Re: Why Jobs Take Way To Freaking Long Sometimes - (Jim, You were wrong.)

[Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>]

On 7/18/2023 9:28 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
> On Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 6:50:39â?¯PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> If the AC is out in the house... well I have to fix that first. I could
>> tough out everything, but the disappoint of the other half.
>>
>> I was wrong. I couldn't tough it out. Yesterday I was finishing up a
>> couple custom molds (deburr, press in pins, etc) so I could get them
>> shipped. By the time I set the packages in the drop box it was late in
>> the afternoon, but not so late I couldn't get a good start on the next
>> project. I sat down at my desk, turned to face the jobs board, and
>> thought, "It sure feels warm in here." I glanced over at the thermostat
>> and noted it was 93F'ing degrees in my office. I walked outside to see
>> if I could trouble shoot it really quick, and I was just about able to
>> kick the circuit breaker off and on to hear the contactor kick on. No
>> fan. No compressor and holy bejeebers its was way to F'ing hot to stand
>> in the sun working on the air conditioning. I don't know what the
>> temperature was, but the heat factor on the concrete next to that big
>> metal building was, "Hey stupid. Get out of the F'ing Sun." I headed
>> back to the house for a cold beer and called it a day.
>>
>> This morning I started trouble shooting. I quickly found a blown control
>> fuse in the air handler, and after that the air handler would kick on as
>> would the fan in the condensing unit.
>>
>> I thought it was fixed so I headed inside, but after 20 minutes it still
>> felt hot in the office. It was a hot 93F on the thermostat when I
>> looked. Time to break out the heat gun. The vents were kicking out 90+
>> degree air. A few years ago I had a wire come loose and had the system
>> pumping out hot air (heat pump default on condition is heat), so I
>> checked all the control wiring. Nope. All good. Alright time to power it
>> all down again. Dual run cap was bad on the compressor side. No place to
>> buy one on a Saturday, so I called a buddy who does AC work. He was out
>> on a service call, but promised me a heads up call when he got home. He
>> has a five gallon bucket full of new caps in his truck. I helped him
>> with an alarm issue a few months back and he absolutely refused to let
>> me pay for the replacement cap.
>>
>> I popped over to the import store to burn up my 25% coupon, and finally
>> headed home. About two o'clock (maybe 2:30) I pointed the heat gun at
>> the vent and read from 59-64F degrees coming out. I glanced at the
>> thermostat and it still read 93F'ing degrees, but atleast now it was a
>> cool 93 degrees instead of a hot 93 degrees. I just sat at my desk for
>> the next hour as the temperature slowly dropped below sweltering trying
>> to get motivated to do... anything.
>>
>> --
>> Bob La Londe
>> CNC Molds N Stuff
>
> I HATE when that happens. You start out the day with a task you've been thinking about for a week and you've got the plans all in your head how you're gonna do it and something else sucks you down a rabbit hole that let's you get done with it just in time to not have enough time to do the original project   - - - - - -  and there ya sit. Too much time to do nothing and not enough time to do something.

By the time I wrapped it up I had a couple scissors lifts.  One white
wheel, and one foam filled semi all terrain.  Made for some cash when I
sold them.  Kind wish I still had one for the lights in the shop.  They
were a wash financially due to the high cost of batteries, but I always
had one when I needed it.  Some times of year here all the rentals are
rented.

--
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff


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