Category: Housing

  • Kenmore fridge defrost

    I came back from vacation to a fridge that wouldn’t get cold and a freezer that was iced over in the back. I have a bottom-freeze model so I knew the issue – ice was clogging the duct that allows cold air up to the fridge. I’m guessing the defrost cycle didn’t kick in enough…

  • Fun with Sensors

    I started woodworking some more in the garage, since I plan on doing this for decades to come I should worry a bit about air quality. I found a cheap sensor on eBay that can read particles the size of 1.0 μm, 2.5μm, and 10μm and provide both the AQI for that as well as…

  • What Solar does to your electric bill

    First full month with solar, I wish all my bills were expected to be negative: Slightly more than 1 MWh was generated this month: Thanks to the sun for powering my house and also making life on Earth possible.

  • I realize again I need to blog more.

    I’m not sure why, but I feel the need to blog a bit more, so I’m going to try and make a post a day. I’ll be on vacation coming up soon which might make it tough but I’ll try! So far: I’ve done 6 days of p90x3 — starting up again and hope to…