Interesting day

[Jack Feldmann]

Saw two things today that I don't see very much.

[Tim Moreira]

Jack,

In that first pic, is that copper wire wrapped around the aluminum for some reason?

Sencond pic: I guess that is not 2000 flushes;)

[neal lewis]

Tim,

That is tin coated copper. The rag insulation is way too old for aluminum.

[Jerry Peck]

And, because it's tinned copper, you know the insulation is rubber, and you also know it is time ... no .. *past time* ... to re-wire that house.

[Joe Nernberg]

Thanks for second photo. I just threw up in my mouth. Couldn't you "just" describe that one? Plumber's motto: "Your feces is my bread and butter."

[Tim Moreira]

Joe,


Plumber's motto: "Your feces is my bread and butter."

Around my town there is a company that cleans out port-o-pots. Their motto is "if you don't sh**, we don't eat."

yuck!!!

[Richard Rushing]

It does appear to be tin coated copper.... but, but... why the hell is that copper wire wrapped around the base of that conductor that way???

Rich:confused:

[Nick Ostrowski]

I've actually heard of this practice in regard to wiring. The term used to describe it is derived from the latin term "dumbus assus".

[Jerry Peck]

but, but... why the hell is that copper wire wrapped around the base of that conductor that way???

Rich:confused:

To keep the conductors from cracking off even more of that dried out and deteriorated rubber insulation.

[Rick Hurst]

They both look crappy.

[Tim Moreira]

Jack,

One of the many joys of being a hospital maintenance mechanic is that we get to unclog toilets that look just like that and worse. Almost on a nightly basis too.

One of the reasons I started an HI business.

[Jerry Peck]

Jack,

One of the many joys of being a hospital maintenance mechanic is that we get to unclog toilets that look just like that and worse. Almost on a nightly basis too.

One of the reasons I started an HI business.

???????

'Cause you wanted to see EVEN MORE of them?????

:D

[Michael Thomas]

Re that toilet:

When I was first starting out Will Decker was nice enough to give a couple of ride alongs.

One was a vacant house, fortunately all utilities were on.

I walked into the bathroom just after Will had flushed the with it. The toilet was one of the newer water-saving American standards, and since I'd been having problems with the toilets at my rental units I was curious to see how it flushed.

I pushed the lever. It flushed fine.

I realized I needed to use the toilet

Intelligent guy that I am, and realizing that I was a vacant house, I even checked to make sure there was toilet paper.

When I was finished, I pushed flush lever - no flush! --- the city had come along and turned off the water in the middle of inspection, and as we were doing interior at the time we hadn't noticed.

Lesson learned.

[Tim Moreira]

Keep a 5 gallon bucket in your truck and then borrow the neighbor's hose. :)