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201. [Shop-talk] heat pump water heaters? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:36:30 +0000 (UTC)
it's shop related because it'll live in the garage and potentially cool it somewhat, if the websites are to be believed... so I've never even heard of these before, but the water heater at the new ho
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00232.html (7,610 bytes)

202. Re: [Shop-talk] heat pump water heaters? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:03:55 +0000 (UTC)
nah, I'm waiting for the a/c to go out for that. this is a dedicated water heater that sits on top of the existing water heater tank. looks almost like a pancake compressor. Not sure if it is the sam
/html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00234.html (7,764 bytes)

203. Re: [Shop-talk] Auto gas line repair (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:13:46 +0000 (UTC)
what he said. I drove a '68 mustang around for several years with a section of rubber hose spliced into the metal line under the driver's seat after a jacking mishap. I'd give it a shot, even with an
/html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00081.html (8,854 bytes)

204. [Shop-talk] marble threshold question (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:51:04 +0000 (UTC)
this is (or will be, anyway) the shop bathroom: under which door parts does a marble threshold go? under the trim, I think, but under the jamb as well? and I might have my terminology wrong. I'm abou
/html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00098.html (6,592 bytes)

205. Re: [Shop-talk] Dimmable CFLs at Home Depot (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:10:44 +0000 (UTC)
"When you make something idiot-proof, somebody will just make a better idiot." That's not a problem with CFLs. The problem here is that the person who designed the socket is a moron. I wouldn't have
/html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00092.html (9,914 bytes)

206. [Shop-talk] water softeners redux (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:32:27 +0000 (UTC)
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/html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00023.html (11,299 bytes)

207. [Shop-talk] pressure reducing valve (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:35 +0000 (UTC)
we have a well. the exposed above-ground pvc tubing froze and broke during the last snap. apparently, the pressure reducing valve froze and split as well and it now spraying pretty good. the question
/html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00084.html (7,853 bytes)

208. Re: [Shop-talk] pressure reducing valve (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:12:43 +0000 (UTC)
nope steve, that's exactly what I have and that's the tank I mean when I say cistern. I'm just not sure I need a prv between the tank and the house, because, like you said, the tank maintains between
/html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00087.html (8,731 bytes)

209. Re: [Shop-talk] pressure reducing valve (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:19:09 +0000 (UTC)
it's downstream of the tank, between the tank and the house input. it's a pressure reducing valve. I have a picture and I can post it to a sharing site, I guess, but it just looks like the bell-shape
/html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00088.html (8,905 bytes)

210. Re: [Shop-talk] pressure reducing valve (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:41:14 +0000 (UTC)
now I'm not sure if I have a safety pressure-relief valve. what's that look I think I'll just plumb in a length of pipe to replace the pcv. if the fixtures explode, we'll know why. I can't say that y
/html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00090.html (8,318 bytes)

211. Re: [Shop-talk] pressure reducing valve (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:39:22 +0000 (UTC)
yup, that's what I'm talking about. in my estimation its purpose is to regulate the pressure coming out of the tank. I called it a pressure regulation valve because that's what it said on the box of
/html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00103.html (9,168 bytes)

212. [Shop-talk] water heaters and hot water loops? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:58:35 +0000 (UTC)
so I'm re-doing the hot water system at the new house, and I was reading this http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/PDF/Free/021192082.pdf can anyone explain the solution #2 to me? I mean in such a
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00011.html (6,817 bytes)

213. Re: [Shop-talk] water heaters and hot water loops? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:17:56 +0000 (UTC)
I get the problem--when you use too much 'draw' from the instant water heater, the pressure in the hot water supply drops and so if it's a pressure balancing shower, the volume drops as well. his sol
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00014.html (8,340 bytes)

214. Re: [Shop-talk] water heaters and hot water loops? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:35:39 +0000 (UTC)
well...I'm not doing that *exact* thing, but I'm pretty sure understanding what he's doing will help me with what I'm doing. I'd like to put a passive loop in, and I'd like to use a solar roof unit t
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00016.html (8,994 bytes)

215. Re: [Shop-talk] water heaters and hot water loops? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 02:31:52 +0000 (UTC)
well, our goal at least is hot water instantly available without having to push a button or pay for a pump to constantly cycle it. now I just have to figure out if a passive loop system really works.
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00018.html (9,334 bytes)

216. Re: [Shop-talk] water heaters and hot water loops? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 03:08:05 +0000 (UTC)
I'm thinking that will be the issue I have. in florida it's slab-on-grade and my house is single story, which is part of the reason for the loop--a large single story house is going to have at least
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00020.html (9,775 bytes)

217. Re: [Shop-talk] water heaters and hot water loops? (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:45:50 +0000 (UTC)
there's no kill like overkill, doug. and I'd love to see some pics if you want to post them. In a smaller or perhaps in a multi-story home, it probably is overkill. At my house, I will go outside and
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00022.html (9,128 bytes)

218. Re: [Shop-talk] Team.Net status (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 15:40:23 +0000 (UTC)
heyzeus marimba. mark, that's a ton of crap to put up with so I can ask people how to run an air line in my garage. I am moved to help defray some of the monetary costs--if not the psychic ones--of r
/html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00013.html (8,255 bytes)

219. Re: [Shop-talk] Team.Net status (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:31:34 +0000 (UTC)
well look at that...I delete all that out of habit from the days when if you didn't, the message wouldn't get posted. I don't think I've ever really looked at the .sig stuff. 'course now we're chewin
/html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00015.html (7,148 bytes)

220. [Shop-talk] well that can't be good... (score: 1)
Author: scott.hall@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:31:28 +0000 (UTC)
so I read doug shook's post about water heater maintenance and that got me thinking I haven't drained the heater recently, and maybe a new anode couldn't hurt, either. so I hook up the hose, open the
/html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00041.html (7,753 bytes)


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