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If you watch GE's video: http://www.geappliances.com/videos-medi ... ryid=13529 it is apparent that heat is only generated when a ferrous metal is in direct proximity to the inductive coil. The heat generated by objects under the cooking coils is not indicated. You did say however say you wanted storage (drawer) under the cooktop. The thought regarding an oven under the cooktop must be that such would be adequately insulated all by itself and not pose a hazard. The cooktop manufacturer has no control over what you store under their cooktop: ie matches, lighter fluid, combustible cleaners and polishes (many of which are sold in steel cans), etc. A quick look under the average kitchen sink will provide plenty of potentially explosive chemicals. I am sure you would never intentionally cause a hazardous situation, but it happens all the time unintentionally. Best course, no storage within 12" of the underside of cooktop.

Is it because this area gets hot or because a magnetic field exists. What would happen if your 'drawer,' closer than twelve inches, is full of steel cooking instruments? Instructions say that the 12" rule does not apply to an oven located under the cooktop. Chances are that an oven is also a ferrous metal, so what's the difference? I don't have the answer mind you, just trying to ask the right questions. Be forewarned, however, installations not in compliance with manufacturer's recommendations could void your warranty.

It might also be pointed out, as with any power controlling semi-conductor, the triac is fastened to a heat sink. The heat sink in this case just happens to be the large aluminum mounting plate wich is found just under the switch plate. Any heat is immediately apparent by this assembled proximity. Now all the guys with infrared cameras can post the temperature photos for a dimmer through-out its operating range.

Back in the day - dimmers were rheostats (variable resistors) only. Modern dimmers are Triac controlled and supply a variable pulse width signal to the bulb. Applied voltage (hence bulb brightness) is proportional to the 'on' time of the triac. Only a small current actually flows through the resistive portion of the circuit. Vastly reducing any heat generated. http://home.howstuffworks.com/dimmer-switch.htm Click to Enlarge 6.04 KB

Disregarding all the obvious disadvanteges of CFL bulbs, be content that you are supporting a Chinese family or two. Although I've heard that maybe the packaging is made here; maybe just the little tags that say, "Made In China?" [:-weepn]

Where are the pictures?

Great composition. I am always drawn to simple lines. Straight lines, parrallel or perpendicular lines do not occur in nature, so the juxtaposition of man against nature is always a good theme. Thanks

Black garter snake. I've seen a lot of them up your way Charlie. They're more scared of you then you are of them.

Reminds me of the mouse in the Civic blower cage. As I recall his/her little tail hung through the blades. Turn the fan on it sounded like the baseball card we all had clothes-pinned on our bicycle wheels (back in the day). Wop, wop, wop. . .

I concur completely (Confusing Confluence of Contradictory Conclusions). Terribly written, but my intent was merely to explore the concept of FLIR use for gases. The site posted suggests alternate uses for gas emission testing than just a horribly random scenic photo that identifies nothing specific. Perhaps we should throw-out our CO 'sniffers' in favor of an FLIR camera tuned for the gas of interest?

Thanks, wavelength was the thing I had not considered. I'll have to explore that link in its entirety.

I don't do thermography, as the need hasn't yet arisen, but I am always interested in new ways to solve old problems. Stumbled upon this article today, and was wondering (from the guys that actually do this stuff) about the practicality of this approach; drawbacks? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/ ... invisible/ Please, no comments on the politics of global warming, climate change, etc., just the facts and capabilities of the equipment you use and your estimate/experience of its suitability for this type of observation..

Is this the same house that has the toilet paper holder over the bathtub? Or just built by Bubba's cousin?

The one on the back door faces the same way![:-weepn]

Ah yes. . . 80" door with a sunken floor. No scuff marks on ceiling, simply screw the stop in place, always there when you need it, nothing to trip over!

Just like Mike Holmes you can find all kind of things during "renovations." Renovation means something was disassembled, knocked down, torn apart or accessed in some other way that is not possible during a visual only non-invasive home inspection. Your contract should indicate the extent of your liability. Stick to your guns or you will end up caving every time someone wants you to finance their "renovations."

DYI . . . let's see . . . that stands for 'Do Yourself In' . . . Right?

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! replace refrigerant with a flammable, explosive gas. A basic understanding of metering a gas through a restriction illustrates how dangerous this is. All of this takes place within the evaporator which is either in the house (A coil) or in the passenger compartment of the automobile (under the dash with the blower motor). As I pointed out before most of the cars that needed retrofits leaked in the first place, and the most expensive and common leak was the evaporator. With a volatile gas in an automobile this is a recipe for disaster, you are now spraying flammable gases into the passenger compartment of an automobile. Light a cigarette or sparks from the blower motor and BOOM!

410a operates at a higher pressure so assuming you could do all that, component life would still be questionable. Because of this different temperature pressure relationship the efficiency of the system (cooling ability) would also be suspect. Automobiles went through a virtually the same transition when they switched from R12 to 134A. While oils became available that were cross compatible, and discounting the fact that most of these systems leaked (why they were being retrofitted in the first place - R12 shot up to over $100.00 a pound), many retrofitted auto systems did not cool sufficiently afterward simply because the components were not designed for 134a.

Do not mix the refrigerants. The refrigerant oils are incompatable (won't mix) so insufficient compressor lubrication would result in a burned up compressor as well as poor performance. 410a operates at a higher pressure than R22 so it may be OK to continue using R22 only as your refrigerant (tongue in cheek -performance (cooling) may suffer - never tried it) as the other system components are rated for this refrigerant. R22 is being phased out so your best bet is simply to replace the compressor/condenser unit and complete your upgrade to 410a.

It's just that sense of pride when they mount the 'throne.'[:-paperba

The advanced auto-complete feature stores the information you enter into form fields and uses these entries to suggest relevant choices as you type into a field. If there are probable matches for a field, tabbing into that field will automatically display a list of them. If there is a very probable match, it will be entered in the field automatically. Pressing Tab while the pointer is over an entry in the list chooses the entry and moves to the next field. I did the Word forms first, but the check boxes and the form fields only work correctly in different modes. One in protected mode and the other in unprotected mode. I understand Word (Office) 2010 corrected this problem. Another advantage to Acrobat was being able to have internal document links (jump from various headings) pre-made on the document. Mine are tabs that line the edge of the page for the categories of interest. Something that couldn't be done from word unless you wanted to create them after you converted the document to pdf.

Acrobat has the same function, but it would more accurately be described as 'auto-prompt.' Pretty much the same as auto prompt on web forms. Instead of having an assigned heading for each prompt you would merely begin typing the phrase, "The grade...." Auto prompt then offers you multiple choices (based on previous entries) that begin with that phrase. All the auto-prompts exist in a separate editable file. Since it's going to end up as a PDF anyway, you could easily convert all your word files to a PDF form to work from and just fill in the blanks or check boxes, etc. Change the security to prevent document editing, compress (free email has document size limits), and send.

Juries convict on circumstantial evidence all the time! ...'course they'll probably get life, not the death penalty. [:-monkeyd

Not a bother. I've never seen one before, so Bill's post edumacated me, and of course if you hadn't posted first it never would have come up. Because so many of the posts are a mite bit abbreviated it can seem almost insulting at times. Don't let that bother you; never read between the lines, every body on here is learning something or we wouldn't bother. Thanks for posting.[:-thumbu]