
- Do you know how to use an oil lamp?
- Do you know how to boil an egg?
- Do you know how to ride a bike?
- Do you know how to keep houseplants alive?
Medium skills level:
- Do you know how to cut up a whole chicken?
- Do you know how to hem or fix a rip in clothing?
- Do you have a stocked first aid kit in your home?
- Do you know how to build and maintain a fire?
- Do you know how to cook and season dried beans?
Hard skills level:
- Do you know how to grow your own vegetables?
- Do you know how to use a pattern and sew your own clothes?
- Do you know how to can fruits and vegetables?
- Do you know how to start a fire without matches?
- Do you know how to raise chickens?
- Do you have a fully prepared emergency kit in your home?
- Do you own and know how to use a gun?
- Do you or someone in the home know how to fish and hunt?
- Do you have a well-stocked pantry?
- Do you know how to make a quilt?
- Do you know how to bake bread from scratch?
- Do you know CPR and basic first aid skills?
- Do you have the physical ability to ride a bike?
- Do you know how to purify water for drinking?
- Do you know how to cook in a dutch oven with charcoal?
If you answered yes to all in this level, congratulations! You will survive.
If you passed the easy and medium levels but failed the hard level, not to worry. You are teachable. A Boy Scout learns 99% of these depression survival skills! Select a skill to learn, make a plan, and then work the plan! Rinse and repeat.
Now, let’s consider a question.
Readers Respond: How Should We Prepare for a Greatest Depression?
If we could talk with survivors of the first Great Depression and ask them, “If you could go back to 1925, how would you have prepared for the Great Depression,” I wonder what they would say.We’re preparing for something on a worldwide scale, so I asked Survival Mom readers this question: How should we prepare for a Greatest Depression? Here is a curated selection of those responses.
- Is it possible to prepare for something that may last decades? Yes, but it’s not easy. I think it involves home ownership (not a mortgage, which means the bank pretty much owns your home), enough land for self-sustainability, and the skills to utilize that land. I see prepping as something that will help me get through lean times. Hopefully, we never have to survive totally off our food storage. Instead, our food storage will just help us stretch our budget if things get hard. (Bitsy)
- I remember my grandparents and uncles talking about the Great Depression and WWII rationing; honestly, I don’t think they noticed a huge difference in their lives. They lived very simple lives in eastern Kentucky, my grandfather quitting school at 7 to go to work. But they also had skills that most of us preppers can only dream of. Inflated food costs were no big deal if you were growing most all of what you needed. They kept gardens, orchards, chickens, and cows. Made their own clothes. Mended their own shoes. Never really strayed too far from home. If we’re going to survive something long-term, we HAVE to relearn those basic skills and learn to take care of ourselves. (Andrea)
- The way I look at it, my food storage and other preps are giving me OPTIONS and increased flexibility at a time when we might all need to be extremely creative to thrive. I won’t be nearly so dependent on a steady paycheck, so even if I lose my job, I can make it for some amount of time without facing utter hopelessness. If I’m fortunate enough to have a job and steady pay, I can use my money for needs other than food. All I’ve stored is insurance and wealth for bartering. (Linda)
- We know how to can, dehydrate, and we are saving many staples, but do we know how to fix and repair? Can we stitch a wound or have an understanding of herbal remedies for when doctors are not in the budget? The preparation we need to do is on every single level of our lives. (Kris)
- I think of food storage as a supplement if things somehow manage to limp along. If things completely collapse, then food storage becomes not a supplement but a bridge to tide us over while new ways of growing and transporting food are worked out. Keep in mind that there are basic differences in types of food. Grain is relatively easy to transport for long distances and is more likely to be at least somewhat available. Perishable items like meat, eggs, and fresh vegetables are likely to only be available according to what is locally produced or from your own backyard. Basic gardening skills can be ramped up fairly quickly, but those basic skills take years to learn. If you anticipate the need to produce your own food, get started now. Even if it is on a very small scale, you need to learn by experience what works and what doesn’t for your situation. Once you’ve got the basics covered, expanding the output is just a matter of doing more of the same. Buying a can of “survival seeds” and thinking that you’ll just plant them if the need arises is not a plan – it is almost guaranteed to fail at a time when failure could have very serious consequences. Can we prepare for something that will last for generations? That is really the question in a society such as ours, where the same systems that make us so efficient and wealthy are extremely fragile and interconnected by their very nature. Our system has no resilience, so if one part collapses, it can take everything else down with it. My preparations for a multi-generational collapse take a different approach than the typical prepper. Long-term preparations include a home-schooling library for our grandchildren, an extensive library on a wide variety of topics, “obsolete” technology in the form of slide rules (they were used for all the calculations that put man on the moon and built the Boeing 747), and quality basic hand tools and fasteners of various types. The worst thing that could happen in this regard is for our society to lose the basic knowledge we have built over the past 6,000 years. (Stephen M.)
- Before the Great Depression, most Americans did not live the life of affluence, that is the middle class and above standard of today. They were not poor by that era’s standard. As a matter of fact, compared to their immigrant parents’ life in the old world, they were very well off. Go look at a middle-class house built around the turn of the last century. Rooms are small to conserve heat. The closets are tiny because that’s all the room they needed. Few people had more than two or three changes of clothing. My Grandmother rarely owned more than four dresses at any one time. The newest one for church and special occasions. The next older one is for going out in public, such as visiting and going to town. The next older one for everyday wear. (and I mean every day, the same dress.) The very oldest one, oft mended and patched, for doing dirty work. The house I live in now, built in 1920, originally had a total of only four electric sockets. Nobody thought someone would have enough appliances to need more. My point here is that many people like my grandparents didn’t feel much difference once the Depression hit because they didn’t have much to lose. They were accustomed to a life that we consider austerity. Modern Americans are more spoiled than they think. $8 a gallon for gas is no big deal when you don’t own a car and never did and only dreamed you ever would. (Barbara)
- I think it will be a different type of depression than it was back in the 30’s. People were closer to the earth and didn’t count on the government as much. They also “networked” alot and used barter with friends and neighbors even in the good times before the depression. This is one thing I have been working on myself. (Woodnick)
- Zero DEBT!!! (George)
- I would consider every purchase NOW in light of how it would be viewed if LATER we were in a Depression. For instance, would your child benefit more from a pocket knife or a new video game? A book or a plastic toy? An emergency radio that doubles as an MP3 player or an iPod? Buy things of quality, too. I would replace things now that you can. (Katy)
- I think learning skills to survive a depression and teaching those skills to your children is important. My daughter can knit, sew, and crochet better than I can. In fact, my son can sew better than I can. We homeschool, so we have lots of books, including stockpiled curriculum for grades my children have not yet reached (in case we can’t afford to buy a math textbook then). Textbooks get low priority compared with food. I guess I am looking at a scenario where life is likely to get much harder and everything but food and shelter is considered a luxury. (Katy)
- You get comfortable with populations shifting around, little or nothing in the way of government public services, and surviving without a job. You get used to using absolutely every part of everything you have. You “fix it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.” You learn how to plant and harvest and butcher and shoot. (Sunshine)
- For a large-scale long-term Depression, I’d continue to store food and basic necessities as there may come a time when we have to completely rely on them. However, if there is no telling how long it would last, then money and storage would eventually run out. I have written about coming up with a personal economic crash plan to fall back on if or when a worst-case scenario happens. Not pretty to think about, but it may have to include moving in with family to pool resources, selling off belongings, possible bartering, etc. The main thing is survival and learning to live on less now. Imaging the worst-case scenario would help in preparing and not being in a state of shock if it happens. (Bernie)
- Lately, every time I shop and buy something, I ask myself, “What would I do if I couldn’t buy this thing? How would I make do ?” It’s really made me think and has caused me to stockpile some items I hadn’t previously thought about, like repair supplies for water hoses and shoes and iron-on repair patches for clothes. Sometimes, I’ve gone to the internet and printed off recipes for homemade cleaning products, vinegar, fruit pectin, and instructions for darning socks, making paper and homemade ink and glue, etc. I don’t have time to learn to do all that stuff right now, but I want that info in my survival notebook for later, just in case. (Linda)
- My mother will soon be 88. She was young during the depression. She said there wasn’t a change in their living standard. They lived in a rural area on a working farm. If they didn’t raise it or make it, they didn’t need it. They never had much to begin with, and when the depression began, they couldn’t tell any difference. I suppose somewhere in that story is our lesson. I am afraid that we may have lost enough of our morals and skills and have grown so used to our creature comforts that perhaps a depression could be much harder on us than the last one . . . much harder. (Reggie)
- I advise stocking up on tools and tools and more tools. Especially consumable tools. A bow saw with a dozen extra blades. Extra drill bits. My cordless 14.4 drill is going on 12 years. I advise a solar panel for recharging. If you have the motivation, tools will help you tremendously in building what you need. I think that there will be an abundance of emptied structures to strip for raw materials. We will be pulling screws and nails from buildings. Every one will have value. But stocking up on extra boxes now is not a bad idea. (Sierra D.)
- We are concentrating on learning skills to survive a depression. This year we are learning to save seed from our garden produce. I learned to knit this summer and have gotten some yarn on clearance from different places. I just watched videos on how to make tallow candles and pemmican….we have never saved the tallow from the deer and elk that the boys harvest each fall…now we will! Hopefully, the skills we learn will help fill in the needs as they arise as times get harder. (Sheri)
- I think we’ll be seeing high prices and scarce commodities (if only because fleets will be grounded for lack of fuel or too-high fuel costs) and an actual lack of petroleum-based products like gas, plastics, and rubber. So one thing we’re doing is stocking up on spare tires for our biodiesel vehicles and bicycles, tire patching kits, plastic bags, etc. – anything made from petroleum that we think we need during a major transition to a different lifestyle. Oh – and fabric, thread, needles (besides food & seed). (Mary)
- This is why I’m learning skills: gardening, animal husbandry, repair, crafting (practical things like knitting socks), cob building, and the like. I think if you already know how to do these things, it will be much easier to make the transition. (Herbwifemama)
- My mom lived in a NYC tenement during the depression, and it was pretty bad. She said the only time she got enough to eat was when they went to my great-aunt’s farm in the summer to work. Sickness was everywhere and you couldn’t afford medicines. My grandmother lost her hearing due to ear infections. All my mother’s teeth were cracked and broken due to poor nutrition and illness. (Vicki O.)
- My parents both lived through the depression before they married. My father, at times, nearly starved and worked at any job he could find. My mother’s family owned a farm and always had food. They didn’t have extra money and were very frugal, but they were able to eat well. I think preparations must include knowledge….how to grow food, both animal and vegetable. (Bernadine)
- Practical, hands-on knowledge is, by far, the best thing we can do for ourselves. What good is an emergency seed bank if we don’t have the proper soil for it and don’t know what to plant when? How do you can your produce and meat over a campfire? Do you know the medicinal properties of the common herbs we use for cooking? (I didn’t know that Thyme tea is excellent for upper respiratory problems–specifically the ears!) What about hunting without a gun? Butchering what you’ve managed to kill? Get past the squeamishness and learn how while there is time to make the necessary mistakes along that learning curve. (Patty)
- Has anyone thought of blacksmithing? Back in the day, every village had a blacksmith. I figure we’d need at least one skilled blacksmith for every few hundred people. (Chandra)
- Interestingly enough, I had a grandmother and mother who lived through the Great Depression with lots of info! My grandmother lived on a farm, worked hard, lived frugally, and wasted nothing ( even cooking water went back to water the gardens…and amazing gardens she had!). She reused paper towels and foil later on in life, composted, and never bought anything without purpose ( big lesson there!). She spoke of hard times but not starvation. My mother grew up in New York City and painted quite a different picture: standing in food lines for bread every week, no heat or electricity ( too expensive), cooking potato soup on a potbelly stove, clothing from the Salvation Army, quitting school at nine years old to work in a pencil factory for food for her family, getting Christmas presents from the local church ( one gift, a wooden cradle, her father promptly broke up and burned to keep his children warm…heartbreaking). While hard times are ahead, I think the standard of living is so different now that we have many ways to downgrade and still live very well. It goes back to living intentionally, shopping with purpose, and planning ahead. We do need to learn to provide for ourselves and learn long-lost skills should our modern conveniences ne’er return. We also must return to forming communities, getting to know our neighbors beyond a wave of hello at the mailbox as we hurry inside. (Doctorb)
- I used to have a class in a large city teaching people skills and urging them to make the move to the country. We had a very interesting large panel discussion on the depression. We invited people who had lived thru the depression and could relate stories of what they went thru. I’m glad we filmed it (quite amateur but a good record). It was fascinating! One consistent thing was that those who had lived in the country had gardens and lived like “kings and queens” compared to those who lived in the cities. They often said that as children, they didn’t know they had it bad. They ate well, played outdoors with siblings, cousins, etc. People in the cities often went hungry, stood in bread lines, and made meals out of the most meager ingredients. (Jan D.)
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2023.03.28 19:06 mexikin Is my pool pump too much for my pool?
I have had my Multiport Valve to my sand filter crack twice in the last 4 years. I have noticed that the PSI on my sand filter runs at 28 after backwash (it has always run at this PSI since I had the pool built) and I usually wait till it gets to 30 before doing a backwash. My setup is that from the pump it goes to the sand filter and from there to my solar panels then returns to pool.
My pool has 22,084 gallons of water. I run my pool 8 hours a day. So, by my calculations. I divide 22,084 / 8 that gives me 2,762.5 gallons per hour. So, then I divide 2,762.5 by 60 and it gives me 46 gallons per minute. So by those calculations I think I need a pool pump that gives me 46 GPM. My current pool pump is Hayward Super II 2 Inch that is giving me 80 GPM.
So do you guys think that my Multiport Valve cracks because my pool pump is too much for my pool? Should I replace my pool pump for a smaller one?
Equipment that I have: Hayward Super II Pipe Size 2" GPM 80 Sand filter: Hayward SwimPro 31°
I can’t ask the person that did the installation because he passed away from covid. I appreciate any advice.
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My pool has 22,084 gallons of water. I run my pool 8 hours a day. So, by my calculations. I divide 22,084 / 8 that gives me 2,762.5 gallons per hour. So, then I divide 2,762.5 by 60 and it gives me 46 gallons per minute. So by those calculations I think I need a pool pump that gives me 46 GPM. My current pool pump is Hayward Super II 2 Inch that is giving me 80 GPM.
So do you guys think that my Multiport Valve cracks because my pool pump is too much for my pool? Should I replace my pool pump for a smaller one?
Equipment that I have: Hayward Super II Pipe Size 2" GPM 80 Sand filter: Hayward SwimPro 31°
I can’t ask the person that did the installation because he passed away from covid. I appreciate any advice.