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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:$500 car Those are FWD. I'm actually a bit impressed by the idea. Those vans are dirt cheap here in Texas... Hmm..... I just became the OSHA, didn't I?
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Probably posted here before but hey, it still terrifies the gently caress out of me. https://i.imgur.com/fB8DU4q.gifv
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Musluk posted:Probably posted here before but hey, it still terrifies the gently caress out of me. Holy gently caress. I was like, am I watching someone die? 
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Azhais posted:I still have one of those stab-lok boxes in my house, estimates are always like $2k to replace it so I've never been able to do it. I suppose with the current situation I actually have money laying around, maybe it's time to find some plague bearers to give some new quotes Depending on your local ordinances, replacing your own breaker panel is fairly easy and cheap--size out your current panel (if it's built into the wall, you'll want a box of the same or smaller dimensions, make a list of all your existing breakers--say, 2 50-Amp dipole (Oven, Dryer), 10 20-Amp singles (various outlets, lights) 1 20-Amp dipole (well pump), 10 15-Amp singles (various lights, outlets); pull the cover off (carefully) to make sure some jackass didn't run multiple circuits to a single breaker (in which case you'll need additional breakers--one breaker per circuit.) Then go to Lowes/Home Despot and grab a new 150/200 amp panel--with a main breaker--as appropriate for your existing feed amperage, and the matching model/brand breakers to fill it in. Also purchase appropriately-sized wire clamps for the knockouts you'll be putting in the box. You shouldn't be out more that $3-400 for the replacement components. Square-D Homeline has been my go-to; QO is a little better but a bit pricier. Unless you have 3-phase coming in to your house, you really don't need QO. Depending on your electricity company, you'll need to call in to have them cut off service or tell them you'll be pulling the meter and to send someone out to re-tag it on such-and-such a date. If you're really lucky, you'll have a separate cutoff for the meter feed and won't need to have the meter pulled. I had that at this house...unfortunately, the cutoff was a Federal Pacific 200 Amp breaker (not Stab-lok) so I just pulled the meter and replaced the whole thing. Pull your panel cover off, survey the wires and where they come into the box, remove the appropriate knockouts in the new box and install the clamps so you can slip the wires through. Then cut off the main breaker--make sure there's NO electricity passing through the old panel, and--this is where we go OSHA--go outside and pull your meter (or have your electrician pull the meter.) (If you have any electricity still flowing, you run into the possibility of arcing when you pull the meter. The proper method for pulling the meter allegedly involves a whole bunch of arc-protection PPE that I've never seen any electrician use when working on residential feeds.) With power cut, remove the old panel, install the new one, carefully wrestle the wires into the box, then install them properly in the appropriate places--hots to the breaker, neutrals to the neutral bus, grounds to the grounding bar. If this is your main panel (the panel that the meter feeds), you'll need to install the bonding screw to bond neutral to ground (per local code,)--unless you have a ground coming from the transformer; most homes have a separate ground (copper-clad stake in the ground and a bare wire fed to the panel), which requires neutral bonding at the service disconnect panel. The mains will be thick and a lot of fun to deal with--I had 2/0 AWG for my mains and for runs to a subpanel, it was like trying to wrestle a steel octopus. Make sure everything is tight and connected properly, all breakers off, reinstall the meter, and bring up the main bus and the breakers one-by-one. Easy-peasy. There's tons of resources out there to walk you through this. If your local ordinances require it, have it inspected before reinstalling the meter and powering it back up. And leave a bit of spare capacity so you can add circuits later. You'll probably find yourself un-loving existing unsafe stuff in the box, like a lack of grounds, damaged wires, etc. Don't take these steps as gospel, I'm going off the top of my head. Fortunately, I had a cousin who is an electrician to review my work and give it the thumbs up (and laugh his balls off at my nervousness when pulling the meter.) It's not rocket surgery if you understand the relevant code, especially when it just comes to regular household single-phase.
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Musluk posted:Probably posted here before but hey, it still terrifies the gently caress out of me. Now make a version with the last few seconds cut off.
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i don't like stuff like that. how do you know a fat dude didn't jam the hole up with his bloated corpse?
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He’s probably not submerged completely in water and it was like standing underneath one of those mushroom things at the waterpark. Still wouldn’t do it, lol.
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That dude going through the underwater cave made my palms sweat. So terrifyingly crazy to even think that is something I would even consider doing. gently caress. That. Noise.
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Jul 23, 2020 17:01
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someone had to try that first. oh god
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I'm going to guess that if you could see it from his angle, there's a narrow gap leading to a tall chamber that you can stand up (or at least isn't full of water) in which is open to the face of the waterfall. Dude scrambles through the oepning, then takes his time in the bit under the rock - probably to make sure he doesnt gently caress up his ankles more than for dramatic effect - then jumps out of the hole in the cliff.
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Yeah it's terrifying because you imagine it being a tube that gets a lot smaller as it goes, and water pressure builds up on top of you after you discover it.... aaaaaaaagh. I'm horribly claustrophobic. Like my worst nightmare is getting stuck in a cave or hole like that guy posted a while back. This one: 
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Do we have to post that cave diving video again where people have to take all their equipment off and exhale to fit through?
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LloydDobler posted:Yeah it's terrifying because you imagine it being a tube that gets a lot smaller as it goes, and water pressure builds up on top of you after you discover it.... aaaaaaaagh. whatever is left of that dudes corpse is sealed up down there forever
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:$500 car Where are you spending 5400 dollars for black steel water pipe and two U joints?
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what ive learned over the last couple days from this thread is that if I'm going to ever try to squeeze through a tight space I should enter it with a full chest of air and if I can't make it then just step away
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LloydDobler posted:Yeah it's terrifying because you imagine it being a tube that gets a lot smaller as it goes, and water pressure builds up on top of you after you discover it.... aaaaaaaagh. I'm getting claustrophobic just by looking at the cross section diagram.
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KoRMaK posted:what ive learned over the last couple days from this thread is that if I'm going to ever try to squeeze through a tight space I should Fixed for me
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Just never go into any space where you don't know if you'll be able to get back out again. I used to craw around under the raised floor to run cables, but that was because I knew that getting me out was as simple as lifting up some carpet and unscrewing the tile above me.
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null_pointer posted:Holy gently caress. I was like, am I watching someone die? I would do every single height-related thing I've ever said 'nope' to twice before I did that.
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LloydDobler posted:I'm horribly claustrophobic. Like my worst nightmare is getting stuck in a cave or hole like that guy posted a while back. I didn't like The Descent because it started out as horribly scary movie of a group of people stuck in a claustrophobic cave and then ended up being a much less scary monster movie.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Well of course they are used. Like the listing says, "these are the old style and no longer made" so you can't get new ones. Duh. Kinda looks like our house breaker!  is this why the city wants us to replace it and electricians are charging us for $3k ?
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Also, make sure that there's oxygen in any confined space you're wriggling in to. No issue there for that cave the swimmer crawled in to, but one time I nearly asphyxiated in the space between the hull and the deck on a boat that was being constructed (we needed to x-ray a hull weld repair and that was the only way I was going to be able to place the film). They opened up the hatch and I just slipped in without thinking, "hey, how long has this been sealed up?" I crawled about 10 feet in before my vision started to get blurry at the edges and I noticed I felt funny. I had to drop all my equipment where it was and pull myself back to the hatch before I blacked out.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Also, make sure that there's oxygen in any confined space you're wriggling in to. No issue there for that cave the swimmer crawled in to, but one time I nearly asphyxiated in the space between the hull and the deck on a boat that was being constructed (we needed to x-ray a hull weld repair and that was the only way I was going to be able to place the film). They opened up the hatch and I just slipped in without thinking, "hey, how long has this been sealed up?" I crawled about 10 feet in before my vision started to get blurry at the edges and I noticed I felt funny. I had to drop all my equipment where it was and pull myself back to the hatch before I blacked out. Is there no oxygen because rust has consumed it?
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Is there no oxygen because rust has consumed it? It was new and under construction so it wasn't rust. I'm not sure why it was low in O2 tbh, all I know is they had to lug over a blower to run some air under the deck for a bit before I could go back in.
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LloydDobler posted:Yeah it's terrifying because you imagine it being a tube that gets a lot smaller as it goes, and water pressure builds up on top of you after you discover it.... aaaaaaaagh. You should read Blind Descent by James Tabor. Great book and a lot of "nope nope nope" moments.
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LloydDobler posted:I'm horribly claustrophobic. Like my worst nightmare is getting stuck in a cave or hole like that guy posted a while back. imagine being killed by nutty putty
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guys, i was just talkin about trying to get through a cat door or something. not go cave diving
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KoRMaK posted:guys, i was just talkin about trying to get through a cat door or something. not go cave diving Well a cat door would be a funny way to asphyxiate yourself, at least.
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Caves are cool, I love going to Mammoth Cave, but the tours stick to maintained paths. They have a wild cave tour where you can crawl through some pretty narrow spaces, but even though those routes are mapped out and safe, I don't think I could bring myself to do it. Especially when one of the most famous stories around the cave system is a guy who became nationally famous for getting stuck and a tourist attraction as he slowly withered away. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins
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Cursed since they cut the pizza at 90 degrees at the end when everyone knows it's best to do it at 60 degrees so you make 6 perfectly sized slices.
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Uthor posted:I didn't like The Descent because it started out as horribly scary movie of a group of people stuck in a claustrophobic cave and then ended up being a much less scary monster movie. I still liked it but yeah your assessment is right on. Also let's lighten it up. 
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He put a "Peligro" sign on it, what more do you people want?!
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