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I have *just* been trying to figure out what surprise to brick up into the fireplace here, and halloween is right around the corner. Genius.
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i dunno if this is crappy construction or interior design but w/e if the tap is turned to either full hot or full cold, it can't turn on at all, due to the countertop blocking the tap  if you turn it on to full blast, the only setting it can be on is lukewarm  gif this is code then code is wrong 
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Oct 1, 2017 11:17
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H110Hawk posted:Do you have a picture? No.
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SoundMonkey posted:i dunno if this is crappy construction or interior design but w/e Is that just a microwave, or is it a vent hood too?
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Oct 1, 2017 14:13
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The Sexual Shiite posted:Is that just a microwave, or is it a vent hood too? It has controls for a vent hood but if it is an apartment 90% of the time it vents to loving nowhere.
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Oct 1, 2017 14:39
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SoundMonkey posted:if this is code then code is wrong That pot is too small for that burner.
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Oct 1, 2017 14:43
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Guy Axlerod posted:That pot is too small for that burner. Does it actually matter?
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Oct 1, 2017 14:57
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Jerry Cotton posted:Does it actually matter? Wasted energy and melted pot handles?
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Jaded Burnout posted:Wasted energy and melted pot handles? Oh I thought it was some sort of fancy new technology that might break down or something I don't know it all looks so futuristic. This is what I'm used to: 
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Oct 1, 2017 15:12
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Nah basically the same.
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Oct 1, 2017 15:20
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I hate stoves with controls at the back. Yeah, lemme just reach over all this boiling poo poo, it's cool, nothing will ever go wrong.
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Oct 1, 2017 17:58
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Jordanis posted:I hate stoves with controls at the back. Yeah, lemme just reach over all this boiling poo poo, it's cool, nothing will ever go wrong. Spoken like someone without a toddler.
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H110Hawk posted:Spoken like someone without a toddler. Got a 19-month-old, actually. She's reached up at the controls a couple times, gotten very firmly scolded, and now prefers to spend her time in the kitchen unloading all the ground-level cabinets. It's a gas stove, so she wouldn't manage to turn it on and burn herself anyway--just asphyxiate or blow us up.
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Oct 1, 2017 18:59
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Jordanis posted:It's a gas stove, so she wouldn't manage to turn it on and burn herself anyway--just asphyxiate or blow us up. It's the little joys in life that make everything worth it.
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Oct 1, 2017 19:33
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Bozart posted:It has controls for a vent hood but if it is an apartment 90% of the time it vents to loving nowhere. give the man a prize
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Jordanis posted:Got a 19-month-old, actually. She's reached up at the controls a couple times, gotten very firmly scolded, and now prefers to spend her time in the kitchen unloading all the ground-level cabinets. You might consider pulling the knobs off the controls when you aren't using the stove, to make it harder to turn them on.
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I hope lunch is in there.
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Model motorcycles?
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Oct 1, 2017 20:06
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I'm gonna guess third world country ballot box.
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Javid posted:I'm gonna guess third world country ballot box. Spain.
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Oct 1, 2017 20:15
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Javid posted:I'm gonna guess third world country ballot box. Or Catalonia referendum.
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Oct 1, 2017 20:15
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Jaded Burnout posted:Nah basically the same. OK good. What's the deal with "induction AKFJALSFJJs" tho? Whenever I'm buying new pots and pans they advertise as being compatible with induction inductive inducshit.
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Oct 1, 2017 21:19
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glynnenstein posted:Or Catalonia referendum.
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Oct 1, 2017 21:20
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Induction cooktops use electromagic to heat the cookware directly, there is no heating element in play. Need compatible materials though.
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And my understanding of "compatible materials" is anything iron-y, like cast iron pans, steel pans, or "special" pans which are made of something else but have a lump of iron/steel in the bottom. You can't use "normal" aluminium or copper because it's not ferromagnetic without said special lump. The rule of thumb I've heard but not yet used is if a magnet will stick to the bottom you're good to go. Jaded Burnout fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Oct 1, 2017 |
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Oct 1, 2017 21:27
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Someone give me the link to that really satisfying video of the dude laying concrete block. I want to show my wife. Thanks!
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Jaded Burnout posted:And my understanding of "compatible materials" is anything iron-y, like cast iron pans, steel pans, or "special" pans which are made of something else but have a lump of iron/steel in the bottom. Oh OK I just bought a Tefal cast-aluminium pan that said it worked with induction stove-tops but I just use it with my regular old-rear end Strömberg hot-plate.
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The Sexual Shiite posted:Someone give me the link to that really satisfying video of the dude laying concrete block. I want to show my wife. https://www.wimp.com/laying-cinder-blocks-like-a-pro/
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My friend moved into his new house today. I found this.
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Dylanthulhu posted:My friend moved into his new house today. I found this. Is the cover nearby? If not, they are available separately, as are the screws. Oh, and fix all the bare wires and stuff first. Let's make our ballot box really awkward to steal, yet could be smashed by a sledgehammer, stolen with bolt cutters or ruined with a garden hose! If anyone else wants to save time and not ruin a table afterward, drill into the floor with a hammer drill, then use a lag shield and eye bolt. kid sinister fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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Swapping the load and neutral wires on a few of those breakers is the most troubling...
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Dylanthulhu posted:My friend moved into his new house today. I found this. Breaker breaker? So does it have two sets of bussbars that stop in the middle and this is the fix?
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kid sinister posted:Let's make our ballot box really awkward to steal, yet could be smashed by a sledgehammer, stolen with bolt cutters or ruined with a garden hose! True about the bolt cutters, but mainly it's a political statement. The police can't just walk in and take the box, they have to cut it loose first. GotLag fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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Usually what happens is someone walks through and simply swaps the box with a stuffed one. Having to smash it or flood it or bring bolt cutters just makes it really obvious it was tampered.
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IH stoves are excellent. They heat up and cool down quickly, adjust temperature easily, are easy to clean and can be used as a flat work surface. Most new pots and pans are compatible, and a lot of vintage cookware is too. My control panel has a child lock button and the whole thing turns off automatically after 30 minutes (with no mandatory rest period if I just turn it back on again) or 10 minutes if it's switched on without any burners on.
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I seem to recall hearing that it's a bit too easy to accidentally break the stovetop surface, though. I've never used one myself, but how resilient are they against e.g. having something heavy (like a jar of sauce or something) drop on them from a short distance above?
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Re: that ugly subpanel; some wirenuts, romex connectors, a flathead, strippers, a little extra solid wire, and a panel cover will get that in shape in an hour or so. One would make it look less like a rat's nest when putting in the romex connectors. HycoCam posted:Swapping the load and neutral wires on a few of those breakers is the most troubling... Those are 240V circuits. The white should be marked black by code, but it's common to see them not marked. 0toShifty posted:Breaker breaker? Yes, but I can't figure out why. The #4's subfeeding the bottom half look factory bent; I don't think this is a modification to the panel. Why one would want to subfeed the bottom half (with the 120V breakers) within the panel is beyond me. Unless this is not a subpanel, in which case a main breaker would be required and this setup maybe somehow conformed to code at the time. Edit: poo poo thought this was "don't burn your house down". Blackbeer fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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Blackbeer posted:Re: that ugly subpanel; some wirenuts, romex connectors, a flathead, strippers, a little extra solid wire, and a panel cover will get that in shape in an hour or so. One would make it look less like a rat's nest when putting in the romex connectors. I had a 100A Wadsworth panel which was installed in 1974 (since replaced). It had this same (factory) layout - two sets of bus bars - top & bottom - linked by a 50A service disconnect in the lowest bay of the top bus, so that the bottom bus could be de-energized (there is also a 100A service disconnect ahead of the main feed, which is how I was able to swap that entire panel out with a Siemens a few yeras ago). All I could imagine is that it allowed the lights to be kept on while working in the panel...which still seemed insanely dangerous. Plus, the upper bus wasn't just lights (it actually was a hot mess of mods like the one shown here). (edit) Ah, here we go: 
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HycoCam posted:Swapping the load and neutral wires on a few of those breakers is the most troubling... Oh drat maybe that bottom left 2pole breaker is messed up; can't make out if the black on that is terminating to the gnd/neutral bar.
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