So I’ve been building this wildfire defense system for my place on Maui. Cameras, sprinklers, automated response — the whole deal. And if you’ve watched any of the earlier videos you know I was pretty deep into the fire detection side of it. I’ve changed direction. Not scrapping the project — If anything, I stepped […]
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It lives! a not very brief (sorry) walkthrough of the fire mitigation system as it is currently. It’s quite far along, and after lots of struggles it’s working very well except some of the physical stuff still isn’t done. It’s challenging to find pro help on Maui with all the work available related to Lahina
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Project: Save Your Home From Wildfires With Solar Power Episode 1: Introduction Can Solar Power Help Protect Your Home From Wildfire? Yes it can, and this project will show you how. There is a long list of preparations you can undertake to make your home more defensible. We’re going to cover most of them. But
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A quick video to show the prettier part of my shop, which used to be a granite and marble cutting company (hence all the marble everywhere). This part was the showroom.
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I didn’t really want to write this, but there is so much confusion about lightning protection I think I need to. Yay, an explainer video! I stole the cloud pictures (and corrected my faulty understanding of charge generation from Encylopedia Britannica. Wikipedia and web resources are cool, but Britannica is Britannica. Lightning starts off as
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