Got the well fixed...
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... total damages - $105. Not bad, considering the first plumber I talked with wanted a $150 minimum just to show up out here. :thumbsup:
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So, you can have a shower at last! :)
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So, you can have a shower at last! :)
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Come on, please? I'm going to be on the East coast around the time your plume gets there. :sigh: X| I'm asking nicely.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
Truth is, as you recall, water pressure to the house was restored the morning after the lightning strike. This was just to fix the leak that was discovered whilst investigating the failure. But, you know, shower day being the first of the month, this really did screw my schedule. But it's summer, and there's a fair chance of rain before the first of July... :-D
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Truth is, as you recall, water pressure to the house was restored the morning after the lightning strike. This was just to fix the leak that was discovered whilst investigating the failure. But, you know, shower day being the first of the month, this really did screw my schedule. But it's summer, and there's a fair chance of rain before the first of July... :-D
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I figured you were taking dust baths, so I wasn't all THAT worried. I remember you figuring it out. Most people today are not willing to get too close to electricity and water, and I was duly impressed by the effort and the success. :)
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I figured you were taking dust baths, so I wasn't all THAT worried. I remember you figuring it out. Most people today are not willing to get too close to electricity and water, and I was duly impressed by the effort and the success. :)
Opacity, the new Transparency.
RichardM1 wrote:
Most people today are not willing to get too close to electricity and water,
You know... that's probably for the best. The guy that came out today was great; an oldster that had been around wells since before I was born. He had a 20-something helper along to do the dirty work. (The helper was a good sort, too.) They fixed the leaky fittings and measured the air pressure in the pressure tank. It was low, not surprisingly - around 14 psi, instead of 30~35. So The old guy wanders off to his truck and comes back with a compressor. As I watch, he takes a piece of 3-conductor extension cord wire from a pocket. Just a piece - he'd cut it off from a chunk on the truck. He peels the cover back, strips the insulation from the correct 2 conductors and threads them through the holes in the plug prongs of the compressor's power cord. He then lowers it into the little underground chamber where his helper is and talks him through the process of a) disconnecting the pump from the relay box, so it won't fire up when power is applied, and b) splitting out 110vac from the 220vac pump service and splicing it into the compressor jumper. All very impressive so far, up till the point where the old guy tells me to go throw the breaker and energize the circuit. Whereupon I look down into the hole, where the helper is standing in wet earth, leaning on the aluminum ladder, and the power cord jumper assembly is resting, uninsulated, on a cross-rung of the same ladder... :rolleyes: [edit] grammar fixes... :sigh: [/edit]
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modified on Friday, June 4, 2010 1:11 AM
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RichardM1 wrote:
Most people today are not willing to get too close to electricity and water,
You know... that's probably for the best. The guy that came out today was great; an oldster that had been around wells since before I was born. He had a 20-something helper along to do the dirty work. (The helper was a good sort, too.) They fixed the leaky fittings and measured the air pressure in the pressure tank. It was low, not surprisingly - around 14 psi, instead of 30~35. So The old guy wanders off to his truck and comes back with a compressor. As I watch, he takes a piece of 3-conductor extension cord wire from a pocket. Just a piece - he'd cut it off from a chunk on the truck. He peels the cover back, strips the insulation from the correct 2 conductors and threads them through the holes in the plug prongs of the compressor's power cord. He then lowers it into the little underground chamber where his helper is and talks him through the process of a) disconnecting the pump from the relay box, so it won't fire up when power is applied, and b) splitting out 110vac from the 220vac pump service and splicing it into the compressor jumper. All very impressive so far, up till the point where the old guy tells me to go throw the breaker and energize the circuit. Whereupon I look down into the hole, where the helper is standing in wet earth, leaning on the aluminum ladder, and the power cord jumper assembly is resting, uninsulated, on a cross-rung of the same ladder... :rolleyes: [edit] grammar fixes... :sigh: [/edit]
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modified on Friday, June 4, 2010 1:11 AM
:laugh: :laugh: I'm glad you were smart enough not to make yourself liable! :omg: I got scared of electricians in '94, I was building a house, and went to get a permit. I asked what I had to learn to do it myself. They said the NEC. I've done electrical since I was a kid (age appropriate - I stuck scissors in the socket at 5 ;P ), so I figured I'd at least try. I bought a NEC and after 24 hours reading, I said screw it, I'll fail it, then know what to study. They gave me the test, a NEC and 2 hours. It was 13 multiple guess questions. I finished in about 30 minutes and gave it to him. He asked if I had given up, and I said no, I was done. He graded it, told me I had passed, with one wrong - I used the equation, not the table. I'm a smart guy, but that had nothing to do with it - to pass it, you find keywords and look in the index. The closest table has the answer. Damn near easier than VB with Intellisense. ;P We spent a half an hour talking, and he said lots of guys take it over, the record was passing on the 13th try. He talked about the screwed up things he'd seen inspecting. One guy had been picking up scrap wire cuttings for years, saving them. He rewired his whole house, splices everywhere behind the walls. So I continue to do all my own electrical work.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
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RichardM1 wrote:
Most people today are not willing to get too close to electricity and water,
You know... that's probably for the best. The guy that came out today was great; an oldster that had been around wells since before I was born. He had a 20-something helper along to do the dirty work. (The helper was a good sort, too.) They fixed the leaky fittings and measured the air pressure in the pressure tank. It was low, not surprisingly - around 14 psi, instead of 30~35. So The old guy wanders off to his truck and comes back with a compressor. As I watch, he takes a piece of 3-conductor extension cord wire from a pocket. Just a piece - he'd cut it off from a chunk on the truck. He peels the cover back, strips the insulation from the correct 2 conductors and threads them through the holes in the plug prongs of the compressor's power cord. He then lowers it into the little underground chamber where his helper is and talks him through the process of a) disconnecting the pump from the relay box, so it won't fire up when power is applied, and b) splitting out 110vac from the 220vac pump service and splicing it into the compressor jumper. All very impressive so far, up till the point where the old guy tells me to go throw the breaker and energize the circuit. Whereupon I look down into the hole, where the helper is standing in wet earth, leaning on the aluminum ladder, and the power cord jumper assembly is resting, uninsulated, on a cross-rung of the same ladder... :rolleyes: [edit] grammar fixes... :sigh: [/edit]
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modified on Friday, June 4, 2010 1:11 AM
LunaticFringe wrote:
grammar fixes... Sigh
I worry about mine, but reading other people's work, it mostly goes past me. I figure the compiler will catch it. I only give someone crap about grammar if I was going to give them crap anyway! :laugh:
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... total damages - $105. Not bad, considering the first plumber I talked with wanted a $150 minimum just to show up out here. :thumbsup:
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Phone call for Mr lunaticFringe we have a gentleman from BP on the line asking if you can help with a little well problem they are having
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start