Welcome back to Unplugged LIVE. This week is a first for the show: the episode got prerecorded and airs as a premiere. Around midday on taping day the crew found out they could not make the live show, so Eric, Rodney, and Adam fired up the cameras that evening and recorded a hangout instead of skipping the week. Eric calls it the behind the scenes preview to the after show.
The night is pure catching up: Rodney's new business startup with its LLC, DBA, and insurance paperwork, Adam's phone-heavy week at the day job, the Vegas airport story with the unattended bag and the mystery hallway between terminals, camping at Queen Wilhelmina State Park in Arkansas, and a snapped line set that took out the mini split for good, which turns into a talk about why those R-410A units stopped being sold.
The back half gets better still: the combiner box build on screen with its raceway and conduit, the truck story that ends in DMV paperwork, a sunshine report check with demo numbers filling in for the chat, two years of streaming history with the first stream dates and RE+ as the one miss, a look back at the very first stream that sparked the reaction video idea, the 20 to 30 minute after show pitch, AI agents talk, and a recommendation for a roof drone security build tested in a mock robbery.
Topics in this episode:
- Why this week is a prerecorded premiere
- Rodney's business startup: LLC, DBA, and insurance
- Adam's week at the day job
- The Vegas airport story
- Queen Wilhelmina State Park camping
- The dead mini split and the R-410A problem
- The combiner box build
- The truck story: broken belt and the DMV
- Sunshine report check with demo numbers
- Two years of streams
- A look back at the very first stream
- The after show pitch
- Roof drone security platform
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The hosts: Eric (Home Energy Independence), Rodney (Rodney Hunt), and Adam (Adam De Lay DIY). Unplugged LIVE streams Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern and 7 PM Central on the Unplugged DIY Solar channel. Email the show: live@unplugged.solar
