- 1. [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "mark@noakes.com" <mark@noakes.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:52:44 +0000 (UTC)
- I'm getting a very unnevering burnt wood smell in my family room that I cannot find the source of. (I haven't run the table saw or the fireplace in quite a while.) It's very faint and not continuous.
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 08:10:39 -0400
- Mark asks about a burnt wood smell... Mark, call your local fire department. Tell them what you are smelling. Ask them if you could make a donation to the unit (if they are volenteers) in return for
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: wmc_st@xxiii.com
- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:01:30 -0400
- That's scary. An infrared thermometer like this: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91778 is real useful for locating hot spots. Plus it's a real fun toy to have around,
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:23:01 -0400
- Mark, are you experiencing exceptionally humid weather? I have noticed that if it is very humid, and the winds are calm to light, I will get a back draft down my chimney. Sometime it is more pronounc
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "mark@noakes.com" <mark@noakes.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:54:12 +0000 (UTC)
- TN almost always has very high humidity year round so this is a possibility, and the fireplace is in the family room. Talking to the babysitter this AM an additional data point seems to be that the b
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- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:35:10 -0400
- Oh, there was a baby sitter there? Is that smell something that gives you a "flashback" or gives you the "munchies"? TN almost always has very high humidity year round so this is a possibility, and t
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "mark@noakes.com" <mark@noakes.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:49:02 +0000 (UTC)
- definitely a burnt *wood* smell and not the other kind of smell...and also picked when the babysitter/nanny wasn't there. Mark Noakes Oh, there was a baby sitter there? Is that smell something that g
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Kegel" <bobkegel@seanet.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:56:12 -0700
- Do you have any torchiere lamps with halogen bulbs? A cremating moth can stink up the whole room. Bob Kegel Aberdeen, WA _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http:/
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+shoptalk@sackheads.org>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:01:13 -0400
- If your local fire department is unwilling to let you borrow/rent their thermal imaging camera, you can use a stethoscope to find tiny arcs in the wiring inside the wall. A few years ago I used one t
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- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: "mark@noakes.com" <mark@noakes.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 16:49:56 +0000 (UTC)
- It's more the burnt wood smell you get like when you run lumber too fast thru a table saw on a dull blade...and no I haven't run the table saw for several weeks...and it's in the basement in a separa
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- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] unnerving burnt smell (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Horne <roadsters@hornesystemstx.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:59:51 -0500
- You might approach the fire department to use your house as a training for their members in the use of the thermal camera. We also live in the county and have invited the volunteer fire department o
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