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Re: Soldering close to soldered fitting
If it were me, I'd remove the mess encircled in Red by cutting at the Yellow arrow and un-solder at the Orange arrow and rebuild as needed.
109A_5
Re: Water to Water Geothermal heat pump replacement with lp boiler
I called and talked to a rep from Water Furnace and he directed and recommended me to a company. They are out of Latrobe which is relatively close to me. I contacted them about stopping out so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping they actually follow through.
klowden
Re: I get all the weird ones...
"They need the door open for several reasons, they bring the material in with a loader, and then it gets placed with a 308 CAT excavator onto the conveyor. So they want the door open for the fresh air (i already told them bad idea) but also they run that loader in and out about a 100 times a day"
What a god awfull idea. Running a diesel engine inside a building.
Why don't they do things the normal way. An overhead trolley crane with a grapple. Staging area outside for unprocessed material. Crane moves material from outside in through a small opening right to the conveyor. Forklift inside for handling the bales.
Re: Baseboard Heaters - Slant Fin - Maintenance
True but baseboards will get dirty faster if they don't clean the apartment. its not like they need cleaning every year. Probably every 5 years.
Re: Any plumbers good at small bathroom layout?
lack of counter space would be a non-starter with my wife. A shower instead of a tub would be another option.
How creative do you want to get??
hot_rod
Re: Discolored hot water / HTP PH 76-60 hot water heater installed 5 months ago
Your chloride level is still too high for stainless steel in my opinion — if I had to guess, I would guess a road salt problem in your town's domestic supply, but there could be other reasons (yes, it's legal — the EPA max. is 250 mg/L at last count). Glass lined would have been better…
Re: Discolored hot water / HTP PH 76-60 hot water heater installed 5 months ago
Hi, I would stop softening the hot water complely and see what difference it makes. Stainless and salt don't get along at all! I've seen recommendation from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers that you leave 60 to 120 ppm of calcium and magnesium hardness in the water after softening. Otherwise it can damage even copper pipe.
I'd be tempted to drain out the softened water and refill with unsoftened, to give you a good start on identifying the problem. 😉
Yours, Larry
Re: I get all the weird ones...
Seems to me that maybe there's another way altogether, @Tom_133 ? As I read through your comments, one of the reasons they want to maintain temperature in the building — and possibly the only one which really is important (though working a freezing cold building isn't much fun…) is the hydraulic system. Which is not unreasonable.
So… completely different approach. First, include in the hydraulic system a heat exchanger to maintain the temperature of the hydraulic fluid. Now this may require some thought and additional piping, as the fluid in the hydraulic cylinders doesn't recirculate, and for installations with long piping to the cylinder it might be necessary to have recirculation lines to keep the fluid warm enough. But that's a detail. (An alternative would be a cold compatible fluid, such as is used on aircraft — but that's not cheap).
Then to keep the workers warm enough to work (never mind keeping OSHA happy) the various work stations would be provided with infrared local radiant heaters (gas or electric) and, possibly, heated floor mats.
The concept isn't totally out of the blue — that's how we handle dairy milking parlours.
Re: I get all the weird ones...
Tell them straight up, it's not going to work. They need to figure out a different strategy for material handling. Without knowing the process, I can't really offer suggestions. If they insist on trying to heat a 5k sf building with a 22x18 door hanging wide open, walk away. Working for idiots is financially risky and you won't get any satisfaction.