eaglescout526 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 All but one set of florescent lamps have been converted to LED. Found out that one of the garage ballasts leaked pretty damn badly and the other one was starting to fail. Glad I changed them out. And how many of you can say you had to do repairs/fixes to a 50+ year old Kirby vacuum? Had to change out the dual speed switch on mine after the originals 54 year run gave up on the floor setting but I now can finally use the hose again after the switch being stuck on the floor speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 I've fixed my share of vacuums, but none quite that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Yeah it’s a marvelous machine I will say. My great grand mother had it since new according to my grandmother. It’s enjoyable to use oddly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 I can say I have. my moms got one of them kirbys from some random person going door to door in 1988. Them are some great ones. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said: I can say I have. my moms got one of them kirbys from some random person going door to door in 1988. Them are some great ones. 👍 That’s pretty awesome! The one I have still has the original dealer sticker on it and the company still exits at the address on the sticker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Yeah something to say for a company that has a product you can fix at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 Back in May we ordered a book shelf for all of our books and some records. Well I didnt realize I never posted about it so in early July we got our bookshelves and damn we have alot of books Also my dad found an air compressor in the bulk trash and he knew I love to tinker and fix stuff. So i took a stab at fixing the compressor itself, ordered the parts and ther were wrong. So i am sending them back and converted the tank into an expansion for my little rink-a-dink compressor. Not my favorite stickers in the world on the compressor tank but hey it was free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 is your new house on Piute or was that the old addy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 Just now, Pete M said: is your new house on Piute or was that the old addy? That’s my parents house. New one is on Sunnyside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 message me your current addy. I'm sending you a sticker for your new tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Share Posted August 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Pete M said: message me your current addy. I'm sending you a sticker for your new tank. Ah sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Thanks Pete!! Not that I don't support or like Trump, but I like keeping politics to a minimum in my life. Makes less of a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMO413 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, eaglescout526 said: Thanks Pete!! Not that I don't support or like Trump, but I like keeping politics to a minimum in my life. Makes less of a mess. Much better!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eaglescout526 Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Holy crap what a rollercoaster it has been. So I’ve been doing fine in terms of money, turns out my auto draft water bill didn’t come out. Whoops so I paid that along with this months. Power cost went down drastically since converting the fluorescent lights to LED. The girlfriend dragged me to Disneyland, ugh. Haven’t been since ‘09 but a lot has changed but I’m not gonna go into it other than I did actually enjoy smugglers run and there’s a whole other reason why we made the trek out to commiefornia for Disneyland but I’ll leave it at that. Anyways came back from an expensive trip, paid some bills, living a bit broke, nothin new with the house other than the solar panels finally got activated after being installed for a month. I guess there was and issue with the permits and what not so it took a month to sort that stuff out. But other than that I’ve been watching the system and it’s kinda like taking candy from a baby. Not sure what the payout is but ill be watching my power bill closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Always something. Always rush for you to pay them , but never rushed to save you money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said: Always something. Always rush for you to pay them , but never rushed to save you money. Exactly! Course aren’t we all like that? I mean time is money after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 2 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: Exactly! Course aren’t we all like that? I mean time is money after all. Correctly said if the understanding is letting your money work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said: Correctly said if the understanding is letting your money work for you. Lol practically this solar is gonna pay off with all the energy saving conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I really want to get solar on the GA house. both for electricity and for blocking the sun from the roof. that attic gets CRAZY hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 16 minutes ago, Pete M said: I really want to get solar on the GA house. both for electricity and for blocking the sun from the roof. that attic gets CRAZY hot. So far it seems to be worth it. There was a huge scam/scandal out here that you could get solar on the house but you never ever owned the panels. You basically payed the company who installed them an extreme amount of money for a little payout from the power company for the power you don't use. Now you actually own the panels and they can move with you if you move to a different house. That and AZ is really cracking down on those scams so AZ can go full solar in a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 New garage door is in wooo!! Granted the door isnt closed here but I got both Jeeps in and thats great! Now the door is really nice. No more opening by hand. Now it gets better. The motor I chose for the door, was discontinued. So I got an upgrade for it. Same with the springs. The springs I chose werent in stock so they gave me a 10 year labor warranty on the install for the door vs the single year they came with the install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Does it feel like home now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 It absolutely does! Haha. Next is to get rid of parts and work on Chunk. Oh and brutally murder a dryer after I get the one from my grand parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 Little update, pool has been leaking more lately, found out its the caulk that seals the skimmer area from the ground and what not so were gonna fix that. Also gonna drain the pool and do alot of maintenance to it like plaster some chipped areas and get a new drainer cover. Fun stuff like that. Also treated myself: This set was an absolute blast to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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