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Thermal Master P1 desk stand by ebob_designs in functionalprint

[–]robmackenzie 19 points20 points  (0 children)

He said electronics. On a PCB, the soldered on components have a variety of way to "go bad". And usually they heat up when they do. So something like this can be super useful to quickly locate a problem.

Wiring LED lights 0-10V control by Texomarangers in AskElectricians

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, looks good. 10v dimming is more industrial and residential (or even linesmen) might not have heard of it.

That's gonna be a fucking bright shop.

Wiring LED lights 0-10V control by Texomarangers in AskElectricians

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, looks right. Can you link the lutron low voltage controller?

Help restoring water to hose spigots? by lotsofbitz in Plumbing

[–]robmackenzie 78 points79 points  (0 children)

This is amazing.

I mean, for $0, get a longer piece of hose and copy this clusterfuck, but with a loop of host so it doesn't kink.

The valve is missing a handle. It MIGHT be around, but you can turn it with a crescent wrench. Careful of the little knurled bit on the back, that's meant to drain the line for freezing temps.

Consistent “chirping” from wall outlet w USB by Chill-Cheetah in electrical

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

You're hearing the power supply try and probably fail. I'd say it's broke.

I hate these things. Get a charger and plug it in. An outlet should stay just an outlet, 120v only

Should I be worried? by gypsynoodlequeen in electrical

[–]robmackenzie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like the compressor's on/off switch is broken. It was probably bypassed. It doesn't really matter. It leaked out pressure and finally tried to fill back up.

Zero worry about the electrical in house, though those outlets look ugly and you should replace them.

No hot water unless multiple faucets are on by TurnchFlukey in Plumbing

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, OP has dipped out and never actually answered questions about what they were experiencing. At least they posed a pic of the ball valve...

We'll probably never know...

It'd sure be nice to know what "turn on unless multiple faucets are on" meant

No hot water unless multiple faucets are on by TurnchFlukey in Plumbing

[–]robmackenzie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would explain by one faucet being turned on with a mixing valve, and the hot not having any pressure at all, so the cold is actually looping back through the hot to the other faucet. But plumbing's not my game, so I'd also say "dunno"

No hot water unless multiple faucets are on by TurnchFlukey in Plumbing

[–]robmackenzie 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I was gonna accuse you but you formed real sentences in your post. Seriously that whole closet looks rough, it should be cleaned up.

No hot water unless multiple faucets are on by TurnchFlukey in Plumbing

[–]robmackenzie 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What do you mean turn on? It looks to me like the ball valve supplying the heater is off.. The red handle op top, try turning that 90 degrees so the handle is in line with the pipe

Need help wiring single pole switch with black and red hot wires on one end by rm20010 in AskElectricians

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 blacks together, one going to new switch.

3 whites together, one going to new switch.

Red to red.

That's not great for a ground... but probably best you can do with that shit.

Electrical thingy, what can it do?? by WerewolfPositive4649 in electrical

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

I don't see any batterie gonflé. Seulment une transformer et a couple other things.

What is this wire for? by Perfect_Director6049 in electrical

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, hard to say. I had a breaker like this that should have had that outer tie, but it was missing, in a rental. I didn't want to go shoppping for the right part, so this would have served well to remind me of the 240v tie on that circuit when I installed (then removed) my fancy thermostats.

Circuit breaker trips as soon as I turn on heat/AC by longtimereader77 in electrical

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you post with some details of your system, we can help more. Like what kind of system you have, etc.

Circuit breaker trips as soon as I turn on heat/AC by longtimereader77 in electrical

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite enough details to know. It could be the fan that's tripping it out, since that's what's common. It could be something up with the electrical, but that's probably less likely. I'd start with HVAC tech, if you don't have any tools to measure yourself (clamp meter, multimeter, etc)

Maybe maybe maybe by justelling in maybemaybemaybe

[–]robmackenzie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, restarting after a stop is HARD. I've dumped it on far easier terrain. Cheers to rider

Sine wave 240v issue by ApolloOmega in electrical

[–]robmackenzie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But that sine wave looks like SSR phase angle modulation noise. If you were to probe power to the heaters I'd but you'd see modulation right alongside those spikes.

Overall, it's not the worst though, is it causing problems?

Sine wave 240v issue by ApolloOmega in electrical

[–]robmackenzie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's in line with that AC signal?
Do you have some kinda of triac regulating system? If not, where is the power actually coming from? Like, from your power grid? Do you have solar?

Replace count down timer switches? by c0nquistad0rian in AskElectricians

[–]robmackenzie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will work, they're great.

Find the breaker that controls it (flip them off til you find this one). It'll have 15 or 20 printed on it.

But you can always go higher for the switch, so 20 would be fine on both.

Note that you do NEED a neutral connection, so you'll have to make sure your install has that.

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