Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

can any of you who speak fluent hvac suggest a replacement capacitor for this unit, without having to take off cover?
I'd like to keep one in stock. Comfortmaker
I thought it would be simple to look it up but it wasn't
regular
long run
dual run
?

such a cheap/bad SEER unit not allowed in Southwest US, found that interesting, or maybe that's a torture zone for ac's?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice day today.
Good breakfast at the pizza place.
Mixed up and sprayed some weed juice. Now sitting on porch cooling down, nice breeze.
Snagglepuss was on me, but is now lying on porch licking herself.

 

[scootr]

66º at dawn going to 103 today. Got a 7am start on the road maintenance project. I got 2 neighbors involved. One sent a water truck and other one has a Yanmar 60 hp tractor with a box scraper. The 1 mile road is covered in crushed concrete. High speed drivers turn it to washboard on a regular basis. The landplane with the water barrel loaded about 60% makes the 7 ft unit weigh about 1k pounds. It cut the washboard off and the Yanmar cleaned up any irregularities. Then we wheel rolled it all back in with the water applied. It came out pretty flat...so I'm certain everybody will drive a little faster . But my little sport cars hate washboard so it has to be done.
Hope you all have a great weekend.

 

[Popgadget]

Who made the system in the van PopG I cannot recognize the name very clear back up camera

BOSS. was the cheapest I could find at Crutchfield

 

[Popgadget]

can any of you who speak fluent hvac suggest a replacement capacitor for this unit, without having to take off cover?
I'd like to keep one in stock.

Not really. My guess would be a dual for the fan and compressor 35/5
I have a pretty good stock if you needed something on a weekend or other off time. Best to open it and look. There is also a cap on the fan on the air handler.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Forgot to mention, the ceiling fan that stopped working was the capacitor had burned/melted. It already had a broken switch. I still have 2 of those original fans, one in my office has a broken switch, the other in the music room is loud when it runs.
Might be a third one in unused front bedroom. Now my wife’s craft room, and my former work from home office.

 

[sodamo]

KJC Wife In Charge

 

[rswyan]

78F and "Fair" with a mix of sun and clouds @ 13:30. Heading up to around 80F for the day's high.

Long sleep for me last night (around 12 hours ... )

Woman off to do some grocery shopping with neighbor lady friend down at the Aldi's. She was going to do grocery shopping yesterday but spent the day in "Recovery Mode" ...

I did get the front cored with the Cub and the aerator. Air temp was cool with the breeze but sun felt hot when it was out.

Grass growing fast after rain.

Another couple of hours and Cub will be due for an oil and filter change.

After that got 8 of the cabbage planted, ran out of holes in the weed block fabric. Still another 4 cabbage to go.

Then moved the 2 new blueberries and all the yellow tomatoes which are still in pots out to inside the monofilament fencing.

Started marking off another with 18" spacing in preparation for melting more holes.

Noticed while I was working out there that the original hose to the weed burner torch was swollen up to around twice its normal size - figured that probably wasn't good - so ordered a new longer one, Amazon just dropped it off.

Also ordered another 6 Ultomato cages but they aren't supposed to be delivered until Wednesday.

Woman says tomatoes are looking pretty beat up after the storm, I haven't looked too closely yet. Will probably see about getting them cleaned up when She gets back from grocery shopping.

Did not get around to filling the feeders so I'm sure they are due.

Spotted adult groundhog in front of garage door last night ...

Agenda for today:

Get new hose installed on weed torch.

Finish marking out the rest of that 18" row.

Get some holes melted.

Get the last of the cabbage planted.

Maybe the blueberries and yellow tomatoes too ... but need to do a little work spreading out the dirt that came from planting holes.

Refill bird feeders.

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday ...

 

[sodamo]

Scott, if you had looked Mauka as you passed along Hamakua coast I would have waved. Glad you enjoyed your trip.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Having a bit of fun playing with security cam placement, but none permanently mounted yet.

Was going to ask what cam system you went with, David, but I see now it is the Eufy. I'm starting over again at the new place, and am leaning away from the Unifi stuff. I tried a pair of early Eufy, which at the time I don't think integrated with HomeKit. Now that they do, maybe I'll take another look.

The Protect stuff from Unifi works well when it works, but all too often it doesn't. Probably half of the issue is the Starlink connection, but they also generate a tremendous amount of traffic on the LAN, and that slows everything down. Could probably do with less than 14 cams, so again, partly my fault...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, does the house have AC that also heats?

No AC, either. But the climate is so temperate, very few houses have it. But that's another good reason to consider heat pumps...

 

[daugen]

Not really. My guess would be a dual for the fan and compressor 35/5
I have a pretty good stock if you needed something on a weekend or other off time. Best to open it and look. There is also a cap on the fan on the air handler.

thanks
I already have a spare cap for air handler, that blew once.
ok, I'll turn the unit off, take my small Makita leaf blower out and take a pic of the capacitor, and blow
out any leaves and bugs in there. It's running fine, cheapest one they make, single speed and a company I've never heard of

 

[daugen]

No AC, either. But the climate is so temperate, very few houses have it. But that's another good reason to consider heat pumps...

are you closer to the water?
my sister's home in Muir Beach is almost 20 degrees cooler than "up top" and inland. 71 degrees there now. They never turn on the a/c...or rarely.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

can any of you who speak fluent hvac suggest a replacement capacitor for this unit, without having to take off cover?
I'd like to keep one in stock. Comfortmaker
I thought it would be simple to look it up but it wasn't
regular
long run
dual run
?

such a cheap/bad SEER unit not allowed in Southwest US, found that interesting, or maybe that's a torture zone for ac's?

Poggadget is right. Can't really tell until you open it up. a few screws usually to open a cover, don't touch anything if power is on. Just observe, take a picture, use camera to zoom in on your photo to read the numbers. Good to buy the new contacts too.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

No AC, either. But the climate is so temperate, very few houses have it. But that's another good reason to consider heat pumps...

you might not need much. I sure hope you can recoup some of the $$$ you invested in your current home's backup system.

 

[sodamo]

Was going to ask what cam system you went with, David, but I see now it is the Eufy. I'm starting over again at the new place, and am leaning away from the Unifi stuff. I tried a pair of early Eufy, which at the time I don't think integrated with HomeKit. Now that they do, maybe I'll take another look.

The Protect stuff from Unifi works well when it works, but all too often it doesn't. Probably half of the issue is the Starlink connection, but they also generate a tremendous amount of traffic on the LAN, and that slows everything down. Could probably do with less than 14 cams, so again, partly my fault...

Yup, Eufy 2c Pro with Homebase2 for a number of reasons.

Decent reviews multiple sites.
Potential for HomeKit, but so far haven’t and I may not. Could upgrade to Homebase 3 which currently isn’t HomeKit compatible, but might be, but offers more capability.
Wireless connectivity. No way I was going to run ethernet cable, especially not know exact locations.
Cameras are 180 day battery but also can be solar which I opted to do.
Costs: if I went with Unifi then needed UDM just to start.
Prime Day made choice even simpler. Just under $300 for 3 camera setup and the PV.
Already expanding by getting and indoor cam and still under $350.

 

[daugen]

successful
took off top after getting right power driver size, zipped them off, and wow what a lot of
crud in the bottom. 20 feet from pine trees, quarter inch of pine crud, dirt on bottom after only three years.
Blew that all out. Cleaned off fins gently.
turned off unit at thermostat.
pulled outside breaker
touched nothing
good for another couple of years
a/c now running nicely

14 bucks for generic Chinese, 22 bucks for Capcom/Gentec/old GE/Mexico, and 34 bucks for made in US
I bought the Gentec/Capcom as a spare

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BSFO4H6?psc=1&smid=A37CHIIGNPY684&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

 

[kenmbz]

can any of you who speak fluent hvac suggest a replacement capacitor for this unit, without having to take off cover?
I'd like to keep one in stock. Comfortmaker
I thought it would be simple to look it up but it wasn't
regular
long run
dual run
?

such a cheap/bad SEER unit not allowed in Southwest US, found that interesting, or maybe that's a torture zone for ac's?

45+5 uF 45/5 MFD ±6% 370V/440VAC CBB65 Dual Run Circular Start Capacitor for AC Motor Run or Fan Start or Condenser Straight
This is what comes up when I looked. I found manuals, wiring diagrams etc. but you probably need to open the panel to see it.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 1.6C and it's presently 2.1C (heading to 15C). It's calm with light cloud cover.

I'm off to Church in a few minutes (new Service time) and then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Thomas]

Good Morning Guys,
Grandkids wanted to go on Opa’s tractor this morning so a group family shot ! They are having fun with Nana, headed to state park next !

Glad your having good weekend with grand children...low humidity no rain.