Recent content by cheetah50

Got the sisters A/C fixed, took a grand total of about 2 minutes once the panels were off. One of the crimp connectors on the main contactor were cooked, looks like a factory crimp so just a factory defect, verified current draw after fixing it was within normal range. So the HVAC company wanted...

Going to my sisters house to see if I can't get her A/C to limp along through this heatwave. Man on a cane is going to fix a A/C unit....part of it I guess. HVAC company wanted $800 to "fix it" today. Just based on what shes describing its just a start capacitor that's gone out. I know a company...

You're not very far from where I live and I agree opportunities are very few and very far between. One bad move in the current economy/environment can negate a lifetime of work. If you can find a good opportunity and are willing to take the chance (and have the margin to allow for it) then it...

I recall a time when older people were just called old codgers and would rattle something back and everyone would take it in stride. Everyone Young and Old is so offended by everything these days. It seems to be very much in vogue.

Its a unit of my own design that publishes to HomeAssistant. I have a whole panel energy monitor that I made, CT (Current Transformers), as well as PT (Potential-Voltage Transformers). Overkill for residential but its fun for me. This way I can actually measure the true power and not just the...

As someone who was put in a position not all that dissimilar....Its not always so simple. I had a job that would have paid almost double my wages at the time but it was entirely across the country, in a housing market that was/is red hot. I had family (Parental) obligations that I couldn't...

In my last line of work it meant band aid it just to keep it going and never ask for any more personnel or a larger budget. We had a 1000HP 4160V (VLL) motor that was ran straight off the line instead of VFD, fluid coupling, or soft starts because the fluid coupling kicked the bucket. I put it...

Very....I got just a bit near my eyes last year on the job site and had to get a steroid shot in the butt to get the swelling/irritation to go away, my eyes had swelled shut. Didn't help that it took two days to get in to the Dr's office, by that time I had to get my sister to drive me there.

Man...I wish we had something like this again, that looks really nice. I might actually make a lot of effort to get to something like that. As for this year...Plan on staying home and treating it like any other day to be honest.

2022 Toyota Corolla Cross: Out: Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w20 with Fram Endurance Filter - Total OCI about 1300 miles ~1.5 Years. In: Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w20 with Mobil 1 Extended Performance Filter. Car is still on the Ramps for now, getting through the oil change was about all...

We'll have to go back to actually charging a higher tax rate is what it comes down to, as well as scaling back some of our military expenditures. Before tax cuts in the early 2000's we were actually in a surplus and for the most part we've squandered that. Services and protection cost money, as...

Just looking at the Premium Guard website for the regular premium guard it states: " 96% Multi-Pass efficiency and removal of particles as small as 20 microns" and for the extended life it states: "99% Multi-Pass efficiency and removal of particles as small as 25 microns". Which of theses...

Those FPE panels are like playing russian roulette with your property. They might work, or they might not. I seem to recall the failure rate on these was in the 30% range if memory serves after U.L. done followup sampling. These and Zinsco panels (The Main CB's were usually fine, it was almost...