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Crimp sleeve or alternate ideas...
On 5/12/2019 7:11 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
.... Big Agribusiness produces the majority of US milk,... That's not so...they're family farms for the most part here as well...many of the larger processors are actually farmer-owned co-operatives as well. But, this has started towards the inevitable...I just outlined the results of the NAFTA renegotiations that aren't much improved... |
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On 5/8/2019 5:42 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
dpb wrote .... Out of curiosity, what's your average annual rainfall? 400mm We're about 18"; Bit higher than ours, but not by much. it goes up noticeably every 30 mi east and down heading west until E CO and NM are in 10" range. Doesnt vary that quickly here. The Rocky Mtns create the "rain shield" from the westerlies There's nothing for thousands of miles here. and we're too far N and W from the Gulf of Mexico for moisture transport to reliably get to us... Ours mostly comes from the far NW coast of australia, thousands of miles away. Having been through a round of rough weather last several days got me wondering -- you get yours from thunderstorms with hail, tornado threats as is so much of ours or does it "just rain"? We did miss the heavy stuff this go-round; nearest tornadoes about 30 miles east; did get almost 1.5" rain; central part of state is flooded with as much as 8-10" over a week to 10-day period. There's occasionally some advantage to being farther west nearer the rain shield, too... -- |
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On 5/4/2019 10:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sat, 4 May 2019 20:26:47 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 7:20 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 12:41:11 -0500, dpb wrote: ? That timer was problematic - the replacement electronic timer is an excellent way to keep the unique oven functional for years to come. How so? Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional; just lost the handle. Pliers work, but are somewhat inconvient, the missus says... I just read they were known to be a problem. Yours has worked well, but apparently some didn't. What you basically need is a knob about 3/8 inch long with a long hollow shaft to fit over the 1/8 inch stub that you can epoxy on - right? How much of the 1/8 inch shaft do you have left to work with (that you can slip the new shaft over)? Well, I just got the new electronic module installed -- none of the supplied mounting hardware comes even close to matching this oven; had to modify the existing bracket to align the controls with the existing knob locations by over 1/8" -- fortunately was enough material to file out the hole locations enough. It looks somewhat out of place with the rest of the range but one will eventually get used to it; the big surprise is that the problem with the oven cleaning cycle I had never been able to diagnose the cause for the oven lock solenoid to not lock to start the cycle appears to have actually been that set of contacts in the clock module -- so there was a failure there that I had not previously attributed to the clock. So, not only do have working handles/manner in which to set the clock/time conveniently again, got the self-cleaning function back again as well as a bonus! Sometimes "newer is better" --dpb |
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On 5/22/2019 8:26 AM, dpb wrote:
.... So, not only do have working handles/manner in which to set the clock/time conveniently again, got the self-cleaning function back again as well as a bonus! .... ... clock/timeR ... -- |
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"dpb" wrote in message ... On 5/8/2019 5:42 PM, Rod Speed wrote: dpb wrote ... Out of curiosity, what's your average annual rainfall? 400mm We're about 18"; Bit higher than ours, but not by much. it goes up noticeably every 30 mi east and down heading west until E CO and NM are in 10" range. Doesnt vary that quickly here. The Rocky Mtns create the "rain shield" from the westerlies There's nothing for thousands of miles here. and we're too far N and W from the Gulf of Mexico for moisture transport to reliably get to us... Ours mostly comes from the far NW coast of australia, thousands of miles away. Having been through a round of rough weather last several days got me wondering -- you get yours from thunderstorms with hail, tornado threats as is so much of ours or does it "just rain"? We dont get tornados here. We do get cyclones, but we dont get those in my part of the country, the SE corner, we only get those in the top half of the country. They are a completely different weather phenomenon to a tornado. You do get something similar in the south of your country and further south in the bahamas etc too. We do get very heavy downpours at times, not just steady rain. We did miss the heavy stuff this go-round; nearest tornadoes about 30 miles east; did get almost 1.5" rain; central part of state is flooded with as much as 8-10" over a week to 10-day period. We dont normally get that much in that sort of time, rarely more than say 5" in this part of the country. Can be much higher than that in the top half of the country and thats always with a cyclone. There's occasionally some advantage to being farther west nearer the rain shield, too... There is no rain shield here, much too flat for that. |
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Unbelievable: it's 02:19 am in Australia ...and Senile Rodent is out of Bed and Trolling ALREADY! LMAO
On Thu, 23 May 2019 02:19:34 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH trolling senile asshole's latest troll**** unread again 02:19 am? And you've been up and trolling for about an hour ALREADY? Is it because of those people that keep exposing you for the demented senile trolling arsehole that you can't sleep in? Or is it simply because of your senile hormones? Or is it because you got NO ONE to talk to other than the folk on Usenet? Did you consider talking to your psychiatrist(s) about it, you clinically insane trolling cretin? -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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On Wed, 22 May 2019 08:26:49 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 5/4/2019 10:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 20:26:47 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 7:20 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 12:41:11 -0500, dpb wrote: ? That timer was problematic - the replacement electronic timer is an excellent way to keep the unique oven functional for years to come. How so? Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional; just lost the handle. Pliers work, but are somewhat inconvient, the missus says... I just read they were known to be a problem. Yours has worked well, but apparently some didn't. What you basically need is a knob about 3/8 inch long with a long hollow shaft to fit over the 1/8 inch stub that you can epoxy on - right? How much of the 1/8 inch shaft do you have left to work with (that you can slip the new shaft over)? Well, I just got the new electronic module installed -- none of the supplied mounting hardware comes even close to matching this oven; had to modify the existing bracket to align the controls with the existing knob locations by over 1/8" -- fortunately was enough material to file out the hole locations enough. It looks somewhat out of place with the rest of the range but one will eventually get used to it; the big surprise is that the problem with the oven cleaning cycle I had never been able to diagnose the cause for the oven lock solenoid to not lock to start the cycle appears to have actually been that set of contacts in the clock module -- so there was a failure there that I had not previously attributed to the clock. Like I said, there were problems with that (original) timer unit. Your statement above " Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional" ends up NOT being correct, eh??? So, not only do have working handles/manner in which to set the clock/time conveniently again, got the self-cleaning function back again as well as a bonus! Sometimes "newer is better" --dpb Yup. |
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On 5/22/2019 5:26 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2019 08:26:49 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 10:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 20:26:47 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 7:20 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 12:41:11 -0500, dpb wrote: ? That timer was problematic - the replacement electronic timer is an excellent way to keep the unique oven functional for years to come. How so? Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional; just lost the handle. Pliers work, but are somewhat inconvient, the missus says... I just read they were known to be a problem. Yours has worked well, but apparently some didn't. What you basically need is a knob about 3/8 inch long with a long hollow shaft to fit over the 1/8 inch stub that you can epoxy on - right? How much of the 1/8 inch shaft do you have left to work with (that you can slip the new shaft over)? Well, I just got the new electronic module installed -- none of the supplied mounting hardware comes even close to matching this oven; had to modify the existing bracket to align the controls with the existing knob locations by over 1/8" -- fortunately was enough material to file out the hole locations enough. It looks somewhat out of place with the rest of the range but one will eventually get used to it; the big surprise is that the problem with the oven cleaning cycle I had never been able to diagnose the cause for the oven lock solenoid to not lock to start the cycle appears to have actually been that set of contacts in the clock module -- so there was a failure there that I had not previously attributed to the clock. Like I said, there were problems with that (original) timer unit. Your statement above " Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional" ends up NOT being correct, eh??? Apparently so...I had put off in-depth digging as could never find wiring diagram but the clock module/relay I had never suspected. I'm curious where you saw anything specific about the timer; I had never come across that in all the searching for parts, etc., ... .... |
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On Wed, 22 May 2019 18:28:06 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 5/22/2019 5:26 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Wed, 22 May 2019 08:26:49 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 10:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 20:26:47 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 7:20 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 12:41:11 -0500, dpb wrote: ? That timer was problematic - the replacement electronic timer is an excellent way to keep the unique oven functional for years to come. How so? Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional; just lost the handle. Pliers work, but are somewhat inconvient, the missus says... I just read they were known to be a problem. Yours has worked well, but apparently some didn't. What you basically need is a knob about 3/8 inch long with a long hollow shaft to fit over the 1/8 inch stub that you can epoxy on - right? How much of the 1/8 inch shaft do you have left to work with (that you can slip the new shaft over)? Well, I just got the new electronic module installed -- none of the supplied mounting hardware comes even close to matching this oven; had to modify the existing bracket to align the controls with the existing knob locations by over 1/8" -- fortunately was enough material to file out the hole locations enough. It looks somewhat out of place with the rest of the range but one will eventually get used to it; the big surprise is that the problem with the oven cleaning cycle I had never been able to diagnose the cause for the oven lock solenoid to not lock to start the cycle appears to have actually been that set of contacts in the clock module -- so there was a failure there that I had not previously attributed to the clock. Like I said, there were problems with that (original) timer unit. Your statement above " Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional" ends up NOT being correct, eh??? Apparently so...I had put off in-depth digging as could never find wiring diagram but the clock module/relay I had never suspected. I'm curious where you saw anything specific about the timer; I had never come across that in all the searching for parts, etc., ... ... Goes back a few years to bulletins I got from a supplier when the last NOS timers dissapeared from the market - and a timer repair company I dealt with to get a timer repaired. There were several timers they could not provide service for because the entire stock of replacement parts had been consumed. They had commissioned a run of new EL displays for my particular timer - and were down to the last dregs because it ALSO had a higher than anticipated failure rate. I noticed a reference to the high failure rate of yours again while researching it to see what you needed. Can't remember where it was though. |
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On 5/22/2019 6:35 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2019 18:28:06 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/22/2019 5:26 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Wed, 22 May 2019 08:26:49 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 10:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 20:26:47 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 7:20 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 12:41:11 -0500, dpb wrote: ? That timer was problematic - the replacement electronic timer is an excellent way to keep the unique oven functional for years to come. How so? Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional; just lost the handle. Pliers work, but are somewhat inconvient, the missus says... I just read they were known to be a problem. Yours has worked well, but apparently some didn't. What you basically need is a knob about 3/8 inch long with a long hollow shaft to fit over the 1/8 inch stub that you can epoxy on - right? How much of the 1/8 inch shaft do you have left to work with (that you can slip the new shaft over)? Well, I just got the new electronic module installed -- none of the supplied mounting hardware comes even close to matching this oven; had to modify the existing bracket to align the controls with the existing knob locations by over 1/8" -- fortunately was enough material to file out the hole locations enough. It looks somewhat out of place with the rest of the range but one will eventually get used to it; the big surprise is that the problem with the oven cleaning cycle I had never been able to diagnose the cause for the oven lock solenoid to not lock to start the cycle appears to have actually been that set of contacts in the clock module -- so there was a failure there that I had not previously attributed to the clock. Like I said, there were problems with that (original) timer unit. Your statement above " Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional" ends up NOT being correct, eh??? Apparently so...I had put off in-depth digging as could never find wiring diagram but the clock module/relay I had never suspected. I'm curious where you saw anything specific about the timer; I had never come across that in all the searching for parts, etc., ... ... Goes back a few years to bulletins I got from a supplier when the last NOS timers dissapeared from the market - and a timer repair company I dealt with to get a timer repaired. There were several timers they could not provide service for because the entire stock of replacement parts had been consumed. They had commissioned a run of new EL displays for my particular timer - and were down to the last dregs because it ALSO had a higher than anticipated failure rate. I noticed a reference to the high failure rate of yours again while researching it to see what you needed. Can't remember where it was though. Interesting...somehow I've never seen any such references...having never suspected it as a culprit I hadn't ever really searched for repairs for it, itself, however, which might be the difference. I kept the old one; some cold winter evening I might try to see if can tell just which contact seems to have failed...the only other failure on this range was one of the oven door locking switches for the microwave function -- I was able to find a couple of NOS Cherry identical replacements for them on eBay for like $1/ea so I bought like four for spares... They could be replaced with any limit switch of roughly same geometry but having the identical one makes replacement trivial rather than having to manufacture a mounting arrangement or build a longer reach arm or the like... -- |
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On 5/22/2019 11:19 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ... On 5/8/2019 5:42 PM, Rod Speed wrote: dpb wrote ... Out of curiosity, what's your average annual rainfall? 400mm We're about 18"; Bit higher than ours, but not by much. it goes up noticeably every 30 mi east and down heading west until E CO and NM are in 10" range. Doesnt vary that quickly here. The Rocky Mtns create the "rain shield" from the westerlies There's nothing for thousands of miles here. and we're too far N and W from the Gulf of Mexico for moisture transport to reliably get to us... Ours mostly comes from the far NW coast of australia, thousands of miles away. Having been through a round of rough weather last several days got me wondering -- you get yours from thunderstorms with hail, tornado threats as is so much of ours or does it "just rain"? We dont get tornados here. We do get cyclones, but we dont get those in my part of the country, the SE corner, we only get those in the top half of the country. They are a completely different weather phenomenon to a tornado. You do get something similar in the south of your country and further south in the bahamas etc too. We do get very heavy downpours at times, not just steady rain. I kinda' figured likely scenario. US High Plains and towards the SouthEast is pretty much unique in the frequency of tornadoes and truly severe t-storms w/ gigantic hail. The cyclone is a hurricane in the Northern and Western hemispheres...same thing, different name. We have the occasional near or low-grade hurricane depth low pressure systems with associated winds on the rare occasion as well -- once in 5-10 yr or so, maybe. Often when they do come it's late winter very early spring and will be a doozy of a blizzard. One actually occurred early March this year with 75-85 mph sustained winds and snow...not a great event with cattle out on wheat pasture. We did miss the heavy stuff this go-round; nearest tornadoes about 30 miles east; did get almost 1.5" rain; central part of state is flooded with as much as 8-10" over a week to 10-day period. We dont normally get that much in that sort of time, rarely more than say 5" in this part of the country. Can be much higher than that in the top half of the country and thats always with a cyclone. There's occasionally some advantage to being farther west nearer the rain shield, too... There is no rain shield here, much too flat for that. They're getting it again tomorrow just east of us -- 2-4" more on places with a foot or more in last two weeks with some localized areas predicting another 3-6". We're on the western edge of the severe weather watch zone for this round so we'll just have to "hide and watch"...supposed to be moving cows/calves to summer pasture in the morning; may be interesting exercise. -- |
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On Wed, 22 May 2019 21:46:05 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 5/22/2019 6:35 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Wed, 22 May 2019 18:28:06 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/22/2019 5:26 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Wed, 22 May 2019 08:26:49 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 10:40 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 20:26:47 -0500, dpb wrote: On 5/4/2019 7:20 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Sat, 4 May 2019 12:41:11 -0500, dpb wrote: ? That timer was problematic - the replacement electronic timer is an excellent way to keep the unique oven functional for years to come. How so? Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional; just lost the handle. Pliers work, but are somewhat inconvient, the missus says... I just read they were known to be a problem. Yours has worked well, but apparently some didn't. What you basically need is a knob about 3/8 inch long with a long hollow shaft to fit over the 1/8 inch stub that you can epoxy on - right? How much of the 1/8 inch shaft do you have left to work with (that you can slip the new shaft over)? Well, I just got the new electronic module installed -- none of the supplied mounting hardware comes even close to matching this oven; had to modify the existing bracket to align the controls with the existing knob locations by over 1/8" -- fortunately was enough material to file out the hole locations enough. It looks somewhat out of place with the rest of the range but one will eventually get used to it; the big surprise is that the problem with the oven cleaning cycle I had never been able to diagnose the cause for the oven lock solenoid to not lock to start the cycle appears to have actually been that set of contacts in the clock module -- so there was a failure there that I had not previously attributed to the clock. Like I said, there were problems with that (original) timer unit. Your statement above " Has worked for nearly 40 years... and the timer/clock itself is still fully functional" ends up NOT being correct, eh??? Apparently so...I had put off in-depth digging as could never find wiring diagram but the clock module/relay I had never suspected. I'm curious where you saw anything specific about the timer; I had never come across that in all the searching for parts, etc., ... ... Goes back a few years to bulletins I got from a supplier when the last NOS timers dissapeared from the market - and a timer repair company I dealt with to get a timer repaired. There were several timers they could not provide service for because the entire stock of replacement parts had been consumed. They had commissioned a run of new EL displays for my particular timer - and were down to the last dregs because it ALSO had a higher than anticipated failure rate. I noticed a reference to the high failure rate of yours again while researching it to see what you needed. Can't remember where it was though. Interesting...somehow I've never seen any such references...having never suspected it as a culprit I hadn't ever really searched for repairs for it, itself, however, which might be the difference. I kept the old one; some cold winter evening I might try to see if can tell just which contact seems to have failed...the only other failure on this range was one of the oven door locking switches for the microwave function -- I was able to find a couple of NOS Cherry identical replacements for them on eBay for like $1/ea so I bought like four for spares... They could be replaced with any limit switch of roughly same geometry but having the identical one makes replacement trivial rather than having to manufacture a mounting arrangement or build a longer reach arm or the like... There are some parts to the latch that are really fun to make replacements for too - - - - would be easy (er) with a full machine shop |
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On Wed, 22 May 2019 21:55:15 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 5/22/2019 11:19 AM, Rod Speed wrote: "dpb" wrote in message ... On 5/8/2019 5:42 PM, Rod Speed wrote: dpb wrote ... Out of curiosity, what's your average annual rainfall? 400mm We're about 18"; Bit higher than ours, but not by much. it goes up noticeably every 30 mi east and down heading west until E CO and NM are in 10" range. Doesn’t vary that quickly here. The Rocky Mtns create the "rain shield" from the westerlies There's nothing for thousands of miles here. and we're too far N and W from the Gulf of Mexico for moisture transport to reliably get to us... Ours mostly comes from the far NW coast of australia, thousands of miles away. Having been through a round of rough weather last several days got me wondering -- you get yours from thunderstorms with hail, tornado threats as is so much of ours or does it "just rain"? We don’t get tornados here. We do get cyclones, but we don’t get those in my part of the country, the SE corner, we only get those in the top half of the country. They are a completely different weather phenomenon to a tornado. You do get something similar in the south of your country and further south in the bahamas etc too. We do get very heavy downpours at times, not just steady rain. I kinda' figured likely scenario. US High Plains and towards the SouthEast is pretty much unique in the frequency of tornadoes and truly severe t-storms w/ gigantic hail. The cyclone is a hurricane in the Northern and Western hemispheres...same thing, different name. We have the occasional near or low-grade hurricane depth low pressure systems with associated winds on the rare occasion as well -- once in 5-10 yr or so, maybe. Often when they do come it's late winter very early spring and will be a doozy of a blizzard. One actually occurred early March this year with 75-85 mph sustained winds and snow...not a great event with cattle out on wheat pasture. We did miss the heavy stuff this go-round; nearest tornadoes about 30 miles east; did get almost 1.5" rain; central part of state is flooded with as much as 8-10" over a week to 10-day period. We don’t normally get that much in that sort of time, rarely more than say 5" in this part of the country. Can be much higher than that in the top half of the country and that’s always with a cyclone. There's occasionally some advantage to being farther west nearer the rain shield, too... There is no rain shield here, much too flat for that. They're getting it again tomorrow just east of us -- 2-4" more on places with a foot or more in last two weeks with some localized areas predicting another 3-6". We're on the western edge of the severe weather watch zone for this round so we'll just have to "hide and watch"...supposed to be moving cows/calves to summer pasture in the morning; may be interesting exercise. I was talking to a trucker who just came up from Texas a week or two ago - said he was running through 2 feet of water on the interstate (on the one lane that was open) and the feilds were all under a few feet of water. Can't remember where it was in Texas - but there was no (functional) drainage system. He said it looked like it would be August before it would dry out enough to plant - if it DIDN'T rain again this week - - - - |
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"dpb" wrote in message ... On 5/22/2019 11:19 AM, Rod Speed wrote: "dpb" wrote in message ... On 5/8/2019 5:42 PM, Rod Speed wrote: dpb wrote ... Out of curiosity, what's your average annual rainfall? 400mm We're about 18"; Bit higher than ours, but not by much. it goes up noticeably every 30 mi east and down heading west until E CO and NM are in 10" range. Doesnt vary that quickly here. The Rocky Mtns create the "rain shield" from the westerlies There's nothing for thousands of miles here. and we're too far N and W from the Gulf of Mexico for moisture transport to reliably get to us... Ours mostly comes from the far NW coast of australia, thousands of miles away. Having been through a round of rough weather last several days got me wondering -- you get yours from thunderstorms with hail, tornado threats as is so much of ours or does it "just rain"? We dont get tornados here. We do get cyclones, but we dont get those in my part of the country, the SE corner, we only get those in the top half of the country. They are a completely different weather phenomenon to a tornado. You do get something similar in the south of your country and further south in the bahamas etc too. We do get very heavy downpours at times, not just steady rain. I kinda' figured likely scenario. US High Plains and towards the SouthEast is pretty much unique in the frequency of tornadoes and truly severe t-storms w/ gigantic hail. The cyclone is a hurricane in the Northern and Western hemispheres...same thing, different name. Yeah, meant to say that and then forgot to. We have the occasional near or low-grade hurricane depth low pressure systems with associated winds on the rare occasion as well -- once in 5-10 yr or so, maybe. Ours are entirely tropical. Often when they do come it's late winter very early spring and will be a doozy of a blizzard. We dont get those either. One actually occurred early March this year with 75-85 mph sustained winds and snow...not a great event with cattle out on wheat pasture. We did miss the heavy stuff this go-round; nearest tornadoes about 30 miles east; did get almost 1.5" rain; central part of state is flooded with as much as 8-10" over a week to 10-day period. We dont normally get that much in that sort of time, rarely more than say 5" in this part of the country. Can be much higher than that in the top half of the country and thats always with a cyclone. There's occasionally some advantage to being farther west nearer the rain shield, too... There is no rain shield here, much too flat for that. They're getting it again tomorrow just east of us -- 2-4" more on places with a foot or more in last two weeks with some localized areas predicting another 3-6". We're on the western edge of the severe weather watch zone for this round so we'll just have to "hide and watch"...supposed to be moving cows/calves to summer pasture in the morning; may be interesting exercise. We just recently had an immense downpour in southern Queensland which produced massive floods that drowned lots of cattle. Very flat there too, so there isnt a lot you can do in that situation. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:08:50 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH another 94 lines of off topic senile drivel What has all this endless senile drivel got to do with a group like ahr, senile Rodent? Maybe you SHOULD try a group like "alt.senile" where you could gossip and drivel to your heart's content, you obnoxious senile pest! -- Richard addressing Rot Speed: "**** you're thick/pathetic excuse for a troll." MID: |
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On 5/22/2019 10:14 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2019 21:46:05 -0500, dpb wrote: .... this range was one of the oven door locking switches for the microwave function -- I was able to find a couple of NOS Cherry identical replacements for them on eBay for like $1/ea so I bought like four for spares... They could be replaced with any limit switch of roughly same geometry but having the identical one makes replacement trivial rather than having to manufacture a mounting arrangement or build a longer reach arm or the like... There are some parts to the latch that are really fun to make replacements for too - - - - would be easy (er) with a full machine shop I did actually make and insert bushings into the locking arm pivots before replacing the limit switch -- initially it would close if the handle were held at its limit and there was wear such that was extra play in the mechanism. After a couple months, though, the switch did finally give up the ghost completely... -- |
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Crimp sleeve or alternate ideas...
On 5/22/2019 10:30 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2019 21:55:15 -0500, dpb wrote: .... They're getting it again tomorrow just east of us -- 2-4" more on places with a foot or more in last two weeks with some localized areas predicting another 3-6". We're on the western edge of the severe weather watch zone for this round so we'll just have to "hide and watch"...supposed to be moving cows/calves to summer pasture in the morning; may be interesting exercise. I was talking to a trucker who just came up from Texas a week or two ago - said he was running through 2 feet of water on the interstate (on the one lane that was open) and the feilds were all under a few feet of water. Can't remember where it was in Texas - but there was no (functional) drainage system. He said it looked like it would be August before it would dry out enough to plant - if it DIDN'T rain again this week - - - - Yeah, they got hammered along the Gulf Coast (Houston area then...before our rounds got started--we had one of the driest April's on record including the 1930's Dust Bowl era...before May got here... This AM's discussion page excerpts-- ..SHORT TERM...(Today through Friday) Issued at 1208 AM CDT Thu May 23 2019 Still mainly clear across SW KS as of midnight, but that will not be lasting much longer. Widespread stratus will develop by sunrise Thursday, along with areas of drizzle/fog, in response to warm/moist advection north of a stationary surface boundary to our south. Indications are the stratus will hold for most locations most of the day, with any penetration of the warm sector airmass restricted to areas well southeast of Dodge City. The location of the frontal boundary will be critical with respect to convective mode/severity through today. A strong closed low near the Grand Canyon at sunrise this morning will lift north into Wyoming this evening, and a strong embedded shortwave will eject just to the west of SW KS through this evening as this occurs. Dynamic lift will increase strongly today, and in response numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop during the daylight hours. Kept pop grids very high, in the likely/definite category. 00z NAM keeps any surface-based instability restricted to the far SE zones this afternoon, with high SBCAPE near Kiowa in Barber county and points south. With strong shear amid continued SW flow aloft, this is where severe thunderstorms are most likely this afternoon. More widespread severe weather is expected across NW Oklahoma into SE KS. Through the afternoon hours, 00z NAM does allow elevated MUCAPE to near 2000 J/kg about as far north as the Dodge City vicinity. As such, stronger thunderstorms will produce marginally severe hail. Clouds and rainfall will work to hold temperatures well below normal north of the frontal boundary today, and for the northern/central zones, followed the cooler 00z NAM/MET guidance. Will allow the flash flood watch to continue for the SE zones through tonight. Models continue to line up the heaviest rainfall across these areas. The latest HRRR iterations are the most concerning, showing multiple rounds of convection and heavy rain for Barber county and vicinity, this afternoon through Friday morning. 00z NAM increases precipitable water to near 2 inches across the SE counties this evening, and QPF grids show widespread 2 inch rainfall amounts. These amounts will likely prove conservative where training occurs. Soils are already saturated, and will need to watch the flooding threat closely for the SE zones carefully through tonight. .... ..LONG TERM...(Saturday through Wednesday) Issued at 303 AM CDT Thu May 23 2019 Traditional Memorial Day weekend weather is expected Saturday and Sunday, in that we are expecting afternoon/evening thunderstorm potential both days. SW flow aloft is maintained both days, between persistent troughing over the Great Basin and the sprawling subtropical high over the SE U.S. As such, the lee trough/dryline will remain established, gulf moisture will remain available, and wind shear will remain strong. Per SPC Day 3 outlook for Saturday, scattered supercells are expected in the warm sector. Pop grids are highest Saturday evening, when large hail/damaging winds are possible. Severe thunderstorms appear likely again Sunday afternoon and evening, with the synoptic pattern changing little and instability easily reestablishing by afternoon. With enhanced synoptic support, 00z ECMWF would suggest more robust convective development Sunday, with a distinct tornado threat across SW KS. Memorial Day weekend is the statistical peak of the SW KS tornado season, and this will have to be watched carefully. Both Saturday and Sunday, heavy rain potential will continue to exacerbate the contined flash flood threat in south central Kansas. -- |
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