#garfield Logs

Jul 11 2019

12:00 AM rue_shop1: oh hey
12:05 AM rue_shop1: gee Z,
12:05 AM rue_shop1: dont kill yerself ok?
12:27 AM zhanx: rue_shop1, i am fine
01:36 AM Tom_L: fine night it is
01:36 AM Tom_L: hot water heater burst and flooded the basement
01:49 AM rue_bed: I hope nothing important got wet
01:51 AM rue_bed: z still worried about ya
02:01 AM Tom_L: ~2" standing water all over
03:33 PM zhanx__ is now known as zhanx
04:33 PM Tom_L: ok installed new water heater. whole basement is ripped apart drying out
05:45 PM zhanx: fun day eh Tom_L ?
05:46 PM Tom_L: stellar
05:47 PM zhanx: I had to restock patch cables so after the work today, I have been making them
05:50 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/temp/basement/water_heater_split.jpg
05:50 PM Tom_L: there's the culprit
05:50 PM zhanx: took me a second and then I was like OH
05:51 PM Tom_L: not a good angle to get a decent pic
06:53 PM rue_shop1: Tom_L, oh, did you guys finish it?
06:53 PM rue_shop1: thought it was concrete
06:54 PM rue_shop1: any help from house insurance?
06:54 PM rue_shop1: uh, how old was it?
06:54 PM Tom_L: 2011
06:54 PM rue_shop1: thats not a bla leak thats a boom split
06:54 PM Tom_L: and yes i replaced it today
06:55 PM Tom_L: while they were stripping carpet and moving everything
06:55 PM rue_shop1: ok, does the old one say how long the warranty was?
06:55 PM Tom_L: not that i could see
06:55 PM rue_shop1: I'm told by a plumber that they fail right on the warranty date
06:55 PM rue_shop1: in an uncanny way
06:55 PM rue_shop1: so it the new tank says 5 years, it will be 5 years
06:56 PM Tom_L: my first one lasted 30
06:56 PM Tom_L: those days are long gone
06:56 PM rue_shop1: yup, thats how it was
06:56 PM rue_shop1: hell, most copper ones are still going
06:56 PM Tom_L: same with the washer/dryer
06:57 PM rue_shop3: yea, mine are 25y and I'm NOT letting them go without a fight
06:57 PM rue_shop3: dont care if I have to machne new shafts
06:58 PM rue_shop3: but the fridge isn't old, and its at about 80% duty
06:59 PM rue_shop3: pulled it out and changed the grill, its clear
11:02 PM zhanx: Evening
11:26 PM rue_shop1: hey
11:27 PM zhanx: making patch cables
11:27 PM rue_shop1: worried about ya z
11:27 PM zhanx: its not fun
11:27 PM zhanx: I am good
11:27 PM rue_shop1: I been there
11:27 PM rue_shop1: (making patch cables)
11:28 PM rue_shop1: you must be up to a few hundred now
11:28 PM zhanx: no i ran out today
11:28 PM rue_shop1: after I realzied we could buy 'em for like $2 I reserved it for special stuff
11:31 PM zhanx: i am making 12" , 18" and 3 ft ones
11:41 PM zhanx: and done
11:41 PM zhanx: zero miss crimps out of 100