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OT - What are you fixing right now?

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    Canugghead said:
    My neighbours don't throw out stuff because I fix for them, sucker  :)

    are you a whisperer in training or just cross training for the position.  somebody needs to fill in if he gets sick or something  =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    I cleaned the filter on my parents washer and it stopped leaking. Unfortunately I couldn't do anything about the severe mold from OCD dad constantly closing the washing machine door without either drying the gasket or letting it air dry. Let's not talk about the fridge and microwave .
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    fishlessman said:
    Canugghead said:
    My neighbours don't throw out stuff because I fix for them, sucker  :)

    are you a whisperer in training or just cross training for the position.  somebody needs to fill in if he gets sick or something  =)
    Neither. Just stating the facts and calling myself a sucker.
    canuckland
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    Canugghead said:
    fishlessman said:
    Canugghead said:
    My neighbours don't throw out stuff because I fix for them, sucker  :)

    are you a whisperer in training or just cross training for the position.  somebody needs to fill in if he gets sick or something  =)
    Neither. Just stating the facts and calling myself a sucker.

    i know that feeling from having a weld shop. my cheap lawnchair broke, etc etc etc, pick it up, take it to work, ill spend an hour to fix it, then return it.  my new line is ill fix it if you buy my dad a 15 dollar bottle of kendall jackson chardonnay. seems to be enough for them not to comeback...... ;)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930

    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,589
    @alaskanassasin

    What are we looking at? Two air filters - one severely degraded - in a single compartment?


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    @GrateEggspectations mice have relocated the insulation from my hood liner into the air box for a cozy nest on one of my farm trucks.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,889
    alaskanassasin said:
    @GrateEggspectations mice have relocated the insulation from my hood liner into the air box for a cozy nest on one of my farm trucks.

    Have:
     XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
    Had:
    LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby

    Fat Willies BBQ
    Ola, Ga

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,778
    GrateEggspectations said:
    @alaskanassasin

    What are we looking at? Two air filters - one severely degraded - in a single compartment?


    Could even be a pulled pork cook gone a bit sideways on a air fed flavour (nod) aspirated one-off engine experiment.   =)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    Talk me into throwing away my vp215 box @Canugghead. I’ve kept it because I thought someone mentioned sending theirs back for a repair or something but honestly I’ve seen the guts and it doesn’t look very complicated so repairs will be done in house.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    alaskanassasin said:
    Talk me into throwing away my vp215 box @Canugghead. I’ve kept it because I thought someone mentioned sending theirs back for a repair or something but honestly I’ve seen the guts and it doesn’t look very complicated so repairs will be done in house.
    Oh no, what went wrong? Touch wood, mine is 11yo and never had a problem. Please document your fix with lots of pics, it'll come in handy for me. TIA!
    canuckland
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    edited December 15
    Canugghead said:
    alaskanassasin said:
    Talk me into throwing away my vp215 box @Canugghead. I’ve kept it because I thought someone mentioned sending theirs back for a repair or something but honestly I’ve seen the guts and it doesn’t look very complicated so repairs will be done in house.
    Oh no, what went wrong? Touch wood, mine is 11yo and never had a problem. Please document your fix with lots of pics, it'll come in handy for me. TIA!
    Nothing yet! Sorry for the miss understanding, I’ve been keeping my original cardboard box in-case I need to ship it back for some unforeseen reason but I am straightening my basement up and was asking for permission to discard the box!
     If you’ve had yours 11 years trouble free then I think that’s all I needed to know.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    edited December 15
    My bad @alaskanassasin, lost in translation :)
    I hang on to the packaging for all big ticket items, especially if it's from Costco 😂 
    canuckland
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    Not helping!!!
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    edited December 15
    A good compromise is to discard the styrofoam and save the flattened box.

    I also have the benefits of living in a Big City (nod fishless) where most oem approved repair facilities are within reasonable driving distance  ;)  
    canuckland
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    Upon further reflection I don't recall ever sending something back to a manufacturer in the original packaging.

     
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
     While on the topic of the VP215, when I was vacuum sealing halibut a friends house in Alaska last summer, his VP215 was quiet. I mean you could hear the air being pumped out of the machine quiet. Mine sounds like a air compressor, rattling and loud. I wonder if his had a updated pump or something, he said it was a wet pump (oil change model) but maybe it was the dry sump pump, Not sure but significantly quieter that mine.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    I thought vp215 uses oil pump. Will pay attention next time I use mine, hard to tell without a baseline for comparison though, I also don't have a decibel meter.
    canuckland
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    You are correct, the 210 has the dry sump.  So mine must be exceptionally loud. I assumed they all were until I used his. 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    Canugghead said:
    I thought vp215 uses oil pump. Will pay attention next time I use mine, hard to tell without a baseline for comparison though, I also don't have a decibel meter.

    I downloaded an app. 69DB. I doubt I will get my buddy to measure the DB on his, he has 4 boys under 10yo so its probably always over 69DB in his house.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    Downloaded Sound Meter, without doing any calibration, 12" in front of unit meter, 61db
    canuckland
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,589
    Was going to recommend an app, @Canugghead. No idea if they’re very accurate though. 

    A lot of the bars in Mérida, Mexico have decibel meters behind the bar to see if they’re running afoul of noise bylaws. 


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    Tried another random app, measured 47 db. They are all over the map!
    canuckland
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    Fun! Thanks @Canugghead
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,778
    edited December 15
    Talk about a head scratcher...Around 10:20 AM (EST) today I stopped receiving emails to my desktop email program.  Figured my email source was down.  Tried to log in to the source via the web browser-no luck.  
    Took care of a few errands and a couple of hours later still down. However, the email on my phone was just fine.
    WTF?? So I switched default browsers and all is well.  Never before experienced that deal.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,368
    Canugghead said:
    Tried another random app, measured 47 db. They are all over the map!
    Do you have an Apple phone or Android?  The audiophile forums say all iPhones use the same mic and so fairly accurate dB meters can be developed, whereas Android phones are built by everyone else and their brother and there's little consistency.  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    lousubcap said:
    Talk about a head scratcher...Around 10:20 AM (EST) today I stopped receiving emails to my desktop email program.  Figured my email source was down.  Tried to log in to the source via the web browser-no luck.  
    Took care of a few errands and a couple of hours later still down. However, the email on my phone was just fine.
    WTF?? So I switched default browsers and all is well.  Never before experienced that deal.  

    been having that problem between windows 10 and firefox since windows 10 stopped upgrading last month. might be time for a newer old computer on my end =) switching browsers works as well as restarting win 10 to and older date for my email to work
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,707
    @botch Android. Going to try a couple on the ipad and see what I get.
    canuckland
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,368
    Canugghead said:
    @botch Android. Going to try a couple on the ipad and see what I get.
    Anxious to hear what you learn.   :)

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,930
    65db 12” from the gauge, bean soup.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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