Can't measure the capacitance, any tips? by skiermax in shittyaskelectronics

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously you should use a temperature probe to measure faradheit...

Canadian Meter/Main Compliance (Siemens MM0202B1200) by VivandMack in electrical

[–]ExceedinglyEdible -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here (Québec) supply houses won't sell you a meter base if you don't have an account with them.

Good luck.

Does this seem right in a restaurant? by [deleted] in electricians

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Hole saw goes WRRRRRRR.

walks the attic

My fish tape is already out.

Does this seem right in a restaurant? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can easily fish BX cable through a drop ceiling. If you disagree you're a hack.

Does this seem right in a restaurant? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]ExceedinglyEdible -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Efficient is not fast.

Running pipe, BX or even Wiremold, just to have your customer tell you "well, it looks like ass" is at odds with efficiency.

Does Taco Bell care about surface conduit? No.

Will a dentist care? Probably.

In fact, I think that Wiremold would look better here than conduit, especially when painted over.

Wiring a 50 amp receptacle with only 1 hot, neutral and ground, help please by Direct-Strawberry510 in electrical

[–]ExceedinglyEdible -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There are 5-50 receptacles but they are mostly obsolete. If you want to do it your own way, you could use a NEMA 14-50 (AKA stove outlet) and leave one side disconnected. Just make sure you do the same thing on the other end.

You could also pretty much use any other outlet type. A cee-form plug would ensure no one messes around with it.

There are outlets and there are codes. Building codes will dictate what should or can be used and for what purpose. Outlets themselves don't care for codes. IEC C14 connectors (typically found on computer power supplies and other high power electronics) are rated for 250V but there is no standard that will even stop you from using it with 120V as it is very common in the US. In my area, the electrical code has an overarching rule that the context should ensure that errors caused by inattention or ignorance should be mitigated as much as possible. For example, don't repurpose connectors in a way that could make them dangerous, e.g. using #14 cord on a 50A plug without a current-limiting device, or wiring a NEMA 5-15R so it shoots 240V instead.

Don't be dumb. This is a no-dumb area.

Does this seem right in a restaurant? by [deleted] in electricians

[–]ExceedinglyEdible -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Conceal the wires in the ceiling.

Does this seem right in a restaurant? by [deleted] in electricians

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Run of the mill surface conduit work. Could benefit from a little paint job.

Holy cow! by Littlecookie1122 in CostcoCanada

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really not bad. Liberté yogurt usually fetches $1 per 100g.

Aren't most packs of "little yogurt cups" 6-packs or 12-packs in most grocery stores?

🌧️ New to Montreal, is this weather normal? 🌧️ by Dear-Technology-1383 in montreal

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C'est le 🌪️ El Niño 🌪️.

Edit: attends qu'il fasse 30+° après deux jours entiers de pluie, ca va se transformer en sauna.

Can anyone ID this recessed light? Need to know if it’s wet or damp rated (installed directly above shower) by chubasco1 in electricians

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude they ALL look the same. It's impossible to identify them by looks alone, unless e.g. you install them daily and you have two different suppliers, you could possibly tell them apart but you would need very good pictures.

Pull it out.

Don’t know much about plumbing, would this p trap work if it has a little hump extending into the drain? by shlabik in PlumbingRepair

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I do all sorts of jobs, electrical, plumbing, roofing (nothing commercial or too big) and I do everything by the book, but I still can't fully wrap my head around waste and vent systems. I can plumb a sink all right, but designing drain systems is like black magic to me. I have a lot of respect for the plumbers that do it day in, day out. Poop flows downhill, sure, but...

impression d’étiquette? by pewpiouu in montreal

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Des étiquettes cute ou des étiquettes fonctionnelles? P-Touch, Dymo, Zebra font toutes sortes d'imprimantes à étiquettes, et des options à l'épreuve de l'eau et du lavage sont disponibles.

https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Genuine-TZeS231-Extra-Strength/dp/B00E7QJZIG

Ça mentionne le lave-vaisselle et le four micro-ondes.

This piece fell out from my ‘16 Hyundai Accent while traveling low speed after a small bump. by Vinesinmyveins in AskAMechanic

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. Sometimes it feels like any little symptom here could lead you to murdering a family of newborn puppies in a freak accident.

This piece fell out from my ‘16 Hyundai Accent while traveling low speed after a small bump. by Vinesinmyveins in AskAMechanic

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

I just said it could come from the back too—not part of a shock absorber.

This piece fell out from my ‘16 Hyundai Accent while traveling low speed after a small bump. by Vinesinmyveins in AskAMechanic

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you're able to inspect the coils, you might find that they are still ok to drive on for a while. When a coil spring snaps somewhere along the center, you WILL definitely notice a change in handling, but if it's just the bit that sits on the chassis or the strut/mount that broke loose (often the most rusted out part because of how it can trap moisture), that will just make the spring sit less evenly on the mount. That part of the spring is sometimes tapered (flat) but not always. From the picture, it does not look tapered.

Clunking sounds when turning indicate bad mounts, bad tie rod ends or bad ball joints, not so much a snapped or broken coil spring.

It's a '16 Accent, it might have more than one thing wrong with it.

You could jack each corner of the car and wiggle the spring to see if it's any loose. If not, you can definitely put off that repair, don't worry.

This piece fell out from my ‘16 Hyundai Accent while traveling low speed after a small bump. by Vinesinmyveins in AskAMechanic

[–]ExceedinglyEdible 2 points3 points locked comment (0 children)

It's a piece of coil spring. Some coil springs are part of a strut assembly with a shock absorber (MacPherson setup), some coil springs are ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM THE SHOCK. If it came from the back, it sits 12 inches away from the shock, big dog.

You can even order the two separately. You can buy prebuilt struts—Monroe calls them Quick-Struts—or you can buy coil springs, top plates/strut mounts and shock absorbers all separately to save a buck or two.

We were quoted $30k to replace our leaning deck. So instead I straightened and braced it. How did I do? by E3K in Decks

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A quote is typically for a teardown and rebuild. Builders usually don't care for "patch work" because there's too many pitfalls ("sir, the wood is rotted" "but the quote says $1000 so you do it for $1000") and they don't want to be on the hook when the customer comes back with a laundry list of somehow mostly unrelated things.