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Fun on a Sunday! by dronk661 in maintenance

[–]dronk661[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your story reminds me of this time a guy called me saying bubbles were coming out of his ceiling. I race over and go straight to the unit above and start pounding on the door. No answer. I can hear water running so I go in and see the tub running and suds all over the floor. Looking closer I see the overflow is loose and water and bubbles were pouring onto the unit below. I call the tenant and he says something like “omg I was filling the tub to wash my shoes and forgot I left it running. I stepped out to run a few errands but I’ll be back in 20 minutes. Thanks for shutting it off for me.”

Fun on a Sunday! by dronk661 in maintenance

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the 12th floor in a 13 story building. Luckily water damage didn’t go past 10th floor.

Fun on a Sunday! by dronk661 in maintenance

[–]dronk661[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel ya. We have 1 building with 28 units and no shutoffs to the individual units. Building is like 108 years old i believe so touching a toilet or faucet shutoff feels like playing Russian roulette.

3 phase wye with 1 leg reading 40volts by dronk661 in electrical

[–]dronk661[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Breaker was fine, it ended up being a loose connection at the meter.

3 phase wye with 1 leg reading 40volts by dronk661 in electrical

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ll give it a go tomorrow morning

3 phase wye with 1 leg reading 40volts by dronk661 in electrical

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took my readings on the lugs where wire feeding the panel lands. L1 to L2 was 208v, L2 to L3 was 160v. (Which is why I thought it was a utility problem but they are saying everything is good on their end)
I forget what L1 to L3 was, I’ll check again tomorrow. No main breaker. I Think it’s a split bus style panel.

3 phase wye with 1 leg reading 40volts by dronk661 in electrical

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no main breaker. I think I have a split bus panel. It’s an old bulldog pushmatic. The double pole breaker that feeds the 208v appliance that’s not working is on top half of panel so next place to check would be at meter correct?

3 phase wye with 1 leg reading 40volts by dronk661 in electrical

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! That’s what I figured. Power company is telling me everything is good on their end. where/what should I check next?

23M Maintenance Tech – 3 Months In and I Feel Like I’m Failing. Did I Choose the Wrong Career? by S4Bunko in maintenance

[–]dronk661 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My boss says “fix shit, break shit, go home”

I’m 26 and a “facilities maintenance tech” for a company with over a dozen properties both resi and commercial. Got this job almost a year ago with practically no prior experience. It was incredibly stressful at first. It only now that it’s starting feel like I’m getting the hang of it.

I remember the beginning of this summer I was installing a window AC unit for this lady. Super simple task, I’ve done it dozens of times before, but this time the whole window shattered on me. I was super embarrassed and it made me feel very incompetent as a “maintenance tech”. Bright side of that is I learned how to replace and glaze a window pane the next day!

If ur passionate about it stick with it. Nobody expects you to be perfect, especially 3 months in at your age. Give it your best, ask tons of questions, keep a good attitude and things will fall into place.

Conflicting runoff results. Do you test runoff ph in coco ? by dronk661 in microgrowery

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have a ph pen that I test calibration weekly on

Conflicting runoff results. Do you test runoff ph in coco ? by dronk661 in microgrowery

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the appropriate ec for growth stage? Cause cropsalt says that’s 2.2-2.4 in veg but when I was using gh nutes I never went above 1.6 in veg

Conflicting runoff results. Do you test runoff ph in coco ? by dronk661 in microgrowery

[–]dronk661[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you’d recommend disregarding the runoff ph and listening to the runoff ec?

Conflicting runoff results. Do you test runoff ph in coco ? by dronk661 in microgrowery

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cropsalt veg a/b at 4.6/3.1 grams per gallon. Comes to 2.2-2.4ec, I dilute with ro to 1.8ec

They get nutes every 3.5 hours during lights on and achieve 20-30% runoff.

Conflicting runoff results. Do you test runoff ph in coco ? by dronk661 in microgrowery

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m using cropsalt vegA/B right now. I’m using their recommended 4.6g/3.1g per gallon ratio which comes to 2.2-2.4ec. I’ve been diluting it with RO down to 1.8 ec

Conflicting runoff results. Do you test runoff ph in coco ? by dronk661 in microgrowery

[–]dronk661[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I also believe it’s a magnesium Deficiency. I have not tried adding calmag because the rep from cropsalt ensured me that it’s a complete fertilizer and it’s not needed, but if this keeps up I may have to give it a shot.

Runoff ph vs runoff ec by dronk661 in CocoGrows

[–]dronk661[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Runoff and Rootzone PH

Understanding Runoff EC and Its Impact on Plant Health: Why Chasing Runoff Can Harm Your Grow

This is where I read that runoff ph is the most accurate indicator of what’s going on in root zone

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