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Re: First Time……
Man, I hope you triple checked your back pockets for screw drivers before you sat in it.
Re: The case of the moving no heat call, this Friday's case
Reverse Ghost Flow = the opposite of Ghost Flow where you do get heat when you don't want it. LOL
RGF is when you don't get heat when you do want it.
Re: Cast Iron vents expelled black substance overnight
Actually the combustion process is the same as with any other fossil fuel. Incomplete combustion will have a higher smoke spot number that a burner with complete combustion. the only adjustment you can make on a candle wick is the pool of liquid that is wicking up to the flame then evaporating into a vapor so it can burn. The combustion air is comming from the air around the flame. There is no adjustment for combustion air in that type of burner. (the candle being the burner). the only adjustment is the quality of the fuel. If you have cheap wax then you have less fuel in the total container. (the container being the candle) the other stuff in the container will literally "go up in smoke" because of incomplete combustion.
As far as the light being a result of soot, I beg to differ. I have noticed that oil that burns sooty has a more orange-yellow color, while flames that burn with a zero smoke spot test, burn bright white. (that is oil burners i'm referring to). And since a candle must first melt into a liquid to wick up to the flame and then needs to vaporize into a gaseous state to actually burn, I think that the combustion process is very similar, and the less soot in a candle flame the brighter the light from that flame.
But I could be mistaken, Probably not, but there is a first time for everything.
Re: When did the manuals get so long?
Funny story, a co-worker and I was working the midnight shift and we had to replace the captain's sliding glass window on an MD-80. It weighs about 80 pounds. I printed the ten pages of instructions from the mainteance manual from a microfiche and handed it to my buddy was sitting in the captain's seat. He looks at the paper and goes "blah, blah,blah, who has time to read ten pages?" and tosses it over his shoulder. The old window came out in two seconds but the new one wouldnt go in at all. Seven hours later, the sun is rising and it was near departure time. My friend picks up the paper, reads it twice, looks at me and says, "Oh.". Turns around, picks up the window and installs it correctly. Two seconds. He looks at me and said, " I guess there is always time to read the manual after you **** up.".
Re: Steam boilers in food-processing applications
Re: Pickup Factor in older buildings
I really appreciate all the good input and advise provided here. Going to have to make a call on those 3 column radiators once I am up there and get good measurements this summer. Still going to be a slight guessing game on the edr unless someone has further insight or any epiphanies on them. At least it seems we have held off the boiler purchase now until then so that is a success. Just needs to be ready to go before the coming winter.