OT - What are you doing right now?

Botch

Gulfcoastguy said:
My first smartphone was a Galaxy 1. The charging port crashed when the phone was one year and one day old. I was in the middle of a two year phone contract, the manufacturers warranty was for 1 year. I had to pay off the contract and sign up for a new one. 

Holy Hell.  They've got it down to a science.     

lkapigian

ColbyLang said:

@SonVolt,

low flow across all burners? That’s indicative of a bad regulator, not just air in the line. Can you separate the line at the appliance to see if there’s any trash present? Could be something simple like the diaphragm is stuck on the regulator after you turned the LP back on

Agreed...lp regulators where I am go to hell every few years

ColbyLang

lkapigian said:

ColbyLang said:

@SonVolt,

low flow across all burners? That’s indicative of a bad regulator, not just air in the line. Can you separate the line at the appliance to see if there’s any trash present? Could be something simple like the diaphragm is stuck on the regulator after you turned the LP back on

Agreed...lp regulators where I am go to hell every few years

Ditto here with frying fish, crawfish and crab boils. The new ones have a safety feature that the gas pressure has to be slowly applied or the diaphragm inside the regulator won’t operate properly. This too could be his issue. The fix is to disconnect the fuel source, reconnect and slowly open the valve

shtgunal3

bucky925 said:

Sitting here being very impatient because I can't get my hands on my precious granddaughter .  F...ING covid.

Awesome brother! Congratulations! Beautiful baby.

Lit

ColbyLang said:

lkapigian said:

ColbyLang said:

@SonVolt,

low flow across all burners? That’s indicative of a bad regulator, not just air in the line. Can you separate the line at the appliance to see if there’s any trash present? Could be something simple like the diaphragm is stuck on the regulator after you turned the LP back on

Agreed...lp regulators where I am go to hell every few years

Ditto here with frying fish, crawfish and crab boils. The new ones have a safety feature that the gas pressure has to be slowly applied or the diaphragm inside the regulator won’t operate properly. This too could be his issue. The fix is to disconnect the fuel source, reconnect and slowly open the valve

Its probably common sense but also make sure all your burners are off. If they arent the regulators sense a leak and go into a low mode also. Ive had both of these issues with my pizza oven opening the valve too fast and not having it all the way off and both ways it just gives a minimum amount of gas.

ColtsFan

Not my pic, but we had a sun dog this morning.

northGAcock

bucky925 said:

Sitting here being very impatient because I can't get my hands on my precious granddaughter .  F...ING covid.

Congrats my friend. She is beautiful.

Kayak

ColtsFan said:

Not my pic, but we had a sun dog this morning.

You have two sun dogs this morning...

SonVolt

ColbyLang said:

lkapigian said:

ColbyLang said:

@SonVolt,

low flow across all burners? That’s indicative of a bad regulator, not just air in the line. Can you separate the line at the appliance to see if there’s any trash present? Could be something simple like the diaphragm is stuck on the regulator after you turned the LP back on

Agreed...lp regulators where I am go to hell every few years

Ditto here with frying fish, crawfish and crab boils. The new ones have a safety feature that the gas pressure has to be slowly applied or the diaphragm inside the regulator won’t operate properly. This too could be his issue. The fix is to disconnect the fuel source, reconnect and slowly open the valve

I will try that when I get home from work today. 

JohnInCarolina

SRF shipment just arrived - feels like Christmas in February!

fishlessman

SonVolt said:

Anyone know why a gas range would have a very low flame? I had to turn our gas line off at the house yesterday (LP) and after I turned it back on everything worked fine except the gas range. Just getting very low output. 

Does that mean there's air in the line? If so, how do you purge it? I've let stove run for 20+ minutes and it didn't seem to help. Maybe my regulator's going bad? 

is it still cold out, ive had it freeze at the tank with the stove having low output, gas company upgraded everything at the tank.

SciAggie

Making the award winning Salado brisket chili for the first time. I’m going to share it with some neighbors that have been without power for a couple of days. 

JohnInCarolina

SciAggie said:

Making the award winning Salado brisket chili for the first time. I’m going to share it with some neighbors that have been without power for a couple of days. 

We had our leftovers of that last night.  I swear that recipe gets better on the second or even third days.  The flavors just have even more of a chance to infuse.

I would recommend halving the amount of chile powder and cayenne.  You can always add more back in at the end, to suit your tastes.  

SonVolt

fishlessman said:

SonVolt said:

Anyone know why a gas range would have a very low flame? I had to turn our gas line off at the house yesterday (LP) and after I turned it back on everything worked fine except the gas range. Just getting very low output. 

Does that mean there's air in the line? If so, how do you purge it? I've let stove run for 20+ minutes and it didn't seem to help. Maybe my regulator's going bad? 

is it still cold out, ive had it freeze at the tank with the stove having low output, gas company upgraded everything at the tank.

Currently 25F. The tank is a 1000gal underground and everything is still getting sufficient gas - water heater, furnace etc. 

fishlessman

SonVolt said:

fishlessman said:

SonVolt said:

Anyone know why a gas range would have a very low flame? I had to turn our gas line off at the house yesterday (LP) and after I turned it back on everything worked fine except the gas range. Just getting very low output. 

Does that mean there's air in the line? If so, how do you purge it? I've let stove run for 20+ minutes and it didn't seem to help. Maybe my regulator's going bad? 

is it still cold out, ive had it freeze at the tank with the stove having low output, gas company upgraded everything at the tank.

Currently 25F. The tank is a 1000gal underground and everything is still getting sufficient gas - water heater, furnace etc. 

shouldnt be a problem with an underground tank, my above ground ones face a north wind and 5 degrees would do it.  was strange though, i didnt notice the boiler or water heater having a problem, just the big burners on the stove top.  cant imagine getting a bill all at once for a 1000 gallon tank, right now im going thru 500 bucks every other week with this cold wind lately

SonVolt

It costs me ~$500-700 a year to top it off in the summer.  This cold spell here is unusual so we don't typically burn that much gas during the year. 

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

SonVolt said:

fishlessman said:

SonVolt said:

Anyone know why a gas range would have a very low flame? I had to turn our gas line off at the house yesterday (LP) and after I turned it back on everything worked fine except the gas range. Just getting very low output. 

Does that mean there's air in the line? If so, how do you purge it? I've let stove run for 20+ minutes and it didn't seem to help. Maybe my regulator's going bad? 

is it still cold out, ive had it freeze at the tank with the stove having low output, gas company upgraded everything at the tank.

Currently 25F. The tank is a 1000gal underground and everything is still getting sufficient gas - water heater, furnace etc. 

shouldnt be a problem with an underground tank, my above ground ones face a north wind and 5 degrees would do it.  was strange though, i didnt notice the boiler or water heater having a problem, just the big burners on the stove top.  cant imagine getting a bill all at once for a 1000 gallon tank, right now im going thru 500 bucks every other week with this cold wind lately

 I have propane being delivered today.  Price is up 13% since November.  I usually go through about 800 gallons per year.  Cold snaps definitely increase my burn rate.  Nov-March are about 600 of those gallons.

ColtsFan

Microwaved a cardboard bowl of ramen. Added a splash of fish sauce, sambal oelek and shoyu. SWMBO does not appreciate the aroma in the kitchen right now

lousubcap

@JohnInCarolina - my SRF goodie box was originally scheduled for today.  With the friggin weather I hope it just gets here at some point although I was alerted that it would be delayed.
No worries though as I had a Porter Road goodie box arrive last week.  
Enjoy the cooks and eats.  

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

@JohnInCarolina - my SRF goodie box was originally scheduled for today.  With the friggin weather I hope it just gets here at some point although I was alerted that it would be delayed.
No worries though as I had a Porter Road goodie box arrive last week.  
Enjoy the cooks and eats.  

Luckily it is being delivered during epic cold, which increases the chances of it still being frizen when it arrives.

One year I had two Black grade briskets delivered a few days late in 110 deg weather.  They were around 50 deg and thawed when I got them.

kl8ton

ColtsFan said:

Microwaved a cardboard bowl of ramen. Added a splash of fish sauce, sambal oelek and shoyu. SWMBO does not appreciate the aroma in the kitchen right now

Ya.  I can't make Pad Thai in the house anymore.  The fish sauce aroma is what did it. 

JohnInCarolina

kl8ton said:

ColtsFan said:

Microwaved a cardboard bowl of ramen. Added a splash of fish sauce, sambal oelek and shoyu. SWMBO does not appreciate the aroma in the kitchen right now

Ya.  I can't make Pad Thai in the house anymore.  The fish sauce aroma is what did it. 

Can't someone make a fish sauce that doesn't smell like ass?   

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

kl8ton said:

ColtsFan said:

Microwaved a cardboard bowl of ramen. Added a splash of fish sauce, sambal oelek and shoyu. SWMBO does not appreciate the aroma in the kitchen right now

Ya.  I can't make Pad Thai in the house anymore.  The fish sauce aroma is what did it. 

Can't someone make a fish sauce that doesn't smell like ass?   

Nope, that is part of its charm.

fishlessman

the asian fish sauce is a flower bouquet compared to the over priced italian stuff

fishlessman

just talked to a neighbor, all the catalytics were cut out of his work trucks last night. 8 trucks in 15 minutes and an unmarked uhaul with plates and numbers covered

Gulfcoastguy

fishlessman said:

just talked to a neighbor, all the catalytics were cut out of his work trucks last night. 8 trucks in 15 minutes and an unmarked uhaul with plates and numbers covered

Happens every time unemployment soars. 

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

just talked to a neighbor, all the catalytics were cut out of his work trucks last night. 8 trucks in 15 minutes and an unmarked uhaul with plates and numbers covered

What the!?  Seriously sucks.  They sell them all for less than $1k and he pays $14k to get his trucks fixed.

Killit_and_Grillit

My kiddo finally got his new truck bed installed. 

Killit_and_Grillit

Ozzie_Isaac

Killit_and_Grillit said:

That is awesome!!