Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Afternoon
Beautiful day here today, got all the mowing done, except inside the pastures, which didn’t need it.

Slowly putting away all the tools that I had out to plumb the boiler room. I’m not moving as fast as a i could, my friend that was visiting from LA seems to have brought us all C19. Daughter tested positive first, then my wife and finally I did this morning. None of us are particularly sick, but not a lot of collective ambition.
I was supposed to play at a festival this evening and had trips tomorrow and Monday. I got a sub for all of those things rather than be a Typhoid Mary.
We figure that he got it on the flight from LA, it’s a shame he came to the east coast for a wedding today, he is gonna be in a hotel room instead. We told him he might as well come back to the leper colony with us, but he didn’t accept the invite (yet).

The roof is on the old folks home (except around where the chimney goes).

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The plumbing is complete, including the frost proof silcock and supplies. Need to do the wiring for the hydronic zone valves and zone controller, the move on to the zone controller and dampers for the forced air system, as well as run all the thermostat wires.

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Transfer switch for the whole panel and surge protector for the condensing unit are installed as well.

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Fortunately my symptoms seem to be a mild congestion and lethargy. Hopefully this is as bad as it gets.

Get well soon.
What's the device on top left, with supply on top and return on bottom. and then the next device with the black knob on top that also connects in and out?

 

[m7040]

good afternoon, beautiful day 85 and sunny

The Mitsubishi mini split is fixed and working fine again Actually there were no defective or broken parts and all that was done was clean the head unit. The filters were cleaned every month but still the blower wheel had a lot of build up limiting airflow. I will clean the filters more often. Easy to do. Also plan to clean the unit myself next time. Not difficult but rather tedious.

Planted more flowers for wife and I think she may be done. It makes her happy to look at the results.

Did some more tree planting work. Suspect due to lack of rain the yearly tree ring when cut will show 2024 as a close spaced one.

Scott, yea the minix is very handy. It is used very little actually for digging but more for scraping, lifting, pushing and even gardening. The proficiency has improved dramatically and it can be controlled very accurately. The blade is handy for scraping and leveling. Lifting capacity is impressive. I had a backhoe for the tractor but sold it.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Phil what an amazing job on that shot glass ! So did you hollow out the inside first and then make a plug for the shot glass with a center to be able to turn that 3/16” stem ? Very fine work indeed !

Paul, plumbing and electrical look top notch ! More importantly I hope your symptoms are mild and you get over it quickly!

Drew, sorry to hear you made a wasted trip to Ken’s ! Hopefully next time !

Hope all have a lovely evening !

 

[sodamo]

Thanks, RS. I will be using a nutrient solution. Will initially try both bush and climbing with some sort of support. We had a volunteer climber that gave use great yield. It supported self just climbing the wall.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Frits,

The filters were cleaned every month but still the blower wheel had a lot of build up limiting airflow. I will clean the filters more often. Easy to do. Also plan to clean the unit myself next time. Not difficult but rather tedious.

Frits, just wondering how you go about cleaning your mini split ? I have the Fujitsu unit in the Ct home ! All I have been doing is cleaning the filters by washing them and then allow to dry ! Do you use cleaner spray for the coils and blower wheel ? And if so do you use one of those bags to catch whatever comes through the unit ?

Thanks for your input !

 

[sodamo]

Got lucky and found appropriate fittings for plumbing modification. Not a matched set, but doubtful anyone will notice as the spigots are 10 ft apart, 1 inside, 1 outside the structure.

Olympics is competing for my time - and winning.

At least I don’t need to go to HD, but still meeting friends.

Sorry about the C19 Paul, get betta soon.

You do such neat, professional looking work

 

[Popgadget]

What's the device on top left, with supply on top and return on bottom. and then the next device with the black knob on top that also connects in and out?

The silver cylinder is a hydraulic separator, magnetic filter & air vent. Resideo HydroSep.
The device with the knob is a thermostatic mixing valve. I want to keep the loop temperature around 80° or less, because that is lower than the lowest set point of the boiler, it complicates things.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 4.2C and it's presently 6.0C, heading to 12C. Clear and back'n'forth between calm & gusty. There was 1.5mm in the gauge @ 0715.

Second coat of stain applied yesterday.

As per usual, I'm off to Church in about a half hour and then the rest of the day is His. I've been 'tagged' as this Morning Prayer leader, so I must've done well last month... once you're 'in', you're 'in', eh?

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Thomas]

Take it easy and rest up Paul.

 

[Thomas]

 

[m7040]

Good Evening Frits,

Frits, just wondering how you go about cleaning your mini split ? I have the Fujitsu unit in the Ct home ! All I have been doing is cleaning the filters by washing them and then allow to dry ! Do you use cleaner spray for the coils and blower wheel ? And if so do you use one of those bags to catch whatever comes through the unit ?

Thanks for your input !

Good question. I watched the tech do it and take the panels off and unscrew the ends that holds the bearings for the blower wheel and then reach in with a screw driver to loosen the screw on the blower that connects to the motor shaft. Then the wheel can slide out very carefully and be cleaned with a water hose and soap and brushed. The evaporator is sprayed with soap and water and vacuumed up by Milwaukee cordless shop vac. Panels are clipped together and have to be careful not to break the plastic tabs

 

[m7040]

 

[Looking4new]

Well, I got the grass cut, all of it. But that is all I did today. Took all of 1.5 hours. Chucked a gallon of fuel into the mower before I cut the back, so it is probably down about 1/2 gallon now. While I was cutting the grass I saw a whole bunch of baby toads about the size of a dime.
I also saw a baby praying mantis, it bit my leg and promptly got flying lessons. I don't like doing that but I also don't like getting bit.

The e-trike won't get here for at least three weeks.
The main reason I am looking at a solar charger for it is so I can recharge my battery while I am riding. That should give me longer range. If that wont work then at least I can recharge the battery while I am parked at home.
I checked out the garage I keep the z-turn in and with a little rearranging I can get the z-turn and two trickes in there. Junior has the manual one.

 

[Thomas]

63F hazy night sky.

Was putter afternoon,took my sweet time mowing front field than gave riding mower bubble bath,Mrs. went to town got 2 meatball subs for dinner,after dinner she surprise me with strawberry shake oooh daddy that hit the spot only Boo 3 deer 1 grey fox wander by this evening.

Think I'll just numb until bed time.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Buppies]

Not much accomplished today picked up chainsaw someone stole my husky out of the truck, also Milwaukee hammer drill missing. Guess they needed them more than me.

Pops feel better soon, nice work Phil

Nice video of Boo

Prayers for all our Country

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 73ºF for the start in Cleburne, fog, light breeze. Light wind from all directions, Overcast till 11:15 AM then some breakup, high temp was 90ºF, HI 95ºF. Had to go downstairs for coffee, Goatneck start 7:30 70 miles 15.1 moving average less than 1 hr stop time. Drive home went well minimal traffic issues.
NHBX glad grocery shopping, trimmer and hornworm and weeding all went well. Hope bump run and putter went well.
Bill sorry about mole damage. have gophers active here.
Ron glad trimmings picked up. Hope pond maintenance went ok. Nice pic of squirrel
Drew sorry about power loss, do you have to start generator manually or auto-start? Sorry about landlady and cancer.
Drew any boat time is good time.
Phil glad 1 wheel down, 3 more to do? That is one awesome shot glass.
Thomas hope mowing went well.
Scott(vt) hope dinner as good as lake time
Don sorry about the gauge difference after shower. Sorry about no S'mores. Nice you got a break on bed size.
Kyle sorry I missed the tacos. Hope phone change over goes well.
Joel hope trannie build goes well. Hope daughter had fun skiing.
David hope you got the single spigot to 2 with no problems.
Drew sorry you had to retrieve the tomatoes.
Dennis hope the repair works out. I don't know much about HVAC brands.
RS hope you were able to spray. Nice pic of tomato roots. Hope you got mowing done before it got hot.
Dennis can you check tire pressure on the dash? Glad tires are properli inflated now.
Paul sorry about the alligator bite. I did not feel sick at all when C19 hit me . Glad you got subs, hope friend rejoins you.
Don thanks for the info/explanation.
Frits glad mini split back in service. Can you get a filter that removes smaller particals? Nice flower bed pic.
David glad you had all parts on hand. I haven't seen any olympics yet.
Randy(wag) glad door now has 2 coats of stain HOpe church was good.
Buppies sorry about stolen items. prayers sent.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
nice cool morning, 60,last of cool mornings, seems another heat wave due in

up too early, but enjoying my coffee and planning the day.
first I have to go retrieve the tomatoes from Ken's front door, so the critters don't get them, then off to pick
up cheesesteaks from Jersey Mikes to take to lunch with friends, and hopefully get a dip in their pool after lunch.

Mostly, is that a pic of your home? very nice

Buppies, sorry you got ripped off. I don't lock the compartments of my rv and I wonder if some night my tool
compartment will get pilfered, but so far so good.

I actually beat Ron, that's unusual...good morning Ron!

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee mug is full of coffee. 56° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 87° with partly cloudy skies. Spent time hunting down a Groundhogs home. Found it and cleared the area of all the vines that were hiding its hole. Did some garden weeding. Then got mowing tractor out and cut around the edges of field. It is growing back fast after being cut. Did not get Backhoe off tractor. Neighbor is sick with a cold. Then back on porch for some relaxing. Going to a picnic this afternoon.
Bath time.

Prayers and best wish for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

very embarrassing situation for Toyota out on the street now, having to admit their brand new top of the line
twin turbo six engine, their engine of the future, was so flawed in the build they had to totally replace over 100,000 engines.
Not fix them, replace them. Appears they didn't clean the engine well enough and contaminants have already ruined 900+ engines.
Guy who just spent 90 grand on his Lexus suv is not going to be happy, though pretty sure loaners will be given.
just a black eye for QC at that plant, which I'm sure is here in the US.

I remember buying a new Olds Bravada suv, with an early version of awd, and it kept burning up awd clutch packs.
Three times it went in and I threatened them they would have to keep the car permanently if they didn't fix it.
It took two weeks in the shop, but they found a big blob of black adhesive stuck on end of oil pick up tube, I believe in the transfer case.
(I didn't think transfer cases had pickup tubes...) so maybe just plugging some orifice.
oil starvation would fry the clutch packs after a few thousand miles and chattering started.
got the gunk out, all fixed.
Toyota apparently did not get the gunk out.

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, my post was at normal time I post. No clock to get me up. Just how it is. My whole family complains about early to bed and early to rise. They also complain about not getting the recommended 8 hours of sleep. All my cousins are still around. They are in there 80’s and 70’s without major health issues. I quit worrying about what Dr’s call lack of sleep.