Ol Erns
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I run both electric and propane. Electric is off-peak at .026 KW. I have a split level home and we put the propane (took out the wood furnace) in when we bought the home and our kids were small. Years later it's only Mom and I and we run mainly the electric. My summer electric bill with an outdoor hot-tub runs around 75 bucks. The hot tub adds about 40-50 bucks a month during the winter months. Heating our home adds an additional 50-75 each month. December was $175.00. This month we've had two cold spells 25-35 below 0 for lows so I am expecting 200-225 this month. When we mainly ran propane it was about 200 a month just for the propane. Just a note though, as dangerous and as much work as it was, wood heat was wonderful. 30 below outside and your walking around in the house in shorts and a t-shirt AND it was a constant heat.......no varying temperatures between the propane furance kicking on and off..........but I also spent many many hours, cutting, splitting, stacking and hauling wood. Just my .02 worth. Erns PS By the way.........currently 15 below, almost t-shirt and shorts weather!!!:rotf:
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I can handle the snow.........the more there is the more fun we will have..........it's the xtreme cold I am having trouble handling. We had -36F the other morning with some wind that brought the windchill down into the -60F range. Erns
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Welcome to the one club no one should ever belong too. EVER! God Bless. Erns:337:
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Afternoon http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/rasn100.jpg Rain/Snow Hi 43°FTonight http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/nra50.jpg Chance Rain Lo 41°FSaturday http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/shra60.jpg Showers Likely Hi 55°FSaturday Night http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/nshra60.jpg Showers Likely Lo 49°FSunday http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/tsra60.jpg Tstms Likely Hi 62°FSunday Night http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/nshra50.jpg Chance Showers Lo 42°FColumbus Day http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/shra30.jpg Chance Showers Hi 51°FMonday Night http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/nbkn.jpg Mostly Cloudy Lo 33°FTuesday http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/sct.jpg Mostly Sunny Hi 53°F I might be willing to trade, anybody interested? Erns
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last month southbound out of the Black hills, strong headwind and 75 MPH by the GPS........26 MPG '06 two up with a fairly heavy trailer. I look at it this way....you gotta feed the ponies. Erns
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Who's going to Sturgis and what are your plans? I thought it would be neat to see what VR's plans are for going to Sturgis. Where from, what the mileage will be, when will you arrive. Any big plans...Concerts, parties, venues etc. For me and the princess, we are leaving here the afternoon of July 31. Will arrive in Sturgis the afternon of Aug 1. No concerts or such planned. Just gonna hang out, go for a few rides, see the sites, just see what comes along. Leave on Monday, Aug. 4 towards Colorado. Hopefully by Wednesday be somewhere in Utah. We want to go through Arches Nat'l Park. Thursday start back towards home, which may include a night back in Sturgis Friday, Aug. 8th. And then home by Sunday the 10th. It is our big getaway for the summer and have been looking forward to it for way too long. Exception though will be in late July, going to Georgia to see and support our son graduate from Army boot camp at Benning. Flying for that, just not enough time to ride. For those going to Sturgis. Let me know. Maybe we can gather for a cocktail or two! Erns:thumbsup:
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Thanks for all the help. My tach is the Drag Specialties brand. Fits nice. Looks pretty good, I am happy with it. Haven't jumped into the wiring yet. The directions are pretty simple, I just wasn't sure where or which coil to use and which was the hot side. Maybe, between having to work, and if the remainder of flooring I am installing goes well, and if I get the decks stained, and if I get the driveway sealed I "might" get to work on it next Sunday........unless it rains. Can't stain the deck or seal the driveway then can I? Erns:banana::banana:
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I am installing a tach on my 06 RSV. Putting it on the right side of the bars. Can anyone tell me where the coils are at? The picture in the RSV manual makes it appear it is behiind one of the side ocovers?? Also anyone know which terminal is positive and which is negative on the coil? And does it matter which coil I hook it up to? I don't think it should matter. Thanks for your help!! Erns
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Installing factory passing lamps
Ol Erns replied to a topic in Royal Star Venture Tech Talk ('99 - '13)
When I first installed my lamps on my '04 I followed Yamaha's directions. Blew the main fuse within a week. Changed things over to relay and never had another problem again. On my '06 I did the same thing and have never had a problem. I take that back, I did have the ground wire inside the lamp break at the rivot.........what a little bugger to fix. Oh yeah, when I've ask around about other manufactures, Kawasaki and Honda particularly, I was told their kit came with the relay. Hummmmmmm. Just my 2 cents worth. -
Congrats on whatever you ride. When you think about it.....its not what you ride, its just riding... Have fun and be careful. Oh, almost forgot, the new Triump tourer is very very interesting.......lots and lots of horsy's. Erns
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I've been tasered numerous times, and I've used my Taser quite a few times. In the article, nowhere does it say that the guy was healthy. In rush hour trafic and out of control.........he's on something.......common people! Meth/Cocaine are stimulants. They will make the heart beat faster and when you get involved in a fight, sometimes the heart just can't take it anymore.........excited delerium. It's been diagnosed long before there were taser's. The Anoka Co. ME report is yet to come, but the toxicology will take a little longer. We'll see what they say. Who knows, maybe out of the 100's of thousands of taser deployments that take place every year, maybe they'll have the first direct relationship between taser use and the cause of death.(?) The Taser runs on very very very low amperage. High in voltage. Any of our VR friends that work with electricity will tell you, it's not voltage that will kill you, its the amperage. Taser international has taken the volttage and "tuned" it to the same electrical impulse that your brain sends out, thus when the circut is created, the muscle groups un between the circut receive a scrambled message. Hipshot, I 'd like to agree with you more reagrding the German Shepherd......got one of those too 'cept he's 96 lbs. Taser causes less damage unfortunately. If I knew how to do it, I'd post a picture of the best partner in the world. Erns
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You never see a motorcycle parked outside a psychiatrists office!!!! Erns
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Did he have somebody with that gave him the ol' evil eye when you started talking bikes? My navigator on one of her not so good days has left me standing there talking and I forgot who I went there with and what I went there for!!! LOL Erns
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Most bridges have an incline to them, so when you have the cruise set, the load of climbing the incline is calling for more throttle to keep the set speed. In the winter months, bridge decks usually will be the ambient temperature. Frost, condensation from the vehicle exhaust, other moisture will drip off the vehicle from hitting the expansion joint onto the the bridge deck and collect and freeze. Your vehicle, calling for throttle, hits the bridge deck, the tires will then loose traction (usually accelerating quickly), and usually cause you to loose control. larger bridges they usually hit the rails. Shorter bridges it's usually just after the bridge into the ditch or median. Here on one of the bridge decks, DOT is using an experimental compound on the bridge deck to see if it can help stop this. Only east bounds lanes were covered, wests are not. Lots of tracks leading into the ditch for the west bounders.....none for the east bound, and after last nights rain, over 70 cars in the ditch in a 10 mile stretch, none on that bridge. So it seems to be working. Erns
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Would you run it around the block a couple times for me also? I just got home from work. We had rain, then it turned to snow.....about 4 inches with another 2-4 expected and our friends to the north are punishing us for something we did or should have done.....sent their winds. Busy busy night, lots of miles, busting lots of drifts...........my squad feels like its got square wheels. So please, for me, would you roll her around the block a couple times, then pull her out on the highway.........run it with some meaning at least thru third gear, then quick shift up thru to fifth, and then let the power slowly roll on, put your feet up on the pegs, set the cruise, and turn the toons up. I better stop there........ I'll look for your post this afternoon when I get up, don't leave out any details. LOL. Be safe, have fun!! Signed, Cabin fever is already getting to me (Erns)