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Forum: General Discussion 10-16-2024, 06:27 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 12,651
Posted By panjumbie
Outage due to software "upgrade"

https://www.wmur.com/article/consolidated-communications-nh-service-restored/62616061

Yet another software upgrade gone awry! This keeps happening. We're so worried about foreign nations doing...
Forum: General Discussion 09-05-2024, 09:37 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 46,961
Posted By panjumbie
If your installation includes a fiber jumper, the...

If your installation includes a fiber jumper, the color of the jacket should tell you what type, single mode or one of the several multimode standards:
...
Forum: General Discussion 12-31-2023, 03:35 AM
Replies: 163
Views: 69,230
Posted By panjumbie
At least this hasn't happened

https://abcnews.go.com/US/100-fishermen-rescued-detached-ice-floe-minnesota-police/story?id=106003003
Forum: General Discussion 01-15-2023, 02:59 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 9,247
Posted By panjumbie
Oh gosh, I get texts, several a week saying my...

Oh gosh, I get texts, several a week saying my netflix account (which I don't have) etc. has suspicious activity and if I don't reply will be cancelled/frozen/etc. Given that none of these accounts,...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 12-24-2022, 05:06 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,973
Posted By panjumbie
This is a reply to NH Solar. I just read the...

This is a reply to NH Solar. I just read the part of NFPA 855, which I was unfamiliar with, that sets requirements for installation of energy storage systems in one and two family homes. I think...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 12-23-2022, 02:33 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,973
Posted By panjumbie
To clarify a couple of things: Most hybrid...

To clarify a couple of things: Most hybrid automobiles have used NIMH (Nickel based) batteries, not Lithium Ion. The plug-ins and fully electric ones mostly use the Lithium batteries. So all those...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-31-2022, 05:56 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,539
Posted By panjumbie
A couple of comments: First, I'm sorry if it...

A couple of comments: First, I'm sorry if it appeared that I'm "lecturing". But there are issues that may not be apparent to people.

In addition to the potential hazard to health from the fire...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-30-2022, 08:26 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,539
Posted By panjumbie
Oh Halotron, not Halon

I now read more closely (my bad) But Halotron, basically a repurpose of the refrigerant HCFC123 with some additives has its own issues.

In fact HCFC123 is being phased out as a refrigerant...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-30-2022, 06:19 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,539
Posted By panjumbie
Exclamation Why halons are no longer manufactured

The halons used in fire suppression systems are no longer manufactured due to the severe effect of halon on the ozone layer (much worse than the also banned Freon). All the halon available today is...
Forum: Covid-19 Discussions & Information 12-18-2021, 05:11 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 39,614
Posted By panjumbie
Breakthrough data from New York

The link below is New York data but I'd suspect it isn't that different in New Hampshire.

As of the most recent week's data you were about 80 percent less likely to catch COVID if vaccinated, and...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 01-01-2021, 04:19 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 6,515
Posted By panjumbie
Most cable based Internet systems have a number...

Most cable based Internet systems have a number of active elements along the path from the head end to you. Many are powered by voltage sent down the cable from power supplies fed by the electric...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-17-2020, 05:26 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,494
Posted By panjumbie
ESD, some clarification on a couple of posts

The issue of ESD is a very serious one. A couple of clarifications of previous posts:

To Fatlazyless: A GFCI breaker or outlet does not require a properly wired (or any) ground wire to function....
Forum: General Discussion 04-01-2020, 03:02 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 72,440
Posted By panjumbie
Look at them at night. If you see a daylight...

Look at them at night. If you see a daylight picture, then it is frozen.
Forum: Covid-19 Discussions & Information 03-20-2020, 02:44 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 62,158
Posted By panjumbie
Since someone asked, I took my numbers from the...

Since someone asked, I took my numbers from the New York Times which quoted Governor Cuomo. They are now considerably out of date, less than a day later.

Here is the latest link to the Times,...
Forum: Covid-19 Discussions & Information 03-20-2020, 02:14 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 62,158
Posted By panjumbie
Testing here in NY state, particularly downstate...

Testing here in NY state, particularly downstate has expanded in the last few days. There have been something like 22,000 tests and about 1/4 currently have come back positive. Already 25%! ...
Forum: General Discussion 03-10-2020, 12:42 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 70,548
Posted By panjumbie
Saw this number plate here in New York. Couldn't...

Saw this number plate here in New York. Couldn't resist posting it here...

15646
Forum: General Discussion 10-20-2019, 04:03 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 24,487
Posted By panjumbie
Test times for gensets

The test in most cases is instigated by the transfer switch. The ASCO transfer switches at my radio stations remember the last time the test button was used, and are typically programmed to repeat...
Forum: General Discussion 10-19-2019, 09:51 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 24,487
Posted By panjumbie
The National Electric Code requires a fused (or...

The National Electric Code requires a fused (or circuit breaker) disconnect where the service first enters the building (with a few exceptions which wouldn't apply to a private home.) This would have...
Forum: History 06-19-2019, 03:06 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,710
Posted By panjumbie
In my apartment, watching TV

I was in my apartment here on Long Island, NY, watching the events on my 10 inch circa 1948 B&W TV set. I have slides of the first steps on the moon taken off that TV (somewhere...)

I worked...
Forum: General Discussion 05-29-2019, 01:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 13,327
Posted By panjumbie
As a broadcast engineer with a background in such...

As a broadcast engineer with a background in such things, I can say it is not unusual for one or more panel antennas on a cell site to fail. The site will then stop working or work poorly in those...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 12-04-2018, 10:36 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 26,561
Posted By panjumbie
I am not sure, and this is not professional...

I am not sure, and this is not professional consultation, but you may likely find that OSHA requires generators on construction sites to now have GCFI. At the minimum you should consider using...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 12-04-2018, 04:30 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 26,561
Posted By panjumbie
Hi, I will not and cannot legally give you...

Hi, I will not and cannot legally give you specific recommendations on your installation, only general information. My PE license is in NY, you are in NH. Furthermore, I'm retired and my license is...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 11-28-2018, 06:05 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 26,561
Posted By panjumbie
Mechanical interlock issues

Well, read the link at the bottom, all the way to the end. A hot topic among electricians. Typically disallowed in northern NJ, apparently. These have come up in informal discussion before and...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 11-21-2018, 12:46 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 26,561
Posted By panjumbie
Exclamation Not legal?

The mechanical (sliding plate) interlock mentioned by several here and pictured in one of the posts would appear to be absent when the cover to the breaker panel is removed.

For that reason and...
Forum: General Discussion 09-25-2016, 11:13 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 63,509
Posted By panjumbie
Unhappy Yum Yum Shop closing

I frequented the Yum Yum Shop back in 1958-60 when I was a dorm student at Brewster. Then in the late 60's as a summer visitor, and occasionally since then. Sad to see it go.
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