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Feel free to contribute to this thread if you learn something unexpected in your day to day, keep it light and fun.

Today I learned the CEO of Ford is Chris Farley's cousin.

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It's the reason that Fords have the best brakes.
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Ford Explorer ST

400 HP baby!!

WOO WOO!!


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Diesel anti-gel doesn't always work when it's cold out.
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Black pepper and chili peppers are both spicy but achieve that spice via different chemicals. Black pepper contains a chemical called piperine while chilies contain capsaicin.
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A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
What brand?
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
early wrote:
What brand?
AB.
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Today I learned...
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Chance1216 wrote:
Today I learned... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/15/533747/s1200_4F8677F2_C5E0_4F04_B5C8_C2341B516E23.jpg[/img]
Today I learned...
Dammit boy!
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flarider wrote:
Ford Explorer ST 400 HP baby!! WOO WOO!! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/15/533730/s1200_IMG_2375.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/15/533731/s1200_IMG_2379.jpg[/img]
Ford Explorer ST

400 HP baby!!

WOO WOO!!


So, you learned what kind of power your vehicle had... today?
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
early wrote:
What brand?
Who downed that?
That was a solid question.
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Who downed that?
That was a solid question.
I think I get spite thumbs downs.
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Evidently I do to. Huh, who knew?
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
early wrote:
What brand?
SEEMEFIRST wrote:
Who downed that?
That was a solid question.
So have you seen an AB flake like that?

I have not.
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
So have you seen an AB flake like that?

I have not.
No, but i often work in quality control processes for large companies.
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flarider wrote:
Ford Explorer ST 400 HP baby!! WOO WOO!! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/15/533730/s1200_IMG_2375.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/02/15/533731/s1200_IMG_2379.jpg[/img]
Ford Explorer ST

400 HP baby!!

WOO WOO!!


SEEMEFIRST wrote:
So, you learned what kind of power your vehicle had... today?
Nope, but it showed me you still have a chip on your shoulder

So I learned that

Have a nice day, Karl

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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
Maybe a supply issue? Although I have never heard of a 480 high leg delta system. Also it's usually 1 leg that reads high. What it sounds like is the breaker has a bad pole isolating that 1 leg. measured downstream you could be seeing capacitive inductance on the dead leg.
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
A brand new 3 phase 480v breaker can pinch voltage on one leg to 125v inexplicably.
borg wrote:
Maybe a supply issue? Although I have never heard of a 480 high leg delta system. Also it's usually 1 leg that reads high. What it...
Maybe a supply issue? Although I have never heard of a 480 high leg delta system. Also it's usually 1 leg that reads high. What it sounds like is the breaker has a bad pole isolating that 1 leg. measured downstream you could be seeing capacitive inductance on the dead leg.
Well it appears that the 40KW heating element that the breaker runs went dead short and I'm going to assume it damaged the breaker when it did.
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ns503 wrote:
Diesel anti-gel doesn't always work when it's cold out.

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Seems to be happy now.
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You electricians are some brave souls , I walk past these signs at work and get nervous LOL.
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I ran out of ur sensor wire connectors yesterday. I learned that I forgot where I originally bought them, Denaults doesn't have them, none of the pool wholesale distributers have them, and C.E.D. electrical distributers has never heard of them. I love driving around for free lol.


Edit: Found them on Amazon. Oh well I tried to shop local. A for effort
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Here's what I learned recently and never knew about before until I bought my new home....recirculating hot water.

Never seen it before.

The hot water in the entire house is on a continuous loop, so the hot water is on demand, no wasted water waiting for the hot water to come up.

Pretty neat.
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flarider wrote:
Here's what I learned recently and never knew about before until I bought my new home....recirculating hot water. Never seen it before. The hot water in...
Here's what I learned recently and never knew about before until I bought my new home....recirculating hot water.

Never seen it before.

The hot water in the entire house is on a continuous loop, so the hot water is on demand, no wasted water waiting for the hot water to come up.

Pretty neat.
Interesting. I haven't seen that before either. I guess it would be at the expense of using a little more electricity (and/or gas) and cost of extra piping.
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Interesting. I haven't seen that before either. I guess it would be at the expense of using a little more electricity (and/or gas) and cost of...
Interesting. I haven't seen that before either. I guess it would be at the expense of using a little more electricity (and/or gas) and cost of extra piping.
From what I can tell, only a little more piping and there's a small impeller pump, electric, I think that's what keeps it circulating while under pressure.

Pretty darn neat.

I can go to any faucet or shower, and once you turn it on, it is literally ONE ONE THOUSAND, TWO ONE THOUSAND it's hot.


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All houses should be built with that.
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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
All houses should be built with that.
In some places I think a Recirculation pump is code on new homes. Now my newish home has a on demand hot water heater, so a recirculation pump would not work.
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