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Bina posted:Hmm... Is that a steam heater or something?
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Dec 8, 2016 04:54
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I guess that's one way to de-ice your windshield. The possibilities are endless now.
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Dec 8, 2016 04:59
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Gorilla Salad posted:Is that a steam heater or something? 
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Gorilla Salad posted:Is that a steam heater or something? I think it's just a standard electric baseboard heater. Even if it's just the housing or the innards either end short of the plumbing, bonding your earth to the plumbing isn't permitted in the developed world and the metal housing is earthed. So not only can you turn yourself into a human light bulb, you can also conceivably light up the poor bastard replacing a water service over the road.
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Dec 8, 2016 05:01
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Don't joke about this! They almost shut San Antonio down a few years ago because it started dusting 20 miles north of the city.
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Dec 8, 2016 05:11
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Gorilla Salad posted:Is that a steam heater or something? Looks like a hydronic baseboard heater to me, which isn't terribly good, since even if the 1/2" copper coming out of the wall misses the 3/4" heating pipe there's still going to be transfer of heat to the toilet water. Not a lot mind you, but enough to wear out the rubber washers of the shutoff valve, and to help sublimate Calcium and Magnesium out of the water if it's hard. It won't cause the toilet to shatter or anything either. The only noticeable problem would be less efficient heating of the bathroom. Looks scabby as gently caress though.
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Dec 8, 2016 05:55
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I think you would need a lot more heat to sublimate Ca and Mg.
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Dec 8, 2016 05:59
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It is funny that none of you have commented on the toilet paper over a heat source. One playful cat and it's all over.
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Dec 8, 2016 06:01
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Fasdar posted:It is funny that none of you have commented on the toilet paper over a heat source. One playful cat and it's all over. Fahrenheit 451: the temperature at which book‐paper catches fire and burns. If your radiator is getting anywhere near that hot, you have bigger problems.
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Dec 8, 2016 06:08
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:I think you would need a lot more heat to sublimate Ca and Mg. Not really, just warm enough to evaporate quicker than normal. The scale gets left behind, and can be basic enough to eat through most soft metals. Like copper and brass, for example. 
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Dec 8, 2016 06:10
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a red-hot steam vessel is on a list of things i never want to see in person
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Dec 8, 2016 06:12
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Lars Blitzer posted:Not really, just warm enough to evaporate quicker than normal. The scale gets left behind, and can be basic enough to eat through most soft metals. Like copper and brass, for example. I'm really curious how stuff evaporates inside a pipe. What's actually happening is that heat causes bicarbonate ions to decompose a bit to carbonate. While calcium and magnesium bicarbonates are soluble, the carbonate salts are not, and fall out of solution as scale. The scale itself is unreactive and doesn't do anything to copper or brass. It's the attempt to remove the scale, either physically or chemically, that damages the pipe. The term you were looking for originally was not "sublimation," by the way, but "precipitation."
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Dec 8, 2016 06:19
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Platystemon posted:Fahrenheit 451: the temperature at which book‐paper catches fire and burns. I may be misunderstanding the type of heater. When I was a child we had electric in-wall heaters that could have easily started toilet paper on fire.
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Dec 8, 2016 06:26
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Deteriorata posted:I'm really curious how stuff evaporates inside a pipe. Okay, I think I may have got it wrong. It's been years since Plumbing school to be honest. Thanks for the correction.
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Dec 8, 2016 06:27
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Lars Blitzer posted:Okay, I think I may have got it wrong. It's been years since Plumbing school to be honest. Thanks for the correction. You got the basic idea right - heat causes the calcium and magnesium ions to make scale in the pipes. How that happens is actually rather complex chemistry, so don't feel too bad. 
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Deteriorata posted:You got the basic idea right - heat causes the calcium and magnesium ions to make scale in the pipes. How that happens is actually rather complex chemistry, so don't feel too bad. Yeah, the theory behind it was kinda glossed over; a natural consequence of trying to cram a year's worth of material into a couple of months. Every minute in class counted.
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Dec 8, 2016 06:38
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blugu64 posted:Don't joke about this! They almost shut San Antonio down a few years ago because it started dusting 20 miles north of the city. To be fair, the last time it did ice over significantly, there wasn't a ditch or guard rail or barrier that was safe in SA. It was a very bad idea to go out. Those "bridge may ice" signs finally had their day.
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Dec 8, 2016 06:44
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Lars Blitzer posted:Yeah, the theory behind it was kinda glossed over; a natural consequence of trying to cram a year's worth of material into a couple of months. Every minute in class counted. Flight school.txt
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Dec 8, 2016 06:55
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Fasdar posted:It is funny that none of you have commented on the toilet paper over a heat source. One playful cat and it's all over. As if there weren't already enough reasons not to keep animals in a human dwelling.
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Dec 8, 2016 07:06
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What is the point of owning a cat when it is not there for you to make internet videos?
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I have so many questions, they're hosing down that windshield like they've done it before.
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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:To be fair, the last time it did ice over significantly, there wasn't a ditch or guard rail or barrier that was safe in SA. It was a very bad idea to go out. Those "bridge may ice" signs finally had their day. I moved up to Dallas where it ices over once a year, so don't get me wrong, I know how serious it is. You've gotta stockpile bread, water, shiner, propane, ribs, dr.pepper, and toilet paper. snow days own.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Is that a steam heater or something? That is a baseboard heater.
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You know, that's a quick way to end up dead in a freak gasoline-fight accident.
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Oregon and New Jersey looking good.
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Deteriorata posted:You got the basic idea right - heat causes the calcium and magnesium ions to make scale in the pipes. How that happens is actually rather complex chemistry, so don't feel too bad.
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Jet Jaguar posted:I have so many questions, they're hosing down that windshield like they've done it before. It looks like an old lady. My take is they've gone full dementia and think they are washing their car with a hose.
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Dec 8, 2016 16:33
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d3c0y2 posted:It looks like an old lady. My take is they've gone full dementia and think they are washing their car with a hose. They are.
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Gasoline is a great solvent, probably got that windshield squeaky clean
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JoelJoel posted:Lol, rear wheel drive in snow. Good luck even getting out of your driveway. Rear-wheel drive used to be bad in the snow, but that was because there wasn't really enough weight over the drive tires. Now that cars weigh so much, a RWD car with good winter tires on is fine in the snow. Obviously a light-weight RWD sports car is going to be crappier, but stuff like modern BMWs and Chargers actually do alright once you know what you're doing. Tumble fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Dec 8, 2016 |
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Makin' their way the only way they know how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A
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yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHAWWouch
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Bina posted:Hmm... This just looks weird though, right? Like the toilet pipe just goes past the baseboard pipe (probably have to remove some fins or bang them out of the way) and into the wall where it connects to a regular water pipe. Right?
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Lars Blitzer posted:Looks like a hydronic baseboard heater to me, which isn't terribly good, since even if the 1/2" copper coming out of the wall misses the 3/4" heating pipe there's still going to be transfer of heat to the toilet water. Not a lot mind you, but enough to wear out the rubber washers of the shutoff valve, and to help sublimate Calcium and Magnesium out of the water if it's hard. It won't cause the toilet to shatter or anything either. The only noticeable problem would be less efficient heating of the bathroom. Yeah, that.
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