Random Obs

Could lead to hazardous shaft turning no doubt.

 

baby chick feed/mash used to come in soft cotton bags that could be used as a pillow case or curtains as well. I don't remember them having advertising printed on them either.

 

Coworker tells the story of a guy he worked with at the city garage, they serviced the trash trucks and the one old timer would always eat on the run...was common for him to be on a creeper underneath working/eating and pop a hand out just long enough to put his sammich on the truck steps between bites!

 

These new self testing gfci outlets are junk!
I'm done with Hubbell. It isn't a new issue here, just was looking for an outlet for a project I'm working on. Noticed this one outlet flashing red that only ever
ran a defrost on the freezer door for the first 2 years and than was converted to a cooler so was no longer used.
It sits ceiling high so no one could use it if they wanted to. smh

 

It self tested and declared itself bad?

An old clock outlet?

 

Yes self test -self destruct
It use to be an outlet for the defrost on a walk in freezer door for about 2-3 years. Than the freezer was converted to a walk in cooler and the outlet sat unused for the last 4 years~.
Wish I could say it was a one off occurrence but I've been replacing these outlets randomly since this place was built.
Some get lots of use, some never do, Like the womens restroom outlet. It doesn't get used for anything. Yet it failed.

 

I'm not familiar with how those self test, but if they trip themselves and then reset, they are just wearing themselves out.
Any GFCI that I've ever seen only lasts for so long when it trips occasionally, seems like they only have so many "resets" in them...

 

I agree, that is how they do it, they do a self trip to make sure they work and poof. They don't require a reset or anything when they do their self test.
It's never tripped where it needed manually reset, that is the crazy part, there is not any reason for it to fail other than planned after so many self tests?
It's random for sure, I have outlets going on 8 yrs old and , used daily. While others with little to no use fail.

 

Put a meter to it and check for partial grounds; maybe it's telling you what it's supposed to?

 

it won't hurt and I get paid by the hour but I would expect no problems as it's all new construction 7.5 yrs old and that one never had a problem before.
Seems odd to me a ground problem would happen out of thin air. doesn't it?

 

Yes. But........

It is also odd that black gas piping develops leaks over time. There may have been enough vibration associated with the wiring (and piping) for things to rub/loosen.

And/or maybe the wiring got scuffed/chaffed/nicked while it was being pulled 8 years ago?

 

not to mention that critters (i.e. squirrels, mice) love to chew on the plant based wiring insulation more commonly used these days.

 

LOL, my father installed a couple outlets on the ceiling in his basement. Given the exposed joists it was certainly an easy solution to needing an outlet. Anything that couldn't reach it obviously had too short of a cord ....

He also installed outlets outside on all 4 sides of the house. 3 of the 4 of the GFCI outlets went bad the same Summer. I just replaced all of them rather than the only one that actually got used. They would trip any time you plugged something in. Would work fine with a reset. As long as you left it plugged in while doing the reset.

 

Just got done snaking the drain for my kitchen sink. I was just reminded that the reason plumbers aren’t cheap is because they’re worth every penny.

 

Every once or twice a year, I boil a big tubba water on the wood stove, for our three most heavily used drains (shower and 2 sinks). A pot of HOT water goes down each drain. Pot is 5G.
Seems to work. At the moment.

 

PVC ?

SChedule 40 maximum operating temp is 140ºF (duration is important here as well as with burns)
Most people (especially those with kids or seniors) have maximum hot water temp set at 120-140ºF at sinks and showers to avoid scalds/burns.

 

Running some enzyme drain cleaner a couple times per year, then the hot water soon after, seems to help a lot with the gunk buildup too. That and we've found a lot less problems with buildup since not using liquid hand soap...well, still use it, but it gets mixed with warm water at about a 2-1 ratio...2 parts water to 1 part soap, and put in one of those foaming soap dispensers...works just as well, soap lasts longer, and the drain plugs up less, win, win. win!

 

Yeah, I think much of the drain system is PVC, though there is some cast iron piping left. And the water coming off the wood stove in the pot is definitely close to 212*. I never thought of that causing issues with piping.
I think our DHW is set to 110. Feed lines copper and bronze.