Ugh, gotta find a way to ride the bikes more through the colder months. We have a 15 mile fundraiser ride next Saturday morning, and I am not ready for it. I have ridden twice this Spring, only about 20 miles total, and I am out of shape. Haven't ridden since late October. I need to purchase some cold-weather gear, ride longer in the Fall, start earlier in the Spring, and take advantage of the decent days in Winter. Also need to be more consistent in the gym through Winter. Family and work situations have drained me, and I've become lax. Again, Ugh.
Opened the garage door to pull in after work today, and there is flowing water all over the floor. I figure it's either the water-softener in the corner of the garage, or the pressure tank under the stair landing. I think to myself, no, it cant be the pressure tank, it blew out a fitting less than 2 years ago, spraying water all over the place for a few hours. But yes, I opened the closet door under the stairs, and sure enough, a stream of water is spraying 4' out of the bottom of the pressure switch. For cryin' out loud! The diaphragm cover blew a hole right through the side of the hex-shaped threaded fitting. How does that happen at only 50 psi?
I have a well, not public water, and the pressure is always pretty low. It looks like the inside of the fitting is corroded. We have acidic water, but also a treatment system to neutralize acid.
Edit: but, now that I think about it, the water coming into the tank is pre-neutralized, so there may be the answer.
Thinking about this more, the fittings at the line coming into the tank are brass, but the pressure switch is galvanized steel, which is probably creating a galvanic reaction between the dissimilar metals, exacerbated by the acidic water. I need to add a dielectric union between the brass and steel, otherwise the same thing will happen in a few years.
@TRayB said:
Thinking about this more, the fittings at the line coming into the tank are brass, but the pressure switch is galvanized steel, which is probably creating a galvanic reaction between the dissimilar metals, exacerbated by the acidic water. I need to add a dielectric union between the brass and steel, otherwise the same thing will happen in a few years.
My well water is hell on copper and galvanized. I had a water driven AC unit, twice. Not anymore. Good luck.
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My Internet went down this afternoon, a local outage affecting <501 users, so I plugged in my DVD player and put in Oh Brother Where Art Thou to watch but the DVD player died after I put the disc in.
I fired up the PS4 to play a different DVD, now that OBWAT is a prisoner of my dead DVD player but the PS4 booted up with a mass storage error and the controllers weren't paired so I gave that up.
So, I'm streaming Radio Paradise from my phone to the soundbar for entertainment while I wait for the network to be restored.
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I made a jig for my drill press to put some holes in my four french cleats. Normally, I'd just lay them each out and drill but I want them all to be exactly the same and the jig did that and saved the hassle/potential inaccuracy of measuring/marking each one; drill the hole, slide the cleat to the other end and drill the second hole.
This drill press has a really neat way to set the depth so I could recess the heads of the screws.
Loaded up the truck with cardboard, paper, odd metal stuff I have been wanting to cleanup outside around here. Household trash and scrapped pvc pipe. Had to run a rope across it all to keep it in on the way to the dumpster site. Got down at the head of our road and stopped to let three deer cross in front of me. Four more followed the first three. No fawns yet but they should drop middle of May.
Drove past the local thrift store and saw that the two doghouses I dropped off on Sunday were out front for sale. Still no leaves on the trees on the top of the ridges but lots of flowering everywhere else. Sure enjoy the rural life. The dog houses were sold and gone when I returned.
Went to the dentist to get the crown installed. Picked up a few items for way too much money at the grocery store and filled my water bottles at the pure water store.
I'll be taking a break from smoking for a few days.
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Great weather for kayaking in Elkhorn Slough.
Few young men headed to prom
Edit: The one with the red bow tie is mine, Mason
Lyrid meteor shower, reaches its peak Sunday night into Monday morning
Ugh, gotta find a way to ride the bikes more through the colder months. We have a 15 mile fundraiser ride next Saturday morning, and I am not ready for it. I have ridden twice this Spring, only about 20 miles total, and I am out of shape. Haven't ridden since late October. I need to purchase some cold-weather gear, ride longer in the Fall, start earlier in the Spring, and take advantage of the decent days in Winter. Also need to be more consistent in the gym through Winter. Family and work situations have drained me, and I've become lax. Again, Ugh.
You're welcome.
turkey vultures arrived here yesterday
I hope you disappoint them again this year Edward.
Thanks!
I don't think I'll be needing those!
Opened the garage door to pull in after work today, and there is flowing water all over the floor. I figure it's either the water-softener in the corner of the garage, or the pressure tank under the stair landing. I think to myself, no, it cant be the pressure tank, it blew out a fitting less than 2 years ago, spraying water all over the place for a few hours. But yes, I opened the closet door under the stairs, and sure enough, a stream of water is spraying 4' out of the bottom of the pressure switch. For cryin' out loud! The diaphragm cover blew a hole right through the side of the hex-shaped threaded fitting. How does that happen at only 50 psi?
Maybe you got a surge of pressure, do you have a pressure regulator on the incoming water supply?
I have a well, not public water, and the pressure is always pretty low. It looks like the inside of the fitting is corroded. We have acidic water, but also a treatment system to neutralize acid.
Edit: but, now that I think about it, the water coming into the tank is pre-neutralized, so there may be the answer.
Thinking about this more, the fittings at the line coming into the tank are brass, but the pressure switch is galvanized steel, which is probably creating a galvanic reaction between the dissimilar metals, exacerbated by the acidic water. I need to add a dielectric union between the brass and steel, otherwise the same thing will happen in a few years.
My well water is hell on copper and galvanized. I had a water driven AC unit, twice. Not anymore. Good luck.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
My Internet went down this afternoon, a local outage affecting <501 users, so I plugged in my DVD player and put in Oh Brother Where Art Thou to watch but the DVD player died after I put the disc in.
I fired up the PS4 to play a different DVD, now that OBWAT is a prisoner of my dead DVD player but the PS4 booted up with a mass storage error and the controllers weren't paired so I gave that up.
So, I'm streaming Radio Paradise from my phone to the soundbar for entertainment while I wait for the network to be restored.
Robbie does actually smoke. Caught him on the vHerf. Happy birthday buddy @RobbyCruz
Cigars are great and so is this
Last day at the previous job today. Celebrating this afternoon. My first Ashton.
And off to our first bike ride event of the year, Bikes '& Beers at Troegs in Herhsey, PA. 18 miles.
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I made a jig for my drill press to put some holes in my four french cleats. Normally, I'd just lay them each out and drill but I want them all to be exactly the same and the jig did that and saved the hassle/potential inaccuracy of measuring/marking each one; drill the hole, slide the cleat to the other end and drill the second hole.
This drill press has a really neat way to set the depth so I could recess the heads of the screws.
Brad point drill bits cut pretty clean.
And they make it easy to center the smaller hole for the screw's shank.
Starting my new gig tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Good luck
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Wishing you smooth sailing.
Go get em.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Loaded up the truck with cardboard, paper, odd metal stuff I have been wanting to cleanup outside around here. Household trash and scrapped pvc pipe. Had to run a rope across it all to keep it in on the way to the dumpster site. Got down at the head of our road and stopped to let three deer cross in front of me. Four more followed the first three. No fawns yet but they should drop middle of May.
Drove past the local thrift store and saw that the two doghouses I dropped off on Sunday were out front for sale. Still no leaves on the trees on the top of the ridges but lots of flowering everywhere else. Sure enjoy the rural life. The dog houses were sold and gone when I returned.
Went to the dentist to get the crown installed. Picked up a few items for way too much money at the grocery store and filled my water bottles at the pure water store.
I'll be taking a break from smoking for a few days.