Sep 7, 2026, 7:08 PM"You're doing a great job, dahd!" #dogsofmastadon
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- Sep 7, 2026, 7:08 PM
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- Sep 7, 2026, 9:03 PM
With each bend the work gets progressively more and more stressful as I have more invested in this one piece of EMT.
- Sep 7, 2026, 9:51 PM
That's a respectable finish. Now we just need to apply sealant in all the relevant places and we can start working on the wiring that goes inside it.
- Sep 9, 2026, 6:37 PM
Got the wiring done after the sun set last night.
So 700W of solar panels feeds my EPEver charge controller that charges a 12V LiFePO4 battery, which then feeds my EcoFlow and as long as the EcoFlow battery stays above 30% my homelab doesn't pull any power from the grid.
Sep 7, 2026, 9:29 PM@kwf I know the feeling. I had a whole series of complex bends in thick-wall conduit where I literally had to jump on the bender, and the pieces had to screw together with screw couplings and still make all the weird bends they needed to make. It was "fun".
Litchraleelitchralee@defcon.socialSep 9, 2026, 6:55 PM@kwf I like how the photo progression goes from: reasonable wiring, reasonable solar panels, and then .. good lord lol
But in all seriousness, well done! Solar with minimal grid support is always nice to see.
- Sep 9, 2026, 6:56 PM
@litchralee the cellar networking setup needs... some construction supporting it before the chaos will abate
James Milnejamesfmilne@mastodon.gamedev.placeSep 9, 2026, 6:57 PM@kwf David Attenborough: "And here we see the Arista switch in its natural habitat, lurking in the dirt in a basement, looking for a mate..."