In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
"I'd risk burning it out and giving it a shot if I wasn't afraid that it would melt down one day and burn my house down."
I can see that that could be a consideration!
You might have an 'induction motor'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_motor
Sorry to say that's WAY beyond my experience. What I can tell you is that there are two types of resistance in an electric circuit - one is what we know as resistance (things that conduct DC poorly because of the nature of the materials the electricity is going through), and the other is things that conduct somewhat poorly because of the nature of the configuration of certain elements once AC current is going through them. https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae517.cfm
An inductor motor is basically just two sets of copper coils, and, as a DC conductor, copper is a dead short. So as the motor is starting up and before all the magnetic fields get established within the motor that provide impedance (AC resistance), the motor is a (near) dead short and draws a ton of electricity. You'll probably see the house lights dim as it starts up. On the other side of operation, as you're pulling the plug, all the magnetic fields that have been established start to collapse and continue to drive current - hence the arcing at the outlet.
Anyway, supposedly you can find the motor's start-up power draw rating indirectly on the face plate. There are some numbers that allow you to calculate what that is.
I think you should ask an electrician or someone knowledgeable.
Even if I hadn't drank my way through those four certifications around 5 years back, I haven't used it so I've more or less lost it.
It probably is an induction motor. Just not nearly as bright and shiny as the ones on that page.
Sadly, aside from the 1/2 HP label, there's nothing worthwhile on there. Just some info about how it should be fitted in a furnace. That was the first thing I checked because I did remember that, at least in a work setting, there are supposed to be all kinds of labels with info on them.
I'm not going to worry about a timer. At least for now. There's no way that the motor was the cause of the big bump in my electric bill with only 4 nights of running it. At 5 cents per hour, it's worth it running the thing for 10-12 hours per night even when it's in the low to mid 80's for the high.
Today was 82. It was a comfortable 74 on the 2nd floor a little after 10PM when I started it up. In less than 1 1/2 hours it's already cooled off 4 degrees to 70. Now that I know to open a lot of windows wide, and the attic is regularly cool compared to the insane temps I was letting it get to by doing nothing, the cooling happens pretty quick. It also helps to not even bother doing it until around 10PM or after when the temp has dropped way below what it is in the house (62 degrees outside right now).
It's going to get down to 58 tonight, so I fully expect the 2nd floor to read 62 when I close everything up tomorrow morning. The attic might end up being 1 or 2 degrees warmer, but I can't tell any difference by feeling it and I don't have a thermometer.
This is worth 60 cents or less per night to me.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Garbage day... 
Finally got my ass in gear and got back to work. Got rid of two large cans full of shit from the house and garage and already nearly filled them up again after they were picked up. There's so much room in my garage and I can actually get to most of my tools now.
I still haven't found the missing pieces to the gorram countersink drill set though. I don't know how I would have ever threw them out, but I'm really running out of places to look for it at this point. :(
Got a friend who's going to take a huge torpedo heater and the gas can off my hands. I took that thing 3 years ago and haven't even looked at it since. It's just in my way. Glad somebody I know can make good use out of it though.
I'm going to re-string my electric guitar and two accoustic guitars I got from my mom when they moved. They're all going to my niece. :)
It always seems like there's more stuff to sort out and get rid of though. I'd love to say that I'm almost done, but still so much to do. I'd say that in the last few months though, I've gotten rid of 40% of what I owned so far. I know I can get that number to 70% before I box the rest I don't think I'll be using before I move up.
Going to goodwill with a few boxes of books tomorrow. Except for a few that are really special to me, I'm just getting rid of the rest for now. Most of them I got from goodwill anyhow, and I've already read them. Kind of sucks getting rid of some really nice DIY/Home Improvement collections I put together, but I don't ever use them. Whenever I need to do something my first stop is youtube anyhow.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I finished unpacking today. Yay!!
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Hubby and dear daughter put up the "mudroom" shelving and even tho it's just temporary it's a thing of functional beauty. The concept is working out great.
Took a pain pill for the first time today, wheeee!!!
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Congrats Brenda. :)
What's "mushroom" shelving, Sigs?
Pain pills, huh? Nice. I avoid those like the plague myself. I let my dentist know the other day after my cleaning that I wasn't taking any nitrous when they removed my other molar (we decided just to get rid of it now since I get along fine without the other one and it's only a matter of time and we don't want a repeat of what happened last time on our hands). Almost 2 years and 8 months sober now, and the nitrous felt way too close to what being drunk feels like and I didn't like it at all. Since it does nothing at all for the pain I don't feel that their was any point to it.
I did have to laugh though when he gave me the Novocaine this time. I told him "wow. I actually felt a pinch there this time. Didn't notice it last time with all the pain I was already in before I came into the office" :)
Might actually be taking care of the whole mouth situation once and for all around the new year. It seems like my family is a dead end, and I'll be dead waiting for anything to happen there. My dentist is aware of my financial situation and after I asked for a quote I was surprised with something that doesn't sound financially out of reach. One of the two payment options is also a "dental credit card" thing that has a zero percent interest rate on it.
I'm probably just going to go full bore and have all of the top teeth removed. Fortunately, only the back ones have come out so far and my smile hasn't been affected, but the gums have receded quite a bit already and now that I'm missing teeth in the back I know they're starting to shift and it's only a matter of time. This way, I'd have no more infections up there once they're out. Going to remove anywhere from the front two to the front six on the bottom as well. The rest of them are in fairly good shape, and as long as I take care of them and see a dentist for a cleaning at least every 6 months I should have them for a long time to hold in the partial down there.
Damn shame. I've still never had a single cavity. The teeth themselves are in great shape. There's just nothing holding them in anymore. They were nice while they were good, but it's time for them to go.
C'est la vie!
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Thanks Jack.
It feels sooo good to be able to say that. Now, I can officially slow down and take my time doing other things from now on.
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Update on my brother. His latest picture shows him using a cane to get around with. He said he should know tomorrow when he can go home. But he has thought this before. So we shall see.
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Hooray Brenda! for getting all moved in. And thanks for the update on your brother. I hope his progress has been consistently forward and will be so in the future. And that he's able to get home soon.
Hey Jack - I'n glad you seem like you're on your way to addressing your teeth ... maybe I should say your mouth? I think it'll be both a big physical and big emotional relief.
Hey Signy - oh dear. I'm concerned that the late appearance of pain is a negative sign. Time will tell.
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Personally, I'm still slowly chipping away at various tasks and projects. But over the last few days and for the next 10 days at least, temps are 95F-100F, and I confess the heat really slows me down. However, it doesn't slow down my spending to have OTHER people do stuff! The gopher guy came yesterday, and set a couple of traps down in the tunnels; as well as the screen door guy who took measurements. I'll be going to the store tomorrow to get the lockset for the screen door. I was pleasantly surprised at the final quote. I thought it was going to be a lot more expensive.
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Something is definitely wrong here, regarding the blower and my energy consumption.
I turned the blower on at 10PM. The last two digits of the kw/hr meter showed 98 at that time. At 12:00, it shows 02.
I realize that 2 hours is not a good test. It may have changed to 99 a minute or two after I checked at 10PM. But even if we throw that out and call it 3, that means that I'm using at least 1.5kw/hr with the blower on.
Granted, I do have other things on, but nothing out of the ordinary for this time of night.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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