How not to DIY

[nd12nc]

"What's he building in there?"

 

by Tom Waits comes to mind.

[Daemonfly]

Absolutely horrible.

[RBuddha]

I think we should just turn this into the diy disaster thread.

 

Here's another gem. Tempered glass + drill = OOPSY!

 

[tifosi]

If you put the GFI in front of a bunch of stuff and one trips it they all lose power. He's after redundancy so, it's expensive but in the end safer for the tank. From what Snazzy said it sounds like that may be exactly what happened.

[fraggle rockette]

 

Does this mean I should re-wire my NC12?

 

haha that looks like the patch bay where i work

[Alastair]

This thread has had my literally crying with laughter. It was bad enough having to get a tank at work PAT tested, the focus tank on this thread would require permits from the fire brigade, the HSE and possibly the National Grid.

[Kelpie]

"What's he building in there?"

 

by Tom Waits comes to mind.

 

 

I agree!!! LOL

 

Mein GOTT!!!

[stoney waters]

I think we should just turn this into the diy disaster thread.

 

Here's another gem. Tempered glass + drill = OOPSY!

 

 

What company tempers their side panes?

[RBuddha]

duno, some guy posted that after he tried to drill it.

[PumpkinKing]

And on the opposite end of the spectrum....

 

when nerds and reefing collide. This guy just has wayyyyyy too much free time. When reefing becomes this complicated its not longer fun and more of a headache.

 

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p...mp;pagenumber=1

WHOA! These two guys need to have a build off

[toxik]

What company tempers their side panes?

 

 

 

That's not tempered. It looks like it would be but this is how tempered really shatters. Scale 3x.

Little squares.

It looks like you're just shattered from the vibration/stress of the drill.

[Nyxis]

Gota disagree, to break plate glass like that would take a lot of smashing, maybe that tank looks bigger than it actually is.

[Juanhunglo69]

I think that the guys parents have way too much money. That is the reason that he is not around to mess with the tank during the week. Mom won't let him go out in the garage. Look at the pics a GSXR in a few of the photos. Didn't see whether it was a 600 750 or a 1000 but at minimum 7900 bucks there. Then the insurance. The insurance for my 1000 costs more than my car and truck combined. In another pic a very new car then a ford lightning and a trike made from what looked like a Harley. That kid is spending all of his allowance. No way an adult planned all of that out. Well maybe he actually did. I do have some stOOOOOOOpid friends. And I could see them doing crap like this. We all have at least one of those special friends.

[RBuddha]

I think that the guys parents have way too much money. That is the reason that he is not around to mess with the tank during the week. Mom won't let him go out in the garage. Look at the pics a GSXR in a few of the photos. Didn't see whether it was a 600 750 or a 1000 but at minimum 7900 bucks there. Then the insurance. The insurance for my 1000 costs more than my car and truck combined. In another pic a very new car then a ford lightning and a trike made from what looked like a Harley. That kid is spending all of his allowance. No way an adult planned all of that out. Well maybe he actually did. I do have some stOOOOOOOpid friends. And I could see them doing crap like this. We all have at least one of those special friends.

 

haha i was thinkin that same thing when i saw the gsxr and the truck and chopper trike. Just a kid with too much money and not enough know-how. Explosions are unavoidable.

[robcampman]

i admire his electronics skills though. Really funny how that guy rigged up 10.000 or more dollars of equipment, and could not buy himself a stand that matches his tank.

[Pinner Reef]

Where in god's name do so many stupid people get sooo much money? I ask myself this almost every day and yet here I am pondering the question again.

-pinner

[matt510]

thats ridiculous i mean wtf is that guy thinking... hahahah wow its pretty entertaining but wtf is that guy smoking? i cant stop laughing

[dl5]

I don't know if this was discussed, but erm, is he going to have to move the tank? if so, why is all his stuff connected........

[r20crazy]

This one time........at band camp....... I learned about electricity and plumbing...........

[Nammy]

Update. The system was plugged in last night!

I guess the entire city blog lost power.

 

Update. The system was plugged in last night!

I guess the entire city blog lost power.

 

 

I should have said Block

[ENraged]

That guy is in Albany I am half tempted to make a trip down just to see this in person..

[Withers]

I foresee the great Blackout of '07 coming.

[purebullet417]

i cant stop laughing i can only imagine how long his local home depto was out of stock of gfi outlets for lol

[RBuddha]

I think everyone should go to reefcentral and nominate this for tank of the month.

[neanderthalman]

Where in god's name do so many stupid people get sooo much money? I ask myself this almost every day and yet here I am pondering the question again.

-pinner

 

Simple case of the Dilbert equation.

 

Time is money, and knowledge is power - we've all heard these sayings before. Here's that they really mean.

 

Anyone with a basic high school physics background can tell you, or at least recognize, the following basic relation:

 

Power = Work / Time

 

Now, if we substitute in the above statements, we find that:

 

Knowledge = Work / Money

 

Considering that money is generally what we're after, we can rearrange the equation to solve for money:

 

Money = Work / Knowledge

 

Now, in the limit as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinite, regardless of the amount of work done. This is why stupid people make so much money without doing jack; celebrities, businessmen, consultants, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that kid doesn't get himself killed. I can't even read the entire thread....