WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HOME TODAY?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Mechanical engineers commanded a decent salary back in my dad's day. We weren't rich but we were ok enough that my mom didn't have to work. 'twas a relatively secure childhood.

The carbon tet came from my dad's work. He always scored good stuff the lab didn't need. You know how that goes.

Oh, yes. I took some 16N sulfuric acid home from the lab one day, to clean something up. Yep, it cleaned it up alright, by dissolving the whole damn thing -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by 86-75309

I distinctly remember as a kid 55+ years ago running or riding our bikes through the DDT fog churned out by the mosquito fogger truck when it went through our neighborhood. I can smell it like it was yesterday...

Brings to mind one evening, back in the day, I stepped out of a single level strip motel room, down in Sanford, Florida, to go to supper and got blasted by a DDT fogger that was fogging the courtyard.

At least I didn't have to worry about "crabs" that night -

[dpfarr]

16M sulfuric acid!? I never got to mess w that concentration. I remember just 12M being enough to cause combustion from careless students in organic chem lab.

[soundman98]

working in the basement, felt a ton of air blowing off the furnace. realized my humidifier is literally falling off the furnace right now..

so i got a new humidifier.

there used to be a mounting flange here



new unit. almost fun to hook up. i don't know why most hvac guys are always in such a bad mood.

[NoHaveMSG]

I'm doing HVAC too. Installing a 24k btu mini split by myself. This bastard was a nightmare to hang. Got the outdoor unit in place yesterday. Wiring today.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Brings to mind one evening, back in the day, I stepped out of a single level strip motel room, down in Sanford, Florida, to go to supper and got blasted by a DDT fogger that was fogging the courtyard.

At least I didn't have to worry about "crabs" that night -

My god, it makes total sense.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

working in the basement, felt a ton of air blowing off the furnace. realized my humidifier is literally falling off the furnace right now..

so i got a new humidifier.

I need one. So dry here. How much?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I'm doing HVAC too. Installing a 24k btu mini split by myself. This bastard was a nightmare to hang. Got the outdoor unit in place yesterday. Wiring today.

Isn't that supposed to be mounted to the wall?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Isn't that supposed to be mounted to the wall?

NOW - you tell him -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I need one. So dry here. How much?

Here in Western Washington, it (humidity) is FREE - just open any window -

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Isn't that supposed to be mounted to the wall?

It's a wall or ceiling unit.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I need one. So dry here. How much?

$170 at Menards, who currently have 11% off.

Home Depot was like $330 for the same thing...

[Ultramaroon]

Guess it was an HVAC weekend. Noticed my blower laboring Saturday evening so I went down to inspect. Holy crap, the filter was completely loaded. I've had my service schedule down for years and this was unexpected.

Blew out the filter yesterday. Wind changed direction midway through. Now the FRS is covered with dust.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

NOW - you tell him -

Hey, he is a big time DIY person. I didn't think I could do any good.