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Yes the larger measure tube should be more rigid even with thinner walls but then risks cracking/tearing at structure welds or bolted attachment points if exposed to flexing etc.. Without knowing box beam wall thickness the outside dimensions become academic - With every thing else being equal...

Sorry for your loss, please note even hard core solar junkies forget loose panels and have them frisbee about - but ones fastened may have had help! Remember the loosenings may have been someone preparing to liberate the panels, either in stages or it was heist interruptus... Were you (and...

Luna, Wink, Jenny, Maggie, Sasha, Vallery, Crystal... Ripley (Sigourney Weavers' character in Alien)

Remember getting away from 1/2-ton trucks most often involves them getting more harshly sprung while lightly loaded; what that means for a lightweight aero design in your Airstream (lots of flexing) is increased chances of frame//rivet damage as the unloaded truck frame whips up and down...

Tesla will be hawking complete grid-tie only systems from a booth manned by their own sales staff... full non-competitive retail prices from a preferred HD vendor in exchange for $$$ kickbacks from floorspace rental. The niche Tesla exploits the best is solar/off-peak charging for sell back at...

A gallon of gasoline holds.. . 120,000Btu - 47 Horsepower - 35kw worth of energy.. . A Honda or Yamaha 2000 inverter generator in its best form is about 10 to (maybe) 25% efficient depending on load, so a gallon of gas converts to between 3.5 and 9 kilowatt hours power. Anyhow - to match that...

If you're looking for a weekend system then maybe one might not need a purpose-built surveillance drive - but think about it, the normal notebook or desktop PC gets used a few hours a day so its apparent lifetime will seem hugely long - but a video recording drive will be active 24/7 and...

If you want your name to be remembered half-of-forever by those you are fondest of, simply own an undivided rural property with someone not family, place your share into a trust to protect it and then die. Oh, have no fear, the time & costs to survey and partition the land plus defining and...

Foams that 'turn to dust' are likely old technology hand-mixed two-part foams for boating used as life-saving buoyancy chambers, think heavy plastic bag inside canoe seat & bow filled with foam that expands in to its own metal formed chamber to keep boat from completely sinking. Umnn... Joe...

Another PM owner checking in... Here's a photo taken this week of my van project in suspended animation just in case you ever need a motivational poke to advance or regroup  :cool:

Vornado as choice of forced-air heat is excellent, only suggestion is make a safe place for it as close to the floor as possible so it can 'eat' any & all cold air pooling there! They also have very good warranty service with 10, 5 or 3 Year Satisfaction Guarantee levels depending on unit...

Read the fine print to avoid trouble down the road... My buddy followed work out of his Credit Unions home State (PA) and sent a change of address then woke up to find his 4X4 missing from his driveway, a clause in the CU's contract specified the vehicle was not to be re-titled outside of PA...