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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Dispatch called already. They also asked if I was having issues and questioned how I knew voltage was high. I go through a lot of LED bulbs but that is hard to know whether the bulbs sucks or whether that is related to being hammered by Hydro One. Then they asked if I spoke to my neighbours to determine if they had high voltage too. wtaf again. I could probably ask every single person within sight and maybe one of them would not look at me like I was crazy and I can be pretty sure not a single one will have any idea what their voltage is. Service call scheduled (by them, they don't tell me when).
You are likely close to the transformer and they have a long run to the end of line (last house) for that transformer... Someone wins, someone losses, up or down.
Transformer to my meter is ~50m. Transformer to probable last house in the chain is ~200m. Obviously, I don't know the exact layout they used. Worst case could be close to 400m to last house but that would be an unexpected and very strange layout (but anything is possible to save a few feet of wire).
Curious, what is the form factor or better yet NEMA version of the current plug?
NEMA 6-20R? 6-15R? Something shifty? If it is factory that gives us an idea of what they were thinking....
I suspect not factory. NEMA 6-15. No signs of stress or overheating but a 15A rated plug on a device that can theoretically draw 14A continuous doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies. Cord is 14/3 SJ as I suspected.
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Power = current squared X resistance. R for 14 gauge is .00258 ohms per foot. At 14 amps you get about 1 watt a foot of cord. Shows up quite nicely on infrared and warm to the touch.
Don't worry, that is not surviving the install. It will get a whip with 12 ga inside.
0.6 Watts per foot.
Except a compressor will only run for a minute or so then be off for a long time
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Good enough for this project. I don't have high continuous draw devices like a blasting cabinet. It will only run continuous a few times a year (sprinkler blowout currently uses two compressors in parallel, next year it will use three to speed up the process).
Out of curiosity, what PSI are you setting your compressor(s) to when blowing out your sprinklers?
Volume is your friend so 30 psi to get most of it. Final couple blows at 50 psi gets some more spray (probably puddles in low pockets being cleared). Water pressure here gets up to 90 psi so 50 isn't going to hurt anything. Heads obviously spin fast with high pressure air so if i had a compressor that could keep up with the blow, I wouldnt do that pressure for too long.
I pull a 3/4" line from garage, manifold in a 5 gallon tank and another compressor at the end of that line all at 120 psi. Regulator to hose to sprinklers from there.
60 at the regulator in the garage will be far far lower at the valve to the system. It would be interesting to put a gauge on the valve and see what you were actually getting.
Afaik, sprinkler companies normally use about 30 psi and a 100 cfm+ compressor. That is enough for a constant blow. I have to blow/recharge/blow as at constant flow I drop to <15 psi.
Hydro One was here by 11:00. Good response time. Dispatch was going to schedule for next week but guy on the tools said to do it now (he said even for floating neutrals dispatch tries to schedule for next week, holy f). Batteries were dead in his meter and he didn't have spares. Called in another truck with a meter. Measured 251 at meter base and padmount transformer. That is is a grey area and they don't do anything.
Padmount transformer doesn't have different useful taps (only to select 16K or 4K for primary).
Entire area is fed by the same feeder. They were going upstream to see what they get as if I am that high, upstream should be even higher and that could justify a tap change at the DS to drop the whole area.
I won't hear back from them. If I get high voltage (254+) at night, I should call the emergency number and tell them a day crew already investigated and it was marginal and an emergency crew will come out and measure.
Padmount transformer doesn't have different useful taps (only to select 16K or 4K for primary).
Entire area is fed by the same feeder. They were going upstream to see what they get as if I am that high, upstream should be even higher and that could justify a tap change at the DS to drop the whole area.
I won't hear back from them. If I get high voltage (254+) at night, I should call the emergency number and tell them a day crew already investigated and it was marginal and an emergency crew will come out and measure.
Mad Mike
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My sprinklers have a drain that sits 6" lower than any part of the system. I just open a valve at the manifold and the drain.... Done.
No blow, no antifreeze. Same for the lines around the pool.
That's because you did it. Mine was installed by some "professionals" for a previous owner. I don't even have a map of what is installed. I think I know where all the heads are but if some were deeply buried when I bought the house, I may not. I raised the heads in one line this year. It was more work than I expected. I will do another line or two next year and that should let me know if I have seen all the heads.
I never use antifreeze for the sprinklers. I use a bit for the pool plumbing but have no idea if that's required or just cheap insurance. I guess I could scope the pipes to look for standing water but it doesn't seem worth the effort.
I just blow up my lines annually to get them emptied out. Of course Kevin didn’t use a direct line from the tap but decided to take a detour. Maybe he was feeling strong that day.
Found the line accidentally with the tip of my shovel. Thankfully I did not break it when I hit it, and just grazed the hard PVC.
I usually set the compressor to 60-80psi and blow out the lines then.
Found the line accidentally with the tip of my shovel. Thankfully I did not break it when I hit it, and just grazed the hard PVC.
I usually set the compressor to 60-80psi and blow out the lines then.
sburns
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The ghost of Kevin still lurking about eh, I would have thought with all the work done you would have eradicated him by now.
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