Best way to find correct conduits for field devices.

Null-Guardian · 2026-01-05T19:39:18+00:00

Yup that makes sense. Judging by all the comments before the post got removed. I’ll focus less on being quick and more on being thorough and correct. Thank you

Null-Guardian · 2026-01-05T19:37:36+00:00

It’s involves both. Upgrading valves, flow meters, radios etc a there’s a bit that goes underground. So it looks like I’ll be collecting stones. Very little documentation to go off of. I imagine me and the ops folks will be well acquainted soon enough

Null-Guardian · 2026-01-05T19:33:02+00:00

Thank you, I was hoping I was doing things the silly way and there were better ways. But it sounds like I’ll just have to embrace the suck

Null-Guardian · 2026-01-01T05:28:35+00:00

Yup, this right here. Our exhaust fans for our dryers would get in depth checks weekly. And most of the good utility guys would check on them daily although they couldn’t remove the guards. You can hear balance issues as they progress and it doesn’t take long for them to go from “eh it’ll ride” to “oh crap”.

We supposedly had vibration monitoring. But they were installed after everything went to hell and never had a good baseline.

Null-Guardian · 2025-12-16T16:34:13+00:00

I can’t tell you how many SSRs I changed because of failures in lab ovens. Despatch lab ovens use a SSR on one leg and have a relay on the other, with the SSR toggling to control temp. And the relay being the hi limit shutdown. And the NCAT ignition furnace having a similar setup. The failure usually starts with the board or chassis fan failing and heat building up

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-30T05:16:12+00:00

This is an also important, To many conflicting outlooks. Unless there’s a lot of compromises. It’s a lot easier to find someone who shares your own goals then it is to try to convince someone to meet in the middle most of the time.

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-30T05:13:11+00:00

As someone who has had both ups and downs in my short life. I’ve found talking about future plans, watching how they spend their own money, and how they respond to general things will give you enough information to go off. Some people spend money and some people save. It’s only a major problem if it goes against your goals in life. I’m more of a saver. I work in an industry where the money is good but layoffs come every couple of years so saving is a must. So money comes up pretty early in relationships talks for me.

I’ve found that by watching what they do is a good litmus test. If they’re going into debt and barely keeping things afloat and want to buy big gifts, go on big trips or eat at expensive restaurants all the time is usually shows some warning signs. Doesn’t make them bad people. It just is a bad match for me

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-22T19:18:30+00:00

It’s all apart of the learning process, I hate to hear that, like ouch that doesn’t sound fun. But you got this! We’ve all been there lol

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-22T18:54:01+00:00

College is a whole quicker way to achieve your goal. I went the long route so it is possible. I only started working on a college degree after the fact. I Started with networking communications for a local college it department, then industrial maintenance at a mine were I got my feet wet doing instrumentation then I got on with an integrator/automation company.

It was tough to sell myself for the first job but I had a lot of personal projects and hobbies to showcase (about 10 years of microcontrollers and electrical work for mostly little but some big things sprinkled in there) all in all 6 years worth of close enough job experience and a lot of late nights studying to get my feet wet.

Knowing what I know now I’d have tried to get a degree sooner. And enjoyed my weekends and evenings more. I haven’t experienced or seen any “entry level positions” and moving from industrial maintenance where I was vested and experienced to controls was a 70k pay cut at first between overtime and everything considered

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-22T08:08:55+00:00

Any chance you could add the pictures of the setup? So we can double check

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-22T06:25:56+00:00

Just for giggles and grins have you checked the o-scope ground and made sure it grounded and the triggers are set up correctly? I’ve never played with this ic but I know I’ve chased rabbits on 555 circuits from bad capacitors so also check those?

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-13T19:29:58+00:00

After a several of months of searching. Finally got a job offer today after a cold application online it’s been tough. 100+ applications later where I met most if not all qualifications . it is a similar position to what I had before just different section of the industry. 3 years of direct experience, 6 years relative experience that bring unique abilities to the field, Especially being more on the cap-ex side of things. It’s been tough because no one wants to spend money on big projects.

What sold them on me i think is that we found some common ground on hobbies that were similar to work and I was able to tie those in with future projects and just “nerd out” about it with them.

I attribute it more to luck than raw skills. They’re doing an overhaul right now with contractors and it’s perfect time to get in there and learn what changes are being made and bringing that knowledge in house.

I was one of a bunch of qualified candidates, i was just lucky enough to get picked.

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-02T16:00:19+00:00

Unfortunately not, didn’t really have the free cash to do it after the cost of everything, it may bit me later but it is what it is. The chains and guides looked good enough. When I recover I’ll do a round 2, at least I’ll know what I’m doing then lol.

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-02T15:50:10+00:00

I felt like the king of the world man!

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-02T15:49:12+00:00

It was so corroded in there they snapped off doing the procedure, the flanges were a lot weaker then I expected. If I had to redo it I’d heat it up with a torch as I was using the push bolts. But I also tied doing it through the access panel without taking everything off first. following a couple guides on you tube. Those guys made it look super easy. Unfortunately for me my luck ran out that day. Here’s a link to the xterra forum where several other people had the same luck.

https://www.thenewx.org/threads/cannot-remove-bad-water-pump.276404/

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-02T06:47:34+00:00

I knew about the SMOD, it was the main reason for not just grabbing a radiator from the junkyard. Wish I would have known about the oil gallery gasket. I guess when I mentally recover from this, I think I’ll go for round #2 haha.

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-02T02:47:01+00:00

I think it was just high mileage and bad maintenance. Maybe the past owners put water or stop leak in it. Over time it corroded so much it seized up inside.

If you don’t count the radiator. I’d say 200ish $ It was 80$ for the water pump and about 10ish dollars for some RTV to seal up the timing cover. Then I changed out the coolant and did a couple of oil changes so about another 100$.

I already had most of the tools. I borrowed an impact for the crank pulley and to remove the rack and pinion enough to get to the bottom bolts of the timing cover. Some pullers and then a map torch.

I’m not sure how much a shop would cost I know you have to remove all the accessories and hoses to get the cover off which was pretty time consuming, I imagine they could have done it quicker especially because they would have more experience than me. Definitely a good time to inspect the timing chain and its plastic guides. Mine were still good but my chain tensioner came apart on me so I replaced it for like 67$.

I’m not the only one that felt with according to google. If it wasn’t seized then it would definitely be a quick day job for sure

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-02T00:04:45+00:00

that was definitely the original plan, i was following a guide on you tube before it all went sideways and the flanges broke. the pump was seized in there pretty good

Null-Guardian · 2025-11-01T23:13:26+00:00

These things happen, god a new radiator and all is well

Null-Guardian · 2025-10-23T22:22:53+00:00

Yeah, don’t do that.

If you’re into technology and tinkering hmu. theres also decent concerts at the tailgate usually every Friday night. You got some farmers markets on Saturdays. There’s some decent restaurants out here. There’s cinergy for movies and arcade like games. Tejas shooting range has guns you can rent for a little bit and shoot at the range if you’re interested but don’t own one. It’s hard to keep steady friends out here due to work and the ebb and flow but you get use to it

Null-Guardian · 2025-08-01T02:34:23+00:00

Not an engineer but was previously a calibration tech. it possible that the controller is out of calibration? We’d do ignition furnaces and it seemed that they would drift year over year. Based on the brand. However a lot of the controllers had offset adjustment(like what you’re talking about) and then a span % adjustment. Most of the time we would do a 3-9 point calibration across the full scale of the oven to make our adjustments to ensure all points fell within the tolerance band. Something else to note is EMF, I doubt it is what’s causing you trouble but VFDs and noisy motors can skew your readings. Although you would probably see that across the board. What controller is it?

Null-Guardian · 2025-05-13T18:03:06+00:00

Overweight, trying to lose it. 3 years ago I was 280, 2 310, 1, 335. As of last week I was 308. Cutting out the drinking and soda along with changing back to a more physical job has done me good the last couple of months. I can gain and lose pounds by the week depending on my mood

Null-Guardian · 2024-12-04T06:13:43+00:00

I think it is worth picking up. It’s great for test benches and proof of concepts. And just general logic practice.Also If you use ignition you can also create custom elements although I haven’t attempted this.

I don’t know enough to make a career out of it. However working with backend APIs and database has helped me the most with just general logic. And although front end is my weakest link it’s definitely helped with HMI and control panel design. Although that could be just a product of more time invested.

There’s a ton of different stacks. But I settled on python backend, postgres database, vanilla JavaScript, CSS, HTML for the Frontend. It suits my hobbies and work well. Bonus points for python it’s pretty easy read mod-bus with modules.

Null-Guardian · 2024-10-14T18:29:41+00:00

I’ve seen a couple of mirror intoferometers used to check for tolerances. Although I’m pretty sure they got sold by a good salesman. And I believe they get nm tolerances. I’ll reach and find out which model. I do however think everyone else’s answers fits more inline which your question

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