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Cake day: July 20th, 2023

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  • A loose connection creates heat, but doesn’t draw additional current. Assuming nothing changed on the load, the breaker wouldn’t see excess current and would have no reason to trip. 16A is plenty enough current to get a bad junction toasty hot without tripping the breaker. Breakers protect from shorts, but can’t protect all faults.











  • My county offers compost from yard waste for $7 per loader scoop. You have to haul it yourself on the handful of weekends it’s open, but it’s a way better deal than buying from any of the landscape suppliers. Similar programs aren’t quite ubiquitous but they’re more common than most would realize. If your city has leaf collection, you should see if they offer compost.

    I built some large raised beds that would have been a fortune to fill with bagged soil or from a landscape supplier. So I was really happy to find out about my local program.