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How's this one John? Image Insert: 216.58 KB

I lived in a very old apt. building years ago, that had a gravity furnace just like this one. It was still making heat too. Lot's of it! The problem was barely any of it reached my apt. and I lived right above it. In case you didn't mention this to your clients already, they should replace it. If they are moving from a place with a good heat source, like pretty much anything else, they are going to be very disappointed in the performance of this old timer.

Very little Jim. I did take an inexpensive online course that was supposed to be geared for HI's, but it was minimally helpful. I think the problem with IR training is that it is so new to our industry, the curriculum has not yet been tailored to our needs. I have not yet been convinced that I need to be Level 1 Thermographer or greater, to use IR as a Home Inspector.

Chalfen School? What's that?

And don't forget to cover the dirt floor with a vapor barrier and ballast, or concrete. I was in an unfinished, uninsulated, vented crawl last week. It looked like a greenhouse with all of the condensation that was in there. Image Insert: 225.38 KB Image Insert: 134.12 KB

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Do you have a pic of the "J type" flashing?

I just saw that thing a couple of days ago. It looks great, but it's $600.00+. To rich for my blood. Some nice improvements over the original version. Keep the image capture, Lion batt. and larger screen size. Get rid of the video capture, pan, zoom and expansion slot (for future use) and get this doggie below $350.00. Or you could try to be one of the lucky weekly contest winners: http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/microEXPLORER-Promo-Reg/

That's true....but they'll be back. Or at least a fresh batch of 'em will.

Thank you!

I was doing some googling on them last night, and I couldn't say for sure because I didn't have a manufacturer or model or much of anything, but it looked like these suckers are supposed to be installed at the first breaker in the panel. I guess that is going to protect the rest of the circuits. Seems to me like if that is how they are supposed to be installed - in the first breaker - then it would be difficult for anyone other than a good sparky to do it because everything would have to be shifted around.

I just blew up that diagram, and it looks like it is showing the surge suppressor is double tapped into the first breaker. Yes?

If we got hit with an EMP would Morse Code work?

Hey Mike, I never booked an inspection via text. I prefer the phone for that too. The few times people have initiated contact with me through email, I have talked (or typed) most of them into talking with me on the phone. If they won't call or let me call them, then I let it go. They're price shoppers and I don't win any of those deals. The texting part comes in around schedule changes or other quick communiques. In my neck of the woods many of my clients are using text to stay in touch with their people. I see it during our inspections and many times after the inspection they text me with a quick question about this or that. It's the future. No wait a minute...it's the present. They're the future.

Obviously mine is not the popular opinion, but I must say you guys are goofs! My cell phone (Motorola Q) is approx. 4.5h x 2.75w x .5d and it has replaced my palm pilot (which replaced my big old 9" x 5" x 2" Daytimer), basic cell phone, and voice recorder. It also has a music player, calculator, note pad, camera, email and the internet to name a few. It's nearly a frickin' PC in my pocket. Well not quite I guess, but it does A LOT and I wouldn't qo back to a basic cell. Texting is a great way to send a quick message to somebody. Way better than a VM. I personally hate leaving and receiving VM's. With texting you don't have to dial your VM to retrieve the message. Navigate through the voice automated menu. Try to decipher an often garbled message. Hit the replay button if you didn't hear the garbled phone number. Heck on my phone, a number sent in a text message is hyper linked so all I have to do is click it and the phone dials. Texting on a standard cell phone without a keyboard is a major pain in the arse. You guys should upgrade to smartphones! My clients are mostly younger than me and that is probably going to continue. They like texting. I like clients. FYI - US Cellular only charges for outgoing calls. Incoming is free, and at least around here their service is very good. My 2 cents.

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I found this device connected to the main disconnect in the main panel. There was some writing on the top of the it, but I couldn't read it with my mirror and flashlight. Anybody know what it is/what it's for? Image Insert: 72.88 KB Image Insert: 31.85 KB

Can't wait for Jerry to get a 15MP camera!

I saw Bosch makes one as well.

Whoa. Hold your horses! I think I remember hearing W. use that one a few years ago.

Interesting Bill. So based on the conditions shown in these photos, you don't think that a galvanic reaction will occur due to the pipe dope in photo 1, and size of the copper pipe in relation to the size of the steel pipe in photo 2. Correct? If the steel pipe was galvanized would dielectric unions be needed, or would these variables apply as well?

Are Dielectric Unions needed when joining copper to steel in a hydronic system? IRC P2904.17.1 requires them when joining copper to galvanized steel, but I could not find a reference for non-galvanized steel pipe. Image Insert: 135.19 KB Image Insert: 114.43 KB

Jim, My college roommate had a VCR that looked just like that one. It had a wired remote control. We were state-of-the-art!

I've cut 1/4" thick steel lintels with a sawzall before. Put a metal blade in and it works fine. Cold chisel works too. Just depends if you've got the room to swing a hammer.