OT - What are you doing right now?

dbCooper

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Jstroke

Sitting in a sales meeting listening to RA-RA, Blah, Blah, Blah

alaskanassasin

Jstroke said:

Sitting in a sales meeting listening to RA-RA, Blah, Blah, Blah

Jstroke

alaskanassasin said:

Jstroke said:

Sitting in a sales meeting listening to RA-RA, Blah, Blah, Blah

Wanna trade. I will even throw in $$

alaskanassasin

Honestly @Jstroke I spent 3 hours this morning chasing electrical problems and a hydraulic… let’s say “blow out”

Jstroke

@alaskanassasin, I totally understand brother. At the end of the day, it’s called work for a reason. We just enjoy the times when the skies are blue and nothing is broken when we can.

alaskanassasin

Jstroke said:

@alaskanassasin, I totally understand brother. At the end of the day, it’s called work for a reason. We just enjoy the times when the skies are blue and nothing is broken when we can.

I don’t go mad when it all comes to a screeching halt in a rooster tail of hydraulic fluid and beeping computers, and I think that’s because I appreciate the time when everything’s working. a common response to how are you doing, “waiting for something to break”

FrostyEgg

Wife has a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. She called this morning shortly after I got to work saying it won't start. This thing has had numerous issues (quite frankly I hate it) since purchase. Came home to find the battery completely dead - no idea what drained it. Got it to start and now it's giving me a bunch of system issues, no cameras working etc.

WAY too much tech in these new vehicles. 

Canugghead

dbCooper said:

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Bummer, what are you getting, traditional or tankless?

GrateEggspectations

S-I-L just had a bad experience with a water heater replacement. Company (not Lowe’s) took measurements and guaranteed the new tank would fit the small space, despite the homeowners expressing skepticism. Company proceeded to try to install and badly damaged the tank in doing so. Ultimately had to take out the tank and install a new one. 

Hope yours goes better, @dbCooper. 

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations phew, for a moment I thought they had to knock out part of a wall to custom fit the heater

ColbyLang

How far does she drive it @FrostyEgg? I’ve had issues with battery life because I work less than 3 miles from my home. Alternator doesn’t even really begin to charge it at that short of a distance. 

FrostyEgg

ColbyLang said:

How far does she drive it @FrostyEgg? I’ve had issues with battery life because I work less than 3 miles from my home. Alternator doesn’t even really begin to charge it at that short of a distance. 

The shortest drive is 10 miles each way to daycare, but gets plenty of longer trips as well. We've only had it 6 months - way too many issues in that short timespan.

dbCooper

Canugghead said:

dbCooper said:

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Bummer, what are you getting, traditional or tankless?

Staying with traditional, the cost to go tankless does not make sense (cents) in my situation.  And I never did get a call back from Lowes, not terribly surprised by that actually.  My loving sister refuses to stay here with no hot water, so have a plumber lined up for tomorrow.  Looks to be $500-600. more than if I did the work, such is life, not a big deal but hurts my standing in the frugal club.

As an aside, the 13 year old leaking unit had a 6 year warranty.  I like to think replacing the sacrificial  anode every few years paid off.

Ozzie_Isaac

dbCooper said:

Canugghead said:

dbCooper said:

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Bummer, what are you getting, traditional or tankless?

Staying with traditional, the cost to go tankless does not make sense (cents) in my situation.  And I never did get a call back from Lowes, not terribly surprised by that actually.  My loving sister refuses to stay here with no hot water, so have a plumber lined up for tomorrow.  Looks to be $500-600. more than if I did the work, such is life, not a big deal but hurts my standing in the frugal club.

As an aside, the 13 year old leaking unit had a 6 year warranty.  I like to think replacing the sacrificial  anode every few years paid off.

Let your sister know that if you have a stove, then you have hot water 

GrateEggspectations

Ozzie_Isaac said:

dbCooper said:

Canugghead said:

dbCooper said:

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Bummer, what are you getting, traditional or tankless?

Staying with traditional, the cost to go tankless does not make sense (cents) in my situation.  And I never did get a call back from Lowes, not terribly surprised by that actually.  My loving sister refuses to stay here with no hot water, so have a plumber lined up for tomorrow.  Looks to be $500-600. more than if I did the work, such is life, not a big deal but hurts my standing in the frugal club.

As an aside, the 13 year old leaking unit had a 6 year warranty.  I like to think replacing the sacrificial  anode every few years paid off.

Let your sister know that if you have a stove, then you have hot water 

Can you similarly procure yourself some hot water from the Egg? Asking for a friend.  

SamIAm2

A long day, the fun part started this morning. Drove up to the local family blueberry farm and volunteered to pick. Picked about 21 pounds in 6 hours time. Traded my labor for four of his 1 lb bottles of unfiltered local mangrove honey, and some blueberry leaf tea bags. 

Got home an removed the leaking spa pump.


Edit - Bolted new pump to spa floor, connected water to the pump and controller and UF filter connections. Hooked up the ground wires, and electrical plug to the controller
Ran the pump for 15 minutes looking for leaks. I had previously removed the back panel, and cut it in half. I can remove both panels by myself if needed or the side where the treadmill works are housed, or in this case the pump side only. Problem is that connection behind the new 2 x 4 and the left inlet to the pump. My egging neighbor had the tool I needed to remove that connector and then reconnect after inserting the new pump into the spa. 

I turned off the circuit breaker for the spa this morning before leaving to pick blueberries when the water temp was 94 degrees. Temp was 92 degrees when I started the pump replacement. The pump will run and circulate the water as well as add heat. So in about another hour, the temp should be back to my heart safe 94 degrees. There will be a Shiner and a 30 minute soak involved, real soon now.

dbCooper

GrateEggspectations said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

dbCooper said:

Canugghead said:

dbCooper said:

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Bummer, what are you getting, traditional or tankless?

Staying with traditional, the cost to go tankless does not make sense (cents) in my situation.  And I never did get a call back from Lowes, not terribly surprised by that actually.  My loving sister refuses to stay here with no hot water, so have a plumber lined up for tomorrow.  Looks to be $500-600. more than if I did the work, such is life, not a big deal but hurts my standing in the frugal club.

As an aside, the 13 year old leaking unit had a 6 year warranty.  I like to think replacing the sacrificial  anode every few years paid off.

Let your sister know that if you have a stove, then you have hot water 

Can you similarly procure yourself some hot water from the Egg? Asking for a friend.  

Even if the Egg could boil water I would not let her near it.  And I did propose the stove, or driving the less than 10 miles to my other house (that she resides in for free) to take her daily bath.  There's a long backstory to this bro/sis relationship, given we refuse to board our dogs it's best to acquiesce to the BS in this situation.

fishlessman

Make sure she turns everything off before turning the ignition off. There's too many things turning on when you start the vehicle if you don't. 1500 amp radio, front and back ac, heat and fans everywhere etc.

lousubcap

@SamIAm2 - Until it died a couple of years ago (mother board after 18 years)  I would enjoy the spa every evening running around 101-103*F thermopen verified late Sept-May and the occasional cool summer nights.  
Once it died (Sundance brand which I enjoyed in another house installed in 1981 and still working when the house sold in 1998) I decided to pass on the replacement.
Simplifying my life.  But the mental and physical escape a soak brings is tough to beat.  
Enjoy!

GrateEggspectations

SamIAm2 said:

A long day, the fun part started this morning. Drove up to the local family blueberry farm and volunteered to pick. Picked about 21 pounds in 6 hours time. Traded my labor for four of his 1 lb bottles of unfiltered local mangrove honey, and some blueberry leaf tea bags. 

Got home an removed the leaking spa pump.


Edit - Bolted new pump to spa floor, connected water to the pump and controller and UF filter connections. Hooked up the ground wires, and electrical plug to the controller
Ran the pump for 15 minutes looking for leaks. I had previously removed the back panel, and cut it in half. I can remove both panels by myself if needed or the side where the treadmill works are housed, or in this case the pump side only. Problem is that connection behind the new 2 x 4 and the left inlet to the pump. My egging neighbor had the tool I needed to remove that connector and then reconnect after inserting the new pump into the spa. 

I turned off the circuit breaker for the spa this morning before leaving to pick blueberries when the water temp was 94 degrees. Temp was 92 degrees when I started the pump replacement. The pump will run and circulate the water as well as add heat. So in about another hour, the temp should be back to my heart safe 94 degrees. There will be a Shiner and a 30 minute soak involved, real soon now.

Your plan is great, but your math is wrong. You’ve earned at least two shiners and a 60 min soak for that effort. 

Be sure to report back on any cooks featuring that honey. Sounds like a beautiful way to spend the morning and a just reward for your labours. No pics of the pick?

Ozzie_Isaac

SamIAm2 said:

A long day, the fun part started this morning. Drove up to the local family blueberry farm and volunteered to pick. Picked about 21 pounds in 6 hours time. Traded my labor for four of his 1 lb bottles of unfiltered local mangrove honey, and some blueberry leaf tea bags. 

Got home an removed the leaking spa pump.


Edit - Bolted new pump to spa floor, connected water to the pump and controller and UF filter connections. Hooked up the ground wires, and electrical plug to the controller
Ran the pump for 15 minutes looking for leaks. I had previously removed the back panel, and cut it in half. I can remove both panels by myself if needed or the side where the treadmill works are housed, or in this case the pump side only. Problem is that connection behind the new 2 x 4 and the left inlet to the pump. My egging neighbor had the tool I needed to remove that connector and then reconnect after inserting the new pump into the spa. 

I turned off the circuit breaker for the spa this morning before leaving to pick blueberries when the water temp was 94 degrees. Temp was 92 degrees when I started the pump replacement. The pump will run and circulate the water as well as add heat. So in about another hour, the temp should be back to my heart safe 94 degrees. There will be a Shiner and a 30 minute soak involved, real soon now.

Do they weigh you pre and post blueberry picking?  As a kid I would eat more than I put in the quarts.

SamIAm2

@GrateEggspectations - 1 beer during the soak if work is anticipated the next day. Feel like the soak amplifies the beer experience and the beer enhances the soak; win, win. 

Honey is exclusively for morning coffee instead of sugar. 

I am going to volunteer to pick blue berries again tomorrow and will pick for myself on Saturday so I may take pictures. Worked with the owners daughter the last two years of my career at KSC and looking forward to seeing her and her husband again. 

EDIT - Auto correct snuck one past me, it was not a UF filter, but rather a UV filter that was supposed to help with the pool chemistry. Problem is the UV filter wasn't manufactured by the spa company and the filters were causing other customers problems.

It took a while for the spa company to finally get the filter company to issue a recall. My choice with the recall was either accept a $900 refund or have a contractor come and replace the UV filter with a new one ( the filter company made two attempts at creating a good filter and finally made one acceptable to the spa company on the third time),

In all probability, the filter company probably will contact me to get shipping information for the replacement and I will wind up doing the install, whenever that happens, 

@lousubcap - I understand, this is not our first spa. Had two others that were just OK. The last one was gifted to our son and his wife, with the proviso that I helped move it but there would be no support after the install and the operating instructions speech.

I really tried not to do another spa but SWAMBO wanted one with a treadmill. I became the subcontractor on that job. Hiring the concrete company for the pour, then having it shipped from the manufacture near Philadelphia, Pa., hiring someone to have it delivered from Orlando International Airport to our back yard, getting it off the truck with me, the driver and four other hired hands to get it onto the pad, then having an electrician install the circuit breaker box, run the cable from the main panel and hook up the electricity to the spa pump. After all that, SWAMBO used the treadmill ... once. Oh, and the city permitting for most of that work was mine to create, answer any questions with documentation, the fun stuff. Then waiting around for the final inspections on all those permitted tasks. 

Canugghead

fishlessman said:

Make sure she turns everything off before turning the ignition off. There's too many things turning on when you start the vehicle if you don't. 1500 amp radio, front and back ac, heat and fans everywhere etc.

I had a brain fart this past winter and made that mistake 

Canugghead

dbCooper said:

Canugghead said:

dbCooper said:

Leaving for Colorado 6am tomorrow, 13 year old water heater decided to start leaking from the tank.  Normally would get help from a buddy and change it out, not an option today.  Awaiting a call back from Lowes to arrange for their "New! Same Day Installation" offering. 

Hope it pans out, hate to leave my sister without hot water while she dog sits. 

Bummer, what are you getting, traditional or tankless?

Staying with traditional, the cost to go tankless does not make sense (cents) in my situation.  And I never did get a call back from Lowes, not terribly surprised by that actually.  My loving sister refuses to stay here with no hot water, so have a plumber lined up for tomorrow.  Looks to be $500-600. more than if I did the work, such is life, not a big deal but hurts my standing in the frugal club.

As an aside, the 13 year old leaking unit had a 6 year warranty.  I like to think replacing the sacrificial  anode every few years paid off.

Ha ha, I wouldn't dare do anything beyond installing a dishwasher. Furnace and water heater are way out of my league    Hope all goes well tomorrow.

FWIW, I had a bleeding edge tankless water heater installed for me back in 2005, it had/has several mistakes but the thing is still chugging along. 

fishlessman

Canugghead said:

fishlessman said:

Make sure she turns everything off before turning the ignition off. There's too many things turning on when you start the vehicle if you don't. 1500 amp radio, front and back ac, heat and fans everywhere etc.

I had a brain fart this past winter and made that mistake 

I went from roll up windows to a rover with 500 fuses or so. Never gave this a thought before

lousubcap

@SamIAm2 - You are much more forgiving.  I would never have taken on that as the project manger.  (Best you can do is break even...) I found the concrete pour company but all after that, including the electrical was a one stop shop.  But that was now 24 years ago.
At least you get to enjoy the spa.  BTW- in life there is no such thing as one beer.  FWIW- 

fishlessman

Trying to watch Boston playoffs. Name captions over the players heads....wtf, so annoying. 

Battleborn

I tried to go talk to this guy today because his messaging seemed as though he wanted to be friends. No luck, nobody was home. 

Botch

fishlessman said:

Trying to watch Boston playoffs. Name captions over the players heads....wtf, so annoying. 

I don't follow golf, but I've noticed that all the major networks continually plaster their banner, and stats, across the bottom of the screen, obscuring what the talking heads say (live) was a game-changing putt.  Good job, guys.