Hi sir.orange, Yes, the width of the material is given in inches, and the thickness is in thousands of and inch. I may not have been looking in the right place on the link that you provided, but I didn't see any Durasurf material that was over .020 inch. The standard thickness that most of us have b...

Just to complicate things... The discussion above attempts to define 'effective edge' in geometric terms, which is certainly useful in many ways. But, in a more practical sense, effective edge can be defined as the length of edge that is 'engaged' in the snow mass when the ski is rotated up on it's ...

Hello yanO, I'm not an electrician either, but I too have wondered about running any of these heat blankets off of 120 volts vs. 240 volts. My general thinking tells me that it should be no problem to run either way. As you so well stated, either voltage would yield the same wattage per sq. in. (or ...

Hey Doug, One of the downsides of the 'information age' is that there are such unlimited sources of information out there, they're almost certain to not always agree with one another. I'm certainly not saying that wikipedia is always correct, but I often use it a a starting point for much of my rese...

if TIVAR is UHMWPE, then it is "sintered", the process determines the product. Sintering produces uhmw, extruding produces HDPE or "extruded" base. They both originate as the same polyethylene beads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHMW http:/...

Thanks, Endre, for the follow-up pics and info. Looks like your skis can definitely take a beatin'. Very enjoyable thread.

G-man

Parkour

Gotcha... thanks.

G-man

Yes, the skis look great, but... that countryside is sooo beautiful. How wonderful it must be to be able to take in those views everyday. I can almost hear the birds singing and the bees buzzing. You're a fortunate guy, indeed. Any chance of seeing some pics of the inside of the of the barn/ski fact...

Big 'thumbs up' from G-man.

Thanks doughyboy. Yes, when I re-read what I had submitted last night, I realized that I hadn't clearly said what I meant to get across, but it was really late and I was not thinking too well. I meant to say that the press and any aluminum pressing layers should be grounded so that any wayward curre...

im curious to see other peoples wiring diagrams for their heaters and if they differ any from what i am doing? The limited layout drawing that you included in your first post was missing a lot of details, but your pictures eventually helped to fill in some of the gaps, but not all. One glaring miss...

Yes, 240 volt wiring has always been a little difficult for me to get my head around, especially after working a bunch on DC circuits and 120 volt circuits. It has always seemed so weird that a 240 circuit has no dedicated neutral wire. Here's a link that helped me to get a better sense of how 240 w...

I would rewire without all those fuses, and get rid of that breaker. If you are plugged in to the wall you are already on a breaker. At most you could put little 1/2 amp fuses on your pid's, but really I think that's pointless. I totally agree with this entire statement. Take the time to remove one...

If the heaters are pulling 20 amps total, that would be 10 amps from one hot 120v and also another 10 amps from the other hot lead right? This I'm just not sure about. I'll try to explain. Since normal house current is alternating current, the actual direction that the electrons flow reverses direc...

The yellow fuse holders going into the PID have really "rough" ends. Cut these back, and either tin these with solder or use crimp-on connectors. Frayed or loose wires at connections can cause overheating or excessive current draw. Good point krp. I get pretty obsessive with my connection...