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    1. BigBoxaJunk

      Today's You Can't Make This Sh*t Up News

      Substitute "sell guns" for "show porn", and tell me if you support universal background checks and a national gun registry? I don't mean to sound snarky, it just looks like they're talking about the same kind of "common sense" rules that won't solve a problem but will infringe on legal (if...
    2. BigBoxaJunk

      White Rural Rage

      It is a catchy tune.
    3. BigBoxaJunk

      Childhood Muncie Gun Shop Memories

      I think the place at 5 Points used to be called Prairie Creek Bait & Tackle before it was a gun & pawn shop. At one time they were the only place in Muncie that sold black powder. I've driven past there a couple of times recently, but wasn't sure if it was still open, since there were no cars...
    4. BigBoxaJunk

      Drain backing up

      The houses I've seen with grey water lines that bypass the septic tank were fairly old houses. Do they still do that with new construction do you know? Or do they run everything into the septic tank? Just curious, I'm on city sewer.
    5. BigBoxaJunk

      Drain backing up

      In the house I used to live in, there was a grey water line that went straight to the leach field, bypassing the septic tank. If I remember right, the softener discharge was routed into that so that it didn't send all that salty water into the septic tank.
    6. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      I think you're right, that those things pertain to situations other than residential. The breaker hold-down surprised me, and hadn't occurred to me before I read about it. I will put a zip tie on my in-feed breaker, to secure it like the kit instructions specify, but you couldn't pull the...
    7. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      That's from the installation instructions for the Eaton kit. Looks like standard language and is probably the same on all the products that they sell. I didn't see anything that specifically states that the kit would be code compliant. There was a pdf that said the kit had received MET...
    8. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      One last thing for anyone following this tread: I did go to the website of the company that manufactured my breaker box and found the generator interlock kit that they offer. Actually they offered two kits. One looking identical to mine, made of aluminum, and another more expensive version...
    9. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      OK, credit where it's due. You may be correct about the requirement for the in-feed breaker to have a hold-down bracket. I did find something that indicated it is required in another jurisdiction, and it probably is in ours. It may be that if I had bought the fancy store-bought kit, the...
    10. BigBoxaJunk

      Gardening 2024

      I've got one raised bed that has horseradish on one end and rhubarb at the other. I harvest the rhubarb each season, but I haven't dug the horseradish for several years now. They are encroaching on the rhubarb, and I meant to dig them up last fall and didn't. I think I may dig them this week...
    11. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      I think that this is a productive debate, and I'd welcome any professional's input on it. And, please don't think that you're offending me in any way. It would be my assertion that my setup is not unsafe, and I also assert that it is a legal setup as well. I could have hired a professional...
    12. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      I respectfully disagree with your characterization of my setup as unsafe. It might be unsafe if I removed the breaker panel cover while the panel was charged, but it is not unsafe if I continue to operate it correctly. Using your analogy, it would be unsafe for you to ever cross a fence with...
    13. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      I read your attachment and I remain content with my setup. My intent wasn’t to tell anyone what they should or shouldn’t do, just to show what I had done. We all have differing comfort levels when it comes to the upgrade, repair, and preventative maintenance of our home infrastructure. If one...
    14. BigBoxaJunk

      Tornado Season 2024

      I spent part of a summer in Kingfisher OK. Never saw a tornado, but I did see an awesome dust devil.
    15. BigBoxaJunk

      Tornado Season 2024

      I guess I can scratch "Photograph a Funnel Cloud" off my bucket list. My back yard, just outside of Selma at 7:40 pm on Thursday. We had no damage at all, and we didn't even realize that anything happened, until we heard sirens seemingly everywhere.
    16. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      Here's my DIY Interlock. I looked at the one made for my breaker box on Amazon, made up a paper template, and traced it on some aluminum from an old road sign. You can't turn on the generator breaker until you flip off the main and raise the plate. It was made easier because I had converted...
    17. BigBoxaJunk

      Prepping for Urban Survival

      When I was younger, I used to fret over who might show up at my place if the SHTF. Now that I'm older, I think I might like some help with the chores.
    18. BigBoxaJunk

      2024 Smoking/Grilling/Cooking Baking thread

      Me too. I mostly have used a sheet or two of news-print, but that stuff is getting rare these days.
    19. BigBoxaJunk

      SHTF Test

      I live near one of the areas hit by the tornados Thursday night. Near enough that we were without power for about 24 hours, and I don't know when I've heard so many sirens in all directions. We were very lucky to have no damage at our place, we just lost power, internet, and even cell service...
    20. BigBoxaJunk

      Drain backing up

      Sometimes there is a cleanout on the sewage line outside the house that’s buried a few inches. Might be worth it to poke around the ground where your pipe exits the crawl space.
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