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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 08:44 PM
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Mark, the first picture, was that taken outside your house. That temp would kill me.
My guess is inside a tent or similar structure in the "Stan"
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 12:58 AM
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OK Mark,
What is the circuit under what looks like a t-stat base?
Every time I leave circuits like this around, some people come in a truck and blow it up.

Is this inside your Sweat Lodge?
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Lary Ellis (Top)
My guess is inside a tent or similar structure in the "Stan"
I gotta start paying better attention. I originally thought the poles were elect conduits. With the line going through the grommets around the poles that makes perfect sense.

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Every time I leave circuits like this around, some people come in a truck and blow it up.
If I saw that thing attached to something around here I would blow it up myself.
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Bark
Mark, the first picture, was that taken outside your house. That temp would kill me.
Originally Posted by Lary Ellis (Top)
My guess is inside a tent or similar structure in the "Stan"
Winner Winner! Yeah, in a large tent in the Stan... It was so hot inside that tent that the metal in the shade would burn your hand...

Originally Posted by Jim Lane
OK Mark,
What is the circuit under what looks like a t-stat base?
Every time I leave circuits like this around, some people come in a truck and blow it up.

Is this inside your Sweat Lodge?
It was a thermostat base... crap didn't work, I'll tell you that!
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 07:29 AM
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Tip for checking the t-stat to see if it is the problem. Remove yellow (or blue), green and red wire from stat base, tie them all together and wire-nut, tape off and see if unit cooling comes on. This takes t-stat out of the sequence. Yellow/blue is compressor wire, green is fan and red is 24 volt control circuit. If it operates when twisted together then stat is shot and cooling will come up. I would say if temp gets below 65 in tent, manually break 24 volts off until it gets hot again, but with tent at 120+, I do not think you will have that problem.

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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 07:31 AM
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Ha, this was in Afghanistan... nothing like that worked. Those ACs probably had not worked for four or five years. We had AC guys out there, just no parts.

Thanks, tho...
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Old Dec 6, 2013 | 09:49 AM
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Mad just get your best scrounges to go to the closest DRMO yard and take anything you might need extra units ect. When I was over in Iriaq I went to the DRMO at anaconda and bright back 25 new freezers 5 fridarotors 3 HEMMEt full of a/c units and a couple hummers which one of them we completely rebuilt.
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 08:05 AM
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 08:07 AM
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 08:40 AM
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 05:42 PM
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 07:00 PM
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Lucky they have a pretty good warranty on those drills.
Not sure you can do anything about the cat.
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 10:11 PM
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Lucky they have a pretty good warranty on those drills.
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That drill is 10+ years old, so I think the warranty ran out....

I ordered a new case for it, and I have to switch everything over to the new case, as believe it or not, it still worked even though it was broken in half.

$40 for a new case. Better than throwing out a good hammer drill.


Not my cat, but he's quite stunning looking for a cat.



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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 03:42 AM
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Mr T-man

Drills,
Trees,
Cat Box?
And a dog in a sweater,

Wow it has real replacable parts.

Didn't happen to drop that Makita off a ladder did you?
I have bent several spindles that way.

Window looked a nightmare.

Again, impressive work.
Jim
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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 08:14 AM
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Mr T-man

Drills,
Trees,
Cat Box?
And a dog in a sweater,

Wow it has real replacable parts.

Didn't happen to drop that Makita off a ladder did you?
I have bent several spindles that way.

Window looked a nightmare.

Again, impressive work.
Jim
The drill, you are absolutely spot on, was dropped off of a ladder. It had been dropped countless times before, but never broke. This time, I guess due to age, the plastic was brittle in just the right place, and it snapped in half. Funny part, is it actually still worked, but only spun the gear on the front of the motor. It's back together and good for another 10 years, or at least until I drop it off of another ladder.

The trees belong to Cougar... and are quite spectacular to look at

The box is a "turtle enclosure" I built for a customer of mine. She's a rehabber and needed a place for her salvaged turtles to hang out. Since she didn't want the turtle to feel 'enclosed" she asked for a window in the side...... Yeah, I know... for the turtle to see the humans about it...

The window job took about 6 hours to physically install, although the prep work took about 5 hours alone.. It's an anderson 400 series that needed to be stained on the interior, as well as clad on the exterior. The window, with optional grilles cost me nearly $650 by itself.

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I disassembled the entire window so that I could stain and poly every surface to prevent / deter rot. This step is crucial for longevity in any project, as most installers just stick the window in there and call it a day. I can't do that, as the bare wood will immediately take on moisture and start to rot. Not a good thing.

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I seal the RO's as the first step, and make an informal "PAN" for the window. This prevents moisture that wicks past the assembly from doing any further damage to the house framing structure itself.

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