Recent content by Averagesupernova

Wow. Someone was quite bold to pull a stunt like that. I'm assuming they we're simply swapped. Maybe someone took the car out and smoked them off for entertainment. Either way, not good.

It seems the automotive repair business is filled with shady operators. And not very bright as well. Had a family member bring a vehicle in for work and was told that the spark plugs were original from when the vehicle was new. Her reply was that she was told that the previous time she was there...

As is the 2nd, 4th, and 5th. Typically the 3rd and 5th are higher in amplitude than the even harmonics. I believe I have this right. Feel free to correct me as I would put more faith in your knowledge of RF than pretty much anyone I know these days. - At any rate, this is a challenging project...

I'm pretty sure induction heating is only possible with ferrous metals. I'm not sure if you are in a position to do some plumbing but you can aquire some fittings to adapt your propane torch to go on the end of the appropriate hose connected to a gas grill bottle. You'll have a few dollars...

Post #133 seems to disagree.

Simply put, the convertor is not optimized for the load. A wiring diagram for the convertor would be helpful. You will have the same voltage imbalance when powering the VFD with the convertor. Rotary convertors are optimized for a specific load. Capacitors are chosen to balance voltages and...

VFDs can be configured to be powered with single phase. Seems a bit silly to run a VFD off of a rotary phase convertor. The VFD will have a tendency to do the same thing that you are seeing now and that is one phase voltage sagging. - How is your current rotary convertor set up? Do you have...

I trained a dog to give it up by threatening no more play. Jack soon learned what "Give it up or no play" meant. He also learned what "Can't reach it" meant if he didn't bring it to me or right to my hand. If he was particularly stubborn on a certain day, I'd hold my ground and ignore him...

I think the fact that it rotates makes it more likely that it could be IR. Otherwise a window or external wall would throw a false low temperature. But rotating would average things. It would even know when it's pointing at the radiator. By this it may be able to form an 'image' of the room...

I've followed this thread a tiny bit thinking this is impossible. But it occurred to me that one of the sensors could be an infrared sensor similar to the little hand held jobs that shoot a laser spot at whatever it is that you want to know the temperature of? This way the sensor knows the water...

Unless I missed something the discussion so far has been about a mechanism that after the rod is pushed so far, holds the spring and releases the rod from the spring. At this point the rod is free. What is it that returns the rod? Or is this a one time operation? You say you have no possibility...

I do believe I'm finished here...

This isn't quite right. If you mean a series wound motor by cereal motor, then by wiring two in series you will halve the voltage with equal loads. I would assume you will have a race condition upon startup. One motor will accelerate quicker than the other. The slow motor may never come up to...

@Andy Resnick Your pic reminds me of a younger version of my dog. We had to say goodbye in October. Losing a dog is tough to get through.

Ok what you refer to as case #2 has the conduit/protective earth conductor/chassis tied to neutral, but no electrode driven into the ground. It will trip as drawn.