Thursday January 23rd Café.

Nashcat said:
Dang, I plum forgot to ask if anyone wanted a real breakfast. Standing up, unaided, I was still able to crank out bacon, eggs, and biscuits, with a dab of strawberry jam on the side.

Stepping outside at 27F almost feels balmy, after the weather at the first of the week.

John

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You chaps are weird.
Good boy.
 
Morning all! It was a frosty ride in this morning at 1C, according to the bike. I still appear to have some work to do on preventing the visor from fogging up. I used a dab of Dawn dish soap this morning but may not have used enough or done it properly. What I didn't account for was the muck being thrown up by the other cars. Anyway, the last half of the ride was done with visor up and eyes watering, thankfully most of it was in town. That said, it's sunny and we'll get up to a high of 5C, though they have said that pretty much every day this week and I'm sure it's been warmer.

OHS training finished yesterday and overall it was pretty interesting. Much better than what I was expecting. The two facilitators did a great job of leading the sessions and kept things moving without leaving anything out. Pretty impressive skill set. I've encountered, as I'm sure many of you have, trainers who could put you to sleep by just telling you their name.

ST1100Y, interesting you mention filters. One of the OHS facilitators told us a story about how this black dust kept ending up on people's desk every morning and they would clean it up and rinse repeat. They couldn't understand where it was coming from until they went up on the roof to the hvac system and had a look at the filters. I guess the maintenance techs' approach was to pull them out, bang them on the ground a couple times and then replace them back in the unit. Which of course just loosened all the particulates caught by the filter and sent them merrily drifting through the ductwork in the building.

Back to the usual work work today. Trying to determine whether construction noise must all stay below the Ld value or if the entirety of the noise produced during the day must average out to the Ld value. If anyone knows, can you let me know?

Hope everyone has a great day and remember, filters are your friends!

(Filter? I hardly even know her.....ba dump ba.....)
 
Weaselinsuit said:
Trying to determine whether construction noise must all stay below the Ld value or if the entirety of the noise produced during the day must average out to the Ld value. If anyone knows, can you let me know?
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Here it's average. My work environment is over the acceptable dB range if I work x hours. If I work <x then it's OK. Guess hearing damage is cumulative. What???
 
Weaselinsuit said:
And that's what the project guys are saying, that they only have to keep the noise over the 10 hour period to an average of the upper level permitted, i.e., they can go above the upper level occasionally as long as all the noise for the day, averaged out, is under.
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There is a level though (137dB) that causes instant damage....

According to the WHO

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Morning Ray & All from sunny, and STILL COLD, Southern Utah!

Currently it is 26F, up from 12F and heading for 37F. A breeze is already blowing from the ENE @ 5, but later we'll see it shift from the N @ 7 to 12mph.

I was able to get Chris's SUV outside cleaned at the car wash, but drove it home and finished the inside in the garage where it was MUCH warmer!

We'll leave tomorrow for Las Vegas, to see our #2 Son, Justin and his new Girlfriend. They seem to get along pretty good, so you never know what the future will bring! :unsure:

Today will be packing for the one night we will be in LV.

Chris made some hot cereal and we had toast & OJ with it. Pepsi(s) to come later.

Anyone :bl13:, have a great day on the ICY roads! Be careful out there! :hat3:
 
Weaselinsuit said:
ST1100Y, interesting you mention filters. One of the OHS facilitators told us a story about how this black dust kept ending up on people's desk every morning and they would clean it up and rinse repeat. They couldn't understand where it was coming from until they went up on the roof to the hvac system and had a look at the filters. I guess the maintenance techs' approach was to pull them out, bang them on the ground a couple times and then replace them back in the unit. Which of course just loosened all the particulates caught by the filter and sent them merrily drifting through the ductwork in the building.
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Well, I always wash the filters of those split units, then I also wash and rinse the HEX/coil (which also cleans & disinfects the condensate pan and drain), but, if required, I also have remove that blower, give it a "pressure wash", while at it wipe that discharge chute clean, etc... clients end up with a fresh, clean, odor free indoor unit...

Packed/rooftops/air-handlers normally have only disposable filters; either prefabbed "bags", or a mat clamped into a frame... never reuse those...
I also carefully vacuum that filter chamber before restarting the air-handling unit, as some debris (dust, leaves, dead insects) always falls to the bottom...
And the ducts themself will also require cleaning at some point... (action stars crawling through shiny, sterile clean air ducts to do whatever is written in the script there, is simply unrealistic... you'll look like having worked in a medieval coal mine after 5 minutes in there...)
 
Weaselinsuit said:
Morning all! It was a frosty ride in this morning at 1C, according to the bike. I still appear to have some work to do on preventing the visor from fogging up. I used a dab of Dawn dish soap this morning but may not have used enough or done it properly. What I didn't account for was the muck being thrown up by the other cars. Anyway, the last half of the ride was done with visor up and eyes watering, thankfully most of it was in town. That said, it's sunny and we'll get up to a high of 5C, though they have said that pretty much every day this week and I'm sure it's been warmer.

OHS training finished yesterday and overall it was pretty interesting. Much better than what I was expecting. The two facilitators did a great job of leading the sessions and kept things moving without leaving anything out. Pretty impressive skill set. I've encountered, as I'm sure many of you have, trainers who could put you to sleep by just telling you their name.

ST1100Y, interesting you mention filters. One of the OHS facilitators told us a story about how this black dust kept ending up on people's desk every morning and they would clean it up and rinse repeat. They couldn't understand where it was coming from until they went up on the roof to the hvac system and had a look at the filters. I guess the maintenance techs' approach was to pull them out, bang them on the ground a couple times and then replace them back in the unit. Which of course just loosened all the particulates caught by the filter and sent them merrily drifting through the ductwork in the building.

Back to the usual work work today. Trying to determine whether construction noise must all stay below the Ld value or if the entirety of the noise produced during the day must average out to the Ld value. If anyone knows, can you let me know?

Hope everyone has a great day and remember, filters are your friends!

(Filter? I hardly even know her.....ba dump ba.....)
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Weasel, me o'd Canadian mucka.
I don't know how you're applying the liquid on the visor, but in case you're not. Rub it in small circles with your finger over the entire surface until very nearly dry, then polish with soft dry cloth. No not Polish! Blummin spell checker predictive nonsense.
It's a bit like bulling up your best parade boots, but if you've never done that then that's a pretty useless example I spose.
Keep em peeled.
Upt.
 
ibike2havefun said:
After a 4 hour shouted "conversation" I feel like there may be worse hazards than hearing damage. Homicide, for example.
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Try working in the old computer rooms for 13 years! Chris gets so mad at me because I can't hear/understand her most of the time, even when I have the hearing aids in! :rolleyes:
 
SupraSabre said:
Try working in the old computer rooms for 13 years! Chris gets so mad at me because I can't hear/understand her most of the time, even when I have the hearing aids in! :rolleyes:
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My hearing is toast! I worked in loud press shops, metal fabrication & combine that with shooting guns, loud music & irritated females, it never stood a chance!
What? Move along nothing to see here!
WB
 
I suppose the coffee is cold by now, but I'll drink it anyway. Thanks!

I've been AWOL for far too long. The ST and 'Bird have just been sitting on battery tenders. Yeh, I'm a wimp. 50f is cold for me. I need some winter gear for sure.

I've missed you guys. How's the gang been?
 
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ST1100TX said:
I suppose the coffee is cold by now, but I'll drink it anyway. Thanks!

I've been AWOL for far too long. The ST and 'Bird have just been sitting on battery tenders. Yeh, I'm a wimp. 50f is cold for me. I need some winter gear for sure.

I've missed you guys. How's the gang been?
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Cranky, crafty and crazy. You can decide who's who.
 
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