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[22:13:20] <katsmeow> MAGNETIC , not rails
[22:13:47] <katsmeow> glass tube, or thinwall cpvc pipe
[22:13:53] <rue_shop3> well , it still disn't work
[22:13:55] <katsmeow> no fusing
[22:14:06] <rue_shop3> I spot welded a bearing to rails
[22:14:16] <katsmeow> rails tend to do that
[22:14:17] <rue_shop3> tried it 3 times, gave up
[22:14:30] <katsmeow> hence i said MAGNETIC COILS
[22:14:47] <rue_shop3> it would probably work better than rails did
[22:15:03] <rue_shop3> so, there is a typhoon outside
[22:15:07] <katsmeow> you should have used a long sabot carrier, which could have made a plasma tween itself and the rails
[22:15:08] <rue_shop3> I dont know why I have power
[22:15:22] <rue_shop3> babbot?
[22:15:26] <katsmeow> no
[22:15:32] <katsmeow> sabbot?
[22:15:40] * rue_shop3 looks sideways at kat
[22:15:55] <katsmeow> sabot
[22:16:21] <katsmeow> slider, with destructable disposable slippers to rub the rails
[22:18:24] <rue_shop3> oh
[22:18:34] <rue_shop3> I once had an interesting reflex reaction
[22:18:48] <katsmeow> who was interested?
[22:19:06] <rue_shop3> someone was about to get a magnet near their head, and I had a sudden fear they were gonna erase the data
[22:19:14] <rue_shop3> it was a long time ago
[22:21:56] <katsmeow> i hear of someone usng a magnetic pointer to teach about a univac, and he pointed to the tape reels,,, and i was like "who has a magnetic pointer, why is it magnetic?"
[23:16:44] <rue_house> power went out again
[23:16:58] <rue_house> the modem in the shop dosn't have gen backup, just ups
[23:17:32] <rue_house> the fileserver ups already bit it
[23:20:20] <rue_house> I should rewire the house ups' so that the charger supply runs regardless if the power is good or not
[23:20:31] <rue_house> all the house ups' reject the generator power
[23:21:18] <katsmeow> are your chargers conventional brute force, or power factor controleld?
[23:21:29] <rue_house> built into the ups'
[23:21:34] <rue_house> dunno
[23:21:52] <rue_house> if they used the output transfomer I recon there is nothing I can do
[23:22:37] <katsmeow> the genny may not appreciate the oldfashioned brute force charger
[23:22:50] <rue_house> 4kw
[23:22:53] <rue_house> its ok
[23:22:54] <katsmeow> they yank all the power off the skinny top of the sine wave
[23:23:06] <rue_house> I backfeed the whole house from the shed outlets
[23:23:24] <rue_house> its got a 3 wire feed to there
[23:23:26] <rue_house> 20A
[23:23:32] <katsmeow> without kicking off the house main?
[23:23:46] <rue_house> yea, 4kw aint enough for the grid
[23:23:55] <rue_house> I click off the main
[23:24:05] <katsmeow> true, but you can leave the lines energisd and fry a line crew
[23:24:09] <katsmeow> k
[23:24:21] <rue_house> line crew that dosn't properly ground out the lines before working on them?
[23:24:31] <katsmeow> yep
[23:24:31] <rue_house> no, I'm nice
[23:24:50] <rue_house> I need to fix the genny fuel tank
[23:24:58] <rue_house> its a top-port tank
[23:25:10] <katsmeow> i have someone in another channel right now, worksed and designed for a company ,,, some devise to remotely saense if the line si shot
[23:25:14] <rue_house> I think its pickup (tube?) is screwed
[23:25:26] <rue_house> ooo thats wint
[23:25:29] <rue_house> wind
[23:25:45] <rue_house> please dotn hold me against suddenly dissapearing
[23:26:01] <rue_house> no idea how long that ups will go for
[23:26:51] * katsmeow nods quickly
[23:27:43] <rue_house> I'll be nice to the genny and not do the laundry, dryer is gas, but the startup on the 1/4hp isn't friendly
[23:28:06] <rue_house> .. and the cats sleeping in the laundry hamper
[23:28:19] <katsmeow> how many?
[23:28:33] <rue_house> 1
[23:28:53] <katsmeow> short some cats
[23:29:05] <rue_house> the exhaust isn't glowing, I suspect the mix isn't too righ
[23:29:13] <rue_house> one just went out
[23:29:26] <rue_house> I think he dosn't want to use the litterbox
[23:29:36] <rue_house> did I mention the typhoon?
[23:29:55] <katsmeow> i saw it on radar a few days ago
[23:30:06] <rue_house> its a strange storm
[23:30:15] <rue_house> mostly soft and drawn out
[23:30:20] <rue_house> usually they are hard and fast
[23:31:45] <katsmeow> yeas, this one has a big lazy swirl
[23:33:33] <rue_house> that would also explain the modulation
[23:33:48] <rue_house> between dead calm and freakish windy
[23:37:16] <rue_house> and the power is back
[23:37:34] <rue_house> this is odd
[23:37:50] <katsmeow> yanno exahusts don't need to be glowing, but it may be too rich anyhow
[23:39:58] <rue_house> I suaulyl adjust it back till it dosn't glow hard
[23:40:25] * katsmeow nods
[23:40:27] <rue_house> I'm worried about my ability to type
[23:40:47] <rue_house> and the fuse stock of our electrical company
[23:41:39] <katsmeow> i had a car with a v8, that got 28mpg, but the exhaust manifold glowed at the drop of a hat, so i chaged carb jet sizes, it ran cooler, but mileage dropepd to 25
[23:41:39] <rue_house> sure is quiet without the genny running
[23:42:00] <katsmeow> they don't use the auto-reset breakers?
[23:42:02] <rue_house> interesting
[23:42:09] <rue_house> not on the lines
[23:42:14] <rue_house> drop-out fuses
[23:42:37] <rue_house> well, there are a few reclosers/segmenters in the system
[23:42:58] <rue_house> the recloser/segmenter gives up after 5 retries
[23:43:11] <katsmeow> the power co here sells fridges by causing the auto-adjusters to set the voltage up at 135 for a week
[23:43:31] <rue_house> but things have been out so many times now I dont know what the count is resetting to now
[23:43:49] <rue_house> 135 is a bit hot
[23:44:10] <rue_house> I expect from 110 to 130 depending
[23:44:49] <katsmeow> took out my fridge 2x, and the Tektronix 2235
[23:44:59] <rue_house> ouch
[23:45:17] <rue_house> your sure they weren't losing turns on the primary?
[23:45:49] <rue_house> well, I dont know what to do now
[23:45:56] <rue_house> its calm again,
[23:46:09] <rue_house> its gonna blow crazy in another 15-20? mins
[23:46:22] <katsmeow> no, the adjuster cranked up down the road, neighbors lost equipment oto
[23:46:28] <katsmeow> and thepowerco guy told me
[23:46:51] <katsmeow> BUT, the PSC says 135V is within allowable percentages
[23:49:31] * katsmeow has some high energy fripSide on
[23:50:52] <rue_house> I wonder what the hell their nominal is