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  • Author Author: dubbie
  • Date Created: 27 Feb 2020 11:23 AM Date Created
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It's Time for some 'Electrical Engineering'

dubbie
dubbie
27 Feb 2020

I'll come clean, despite studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering (I don't think you could do just Electronic Engineering in those days) I never liked the Electrical bit. I'm not happy messing about with invisible stuff that can kill you. One mistake and puff - you're gone. I know from experience - I've made one mistake - and puff, I was the other side of the room and all the lights had gone out. Luckily still around to learn to be more careful.

 

Still, there comes a time when you just have to grasp the nettle and today my new electric cooker came and now it is time to put away the robots and wire it in. Hopefully nothing will blow up and I'll be able to make the fish, chips and peas scheduled for tonight's dinner.

 

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Dubbie

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  • genebren
    genebren over 5 years ago +8
    Lucky you. Last night I got a call from my daughter-in-law saying that she had water pouring out of their dishwasher. So, this morning I went over to check it out. To start with let me just say that I…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago in reply to genebren +8
    Domestic appliance repairs related with water are never fun! : ( it looks like we're all repairing stuff this week. I've got some commercial air-con board to fix for a friend, because the electrician wired…
  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago in reply to three-phase +8
    Gene, As far as I am concerned anything involving any of the following words: 11000V 3000A 15 ft in the air Transformers and I'm not going there. Nowadays anything higher than 3 ft from the ground it getting…
  • jason06
    jason06 over 3 years ago

    As a result of reading your article, I wanted to let you know that I post articles on my website regarding electricity. I also made a tool on my website that allows users to check their  LESCO Bills Online online.

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  • three-phase
    three-phase over 5 years ago in reply to kmikemoo

    kmikemoo By the sound of every one else on here, I think we have been banished to the shed at the bottom of the garden with that one! image

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 5 years ago in reply to genebren

    Hi Gene,

     

    Sounds like you should build an automatic water mains shut off like I did.

     

    https://www.element14.com/community/people/jw0752/blog/2016/07/12/automatic-water-shut-off-system-for-home-chapter-5-final-demo

     

    It was a multi part blog and this link is just the final demo but it includes the previous links. I was always concerned that when I was away from home for a vacation or trip one of the appliances or pipes would burst and flood my home. This system has been installed now for s few years and it has save me a couple of times. Once we started filling the laundry tub in the laundry room and then stepped away to do a quick chore, forgot about the sink and it over flowed. The system caught the spill in its early stages and shut off the water to the house. A wet dry vac quickly cleaned up the relatively minor over flow. Even the sensors are simple and made in the shop. I have also found them to be reusable. I simply dry them with a hair dryer and put them back in service.

     

    John

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    genebren over 5 years ago in reply to jw0752

    Hi John,

     

    And don't get me started on washing machines....  One appliance that I insist on having (and now so does my son) is a good water filtration system.  My preference is Reverse Osmosis.  When they work, they are great, but these things can turn into a lawn sprinkler under (and above) your sink so quickly.

     

    Gene

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    jw0752 over 5 years ago in reply to genebren

    Hi Gene,

     

    I often wonder with all the difficulty keeping dishwashers from leaking water, how do they ever keep the International Space Station from Leaking Air?

     

    John

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