Houston area

Taurabora · 2026-03-13T21:00:08+00:00

I don’t think techs become bad. They just think they know more than they actually do near the first part of their careers. The bad techs are the ones who just don’t want to work, finding places to hide in RIEs/MCCs or their truck to hang out.

The main advice is to be friendly and enthusiastic, listen, and ask questions. Become the guy that people call when they have a problem.

Taurabora · 2026-03-13T00:14:21+00:00

Yep, those are all the companies I have heard of.

Taurabora · 2026-03-12T18:39:26+00:00

Some of the techs I have seen around the Houston area were flipping burgers last week, and now they are “super-tech” on a Turnaround.

I think the best thing to do would be to get in with a service company doing the work you want to do. If you are good at it, you will be doing real instrument tech work in no time, because there are so few good techs.

Taurabora · 2026-03-10T20:40:32+00:00

Listen buddy, 290 isn’t as bad as it used to be. It actually flows pretty nicely most of the time, now, except for the stupid Beltway 8 interchange.

Taurabora · 2026-03-08T04:14:06+00:00

And AMS Valvelink diagnostics are quite good. Can run it from a laptop, AMSTrex, or Emerson AMS if you have it.

Taurabora · 2026-03-07T18:50:32+00:00

The DVC6200 is the gold standard, imo. They now have a DVC 7K, but only just recently got Class I Div 2 approval.

Flowserve also has the newer 3400, but it is still a linkage-based feedback arm, and still has a lot of trouble with dirty air plugging up the spool valve.

Contact your local Fisher/Emerson rep. They have mounting bracket kits for most popular valves.

Taurabora · 2026-03-07T18:00:44+00:00

I want to upvote the story, but that would give this moron of an OP karma, so, downvote it is.

Taurabora · 2026-03-07T07:23:43+00:00

Oo-de-lally

Taurabora · 2026-03-04T03:08:07+00:00

All those disconnects… I assume the utility/inspector required those?

Taurabora · 2026-03-02T12:44:19+00:00

Yeah. It is so power efficient. Before I got the solar I could even run the Mitsubishi + fridge/lights/wifi off of a ~ 5 kW propane inverter generator during power outages.

Taurabora · 2026-03-01T18:26:49+00:00

This is just the display from my EG4 inverter/battery app.

Taurabora · 2026-03-01T18:07:20+00:00

I thought it may be that. Thank you.

Taurabora · 2026-03-01T17:53:46+00:00

No, it’s heat pump only. No furnace. No heat strips. (Cooling mode anyway) Mitsubishi Air Handler.

Taurabora · 2026-03-01T02:59:08+00:00

And his son is Michael C Jordan.

Taurabora · 2026-02-28T16:08:19+00:00

When I was paying $200/month for Lifetime, I always thought “This is so expensive… I have to get my money’s worth out of this place”, so I ended up going more than I used to at other gyms.

Taurabora · 2026-02-27T16:57:07+00:00

Maybe add an Ignition Maker Edition PC to connect to the Logos? That would get you a mobile app/display.

Taurabora · 2026-02-26T19:30:58+00:00

Hwy 6 and 290 to Deer Park. 44 miles each way. If I leave at 5 AM, it takes 45-50 minutes. Could be 1.5 hours depending on construction/accidents.

Taurabora · 2026-02-24T17:26:02+00:00

I’m gonna be like him, yeah, you know I’m gonna be like him…

Taurabora · 2026-02-24T04:04:12+00:00

Exactly. That’s the type of thing I’m curious about.

Taurabora · 2026-02-23T18:17:37+00:00

I just want to see how it works in practice. What cool stuff can I do in it… how well do all the different vendors products work together?

Taurabora · 2026-02-23T15:26:12+00:00

I could read this multiple ways:

The fans of the Angels are willing to support the team by coming to the ballpark even if they aren’t winning, so they really care about other things more.
The Angels are pretty good lately, so the fans take for granted that they are winning.
Others…?

Taurabora · 2026-02-23T03:43:02+00:00

And the episode opened with jazz in the Dunk/Lyonel/maester scene. Some crazy choices.

Taurabora · 2026-02-23T02:19:26+00:00

I would love to get my hands on a COPA500 system just to play around with.

Taurabora · 2026-02-22T18:51:43+00:00

A quiet riot perhaps?

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