u/Wolferesque — reddlx

Used AWD PHEV recommendations

Eastern Canada here. Currently drive a 2015 Mazda CX5 AWD. It’s got 420,000 KMs on the clock, and also, my family of five has mostly outgrown it.

I am looking at my options for a PHEV SUV that gives me at least a little more room than my CX5.

The reason I want a PHEV is that I have 3000-4000 kWhs annually of excess solar generation. I estimate that this could cover 10-12k KMs of range.

Budget is CAD$30k max. Needs to be AWD. I do a lot of winter driving on rural roads and I have a steep 1000 ft gravel driveway that can be tricky in winter.

Other nice things to have would be more than 5 seats and towing capacity of at least 2000lbs.
The majority of our trips are within a 60km radius on a mix of highway and rural roads. We do a city commute every few weeks that is about 350kms round trip. Occasionally we do road trips further afield.

So far on my list is a used Mitsubishi Outlander ideally 2023 or newer, and the Kia Sorrento PHEV.

I am not sure what other options I should consider, either used PHEVs or otherwise. Part of me is drawn to the idea of buying a used standard hybrid minivan for the space and utility, but it would be unfortunate to let my excess solar generation slip by.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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u/Wolferesque — 9 days ago

▲ 2 r/septictanks

Single chamber concrete tank + Tee outlet - can I add an effluent filter?

I have an old 650 gallon, concrete septic tank that has three slabs as a lid. It is buried approx 2 feet below grade. The outlet drain pipe is connected to the tank via a tee fitting that has a 3’ downwards pipe and an open top for inspection/clean out, inside the tank. The drainage field is a contour system, with a single trench, with a tee in the middle.

We recently had drainage issues. Family of five, over using the system, and after a few years the system kept backing up. So I had the tank pumped, which didn’t help. Then I uncovered one end of the drainage pipes. It did not have a cover/stop on the end, it was open. I then had the drainage pipes jetted (using the tee opening inside the tank). A lot of solid effluent and biomass came out of the end of the drainage pipe that I had uncovered. The 3’ deep by 2’ wide by 3’ long hole I had dug to get to it filled most of the way up with sludge.

After this process I installed a cap on the end of the drainage pipe, redid the gravel around it, and back filled. Since we did this, the septic has been draining (approx a week). But I’m not covering the tank back up yet.

Anyway - going forwards - I have observed waste water entering the drainage system from the tank and it seems to be carrying quite a lot of effluent and bits into the pipe.

What I am wondering is if it would be advisable and possible to retrofit some kind of filter to the output of my tank? To stop so much stuff going down. I would need to find a way to fit it into the existing outlet tee fitting, and then a way to access it from grade.

Any advice would be welcome.

u/Wolferesque — 2 months ago

▲ 7 r/youthsoccer

First week drills for U9

I am about to start coaching U9 (mostly 8 year olds).

What are some good drills and exercises to do for the first couple of practices? The aims are:

Have fun
Setting an inclusive environment
Early team bonding
Get them started on very basic ball control
Get some understanding of 5v5 gameplay since their first match comes quite soon after
Have them want to come back for week two…

I will have some kids who’ve never watched or played soccer before and some who are seriously into it.

Thanks for any advice.

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u/Wolferesque — 3 months ago

▲ 8 r/SoccerCoachResources

U9 Coaching - Exercises that develop communication and listening

I am about to start head coaching a U9 boys team for the summer youth soccer season.

I assistant coached this age group last season. It was fun and rewarding. However, the thing we struggled with the most was getting them to listen to us and to each other. When we gave instructions we had to repeat them quite often. It was hard to do a team talk with everyone listening at the same time. I feel like I had to say “listen up!” all the time.

I want to help them develop their listening and communication skills. To make it easier for me and my assistant coach, and to help them have a better time in practice and in games.

What are some exercises that I can do with them to help with this aim? It could be a soccer skills drill that also develops communication or a team building exercise not related to soccer.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

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u/Wolferesque — 3 months ago

▲ 51 r/sheep

We have a four week old lamb that we adopted at one week. She joins our other two ewes. She has been bottle fed throughout. For the last one and a half to two weeks we have gone down to three feeds a day (7, 1, 7) + creep feed access. We have let her out onto our lawn a few times and she has nibbled a bit of grass (for like five ten minutes at a time). She has enthusiastically taken the bottle every time.

Tonight we went to give her the 7pm feed and she was not excited about it. She sniffed around the bottle and refused to take it. She seems a bit quiet and slow moving. But otherwise no signs of discomfort or illness.

What could cause the rejection of the bottle at this point?

u/Wolferesque — 4 months ago