Another day of disappointing project results. Started with working on Lisa's car A/C thinking it's a common radiator fan control module that went bad. Well, that might be if she had a 6 cylinder. But she has a 4 and the engine cooling system is completely different. Sooo, I check fuses, relays, etc and in the end I don't know if I had any progress but I did increase my had in some design engineers. Then it was on to running some new cables for the antenna that I put in the attic a while ago. Since we don't have attic stairs I have to bring a 6' ladder in. We also have a low pitch roof with little headroom and I hate stooping down up there. I jump into a Tyvek suit and prepare to sweat. Well, seems that when the A/C air handler was installed the installers didn't give a shit about how any cables were running already and the one that I wanted to pull up, for the back TV, and have the new cable follow was on the other side of the handler and under the ductwork. That means I'd have to pull the cable from a distance and have a chance of damaging the duct. Ended up snipping old cable and using that. For the front TV I was able to access everything but the hole that was drilled in a joist had a CAT5 and RG6 running through it and would have probably jammed up trying to get the crimped connector through. Ended up cutting and using the existing cable again. OK, now I have both TV's hooked to one antenna and I rescanned for channels. Now I get 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, 26, 32 (iffy), 42, 54, and their sub channels. Not bad for being in Luling with a cheap antenna that's just sitting up on the attic floor. One day I'll mount it better. Sooooo, I put everything up and relax. Big mistake. After checking my email I see that my thermostat is not connected to the network. Why? Well, seems that the condensate sensor got moved and it switched the whole system off. (this is a problem I've had since the system was installed, improperly, but the company is out of business so I just deal with it). So, I grab the ladder and jump back into the still moist Tyvek to fix a little float. ARGH. Now I'm exhausted and tired and worn out and ....... Sooooo, if you made it all the way through this ramble I have some things for sale from all of this. Mazda cooling fan controller. As well as some 6th generation Corolla parts I think. White RG6 coax, about 700 feet and some shorter crimped pieces. Ethernet cables: I've a bunch of 6-10 footers of various colors Now that the cat has left my lap and I can freely type I'm finished typing. Where's the arsenic, I need a shot or two.

Another day of disappointing project results. Started with working on Lisa's car A/C thinking it's a common radiator fan control module that went bad. Well, that might be if she had a 6 cylinder. But she has a 4 and the engine cooling system is completely different. Sooo, I check fuses, relays, etc and in the end I don't know if I had any progress but I did increase my had in some design engineers. Then it was on to running some new cables for the antenna that I put in the attic a while ago. Since we don't have attic stairs I have to bring a 6' ladder in. We also have a low pitch roof with little headroom and I hate stooping down up there. I jump into a Tyvek suit and prepare to sweat. Well, seems that when the A/C air handler was installed the installers didn't give a shit about how any cables were running already and the one that I wanted to pull up, for the back TV, and have the new cable follow was on the other side of the handler and under the ductwork. That means I'd have to pull the cable from a distance and have a chance of damaging the duct. Ended up snipping old cable and using that. For the front TV I was able to access everything but the hole that was drilled in a joist had a CAT5 and RG6 running through it and would have probably jammed up trying to get the crimped connector through. Ended up cutting and using the existing cable again. OK, now I have both TV's hooked to one antenna and I rescanned for channels. Now I get 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, 26, 32 (iffy), 42, 54, and their sub channels. Not bad for being in Luling with a cheap antenna that's just sitting up on the attic floor. One day I'll mount it better. Sooooo, I put everything up and relax. Big mistake. After checking my email I see that my thermostat is not connected to the network. Why? Well, seems that the condensate sensor got moved and it switched the whole system off. (this is a problem I've had since the system was installed, improperly, but the company is out of business so I just deal with it). So, I grab the ladder and jump back into the still moist Tyvek to fix a little float. ARGH. Now I'm exhausted and tired and worn out and ....... Sooooo, if you made it all the way through this ramble I have some things for sale from all of this. Mazda cooling fan controller. As well as some 6th generation Corolla parts I think. White RG6 coax, about 700 feet and some shorter crimped pieces. Ethernet cables: I've a bunch of 6-10 footers of various colors Now that the cat has left my lap and I can freely type I'm finished typing. Where's the arsenic, I need a shot or two.
by Gilbert Jagot

November 11, 2017 at 05:46PM
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