1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Well, best time of the day, said, good afternoon, welcome 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: to our four and you're at home with Gary Salvin Chili. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: But the sun's out and it's going to get up 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: to about the upper forties, so that's good news. And 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: taking your calls at eight hundred eight two three eight 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: two five five, and we're going to go back and 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: chat with Rick. Now, Rick, I will say this is 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: you know, I'm going to ask you some questions. I 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: kind of just got a whole step to step thing 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: I've pulled up, and I just kind of want to 11 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 1: go through with you. You say there's about a hundred 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: feet of water in the well. 13 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: Eighty yeah, well the well pump says at eighty feet yeah. 14 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: Well, so the information I pulled up is how much 15 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: bleach to use and never used more than three gallons 16 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: of bleach. Most homes will use about one to two 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: gallons of bleachka. But it also says in your case, 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: it says half a gallon quote two quarts of bleach 19 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: per one hundred feet of water in the well. Ah okay, 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: all right, so that's that's about how much water you 21 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: would do. And then the step by step is really 22 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: of course turned off the power. So you switch off 23 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: the breaker. I'm assuming you know where that is. Do 24 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: you know where the well cap is? 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 2: Yes? 26 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: All right, open up the cap. Make sure you don't 27 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: drop anything in the well. That's always a problem. And 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: then you mix that that chlorine, that two quarts of 29 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: chlorine with about two and a half gallons of water. 30 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: You pour the chlorine into the wall. They're into the well. 31 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, just poured in slowly. But you haven't got 32 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: all that much, so just you know, pour that in. 33 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: You'll you'll turn the power back on, which will circulate 34 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: the chlorine and attach a garden to the outdoor faucet. 35 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: All right, So basically, you're putting a chlorine in a well. 36 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: You're attaching the garden faucet, you're turning that on, which 37 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: is the chlorinated water, and you're running that water back 38 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: into the well. And you do that for about a 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: half hour and this coats the well casing and with 40 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: the chlorinade water. Right then you'll run the chlorinade water 41 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: through the house one fixture of the time, so you'll 42 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: turn on just the cold water and you'll run that 43 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: till you smell the chlorine. And that includes the sinks, 44 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: the showers, the toilets, outdoor spickets, the whole thing, and 45 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: once that chlorine odor so don't get the odorless. Once 46 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: that chlorine odor is present, you can then at that point, 47 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: you know, leave the system. You know, you can shut 48 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: it off and leave that system unused for about a cup, 49 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: then about a day, twenty four hours all right, Okay, 50 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: if you can leave it a little longer, fine, but 51 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: at least twenty four hours. Then you'll go ahead and 52 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: running outdoor hose away from you know, the septic system streams. 53 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: You're basically running until the chlorine smell is gone, and 54 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: that may take hours, but that's how you basically flush 55 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: out a well. So first you're pouring a chlorine in, 56 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: You're you're starting to circulate it with the outdoor faucete, 57 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: and you're putting it back into the well, and then 58 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: you're running it through all the sinks, toilets and everything 59 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: inside your house. 60 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: Okay, I got it, very good. One question, one more 61 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 2: quick question. A test kit. This water, this well is 62 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: only five years old, right that does anything sets off 63 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 2: of a farm? There's a farm nearby, because you're a 64 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: test kit that you recommended to test that water for anything. 65 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: I don't have I don't have a name. I actually 66 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: even I met this company at the National Hardware Show. 67 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: I think it was called One Time. You'll have to 68 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: google that. But what they do is they have different 69 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: ones where you can test water, especially if it's a 70 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: lot of farm country. You know. It gets into water 71 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: systems and stuff and it'll test the different bacterias. I 72 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: think you can find that online fairly easily. I just 73 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: I just don't have a name for you right now. 74 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: Okay, it's something like one Time you're. 75 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: Saying, I think that's what it was. I don't know. 76 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: I can look when I get home and see what 77 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: it is. But I still have the test kit. I 78 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: don't have a well, but I got test it's sitting 79 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: up there that the guy gave me. But I can 80 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: I can pass that along it but it'll be tomorrow. 81 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 2: Oh that's okay, all right, I can check it out. 82 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: Had show in Vegas. 83 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: Uh huh do you yeah? Yep? All right, okay, may 84 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: all right. 85 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: All right, thanks so much, Gary, if. 86 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: You're quite welcome. Thank you appreciate it, all right, and 87 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: again you can join us. It's eight hundred eight two 88 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: three eight two five five. Also at the bottom of 89 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: the Hour. Chris McCoy is going to be joining us, 90 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: and I'm going to talk about outdoor lights. I don't 91 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: know about you. The more you kind of get around 92 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: in different neighborhoods, you see a lot of outdoor lighting. 93 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: Some beautiful displays, uh some you know, maybe do it 94 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: yourself for but it adds lighting. And Chris has got 95 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: a company called Haven Lighting. We're going to discuss him 96 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: the pros and cons outdoor lighting and some of the 97 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: really cool, neat stuff that's out there now. 98 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 3: Walt, welcome, Hey Gary, how you doing doing fine? Thank you? 99 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 4: No welcome. 100 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 3: I've got one comment and one question, both short. The 101 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 3: comment is on electric lawn equipment. I would never buy 102 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 3: an electric car, to be honest with you, but lawn 103 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 3: equipment I love. I don't have to put one hundred 104 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 3: and fifty feet of extension cord out. The woman that 105 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 3: called about the battery, I have Ego, a lot of 106 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 3: Ego equipment. I've got a couple of different brands. But 107 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 3: the battery discharges itself on its own to thirty percent. 108 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 3: And the way I found this out was kind of funny. 109 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 3: I walked into my garage one day and the battery 110 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 3: was just on the workbench and it was flashing and 111 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 3: doing stuff, and I imediately took it outside in case 112 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: it was going to catch on fire. Right, So then 113 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 3: I read the manual. It's not complicated, but the equipment 114 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 3: comes with the manual for the operating the equipment and 115 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 3: the manual for operating the charger and the battery. And 116 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 3: I read there, yeah, and if it left, if you 117 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: leave it alone, I can't remember the period of time, 118 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 3: but it will discharge itself, okay. 119 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: So so basically I was reading some general information on 120 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: that when I was putting my list together and to 121 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: talk about and it was talking about keeping the battery charged. 122 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: And this is not the manual of the manufacturer. And 123 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: I always say, every manufacturer is different, you know, qualifications, 124 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: et cetera. And she didn't have the manual, and what 125 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: I was reading was so was general. And it told 126 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: me to keep it charged forty to sixty percent, not 127 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: fully charged. And I don't know if you could let 128 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: it go down to thirty percent or not, but they 129 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: said not full forty to sixty percent. But one of 130 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: the things I learned too, just to add to what 131 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: you're saying, Walt, is if you let it go where 132 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: there's no charge, it won't charge. You have to use 133 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: another battery to almost like jump start it. And I've 134 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: had to do that. I had it was, you know, 135 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: a couple hundred dollars edger, and I had the battery 136 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: and it was dead as a doornail. And I started 137 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: reading it and said, you know, you got to get 138 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: another battery and run a copper wire to the charging ports, 139 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: just to put a little trickle in there and then 140 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: it'll charge. But if you plug it in, it's not 141 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: going to charge, and it would not charge. And my 142 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: buddy had the same type of model, and we put 143 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: a little trickle charge in there and it worked. Then 144 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: it charged, but that mindset forty to sixty percent. 145 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,719 Speaker 3: So oh wow, I was going to ask you how 146 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 3: in the world you jump started a battery, and that question, yeah. 147 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: That's what I said. When I read it, I said, what. 148 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, But it's the manufacturer, you know, from the owner's 149 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 3: manual that says the Ego batteries will discharge themselves. And 150 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 3: the way I found it out, it was kind of funny. 151 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 3: I walked into my garage one day and the battery 152 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 3: was blinking and doing something, and I immediately took it 153 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 3: outside because I thought it wasn't connected to a charger. 154 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 3: It wasn't hooked up to the equipment. I always I 155 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: always disconnected from the equipment. 156 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: But it was screaming at You're saying you better do 157 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: something about that. And I'm sure what it was was 158 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: go ahead and you know, get that thing on the charger. 159 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: Otherwise just think, could be you know, dead as a 160 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: door nail like mine. Turned out mine didn't have blinking 161 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: lights unfortunately, so. 162 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 3: Well it doesn't according to the manual, the manufacturer's manual, 163 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 3: it doesn't tell it'll run it down to zero, but 164 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 3: it automatically it will run it down the thirty percent. 165 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 3: And like you said, forty to seventy. You know, that's 166 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 3: reasonable for other batteries as well, but this says the 167 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 3: manufacturer has it run down the thirties. And I took 168 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 3: it outside because I thought it was going to catch 169 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 3: on fire. I didn't know what it was doing doing 170 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 3: by it. 171 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well thanks for the call. I appreciate it. 172 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: And also in that user's manual, probably really going to 173 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: tell you maybe that's different. Maybe if it goes down 174 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: to thirty percent, it'll hold that for four to six months. 175 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. That's why the importance of those owners 176 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: and manuals. I'm sure the information none of my research 177 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: was general information, which it usually is. And to be 178 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: real honest with you, I didn't know and that's why 179 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: I looked it up. I didn't know how people would 180 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: store those batteries. But just again, it's you know, forty 181 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: to seventy degrees a dry area indoor, so maybe a shed, 182 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: maybe a garage, and then you know about you have 183 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: to charge it periodically up to that forty to sixty percent. 184 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: And we were talking about the lighting. That's how you 185 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: would tell. That would be in the manual also, and 186 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: they also have a little trickle charger for them also 187 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: if you want to do that. But yeah, you know, 188 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: we're learning as consumers because they started originally pulling old notes, 189 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: old notes that I use, you're in and you're out, 190 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,359 Speaker 1: quite honestly, and how to properly store a gas lawnmower. 191 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: And of course, as I was incorporating that and my 192 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: notes for my show today, I'm thinking, like, well, the heck, 193 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: what about all the electric or battery equipment. There's probably more, well, 194 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's more battery equipment or not. 195 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: But there's a lot of battery equipment. How do we 196 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 1: do that? And that's when we kind of ran into that. 197 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: Our phone numbers eight hundred and eight two three A, 198 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: two five five. Feel free to grab that line. Chris 199 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: McCoy will join us at the bottom of the are 200 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about outdoor lighting. And you know, 201 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: we've covered quite a few things today. One of the 202 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: things I just just do what. We need a break, Gary, 203 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: we need a break. Okay, We'll take a break and 204 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: I'll come back and I'll throw some tips out, safety 205 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: tips for Christmas. Got to do that. Twelve twenty it is, 206 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: and you're at home with Gary Sullivan here. I'm fifty 207 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: five KRC the talk station. All right, back at it 208 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: we go, twelve twenty three on your Saturday. Not too 209 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: bad today, good looking day for the time of year. 210 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: All right, just kind of go through this. I try 211 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: and go through it every year. Have you ever seen 212 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: the video clip of a Christmas tree that catches on fire? 213 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: Every year, somebody on the news or something on TV 214 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: will play one. And I saw it again this year, 215 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: and it astonishes me every time I see it. Once 216 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: that ignites it literally is consumed by fire in like 217 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: minutes minutes. So I was thinking, you know what we 218 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: had to do to just some holiday tips, and why 219 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: not in the news. We've certainly seen house fires in 220 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: the news always this time of year, always this time 221 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: of year, for whatever reason. The space heaters, Christmas decorations 222 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: will any reason, but they're prevalent this time of year. 223 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: So if you have a live tree, you gotta water, 224 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: and they drink a lot of water for the first 225 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: two or three weeks and I'm talking like a quart 226 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: of water a day. Make sure that tree stays watered, 227 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: make sure it's away from the fireplace. Make sure it's 228 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: not over a register. That will only help dry it 229 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: out along the mantle garland no real garland, absolutely not, 230 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: because there's no way to water the real garland, and 231 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: if it's near a fireplace on the mantle, it's going 232 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: to dry out faster and there's a possibility of combustion. 233 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: A lot of people do this, but do not. Do 234 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: not burn gift wrap or boxes in the fireplace. Is 235 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: a fireplace, is not an insiderator, and certainly don't burn 236 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: tree trimmings in the fireplace. That's terrible for the chimney 237 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: the creosote, and it's a very hot quick fire, which 238 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: is bad if you have a fireplace and you've been, 239 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: you know, using it, and all of a sudden the 240 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: smoke starts coming into the room. Crack a window. The 241 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: reason the smoke's coming in and not going up the 242 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: chimney is either you haven't warmed the chimney enough or 243 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: you have negative air pressure in your home. Cracking a 244 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: window will alleviate that. If you're using a space heater, 245 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: don't use them in bathrooms. Make sure they have a 246 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: ground false circuit interrupter in the plug. Don't use extension 247 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: cords on a space heater. They're pulling pretty much the 248 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: whole circuit. And you may not have a don't use 249 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: extension cords. They'll tell you that in the directions, but 250 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: you got to read them. Don't use extension cords in 251 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: entry ways or under carpet. And I'm not talking about 252 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: the space heater. No extension cords air. And again, the 253 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: extension cord is not near flammable areas. 254 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 2: All right. 255 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: Have a fire extinguisher in the house, make sure people 256 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: know how to use it. There's some very simple ones 257 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: out there now. They look like a giant aerosol can. 258 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: It's not aerosol, and they're as powerful as the regular 259 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: ones that you pull the pin on. It's an ABC 260 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: fire extinguisher. Make sure you have one in your home. 261 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: Make sure everyone knows where it is, make sure everyone 262 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: knows how to use it. Make sure the smoke detectors 263 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: in your home are working for sure. If you burn candles, 264 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: there's all kinds of safe candles out there now, but 265 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: of course we still have plenty of candles that you like. 266 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: The wick. If you have a candle, you trim the 267 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: wick down to a quarter of an inch before igniting 268 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: the wick. If you have a real long wick, you're 269 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: going to produce a lot of smoke. That's why you 270 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: want to always trim that down in a bigger flame 271 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: than you need. Of course, you're going to put out 272 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: the candle before bed, and I think that's where a 273 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: lot of people, uh, you know, drop the ball. Quite honestly, Um, 274 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: be careful of setting hot things on countertops, even if 275 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: you have granted, be careful with that because you can 276 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: have some some expansion and it could cause some problems. 277 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 1: So I want to run those by you real quick, well. 278 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: Grant Joe, and then we'll get to Chris McCoy from 279 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: Haven Lighting. Joe, Welcome, Hey Gary. 280 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 5: I just wanted to share a little tip that I 281 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 5: kind of uh figured out after a few years of 282 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 5: pulling in all of my uh my batteries and my 283 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 5: paints and all of my flus and stuff out of 284 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 5: my garage that I was a chiefest cap. 285 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 2: When I built it, I. 286 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 5: Didn't uh, I didn't insulate it or I did any 287 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 5: temperature control. 288 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 6: So I was always bringing in all my paints and whatnot. 289 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 5: Uh, So I started to uh started to insulate with 290 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 5: that was that three or four inch phone board uh 291 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 5: huh and uh uh I what I did is I 292 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 5: built uh. 293 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 6: Like a box in my garage, uh maybe four feet tall, 294 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 6: uh sixty wide, eighty long, and uh in that box, 295 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 6: I put all of my things that I need to 296 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 6: keep from freezing. And I used one of those like 297 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 6: thermostat outlets uh huh that you would use for like 298 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,959 Speaker 6: an attic fan or whatever. Okay, And it takes on 299 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 6: one ceramic light bulb that you use like in a 300 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 6: reptile cage or something like that. 301 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 5: Right, and he keeps it above forty five all winter inside. 302 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: There super well, that's cheaper than an insulint the whole garage. 303 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, you got to maintain that temperature. Thank you 304 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: much for the call. I appreciate. All Right, as talked about, 305 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about outdoor lighting. As you drive 306 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: across different neighborhoods and things, you just seem to be 307 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,199 Speaker 1: seeing more and more outdoor lighting. We see it in 308 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: commercial properties. Chris McCoy he is with Haven Lighting. He 309 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: is my guest. Next, as we continue, you're at home 310 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: with Gary Sullivan on fifty five K see detalk station. 311 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: All right, back to work we go. As promised, we'd 312 00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: have Chris McCoy on. He is with Haven Lighting and 313 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: Chris welcome that home with Gary Salvn. 314 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 4: How you doing, Hi, Gary, Thanks for having me. I'm 315 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 4: doing great well. 316 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what this time of year, I mean, 317 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: you know, it's dark and nothing really perks up a 318 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: neighborhood like outdoor lighting. But I think most of us 319 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: always think about outdoor lighting as a summer thing. But 320 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's important in the winter time, even 321 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: from a safety standpoint. I'm sure you agree with that. 322 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, it sure is, And this time of year it's 323 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 4: always you see more than you see it during the summer. Actually, 324 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 4: it's it's a lot of fun driving around. 325 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 1: The neighborhoods, right right. Well, I'll tell you one thing. 326 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 1: You know, I have the lighting on my home and 327 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 1: you've got it. You've got unique lighting at Haven Lightning, 328 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: And you've saved me so much time because I have 329 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: a program on your lighting that makes my house green 330 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: and red, and I've incorporated some outdoor lighting on the 331 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: bushes and it looks outstanding. I wanted to tell you, 332 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,479 Speaker 1: I've had more compliments on it than ever before whenever 333 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: I've decorated. So tell me how old that was. 334 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 4: Oh, it's it's great technology, and I think I think 335 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 4: as we you know, as we move forward, the we 336 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 4: start seeing more and more color and smart and smart 337 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 4: lighting in all the neighborhoods. And hopefully you didn't have 338 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 4: to even do anything. It just turned green red automatically 339 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 4: that like it was supposed to Thanksgiving, Yep, it did. 340 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: And we light up everything. I mean, there's the gutters, 341 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: the roof, the peaks of the house. And then I 342 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: did some regular Christmas lighting on a couple of bushes 343 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: with bulbs that kind of really even intensified it. The 344 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: first few years I didn't do that, and I've added 345 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: a couple, just a couple things. It took it took 346 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: me every bit of fifteen minutes to put the additional 347 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: bulbs on, but it just made everything really pop. So 348 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 1: I'll let you explain to people how all that works, 349 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: because I'm thinking I've seen people, you know, there's so 350 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: many people now that are hanging Christmas lights. They're having 351 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: their homes professionally decked decorated, and I've talked to some 352 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 1: of the owners. They're like, it's like three thousand dollars 353 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: every year, and it's like, what's going on. I can 354 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: do my whole house. 355 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that's right. The technology is very, very easy 356 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,199 Speaker 4: to use, and that's one of the things that you 357 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 4: get with Ayman is the app is super simple. There's 358 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 4: a picture of your house and every light that you 359 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 4: have a A is a little dot on the picture 360 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 4: and you can select one and change it whatever color 361 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 4: you want, and then save different scenes to schedule them 362 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 4: all year around. And the idea like at my house 363 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 4: and hopefully your house is you don't really you don't 364 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 4: ever touch the app. It just automatically happens. For Memorial 365 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 4: day weekend, and it'll be red, white and blue and 366 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 4: and and for Christmas it'll be red and green, and 367 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 4: then and then the rest of the year, or however 368 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 4: you want, it. 369 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 2: Can be white. 370 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 4: And I know you like our color sunset more than 371 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 4: more even than the white. 372 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: So I do I do it Everyone's responsibility. In the summertime, 373 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: I don't use white. I use the sunset. And really, 374 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: if you think of a summer sunset, you know, late 375 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 1: in the day or in the evening, late in the evening, 376 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: it is kind of an oranges yellow. And I'll tell 377 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: you what. In the summer, I don't think i'd use 378 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: it in December, but I think I usually have it 379 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: from h you know, June through August. And I just 380 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: love that color. 381 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, it looks it looks great. 382 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 3: You're right. 383 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 4: I think in the winter you want a little more colder, 384 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 4: colder white than than than that color. But the great 385 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 4: thing is the flexibility you have is you basically have 386 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 4: any color that you want any time of year, and 387 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,239 Speaker 4: and hopefully it's scheduled and you don't have to touch it, 388 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 4: and remember to put out some sights and and and 389 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 4: if you do accent a couple of bushes along during 390 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 4: Christmas time. I think I think you're right. 391 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 2: I think it does. 392 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: It does add just just a ton of flair for 393 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 4: the Christmas time. 394 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, and what's really neat is, you know, I certainly 395 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: with your with your lighting. I've accented some trees normally 396 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: and bushes which go red and green, but just the 397 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: forward bushes where there's a you know, adding some smaller 398 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: bulbs ere it did really really accent. But you know, 399 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people, I guess, how how much does 400 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: this industry grown? When I was a kid, everybody had, 401 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: you know, a light post in their front yard, except 402 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: our house did not have one, but a lot of 403 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: people light posts were big. And now we've just incorporated, 404 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: and your business has got to be grown because I 405 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: even start thinking about the backyard. 406 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's we're growing like crazy. This this last quarter 407 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 4: was was insane. So we've been working, working a lot, 408 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 4: but it's been a lot of fun. And you know, 409 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 4: the latest trend is really this roofline lighting, like you mentioned, 410 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 4: UH for people paying for for uh putting on Christmas lights. 411 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 4: And we offer three different We manufactured three different styles 412 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 4: of roofline lighting to kind of give the people. There's 413 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 4: there's different there's different looks of it. And one of 414 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 4: the things one of the challenges that I think roofline 415 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 4: lighting has UH and I think one that we have 416 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 4: solved is UH when I see it. One of the 417 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 4: one of the challenges that the that I have with 418 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 4: most of the roofline lighting out there is it just 419 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 4: doesn't feel like Christmas. It just doesn't. The balls are 420 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,440 Speaker 4: a little bit different, they're they're facing down, the colors 421 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 4: mix and it just doesn't give you that Christmas kid 422 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 4: feeling that you have when you were a kid. And 423 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 4: and uh and and when we developed our we put 424 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 4: some samples up in our showroom and I walked in, 425 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 4: I'm like, yeah, that's you get that feeling and you 426 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 4: just know it. 427 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: So these so my outdoor lighting and what a lot 428 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: of people's outdoor lighting is spotlights. When you're doing roof lighting, 429 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: I see the homes and I can pick them out 430 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: immediately because they're bulbs that go across and it's got 431 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: the chords on it. You got to take them all 432 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: down with yours. It's not spotlights, it's actually bulbs up 433 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 1: there then. 434 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 4: Right, Yes, it's it's a track system that you put 435 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 4: up and like I said, we have a couple of 436 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 4: different varieties depending on what you want. One is completely linear, 437 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: so if you want it to and then you can 438 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:46,639 Speaker 4: make that do whatever you want to eat to make 439 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 4: it look like balls, you can make you can make 440 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 4: it completely linear and do some really cool stuff. Whether 441 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 4: there's some flag we have some flag effects that on 442 00:26:54,720 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 4: a moral day we can look ridiculously cool, but but 443 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 4: you can you can do whatever you want. Then all 444 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 4: the way from Winnear and then we have we have 445 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:09,239 Speaker 4: a Christmas style like look to one version, and then 446 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 4: we have a more of a down like version that 447 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 4: are that are much more spread out, that look like 448 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 4: you know, some soffit down lights, but they're programmable so 449 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 4: you can make them do all kinds of patterns and 450 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 4: red and green for Christmas and things like that. So 451 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 4: you know, we've kind of attacked all three varieties because 452 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 4: different people like different different styles. 453 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: Mm hm, So I'm sure somebody same boy, if we're 454 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: lighting up that much of the outside of the home, 455 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: what's this costing? But with LED, probably not that much. 456 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 4: Huh, it's not too bad. I mean, if you're definitely 457 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 4: if you're paying for somebody to put up Christmas lights, 458 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 4: this will definitely be very, very attractive to you, you know. 459 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 4: And and I started the business just because I was out. 460 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 4: I literally was outside putting up Christmas lights, and I 461 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 4: was like, I don't want to do this anymore. 462 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: So it's a lot of your business. Is it just 463 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: is it individual homes or is it commercial or I'm 464 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: sure it's both, but because I see a lot of 465 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: commercial properties. 466 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 4: It's definitely a mix of both. So we do We're 467 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 4: about thirty percent commercial seventy percent residential, and we do 468 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 4: some really cool commercial projects. You know, with our with 469 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 4: our technology, you can interface it with sports teams. So 470 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 4: the University of Kentucky has our lives all around their 471 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 4: football stadium so when they score, they can make the 472 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 4: lights dance automatically and do all kinds of stuff. It's 473 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 4: it's it's super cool technology, the way the way that 474 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 4: all that works. 475 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, And when you talk about the cost, you're right. 476 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: I mean that's what prompted my call is I look 477 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: at these beautiful homes that are lit up, and then 478 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: I start talking about the costs and somebody coming up 479 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: and putting all this stuff up every year taking it down. 480 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, like, I don't even I don't even flip 481 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: a switch. It just happens. Granted, I put a couple 482 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: of lights on some bush, is just an accent and 483 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: build on it. I was feeling guilty. It was so easy, 484 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: and uh, I'm thinking, like I got to get Chris 485 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: on here because I don't know how many people know 486 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: about the flexibility of uh of of color, you know, 487 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,719 Speaker 1: I mean, it's more than just putting a light fixture 488 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: in the ground. 489 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 4: So yeah, I think one of the I think one 490 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 4: of the misperceptions is is that just because you have 491 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 4: color doesn't mean that you it doesn't mean that you 492 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 4: can't have white most of the year and make white 493 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 4: look really really nice. And people wouldn't you drive it by, 494 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 4: People wouldn't really know that they were colored lights. So 495 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 4: I think one of the misperceptions is you either have 496 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 4: one or the other. And with our with our technology, 497 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 4: that's that's not true. You can have it white most 498 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 4: of the year and then and then celebrate and make 499 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 4: your house look super cool for the kids and grandkids. 500 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 501 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Well, now I guess you're gonna get big ornaments 502 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: with a light in right, big ball, big big what's 503 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: on the planning board? 504 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 4: Well, I'll tell you this roofline, this roofline technology has 505 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 4: really really taken off. 506 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: And uh, you got pictures work on the website we do. 507 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, if you go to shophaven dot com, there are 508 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 4: there are definitely all kinds of pictures of the roofline stuff. 509 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, so that's the hot one right now. And 510 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: you lighting around decks in the summertime, is that? I 511 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: guess that's pretty big. I don't have a deck on 512 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: my house, but that's got to be pretty big too, 513 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: because I'm seeing party lights on screen porches and everything else. 514 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: And your your your jobs can do a lot of 515 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: that from a safety standpoint, and also cosmetics. 516 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 4: Correct, yes, that's correct. A lot of times, a lot 517 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 4: of times our customers will use our products in their 518 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,719 Speaker 4: backyard and you know, it's fun. The the uh, the 519 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 4: most common thing I hear when I ask why did 520 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 4: why did you do which you did in the backyard 521 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,719 Speaker 4: is uh, And the answer is there to bring their 522 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 4: kids back home. Their kids are their kids are either 523 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 4: moved out or of the of independent age, and they 524 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 4: want them to come back and hang out. And that's 525 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 4: that's that gives me chills. 526 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 3: I love it. 527 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, don't we all well, Chris, how do people get 528 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: started with you? I mean they can visit your website 529 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: and it's what again. 530 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, Shothhaven dot com. 531 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: Okay at h O P H A V E N 532 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: all right, and then they kind of get an idea 533 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: of what they want and do you come and visit 534 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: the home And because there's some there's some skill and 535 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: kind of getting the light shadows. I'm assuming not everybody 536 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: can just stick lights in the ground make it look beautiful. 537 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, we do. Uh so, we are the actual manufacturers 538 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 4: of the product. We write all the software, We handle 539 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:56,479 Speaker 4: all of the the the app and the servers and 540 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 4: the and the lighting technology and the lights themselves. Locally, 541 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 4: we're located in Cincinnati. Locally in Cincinnati we do the installs. 542 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 4: We'll do them on some major commercial projects around the country, 543 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 4: like we did a couple of resorts at Disney. 544 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 2: Things like that. 545 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 4: But around the country, we have trained installers all over 546 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 4: the country that are independent companies that that will do 547 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 4: exactly what we do in Cincinnati, and even we have 548 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 4: some in Cincinnati that also do what we do. 549 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:23,719 Speaker 2: Well. 550 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a picture of my lovely looking as 551 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: Simons send it to you. 552 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 4: Great looking forward to it. 553 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: Well, Chris, thanks for joining us. It really is. It's 554 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: it's one of the most versatile things I've edded to 555 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: my home. It really is. Uh and not only the 556 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: light changing, but just you know, being able to you know, 557 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: change the light for summer to winter and the layout 558 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: and you know, I don't know that the lights and 559 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: the gutters that shoot up on the roof. It's beautiful. 560 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: And just wanted to, you know, tell everybody about it 561 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: because I still think there's a lot of people that 562 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: that don't understand what you can do. And every now 563 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: and then, like I said, I see people hanging lights, 564 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: and I see people putting their own lights in and 565 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: I'm going, it's a mistake. You can make it look good. 566 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. 567 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 4: And ladders are super dangerous, honestly. Yeah, oh I know, 568 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 4: you don't it yourself. Just just be extremely careful on 569 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 4: the ladder. It's it's very dangerous, all. 570 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: Right, Haven Lighting. Chris McCoy, thank you very much for 571 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: joining us. 572 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 2: Appreciate it, Thanks for having me. 573 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: All right, take care, all right, So there you have it. 574 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: You know, I still I mean the ones that come 575 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: around and do all the lights for the Christmas, I 576 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: mean they look beautiful. I'm not here to knock it 577 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: at all, just saying there's other alternatives too, and man, 578 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: the bar has been raised. There's no question on decorations 579 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: on the outside of homes, both for Christmas and Halloween. 580 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: So kind of wanted to share that with you and 581 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: we'll continue with your calls. You're at home with Gary 582 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: Selvin right here on fifty five kre seed DE talk station. 583 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: All right, back here we go, about nine minutes before 584 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: the one o'clock hour. You're at home with Gary Sullivan. 585 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: I was giving some quick tips, safety tips for the holidays, 586 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: and I don't know if this is a safety tip 587 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: or not, but it is a tip I wanted to 588 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,280 Speaker 1: pass along, and that is I talked a little bit about, 589 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: you know, burning gift wrap and paper and boxes in 590 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: the fireplace, and I'll tell you I've seen that happen many, 591 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 1: many times. And you know, you if you have a fireplace, 592 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: you probably have a fire on Christmas Eve or Christmas 593 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: Day and burning wood, and I wanted to pass along. 594 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: You know, the storage of wood is really important and 595 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: from drying out the wood to also keeping your home 596 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: safe from pest if you have you know, we all 597 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 1: know termites like wood. Okay, and I don't know if 598 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: termites are active or not right now, probably not. It's 599 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 1: pretty cold out. But one thing you really don't want 600 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: to do, and I know a lot of folks do, 601 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 1: but you really don't want to do that, is to 602 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: take the firewood. It's convenient, don't get me wrong, wherever 603 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: you're storing it outside and you bring in and you 604 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: start stacking it in the garage up against the wall. 605 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 1: I know when you say that, people can go, yeah, 606 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: why would you ever do that? But there's a lot 607 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: of people that do, and you shouldn't because you don't 608 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: know what's in that wood. Beetles termites could maybe become 609 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: active with some a heated garage or a garage that's 610 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:46,319 Speaker 1: insulated real well, So let's not do that. If you 611 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: got a covered patio or something, maybe you can put 612 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: it there as long as it's far enough away from 613 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: the house. But ideally you keep it as close to 614 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 1: your house as you can. But you don't want it 615 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: inside your house. You don't want it next to run 616 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: against a wood sighting on a shed or anything like that. 617 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: You know, if you have to put them out in 618 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: the yard and put a blue tarp over the top 619 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: of your stacked wood. That's fine, but only let it 620 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: hang down a foot or so, and then maybe you 621 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: have a quarter around it. You don't want to run 622 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 1: the blue tarp all the way down to the ground 623 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: because there's moisture in the ground and the moisture is 624 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,319 Speaker 1: going to rise up and it's going to keep that 625 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 1: wood wet anyway, So you want the air to move 626 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,800 Speaker 1: through it. But if you want to keep the snow 627 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 1: from piling up on the top of it blue tarps, 628 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:42,240 Speaker 1: do that, but don't bring it in stack it inside 629 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 1: the garage. Also, when you're in the process of cleaning 630 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 1: out the fireplace, this stuff happens every year or too. 631 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 1: That's why I'm bringing it up. It sounds so elementary. 632 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 1: But when you're cleaning out the ashes in the stove 633 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 1: or underneath the grate, then you got your little shovel 634 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: and maybe you have a bucket, you know, to put 635 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 1: the ashes in. Um disposal of those ashes is really critical. 636 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:22,879 Speaker 1: The safe disposal of those ashes is really critical. When 637 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,360 Speaker 1: you scoop them and you put them in the bucket, 638 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,720 Speaker 1: you'll probably see an ember or two, but not much, 639 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 1: and you'll feel a little heat radiating it, but not 640 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: too much. But that doesn't mean they cannot catch something 641 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: on fire. So after you scoop that out and you 642 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 1: clean out the firebox and you get all that looking 643 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:51,480 Speaker 1: good again, take that and don't just sit it in 644 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,719 Speaker 1: the laundry room or in the garage. Take it outside. 645 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: Take it outside. Do not pour those ashes into the 646 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:05,319 Speaker 1: trash can. You're asking for trouble. And you will be 647 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:11,960 Speaker 1: surprised at how long nose ashes stay hot. And I'm 648 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,360 Speaker 1: talking I wouldn't do anything for a couple of days, 649 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,799 Speaker 1: or I'd wet it down and then you got kind 650 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: of a slurpy mess. But don't pour it on your gardens. 651 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: That can goof up your perennials. I have experienced that. 652 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,400 Speaker 1: A lot of things we talk about are things I 653 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: have experienced over the years. But you know, if you 654 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 1: want to damping them down, that's fine. Don't put them 655 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,960 Speaker 1: in the trash can, don't put them in the garage. 656 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: Keep them away on the outside part of your house. 657 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,879 Speaker 1: That's the best and safest place to do that. And 658 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 1: by the way, if you have a stove or glass 659 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:53,360 Speaker 1: fireplace enclosure in your h you know, got the fire 660 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: going and it's a you know everybody's gathered in the 661 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 1: family room. If you have doors, you know, you keep 662 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: them closed. If you just have a great and a 663 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: fire box, make sure that screen's pulled and just can 664 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: stop sparks or anything along those lines. Just again, just 665 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:16,200 Speaker 1: another little safety tip. And if you've got some downtime 666 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: with that fireplace and that glass is just a little cloudy, 667 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: little dirty and tinted like newspaper and ashes to clean 668 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: that works really really well. Uh, if it's for some 669 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:35,359 Speaker 1: reason a little more stubborn, then I'm suspecting it is. 670 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 1: You can go to the hardware store. They have glass 671 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: door and stove glass cleaner, so there'll be a kreisop 672 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: build up on there. Again, ashes and newspaper really does 673 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,480 Speaker 1: do a pretty good job at cleaning up. But if 674 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: you ever have a heavy build up, that stuff is great. 675 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: You you know, it's gotta be cool. You spray it on, 676 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,279 Speaker 1: you let it set maybe five ten seconds, and with 677 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,520 Speaker 1: a cloth you'll just wipe that kreas right off. So 678 00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:09,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to give those little safety tips, and I 679 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,919 Speaker 1: hope everybody has a safe week that's for sure. Danny boy, 680 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,759 Speaker 1: that's gonna wrap up, not another weekend. But another day 681 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:22,439 Speaker 1: of the weekend. Of course, of course, the good Lord 682 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,319 Speaker 1: willing Danny and I'll be back tomorrow for more at 683 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:27,600 Speaker 1: Home with Gary Sullivan