An Important Step to Getting Things Done - GOALS |VLOG|
We took the suggestion of a viewer to hang our feeder for the chickens. That way they cant jump on it and knock it over. We have also been letting them free range and they have been really enjoying it. Not to mention that they are eating less of their feed now. We also worked on the boys room upstairs. Christopher finished patching the holes and we started applying the texture. Hopefully this week we will be able to start painting the primer.
Need some quick garage organization ideas? This video is just me straitening up a corner of our garage that had become a cumbersome tripping hazard. A quick visit to Amazon for some hooks and an hour sweeping and drilling got me many tools off the ground and a bit of satisfaction at a job well done. Show me how much better your garage is organized, I could use the inspiration for the rest of mine!
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#homesteading #DIY #HomeOrganization
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I purchased a fancy looking stainless steel dishwasher used to replace the 1976 model that came with the house we purchased recently. After running it for a few months my wife came to the conclusion it wasn't heating the water. Appreciating the troubleshooting input I tore into the pieces that make up the dishwasher eventually finding the diverter valve had a switch inside that was frozen. I bought a variety pack of switches off Amazon (Affiliate link below) which had a similar switch as what was on the PCB. With some sloppy soldering using a much too large soldering iron I was able to install the new switch and bring this dishwasher back to its former glory.
Symptoms:
Dishwasher would run for hours on end, could take 4 hours to wash a load.
There would never be steam when opening the door, even if heated dry was selected.
Pink mold was growing on the inside of the dishwasher.
The filters/traps at the bottom near the drain would get clogged easy with a slime substance that would need to be cleaned just about every time we washed dishes.
Link to switches I purchased:
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Off Grid solar components are hard to match up and make sure they work well together. This is a charger I took a chance on and is working great. I've used it for my 48V Lithium Ion battery as well as my 12 volt AGM battery. At 48V it can handle 2.8KW of solar panels! Seems like a very capable unit and I really appreciate the thermostatically controlled fan.
Solar Charge Controller: https://amzn.to/2MAtEKP
Battery from Battery Hookup: https://bit.ly/2YdyjHY
Check out some of the other components I used on my website:
https://beenebrothers.com/mid-tier-off-grid-2/
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#Solar #OffGrid
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We finally got the wind turbine tower up and the city is making us take it back down. Lauren also managed her very first project this week, and got a great find just sitting in the trash.
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A big spring storm was supposed to come through and give us baseball sized hail. We needed to prepare the garden and put as many cars into the garage as possible. This also happened to be a good test for our new french drain.
#frenchdrain, #homsteading
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This Saturday was another weekend to work on projects. I moved some mulch around and pulled my dead tomatoes out of the garden. Christopher worked on building a frame for the bathtub to sit on (I will try and make a separate video dedicated to that). We let the chicks out into the sun so that they could stretch out a bit, and I ended the day with working on the chicken coop some more. We have so many projects going on right now that it seems like we just make tiny progress on them but we will get there eventually.
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I'm back! I have so many updates to talk about. I go a little crazy on them and I definitely rambled a lot more then what I should have.
I hope you enjoy!
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