I like this time at night on HBT

[Dan]

There doesn't seem to be a section on this forum to create a sort of a diary thread of all my brews and projects under a single topic is there.

Start a new thread. You can record and share your brewing. History in the making.

 

[passedpawn]

There doesn't seem to be a section on this forum to create a sort of a diary thread of all my brews and projects under a single topic is there.

Yea, do what Dan said. Just start a thread and start posting your stuff there. Don't worry if you're talking to yourself a lot there. It'll just be your blog and you can make it as long as you want.

We used to have club sections here, and we might have had a blog thing too, but they weren't used much and site developer just removed them.

 

[Dan]

Same in the Coast Guard, Dan, but it is anyone on the Aviation side of the coin. We called 'em Hovering Heroes.

I was at CCTI dinner with the CO the base that I worked for and the CO of the Aviation Training Center here in Mobile and we somehow got into a conversation about uniforms. I was messing with the Aviator a bit and made a comment about them always wearing their coveralls. He got a bit snooty and said "Those are flight suits, Master Chief". I laughed and asked him what his guys were flying when they were pumping gas into their cars on the way to work. He didn't find it very funny, my CO cracked up.

My last squadron in the navy was the FA-18E/F training squadron. It's where pilots who already were Navy trained and certified pilots learned to fly the Super Hornet. Part of the students syllabus, maybe the most important for a Tail-hook Navy pilot was to land on an aircraft carrier at sea. Carrier landings have been known as controlled crashes. Little over a thousand feet to land stop and shuffle for a parking spot knowing there is a jet right behind them landing within a few minutes.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Hello Late Nighters! Dan, if I didn't say it before, the wedding looked great!! Especially the bar and dress blues. I think I mentioned it before as well, but it looks like we are finally done defending against the nazi (actual Nazi, not an an unintended slur...but I hope it is a slur). I check in to seldom lately not sure what I have shared. Hope everyone is great.

 

[Dan]

Any knowledge here on solar hot water heaters? Tech side. I'd like to compare notes and troubleshooting, gain some insight. I maintain them and believe decent at that. Thing is I don't install solar hot water systems. I just try and learn as much as possible by reading their theory of operation and then let my troubleshooting skill decide my mind

 

[Dan]

Hello Late Nighters! Dan, if I didn't say it before, the wedding looked great!! Especially the bar and dress blues. I think I mentioned it before as well, but it looks like we are finally done defending against the nazi (actual Nazi, not an an unintended slur...but I hope it is a slur). I check in to seldom lately not sure what I have shared. Hope everyone is great.

LRB!!

So happy to hear justice prevailed and the actual Nazi lost Very well done Albert!

Thank you, Albert on the wedding day compliments!! Truly!! My daughter and now SIL are meant for each other. The wedding was a grand Walt Disney wedding movie day
BTW- it felt so good to wear the blues again.)
Cheers my brother LRB

DAN

 

[lschiavo]

Any knowledge here on solar hot water heaters?

Why would you want to heat hot water Dan? Sorry.

I wish I knew something about them. That would mean we actually got some sunshine around here...

 

[Dan]

Ahaha. I see what you did there. I have a troublesome solar/electric water heater I'm trying to repair at my job I was the sixth and now .7th person to address the same issue with this water heater. I'm pretty positive the electrical side is sound. Good volt, resistance amp amp readings on the electrics. Something else going on. The customer gets good hot water for a bath and that's about it. 80 gallon tank.

 

[Dan]

Been doing some research on the hot water situation. Possibly it's the dip tube. Which if you look at is as a dip tube sounds like a tube that takes out water. . Apparently not true. It puts earth plumbed house water in. And the tube is not copper, not stainless. PVC I'm hearing.

So cold water in the top of the tank. the tank. Any tank. It fills the bottom.
I suspect the cold Filipino is cracked and leaking into the top of the tank where the hot water is
Can't think of another reasonable

 

[CGVT]

The dip tubes used to be made of some sort of sacrificial metal. I had one dissolve and do the exact same thing about 20 years ago, Dan

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

The dip tubes used to be made of some sort of sacrificial metal. I had one dissolve and do the exact same thing about 20 years ago, Dan

Incorrect. The anode rod is the sacrificial part.

Dip tubes were made of metal years ago but not for sacrificial reasons. Most dip tubes today are PVC but become brittle and chip away.

The dip tube is intended to deliver new cold water to the bottom of the tank and displace the hot water by pushing it up through the hot out tube/port.

Often times what happens is the dip tube disintegrates to the point that the new cold water is delivered high in the tank tempering the heat and reducing the displacement of hot water supply. The end result is 1/3 to 1/2 of the tanks hot water potential.

 

[CGVT]

Eh, whatever. The bottom line is that the tube rotted out at the bottom and needed to be replaced.

The end result is 1/3 to 1/2 of the tanks hot water potential.Often times what happens is the dip tube disintegrates to the point that the new cold water is delivered high in the tank tempering the heat and reducing the displacement of hot water supply.

This^^^

 

[passedpawn]

Evening gents. Hope all is well. I see talk of water tanks. I've replaced a couple of my own; besides sweating some copper pipe, I've no knowledge there.

For your late nite soundtrack, Parov Stelar and their high-energy swing music, accompanied by Fred and Ginger. I also like the sentiment in the cartoon below. Man, I wonder if I could sport long tailed tux jacket and white spats like Fred.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eco4z98nIQY[/ame]

 

[Dan]

Love it Pappy. I'm betting you could sport the long tails but you gotta go dancing with your wife. Black and white film it! [emoji3]

 

[Dan]

As far as the water heater fix...still not working to my customer's expectation. I called the company that installs the heaters and the guy told me the dip tube theory is wrong for this tank. He suggested a control problem either the controller or temp probes. Another try tomorrow. The hardest part to troubleshoot this basically easy system is lack of specific details on how it works. Everything I read on their website says the solar collector feeds a closed loop heat exchanger, the heat is then transferred to the cool water in the bottom of the tank. To grasp that idea I think of an immersion chiller but instead of cool water flowing through the coils and the heat of the wort transferring to the cool water, it's vice versa. But then again sounds like that's for a glycol loop or something. When I open the ball valve coming down from the roof and into the water heater, its water.

I'm totally lost, well not totally. But am out of my comfort zone, which is good because it makes my dig and learn

I'm a little annoyed at the lack of info I've been able to find. Maybe Trade secrets so it's hard to fix without manufacturers paid assistance?

That's how it was when I first started working on Fa-18A flight control systems in the mid eighties. Had to get a company tech rep involved just to give us the flight control computer memory inspect codes.

Later McDonnel Douglas or-was it Boeing? I forget when MD sold out. Anyway, somewhere in the late 80's an advanced flight control class started up. All the really good info the tech reps guarded; I suspect the navy said give it to us. Wallah! We got it. It's nice working for the US military sometimes[emoji1]

So wow! I've gone off track, rambled.

I'm going to fix this stupid water heater. Next solar water heater that gets replaced I'm dissecting the old one. I want to open it wide up and see how it works. Can't find sh!t online. Or maybe I haven't looked hard enough.

 

[Dan]

Any skirt steak, flap steak fans here? I love them both. Maybe they're the same thing with different names. Probably not but they are very similar.

I really like these beef cuts because pretty fast to grill and generally turns out tender (I slice fairly thin, 1/8 -1/4".)

Takes in seasoning well. Comes out juicy, flavorful, and succulent. I use these words without hesitation to describe the deliciousness of this meat

I'm nearly afraid to make a big deal of it. Price might sky rocket

 

[Dan]

Wow! Did I kill this thread with my rambling?

 

[CGVT]

Dan, this thread is rambling. Some of us ramble more than others. I don't ever look at it as dead, just resting...

BTW, I don't buy flank steak because I think it is too expensive for the cut of meat. For that type of meat, I will usually get a cheap London Broil and marinated it for a day or two to tenderize it and then toss it on the grill, cook it rate and slice it up

 

[Dan]

Dan, this thread is rambling. Some of us ramble more than others. I don't ever look at it as dead, just resting...

BTW, I don't buy flank steak because I think it is too expensive for the cut of meat. For that type of meat, I will usually get a cheap London Broil and marinated it for a day or two to tenderize it and then toss it on the grill, cook it rate and slice it up

Good advice, both paragraphs!

 

[Dan]

Pappy, you still here?

 

[Dan]

I'm beckoning you brother

 

[Dan]

Hope the link works. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vOUYry_5Nw&sns=em[/ame]


Sent from my iPhone

 

[Dan]

Sunday windy Hawaii winter [emoji39] morning coming down

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQwwMjOD9M[/ame]

 

[passedpawn]

I'm beckoning you brother

Haha, sorry, I hit it early. I got up at 3:30 am and watched the Federer / Nadal final (Australian Open). I had tennis myself at 7:30am, which I had to cancel on account of rain (good thing, I was tired). Then my neighbor took me out for an awesome brunch.

 

[passedpawn]

Wow! Did I kill this thread with my rambling?

I'm sure I killed it with my oldie post.

 

[mbobhat]

Any dixieland fans out there? I'm a big fan of these guys. We have a small group at work that gets together and plays tunes from time to time. We aren't half bad, but then again we aren't half good either...

 

[mbobhat]

Or perhaps a traditional New Orleans dirge if in fact Passed and Dan did kill this thread...

 

[BikerMatt]

I've yet to discover how you link from the mobile youtube app but look up Steve N Seagulls

 

[CGVT]

I've yet to discover how you link from the mobile youtube app but look up Steve N Seagulls

Hey Matt!
Passedpawn set me straight on it. Just copy and past the URL from the top of the page.

 

[BikerMatt]

No address bar visible on the mobile app.

Let's try this:

https://youtu.be/Li58voy6xXM