At the start of the year, I decided I wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle. So me and my wife went and took the MSF course and got our motorcycle endorsements. After that, we purchased motorcycles and modified a trailer to haul them around with. Here are all the

A lot of people have asked my why I have no batteries to go with my solar array. Here is the reasonings I did touch on these slightly in my power monitoring post, and my power FAQ, which can be read below Power Monitoring Setup (IoTaWatt + Grafana)After getting solar

After getting solar panels I got used to checking the Enphase app for power details, but it's not very reliable as sometimes the data is delayed, it requires internet access and it can't get me any information other than solar and grid consumption. So if I want to see how

Since posting about my Solar, Portable Generator and Generac Generator, I've had a lot of questions. So here is a full overview of the entire setup as a whole, and a list of questions that were asked. First, let's start with the diagram, because people like diagrams. That pretty much

Rounding off the posts about my power setup, here is all the details on my solar install. I got 17kw of solar which consists of 45 x 380w Q CELLS Q.PEAK DUO Panels paired with Enphase IQ7+ Microinverters. These work out more efficient than the 400w panels I was

Here are all the details on my portable generator setup that can power my house in case of emergency. A while ago I got all my electrical updated, read more below Texas Freeze - Part 2 - Electrical OverhaulThis post is about getting my electrical system overhauled ready for solar

Here are the full details on my Generac RG027 Generator install including all the issues I encountered. If you have not already, I would suggest you read these two articles first Texas Freeze - Part 1 - Damage and PlansLike a few people noticed, back in February this website was

A while ago I posted an update showing I host my blog from Home (You can read about it below) Blog Hosting UpdateI started hosting this blog over a year ago, here is where things currently stand and how things are performing. When I set it up, I pretty much

I used to use PIA VPN with OpenVPN. The speeds were alright, but I no longer trust PIA since they got bought by Kape. I decided to try out Mullvad which seems to be the best VPN Provider currently. Its more expensive than PIA, but its only $5/mo Mullvad

A while ago I got a Generac RG027 Liquid Cooled Generator. It runs on a 2.4l Mitsubishi engine running at 1800RPM. The Generac Monitoring sucks, so I installed Genmon. An open source generator monitoring solution on a Raspberry Pi 4 GitHub - jgyates/genmon: Generac Generator Monitoring using a

Do you want to be able to read ALL of Wikipedia at home with no internet? If so, this is for you. Last year during a long, big power outage I realized that I rely on the internet to look up a LOT of stuff. I now have a generator

Its been a long time since I have updated my actual network setup. I've had posts that details parts of it, but never the full config. Here it is I've recently made a lot of changes. I've added more 10G, more Fiber, and even WAN Failover. Hardware First I'll get

Last year in September I posted a full update to my home lab/home network. Since it has been a year, I thought I would do it again. You can read last years post below. I encourage you to read it, as I go into detail about some things there

I have a Champion 100520 8750/7000w portable generator, it will power my entire home including the AC and my server rack as long as I am careful. This post will detail the issues I had running my UPS directly plugged into the UPS. I usually just use my generator

This post will detail how I am protecting my important data. The old post can be found here: My Backup Plan & Lessons learnedI’ve posted about my backup plan before, but a lot of things have changed, and Ihave learned a lot about what works, and what doesn’t work

I have upgraded my lab power setup. The old setup can be found here My Lab Power SetupA lot of people wanted to know what UPS’s and PDU’s I am running, and where.Here are all the details I would highly suggest you read my post on setting

While cleaning up cables in my garage, I swapped the Multimode fiber run to my detached garage from MMF to SMF Details on my setup can be found here, as you can see, it used to be a mess. Garage Network Rack with 10G FiberThis details my 12u rack in

This post is about getting my electrical system overhauled ready for solar panels and a natural gas generator. The generator will be using a 200a ATS, but I also opted to install a 30a inlet with a manual interlock. This will let my plug in a portable gasoline generator if

Like a few people noticed, back in February this website was offline for a day or two. That was because like many people here in Texas I lost power (and water) for a good few days and this website is hosted out of my house. I was without power for

I really wanted a weather station for a long time, but I could never find one that was a reasonable price for someone new to the hobby, but had good network connectivity options The WeatherFlow Tempest looked perfect, so I bought one and installed it. Here is how I did

Since COVID I started working from home, which means the only driving I really did was the 3 mile round trip to Home Depot every now and then. I noticed my F150 stopped doing start/stop with the reason that the battery was charging, but it was doing it all

I find myself needing compressed air for nail and staple guns, filling up tires, blowing out dust and other stuff, and I was sick of using my small and loud Pancake compressor each time. Here is my solution to this issue, it involves a 50ft auto-retracting air hose reel mounted

A while ago I setup my flight tracking setup, but I was in an apartment, and could never get very good range, you can read the original article here My New ADS-B Flight Tracking SetupI just installed my Flight Tracking setup, here are the details Here is a list of

A lot of people wanted to know what UPS's and PDU's I am running, and where. Here are all the details I would highly suggest you read my post on setting up the power inlets, as it explains a lot Home Server Room Power Upgrade + Multi-room UPSThis post shows how