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Comments (6)This thread reminds me of a story, please forgive the length. Someone I know (a Silicon Valley engineer, actually) liked to putz around with the innards of his PCs, although his professional expertise involved non-PC products. Being an engineer, his view was that most problems and issues in the world were easily understood and could be resolved by simple application of his finely-honed problem solving skills. The guy isn't frugal, he's cheap. Also completely lacking in common sense (as you'll soon see demonstrated). He bought a used desktop, and found after awhile that he'd failed to consider that the hard drive was too small. So he added whatever was needed to connect a spare one he had lying around. Still not enough, so he bought a USB hard drive that he kept connected. Some time passed, he started to do some new things on the PC and found he didn't have enough memory, so he added more. And the stock graphics processor was inadequate for the video work he wanted to do, so he added a graphics board that a friend of his had. The PC started shutting itself down periodically, he figured it was overheating. So he rigged up internal and external fans. He talked to someone who suggested maybe he needed a bigger power supply, so he bought that. His PC setup was in his home "office", a room he had added on some years back. He'd hired someone to do the actual hammer and nail construction work (an unlicensed worker), but he did the electrical wiring himself because, of course, he's an engineer and can understand anything. After installing the new power supply, the circuit breaker started to trip off regularly, like several times a day. After trial and error, he remembered he'd wired the office plugs into a kitchen circuit and the breaker tripped when the fridge started. (There were other things on the circuit too because all the plugs in the office were on one line). Easy enough, he put a larger circuit breaker into his panel. Only a few days later, while working at his desk one morning, there was a flash and smoke started out of his PC. The whole thing got fried. Likely, he figured, a result of his not being careful enough with the various hardware customizations he'd done. At his wife's insistence, his DIY PC building and troubleshooting days are over. He buys new ones and replaces them when they have problems. Also at his wife's insistence....See Morehelp!!!! i think i damaged my power supply for outside ac unit.
Comments (3)If you saw a spark, you might have popped the transformer located in the indoor unit. I would go inside, turn the fan switch on the thermostat from "Auto" to "On", wait a few minutes and see if your indoor fan comes on. The transformer drops the line voltage down to 24 volts to run things like the thermostat, relays & contactor and if it is burned up, nothing will come on. Hope this helps...See Morehow do i wire a 14 horse power yard machine?
Comments (6)I would start with some imaginary 2 guauge wire. Hook this up to an imaginary 100 amp breaker in your imaginary panel, then run it to your imaginary 14 horse power yard machine, take a couple tokes off your crack pipe, and fire it up. :)...See Morehow powerful a vent hood do i need?
Comments (4)Lots of folks can pipe in with the technical aspects, but while I don't know the numbers, I would not recommend going less than manufacturer specs. Depending how you cook, you may want even more. We do a lot of wok cooking, so went higher than the minimum rec for our 36 in bluestar. I found a ton of info on hood requirements and makeup air over on the appliance forum....See More- 11 years agolast modified: 11 years ago
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