Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

haha. at 110, it would be up to 70 degrees by september. and then the cold front would knock it down to 65.

Totally! The delivery guys took out the old one, and put down the new, and when I took off the panel to hook it up there was a plate that said 110, 20amp. I freaked and said WTF? They said it was 220! So I went to the manufacturer's site. What a relief. It is going up pretty quick.

Edit: actually it did say 120/20. I've just always heard 110 and 220 from my contractor buddies.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

So, why is it that wait staff, fast food workers, gas station attendants, and others that have to deal with putting napkins or paper towels in dispensers don't get that if you stuff the bloody dispenser full you can't extract the paper from the container?

I must have pulled 15 paper towels out of the dispenser at the gas station pumps this morning before I got one that was actually useable and not just one of the corners.

At my previous job the janitors at the building did the same thing with the bathroom paper towels.

I like to think it was a passive-aggressive attempt from upper-management to "encourage" using the shit-blowers for cost-saving.

[Sapphireho]

Australian tub.

[p1l0t]

I'm just saying like it's summer time almost in the Northern Hemisphere why you putting in a hot tub?

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[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

I'm just saying like it's summer time almost in the Northern Hemisphere why you putting in a hot tub?

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I have bad knees and ankles, and poor circulation in my legs. I use one year round. Helps a lot.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I have bad knees and ankles, and poor circulation in my legs. I use one year round. Helps a lot.

I'm just jealous don't mind me.

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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

New tub is in, and getting warm. It came 110v, so I had to convert to 220v. Wasn't too bad, just remove a jumper, a couple switches on the board, and remove the 110 cord. Can't wait till it's up to temp!

Looks nice! -

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Totally! The delivery guys took out the old one, and put down the new, and when I took off the panel to hook it up there was a plate that said 110, 20amp. I freaked and said WTF? They said it was 220! So I went to the manufacturer's site. What a relief. It is going up pretty quick.

Edit: actually it did say 120/20. I've just always heard 110 and 220 from my contractor buddies.

somewhere around the 90's, the average moved up. you'll see a lot of pre-90 stuff that says 110v input.

i've been told that there's something like a 10% allowable range from the power companies. so 12v, or 108-132 @120...

i believe the real reason for the change is voltage sag under load. the 60's, literally everyone was just running a coffee pot, a few light bulbs, a radio, and maybe a tv if they were fancy. once all the tech hit in the 80's, electrical demand rose, and it was easier to bump the average voltage up a little than to rebuild substations to deal with the extra draw at a lower voltage.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Totally! The delivery guys took out the old one, and put down the new, and when I took off the panel to hook it up there was a plate that said 110, 20amp. I freaked and said WTF? They said it was 220! So I went to the manufacturer's site. What a relief. It is going up pretty quick.

Edit: actually it did say 120/20. I've just always heard 110 and 220 from my contractor buddies.

WAIT ONE!

YOU wired it up? -

110? 220? 440? Oh well, however, you may wish to put that steak thermometer in there before YOU get in.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

WAIT ONE!

YOU wired it up? -

110? 220? 440? Oh well, however, you may wish to put that steak thermometer in there before YOU get in.

Yep. Black to red, red to black, what could go wrong?

[soundman98]

what happens with the green wire?!?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

what happens with the green wire?!?

Everyone knows you just cap off the green and white one.

[soundman98]

i'm laughing and worried at the same time.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i'm laughing and worried at the same time.

I got it. Two hots, a ground and a neutral. It is working fine, like a Swiss car.

I started at 55° and am at 85° now. 19° more to go. This tub is so quiet.