Hi guys!   I'm going to go over a few quick things to look for when choosing a mining pool.  Let me start off by saying it's no secret I am a fan of using the nam SIGNA pool ( https://SIGNApool.notallmine.net ) I'm a bit biased here...  😏   I really really like the nam pool. What is Signum/Signa?   If you landed here and have no clue what Signum, SIGNA, or mining even is, check out this link here on the project:  Signum.Network What makes a good pool?    Well you want to make lots of whatever coin you are mining, period. That's most likely your main goal.  So most people think the larger the pool the better, as in more miners, and more total pool capacity.  This is only partially true and very deceiving (I'll go over that in a second).   What else makes for a good pool?  I look for things like uptime, owner integrity, cool features, cool community members, any offerings like bonuses - low or no fees - small...

Those of you that bought one of the EGO Z6 Zero turn mowers, you may have noticed when cutting and hitting bumps you hear a lot of rattling.    Two things are happening here.. One, the obvious, you do not have a gasoline engine to drown out those noises like you may have had on a standard mower, so they stand out a bit more and can seem like something is wrong.   Two, the one I'll try to address here, EGO seems to have some loose tolerances when assembling their mowers at the factory.  This first video will address the loudest rattling, from the front cutting deck supports.   In a later video I'll address the rear raise/lower mechanicals and how to quiet them down a bit. I can include a bunch of pictures and how-to text.. But I'll just throw a video on here for now, with a few additional notes below.       NOTE: In this video I only do one side of the mower deck adjustments, you need to do both sides evenly.  Measure your deck ...

  For this project I wanted to convert a commercial dual port ChargePoint EV charger into something I had full control over.    With ChargePoint pushing its clients to upgrade to the CT4000 (the large LCD screen model) lots of people are tearing out the CT2000 series chargers and either scrapping them or selling them.   I found mine on Facebook Market place for a couple hundred bucks.  These chargers are built really well, with extruded aluminum cases, aluminum component modules that slide out for easy replacement, they are just really nicely built chargers made to take abuse from people and weather. I use the word "Charger" a lot in this post, I'm well aware that the actual battery charger for the vehicle is actually mounted internal to the vehicle..  Each EV has its own on-board charger that can accept various AC voltages, convert to DC and charge your car battery. The external "charging stations" really just provide AC to those existing charge...

I have been wanting to install solar since I moved into my house 5 years ago.   When I bought my place I also purchased the empty lot next door with plans to put something over there with solar on it.   I finally decided to build a solar setup once I saw how cheap used commercial solar panels were.  When I came across santansolar.com and saw their used 260 Watt Grade A panels for $70.00 each (at the time of writing this) I thought no way, plus why would they have so many used solar panels, who would put them up only to take them down?   After calling the company and speaking with their sales guy, he said "we get that a lot" he also said they purchase used solar panels from commercial solar farm operators.  Maybe they have limited land space, and a newer higher wattage solar panel comes out, well its easier to replace them all then buy more land and add to their existing array, and that is where they get so many used panels.      W...