Great Blue Heron

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  • Yep - my mother is one of them - she won’t admit it directly, but it’s clear from some of the stuff she says.

    It’s scary shit - I think there are three different “accelerationist” groups trying to destroy society as we know it. The christians waiting for the rapture, Curtis Yarvin’s tech bros that want to build their techno feudal cities and the extreme preppers that want to see some return on their investment. Have I missed anyone?










  • When I first discovered the 20VAC potential between electrical ground and my slab I turned off the main breaker in my panel and it was still there. I have not tried turning off the main disconnect in the generator transfer switch. But, turning off the main breaker means the leak isn’t inside the house - doesn’t it?


  • I have two grounding rods and I believe they are good - they are now buried under foam insulation and gravel so I can’t (easily) check them, but the electrician that wired my house assured me it was OK to bury them. I was a bit paranoid about burying them and checked and double checked that they were both firmly connected before backfilling gently with a shovel. Is it possible my earth ground (gravel fill) just isn’t conductive enough? As I said to someone below - I measure 5V from the electrical ground to earth ground (literally just sticking my meter probe in the earth) right near where the grounding rods are installed.


  • I have a Generac backup generator so the first disconnect, and neutral bonding, is in the generator transfer switch which is mounted on an outside wall of my house. The ground rods are now buried under the backfill around my slab so it’s not easy (near impossible with the frozen ground) to check them. I backfilled by hand with a shovel so I doubt very much they were damaged. There is another ground wire coming out of the generator transfer switch that connects to the propane line coming into my house - this is accessible and strange - I measure 5V between this ground wire and the actual ground (gravel) just a few inches away from it.





  • The UPS is connected to an outlet that is about 1 metre from the electrical breaker panel. It’s a new house so the wiring should be OK. There are only 4 buildings/services on my local transformer so I think we’re stressing that. I have not checked the other phase and other comments have suggested that the variation I’m seeing is within normal range, so I probably won’t.








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    24 days ago

    Thanks for trying! But, I really need 32GB - I want to upgrade a machine that currently has 4x4GB. I know it seems wrong and I’ve thought about doing a whole new motherboard, CPU and RAM but that very quickly gets to several hundreds of dollars and puts more stuff in the ewaste bin. I’m confident I can easily get a few more years from it with $50(ish) worth of RAM.

    The SSD is for another project - repurposing the motherboard and CPU that used to do the job of the 16GB one above :-) I’ll probably go for a new SSD because they do wear out eventually and someone else pointed me one at a Canadian supplier for $20.


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    25 days ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. I know about PC Part Picker. The sites they list mainly sell current technology, which makes sense but it’s not what I’m after. This stuff is for an old PC. It’s not urgent - I’m watching FB marketplace for used memory and also considering buying direct from China, with slooow shipping, for the SSD and cable.