Curious what your go-to primer and finish is for refinishing cabinets with airless or HVLP? I have always used Gemini lacquer and sanding sealer for new projects but haven’t had experience with a refinish yet. What are your go-to paints?
Is there a way to see exam dates without paying first? I like to wait till I feel close to ready to pay and take the exam but you can’t see dates without paying. I ran into an issue with the FE where it was take it the very next day or wait 3 weeks. I did wait until I was fully ready so that’s on me, but I would like to see a rough schedule ahead of time. I know Slag the PE requires you to take it within 4 weeks of completing the program to fall into their guarantee. This is for mechanical TFS exam.
I’ve got a John Deere riding mower with a Briggs and Stratton engine in it. Went to crank tonight and the starter would engage and spin the flywheel a little but not enough to turn the engine over. Battery voltage was 12.6V. Tried jumping it off and that didn’t work. Did the ole hammer tap on the starter and finally got it to crank. Assumed it just needed a starter. I wanted to confirm that when I got done so I checked resistance and it was 0.6 ohms which Google says that is ok for resistance. Checked voltage to the starter when key turns and it appears to be full battery voltage getting there. The one thing that threw me off was I had not been able to start it again even with the ole love tap and I was checking voltage between battery positive and starter terminal to make sure it was getting through the starter and twice in a row it cranked right up no problem. Took the leads off and wouldn’t start again. I quit for the night to let it cool off as it was getting warm but I’m leaning towards the starter but is there something I’m missing? Any thoughts to help me confirm that’s the right call?
I live about 2 hours from the nearest Tesla service center. From what I have seen on here, a lot of issues can be fixed over the air via software. My concern is needing physical work done and not being able to get it serviced locally and having to go 2 hours to a Tesla dealer. Are these fears relevant or is it a pretty rare occurrence to have to take it in? I am pretty handy so I can do basic repairs. I know Tesla things are a little more complex than an average car so that is part of my fear.
From what I have seen, the Lindeburg reference manual is one of the good ones for prepping for the exam. I need to refresh all the topics so I need a book to go through everything again. I will probably use Kaplan for the question bank to go through practice problems when I get closer.
Are these still the best resources? What recommendations do you have? I used PPI2Pass for the question bank for the FE back in 2022 and had really good success with it.
How do I “reverse engineer” what the appraiser deemed the value of the home? I assume it was a mostly mathematical determination of the value based on the comps? Or is there a lot of opinion involved?
I thought it was a weighted function of the adjustments but I could never get my math to add up. For example, comp 1 is the closest “gross” to the home so it would hold more weight than the other 2. He didn’t show any math or weighting on the report as to how he determined it.
Either way, for rough numbers for easy math, here is what he determined. Can anybody give me an idea how the value was derived from this?
Home value $100
Comp 1: $146, 1.3% net, 9.1% gross
Comp 2: $101, 4.6% net, 16.3% gross
Comp 3: $92, 0.1% net, 14.2%