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O Dam: I fear this won't end well
- Thread starter The Sicatoka
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
THAT was the problem!
It's a gas water heater, Kep.
THAT was the problem!
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
I knew a guy that used to do service for a company that has equipment/service contracts for laundry facilities in hotels, college dorms, apartments, etc. They were putting gas dryers in at some hotel, and he claims the electrician wired them up to 240 volts instead of 120 (thinking they were electric dryers) and fried them all. Not sure how a licensed electrician could be so dumb.
THAT was the problem!
I knew a guy that used to do service for a company that has equipment/service contracts for laundry facilities in hotels, college dorms, apartments, etc. They were putting gas dryers in at some hotel, and he claims the electrician wired them up to 240 volts instead of 120 (thinking they were electric dryers) and fried them all. Not sure how a licensed electrician could be so dumb.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about this on his Star Talk episode about jazz. Wayne Shorter talked about growing up tinkering, pulling mechanical and electrical devices apart and trying to put them back together / improve them. He said it primed his mind for the improvisation of jazz. Tyson noted that now that most components have been reduced to microchips, there is much less of that and perhaps "tinkering" as a skill is on the decline and with it a whole type of creativity and experimentation. (I actually think it has just migrated to coding.)
Shorter's comments were practically identical to Grand Master Flash's description of growing up tinkering, and how that led to his "mad scientist" rap experiments. It also reminded me of Jean Shepherd growing up as a ham radio operator and messing around with components and circuits. Shepherd's narratives are full of improvisation.
Anyway, the people who do that sort of activity are the people I idolize, not coincidentally I'm sure because my dad was the greatest of them I've ever seen -- literally a Heinleinian superhero from self-taught street orphan to designing components for the moon landing -- and because outside of words and math I have no skill like that whatever. So when one of our local orcs tries to pin me with his Working Class Hero routine I laugh. If you don't think I can see the lamp hidden under that bushel, you couldn't be more wrong.
Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about this on his Star Talk episode about jazz. Wayne Shorter talked about growing up tinkering, pulling mechanical and electrical devices apart and trying to put them back together / improve them. He said it primed his mind for the improvisation of jazz. Tyson noted that now that most components have been reduced to microchips, there is much less of that and perhaps "tinkering" as a skill is on the decline and with it a whole type of creativity and experimentation. (I actually think it has just migrated to coding.)
Shorter's comments were practically identical to Grand Master Flash's description of growing up tinkering, and how that led to his "mad scientist" rap experiments. It also reminded me of Jean Shepherd growing up as a ham radio operator and messing around with components and circuits. Shepherd's narratives are full of improvisation.
Anyway, the people who do that sort of activity are the people I idolize, not coincidentally I'm sure because my dad was the greatest of them I've ever seen -- literally a Heinleinian superhero from self-taught street orphan to designing components for the moon landing -- and because outside of words and math I have no skill like that whatever. So when one of our local orcs tries to pin me with his Working Class Hero routine I laugh. If you don't think I can see the lamp hidden under that bushel, you couldn't be more wrong.
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The Sicatoka
Kicizapi Cetan
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
I know of a licensed electrician that wired an E-stop with a normally closed push button and not a two position switch.
I know of a licensed electrician that wired an E-stop with a normally closed push button and not a two position switch.
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Some people confuse education with intelligence, not realizing how much of that is a result of luck.
My plumber is one of the smartest people I know. He is very good at what he does, and is always reading and testing out equipment.
Supposedly there are seven different kinds of intelligence, only one of which is related to formal education. A person who is always sneering at people who are different from him demonstrates a certain level of emotional immaturity if not an outright absence of emotional intelligence, for example.
Some people confuse education with intelligence, not realizing how much of that is a result of luck.
My plumber is one of the smartest people I know. He is very good at what he does, and is always reading and testing out equipment.
Supposedly there are seven different kinds of intelligence, only one of which is related to formal education. A person who is always sneering at people who are different from him demonstrates a certain level of emotional immaturity if not an outright absence of emotional intelligence, for example.
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
I always thought that, for something to called "humor," it actually had to be funny?
I always thought that, for something to called "humor," it actually had to be funny?
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
I wire estops to normally closed contacts all the time. Kind of depends what you doing. It's holding coils on relays closed, hit the mushroom and it open causing relays to deenergize and circuit to go dead
I wire estops to normally closed contacts all the time. Kind of depends what you doing. It's holding coils on relays closed, hit the mushroom and it open causing relays to deenergize and circuit to go dead
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dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
St. Clown once said, "Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in fruit salad."
St. Clown once said, "Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in fruit salad."
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: O Dam: I fear this won't end well
How does a 120v cord end go into a 240 receptacle?
How does a 120v cord end go into a 240 receptacle?