Sometimes you get lucky and find the right part on the junk shelf to fix a problem in the field. We have all been there, and then in our excitement we run out to the field with the part, install it and then remember why it was sitting on the junk shelf. Hmmm this contactor…
My Brother owns a farm and had a simple problem about a low pressure water irrigation system. It went like this: I have 50 lines at 415 feet,(low pressure) so 20,775 ft total. Divide that by 100 is approximately 208 kft. Times by 0.45(gpm per 100ft) equals 94 gpm. Using 100 gpm for the whole…
Here is a throw back to an idea that almost took off while I was a young engineer. Tough to be reliable in a traffic situation. “Low hanging fruit” if you could figure it our during COVID. Long lasting pushbutton!
Well that’s easy: A Crimp, or an electrical connection. As seen below from my latest: COVID let’s fix everything around the home. You can see that even a power supply connection can fail. In this case the strain relief may have had something to do with it. Plastic strain relief (too tight on cord) The…
For those of you stuck at home during the pandemic (all of us) I found myself working on a lot of projects to keep the home running. Since I could not find anything on how to fix an OH error on a hot tub I thought I would post a how to on what I…
Back in the day we would have to program the web-page with good ole html. Now a days your 11 year old can create a web-page in an hour and it actually looks good! Now your issues are is this as good as it could be? Not – thank the lord I don’t have a…
My First post: Welcome to a whole new world. Time to stretch out your fingers and learn how to get people connected.