Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

53F partly sunny day upper 80's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
NuBoo show up last evening just before dark with his girl friend...love is in the air.
Plans for today...2 cords of wood weren't delivered yesterday he promise delivery before noon today,meet with tree service Rep having 2 very TALL BIG pines taken down near power lines,quick trip to town for wooden pallets,might try stack least cord wood before dinner??? that should be enough for today.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 68 and only going up to 75°F. Wind S 13 mph. A few showers with risk of a T-storm in the afternoon.

Got the woodstove chimney swept and certified yesterday, $150.oo. The septic tank sucker comes soon and I don't have enough cash here for him. That'll be $300.oo. Town and the bank first thing this morning.

The guy that sweeps my chimney told me the township jacked their taxes up 4.5%, they don't do squat to this road and I see no valid reason WHY. They don't put any dust control on this road, they don't clean out the ditches, they don't trim their trees back so they don't encroach on the hydro wires. They only grade the road once a year. They only plow the road in winter when the snow gets about a foot deep. They haven't done anything to deserve the 4.5% raise they voted themselves. I am thinking seriously about contesting the raise.

Breakfast time.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

good morning, 62 going to 85

Picked up groceries. Used points and senior day to get 25 percent off
Picked up plants and spent the morning working on weeding and gardening making wife happy

Picked up 70 dollar filter for the excavator and changed the return filter in the hydraulic tank

 

[Looking4new]

Drew, when you work in asphalt, diesel fuel is your best friend. When I started 38 years ago, we had some liquid called Triple T., it had a $50.oo name but we just called it TTT or triple T. It was dry cleaning solvent and worked really good. The goobermint banned it. So then we got Trim S. Again, no idea what the $50.oo words were for it. Did know that if you were real smart you didn't smoke anywhere near it. Extremely flammable. That got outlawed too. So we got this stuff made by ZEP, don't know what the real name of it was except that it smelled like oranges. It works, just not as good as the TTT. If you let it freeze, then it would gel up and not go through your sprayer.
Although we are not 'supposed' to use diesel fuel or gasoline for cleaning asphalt, what happens in the field stays in the field.

 

[Engineer42]

More like a pinch valve

Naaa, bricks, just like they use for mules. Causes a lot of tightness when that method is discussed over the normal snip.

 

[txdon]

The guy that sweeps my chimney told me the township jacked their taxes up 4.5%, they don't do squat to this road

In Texas it is the market value of the land that is taxed not how much work is done.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 59 going to 89 and sunny. Gonna be hot.
Driveway is done!
Pool powerwashing at 80%, should finish today and start prepping the lower deck tomorrow.

Buppies, hope the parts come in so you can get job done.

Very nice work Phil.Have to stop by one of these days Popgadget to see all that you've done on the property and Alpaca central. Wonder if our dogs would get along?

Be well,

The wife is getting the flowers ready to put out on the hangers.
red "Clay" pot she bought for my Dad tree, gotta get the tree into it when I get some time. First need to decide where it will reside.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

To clean a shovel caked in asphalt from shoveling it all day, we would soak in diesel and light it up. Cleans right up.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 76˚F had a brief light rain this morning 0.07". Temp warming to the mid 80s. I have one more good day in the dry river bed to remove rocks before reversing the process. If I get through water volleyball If not I'll work through the heat.

Nice driveway Ken!

 

[Buppies]

Good looking driveway Ken very nice edges.

Still tired wife sleeping going to water plants

L4N you are right used most of those to clean off asphalt still like diesel the best. Depends on who you are working for and who is around

Prayers for all our Country

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Local state boys did a small milling and pave job near me. They should have stuck with just filling pot holes, as their paving job is horrible. Must not have used a paver, as it’s bumpy as heck, edges not straight. Looks like they shoveled out the asphalt and hit it with a roller. The roller they used was undersized, looked like a toy.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
72° and sunny. High in the upper 80’s and continued sun.

Yesterday was busy with lots of little tasks, the morning was consumed by breakfast out and RC flying.
After lunch I did a flight review for a friend, sanded the shellac on the window trim, ready for urethane today.
Decided to reprogram the home link mirror in the Prius to work two of the shop doors as well as the door for thaw garage I park it in. The shop doors use a “rolling code” and that was not an intuitive process, but it all works now.

Hung up some 48” LED fixtures in the shed, lights up nice in there now. Had a batch of phone calls to return before dinner and the recliner.

This morning started with an AC service call for a friend, it was just a capacitor on an ancient (R22) carrier condenser, so I was home in time to have a bowl of cereal with Zoe at my feet.
Have to make the bed, and then head over to the shop to apply urethane to the window trim.
Another service call after lunch, this one is an R410a system that sounds like it’s low on charge. The big question is how low, and where is the leak.
Probably some more puttering around after that.
Some oddfellows business this evening.

 

[daugen]

turns out the same power surge that fried my hvac transformer and thermostat also fried my
landlady's stove and something else on same line. She lives about half a mile away.

is there a whole house surge protector that is worth the money?

I must have a dozen MOV surge protectors plugged in all around.
thirty years ago I built Heath Kit surge protectors as xmas presents for family.
not much has changed in circuitry apparently.

pumped up air in all the rv tires, waxed the wheel covers, one job off the list. Loaded my two folding chairs
back in. Entered destination address into Garmin.

definitely warming up. Not sure what I will get into this afternoon waiting for helper to come.

 

[Popgadget]

is there a whole house surge protector that is worth the money?

I must have a dozen MOV surge protectors plugged in all around.
thirty years ago I built Heath Kit surge protectors as xmas presents for family.
not much has changed in circuitry apparently.

There are many whole house surge protectors that are definitely worth the money when properly installed. And the most expensive ones aren’t really any better than the cheaper ones, just have better warranties and advertising.

As Drew said, the active ingredient is almost always an MOV, which is a resistor that reduces its resistance as the voltage goes up, providing a path for a voltage spike that bypasses your connected appliances.
They are limited in their current capacity, and often give their life in service of your protection.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mazda Oil changed, always tight getting under it. Always have a hard time screwing on new filter, reaching under blindly. I can find where it goes, just hard getting the right angle for threads to line up.

79° but hot in sun, waiting for afternoon shade before I do any deck work
Saw my brother is mowing at the farm.

 

[m7040]

There are many whole house surge protectors that are definitely worth the money when properly installed. And the most expensive ones aren’t really any better than the cheaper ones, just have better warranties and advertising.

As Drew said, the active ingredient is almost always an MOV, which is a resistor that reduces its resistance as the voltage goes up, providing a path for a voltage spike that bypasses your connected appliances.
They are limited in their current capacity, and often give their life in service of your protection.

How do you know when to replace them?

 

[Popgadget]

How do you know when to replace them?

Most whole house units have LED’s to indicate their health.

When an MOV sacrifices itself, it’s usually in a grand way, blowing themselves apart and leaving a tell tale burnt smell, usually evident in power strip type surge protectors.
They generally fail shorted, so the failed device will usually trip the breaker on the circuit itself connected to.

But generally they are in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” category.

 

[rswyan]

WU say 87F and sunny @ 12:00 but I can see there are some occasional clouds … which is a good thing.

Got a bill scheduled for payment first thing yesterday.

Refilled hopper feeder and both suet feeders. Also scattered some seed for the ground feeders.

Got the 6 long boards for the raised beds cut to length and started sanding them with the belt sander. Got sloppy and tore up the belt, trashing it …

Ran out to the dermatologist’s and got sutures removed. Lady that took them out said it looked good, no further wound care required. It's still kinda lumpy until the internal sutures dissolve which takes like 6 weeks. Back in 6 months for a check up.

Stopped by Home Depot on way back and picked up a couple of Diablo 3 x 21 36 grit belts.

Also swung by the local fresh vegetable market and picked up some potatoes, corn on the cob, and asparagus.

Started mowing down here around when I got back, got east side and back all done. Just the west side left to do which should take no more than 1/2 hour to finish up.

Grilled a nice little Porterhouse on the grill plus corn on the cob, asparagus, and baked potatoes for dinner. Was completely stuffed.

Agenda for today:

Quick run down to the corner for more gas for the Cub.

Start planting the tomato plants. Will be interesting to see how that goes … I’d like to get them all in the ground but I’ll bet there is close to 30 of them.

Move radial arm saw back over to the barn unless I can make space for it in the garage.

Get another bill scheduled for payment.

See what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday …

 

[m7040]

Most whole house units have LED’s to indicate their health.
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When an MOV sacrifices itself, it’s usually in a grand way, blowing themselves apart and leaving a tell tale burnt smell, usually evident in power strip type surge protectors.
They generally fail shorted, so the failed device will usually trip the breaker on the circuit itself connected to.

But generally they are in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” category.

mine does not have any lights but looks undamaged

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .45 inches rain Interesting

Gonna load the furry kids into the truck. Had and some errands

Half way through Sophie’s sister visit. sister doing well.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day