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Re: Can this blower motor be fixed?

I installed the ECM motor and it is working. Ended up with a Mars blower wheel that is identical in specs to the original. Strangely the only place in the country that had a wheel that would fit this, at least as far as I could find with web searches, was my local distributor.

rsilvers

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Re: Continued saga of my problematic 18' AC condensate line...

After fighting with a condensate issue for a few months I finally ran mine down the outside of the house.
I didn't cover it with anything because everything I've seen will stand out more than some 3/4" PVC. The PVC can be easily painted as well to blend in.

Do I like having it on the outside of my house, including a 20' horizontal section? Absolutely not.

But I like it a lot more than fighting with sweating, leaking, clogging etc. 9 times out of 10 I'll choose functionality over cosmetics.

ChrisJ

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Re: DEAD WRONG

Okay. I’ve got one. But this is plumbing related but it’s a question I’ve had for a long time.

Drum traps.

Why a century of drum traps in bathtub drains? For eons in the early plumbing era (and not so early) this was done everywhere. And then this trap’s outlet travelled nearly horizontally (it seems) to the stack. So there is minimal static height and an obstructive trap that on top of it seems to hold an air bubble at its highest point to erase the modest pressure drop across it just to minimize flow. And it’s convenient screw on top fuses in place. Arrrg!

The only reliable way of keeping it flowing okay is to take a nice Epsom salt bath whenever it slows up.

I presume when these became the standard most tubs were not showers as well, so maybe no one noticed.

I question its origins and the wisdom of their use quite often. Practically every morning.

ttekushan_3

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Re: DEAD WRONG

It seems the Dead Men (and many Live Men) very seldom reamed their pipes after cutting.
Some things never change.

Gordo

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Re: Continued saga of my problematic 18' AC condensate line...

Why not run it into that rain gutter below the window?

That's too easy.

Jamie Hall

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Re: DEAD WRONG

Or became shop steward

Charlie from wmass

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Re: DEAD WRONG

There are several people on this forum I'll put up against any plumber / heating guy from 100-200 years ago.

Not only are they harder working, they're also more educated and more skilled.

ChrisJ

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Re: DEAD WRONG

One thing about writing a book is that it's like giving birth to a child. Once it's done, it's out there. I wrote Lost Art 31 years ago. I thought I knew everything then. I've learned more since and I feel dumber than ever. There's always something new with the old, and age teaches humility, if you allow it to do so.

I wish I could go back 31 years and talk to that young fella who used to wear my clothes. He wasn't as smart as he thought.

DanHolohan

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Re: DEAD WRONG

Does the "Society" system utilize a separate wet return for the return side? Btw, I would love to visit. Is it open to the public,do I need to make an appointment?

STEAM DOCTOR

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Re: Making hot water without a heat exchanger by routing combustion gas directly through water?

If a dead person once did it, it is obviously a good idea. Case closed!

Unless of course, the death was caused by the contaminated water!

This sounds like the beginning of a Marvel Comic story about AquaHulk

This ordinary man that one day inadvertently bathed in the thermally heated water from an experimental Maximizer water heating system, at the brink of death, suddenly transformed into the words first amphibious super-hero

EdTheHeaterMan

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