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^ Eh.. I’m pretty well versed with automotive DC stuff but thanks for the link. I’ll poke through anyway.
I’m not looking to get into the math end of AC or even the seriously technical electronics end of it. I’ve gone into DC FET transistors and power supply stuff in Oshkosh school. But I’m mostly looking to learn to be comfortable doing stuff around the house, for one. I’ve learned black is “negative” white is hot, green is ground, red and (yellow?) are phase… I get what phases are and why our US 60hz frequency is important. I just seem to have a lot of spotty information from a little beyond basics. I’d like to be more effective at work with the generators as well, but I guess it’ll come with time. I threw my hat in the ring for being the guy that takes care of them since we have so many it’d be a full time job. (20kw to 200kw) I’m already the equipment mechanic, but me just taking all of the generators under my wing would simplify things once this new guy comes in soon.
Come to think of it… I wonder if I could take apart the old 20kw in the corner of the shop. My work leader and I have been wanting to learn more about AC and I’ve got a slight bit of a lead on him as far as this goes.
^ Eh.. I’m pretty well versed with automotive DC stuff but thanks for the link. I’ll poke through anyway.
I’m not looking to get into the math end of AC or even the seriously technical electronics end of it. I’ve gone into DC FET transistors and power supply stuff in Oshkosh school. But I’m mostly looking to learn to be comfortable doing stuff around the house, for one. I’ve learned black is “negative” white is hot, green is ground, red and (yellow?) are phase… I get what phases are and why our US 60hz frequency is important. I just seem to have a lot of spotty information from a little beyond basics. I’d like to be more effective at work with the generators as well, but I guess it’ll come with time. I threw my hat in the ring for being the guy that takes care of them since we have so many it’d be a full time job. (20kw to 200kw) I’m already the equipment mechanic, but me just taking all of the generators under my wing would simplify things once this new guy comes in soon.
Come to think of it… I wonder if I could take apart the old 20kw in the corner of the shop. My work leader and I have been wanting to learn more about AC and I’ve got a slight bit of a lead on him as far as this goes.
Also; If you open your faucet, the water flows easily. If you stuck a sponge under it, the water doesn’t flow as easily..
Resistance in a circuit can be seen as “crud.” I was just watching Eric’s video on the starter removal on that 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0. The starter was covered in oil and road grime. If you stick two dirty connections together, they won’t transfer electrons very easily. It’s like you’re sticking a sponge between the connections.
Also; If you open your faucet, the water flows easily. If you stuck a sponge under it, the water doesn’t flow as easily..
Resistance in a circuit can be seen as “crud.” I was just watching Eric’s video on the starter removal on that 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0. The starter was covered in oil and road grime. If you stick two dirty connections together, they won’t transfer electrons very easily. It’s like you’re sticking a sponge between the connections.
Try to avoid using a crescent if you can. Do you mean the open end of the wrench? A box end grabs the fastener more effectively. It also depends on who makes the wrench (Yes it does.)
Try to avoid using a crescent if you can. Do you mean the open end of the wrench? A box end grabs the fastener more effectively. It also depends on who makes the wrench (Yes it does.)
I usually avoid pinch welds unless it has those two notches that indicate a jack point.. People like to jack up F-Body cars by the front pinch weld in back of the front tire, but that bends the fender mount and pushes the front fender out. If you try to straighten it back out it breaks the front fender mount. :angry:
I usually avoid pinch welds unless it has those two notches that indicate a jack point.. People like to jack up F-Body cars by the front pinch weld in back of the front tire, but that bends the fender mount and pushes the front fender out. If you try to straighten it back out it breaks the front fender mount. :angry:
I had a 1995 F150 with a 5.0 and 145k on the clock and I swear that truck would burn and run on Kero if I fed it to it.. I’d take the oldest lawnmower gas, 2 stroke fuel and sometimes a small amount of diesel and … down the hatch.. .it’d run and burn that tank up without so much as a shudder….. Man that was such a great truck.. I miss it.. 🙁
But in small quantities with at least more than a half a tank I wouldn’t worry about it. And I actually cut some gas jobs’ tanks with diesel just to clean the induction system out real good. Just older vehicles and small stuff though. We have a 2 cyl Kawasaki Mule side by side at work I feed a gallon of diesel for 4 gal of gas and it burns it right up. lol… and I beat the piss out of it too, but that’s another story.
I had a 1995 F150 with a 5.0 and 145k on the clock and I swear that truck would burn and run on Kero if I fed it to it.. I’d take the oldest lawnmower gas, 2 stroke fuel and sometimes a small amount of diesel and … down the hatch.. .it’d run and burn that tank up without so much as a shudder….. Man that was such a great truck.. I miss it.. 🙁
But in small quantities with at least more than a half a tank I wouldn’t worry about it. And I actually cut some gas jobs’ tanks with diesel just to clean the induction system out real good. Just older vehicles and small stuff though. We have a 2 cyl Kawasaki Mule side by side at work I feed a gallon of diesel for 4 gal of gas and it burns it right up. lol… and I beat the piss out of it too, but that’s another story.
Sub zero temperatures are seriously taxing to anything mechanical. It’s a good way to find weak points by going to temperature extremes. Reminds me of the water in the intercoolers for the new Ecoboost, but that’s another story.
Sub zero temperatures are seriously taxing to anything mechanical. It’s a good way to find weak points by going to temperature extremes. Reminds me of the water in the intercoolers for the new Ecoboost, but that’s another story.
I completely agree with Eric. There’s kind of an unwritten code that goes with borrowing tools. I’m cool until somebody pisses me off. Then you’ve lost that privilege. But I’m lucky enough to keep my tools at home with me. I work for the feds so they have a whole stock of tools at work. But that also brings in a whole new frustration of people who take stuff and don’t return it at all, or else they just come in and take like its theirs and it disappears for a week. Granted its not mine, but the boss doesn’t do squat about it and that gets me even more mad.
It’s very hard to get stuff here so the $300 grease gun I requested goes missing for a week (I had to go get it) and the boss looks at me like I’ve got two heads when I come unglued about it……. I locked it up in one of the few cabinets that have a restricted key set. I took the old grease guns out that always have dead batteries, made sure they were empty and dead. there…. You want a grease gun? You can deal with the old junk since you don’t respect the new stuff. [/RANT]
I completely agree with Eric. There’s kind of an unwritten code that goes with borrowing tools. I’m cool until somebody pisses me off. Then you’ve lost that privilege. But I’m lucky enough to keep my tools at home with me. I work for the feds so they have a whole stock of tools at work. But that also brings in a whole new frustration of people who take stuff and don’t return it at all, or else they just come in and take like its theirs and it disappears for a week. Granted its not mine, but the boss doesn’t do squat about it and that gets me even more mad.
It’s very hard to get stuff here so the $300 grease gun I requested goes missing for a week (I had to go get it) and the boss looks at me like I’ve got two heads when I come unglued about it……. I locked it up in one of the few cabinets that have a restricted key set. I took the old grease guns out that always have dead batteries, made sure they were empty and dead. there…. You want a grease gun? You can deal with the old junk since you don’t respect the new stuff. [/RANT]