Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social
Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social
Sara FL Kirk · @sflkirk
157 followers · 590 posts · Server mastodon.world

@DrTCombs Wow, sounds like quite the process but well done for !

#MakingTheSwitch

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social
Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

10. A shower was necessary, and then more quality time with the electrical panel. I focused on parenting and learning how the works.
Eventually the electrical work was done, beers were had, more basketball was watched. Then we rested up for the heavy lifting of today.


#airfryer #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

9. Eventually the end of the very expensive wire poked through the outside of the house, and I pulled out the predetermined 7'. Then I went to the basement and waited for my truly amazing partner to re-emerge from the crawlspace, which took 30 minutes because of the absurd route he had to take around ducts, pipes, conduits, and a freaking tree stump (yes).


#InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

More coffee

7. More stuff, while the very expensive 240v wire and the 240v outlet were connected, and the wire stuffed in the old line hole in the floor.

8. A tyvek suit and n95 mask were donned, walkie talkies switched on, goodbye kisses kissed. McGuyver piled tools onto a plastic sled and ventured into the terrifying and I watched (we lost by 1)


#McGuyver #gas #crawlspace #DavidsonBasketball #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

* one 240v outlet
* one doohickey to cap the old 110v outlet that the nasty stinky had plugged in to
* one thingy for the breaker box
* some white 6-gauge neutral wire
* another thingy for the breaker box for the neutral wire to connect to
* probably a new tool of some sort, based on past experience


#gas #range #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

A lot of head scratching ensued while we (my handy partner) tried to make sense of the multiple electrical control panels, installed over 80 years by ppl with widely varying levels of skill, and planned his first (and thus far only) trip to the hardware store to purchase...


#InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

...(We had wanted to save the old (🤷‍♀️) but opted to cut it with tin snips (not "ten snips," as I first thought, confused as to how we could be so prescriptive about it) instead).
6. After we pulled the snipped gas line out, we happily realized the hole in the floor (for the gas line) was big enough to fit our very expensive 240v wire, and paused a bit to make another pot of and celebrate


#GasLine #coffee #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

4. Yesterday my live-in and I pulled out the stinky old and carried it out into the garage. It was heavy, but carrying straps made it possible.
5. We cleaned up modest amount of mouse poop and dust bunnies from the wood floor under where the stove had been, then began contemplating how to remove the gas line where it poked up out of the floor....

#McGuyver #GasRange #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

A recap of our progress so far while I stall for time:

1 July: we find a "broken" Viking on for dirt cheap, fix it, park it in the garage
2 Lots of life happened including buying some ridiculously expensive 240v wires
3 Thursday 2 dudes from the gas company come to play with the and cap the line to the kitchen
(more to come)


#induction #range #Craigslist #puppy #gas #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

GOOD MORNING!! It's new Day!!
First order of business: double check last night's work in the light of day. Then we haul the new in and hope we measured everything correctly!

I have about 30 minutes to become a world class weight lifter.


#induction #range #electrical #stove #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

Update: my amazing and fearless husband did some crazy McGuyver $hi+ under the house and in the electrical box and we are all ready to attempt to bring the new tomorrow morning.


#induction #range #InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

To be clear the walkies are so that I can summon help if/when my partner gets stuck in the crawlspace 😳


#InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

Tab Combs · @DrTCombs
1666 followers · 752 posts · Server transportation.social

Find you someone who someone who looks at things like this without freaking out


#InductionStove #diy #homeRepair #MakingTheSwitch #NaturalGasBlows

Last updated 2 years ago

coffe ⚓ · @coffe
146 followers · 979 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Toying with the ide of switching from Android to iOS. iPhone 14 pro (max?) Is just around the corner and im in a need of a new phone with stellar camera. For me, switching to iOS feels like going to bed with the devil 😂☕📱😈)

Is there any good recommendation out here for me? Like blogpost explaining best way to switch. Good video/photo editing apps. Alternatives to syncthing and newpip.

#android #ios #iphone #MakingTheSwitch #yolo #YoloLikeABoomer

Last updated 2 years ago