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    Return Line on AHU - Purpose?

    Hello, I had a question from my HVAC mechanic in regards to the plumbing on 5 of our air handler units. I am not very experienced with HVAC systems yet and from what I can tell the line in question serves no purpose. The line in question is the one that bypasses the coil and would allow...
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    Multimeter Options for Biomed Testing

    I need to purchase a digital multimeter for our biomed department and running up against a wall in finding information and reviews on various ones. It seem the Fluke 87-V (or 5) is very popular. Are they any others worth looking at or just use the Fluke? Saw some with a OLED screen but the...
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    Remote telemetry for watertower level control

    Hello, We are looking to redo our current water-tower water level controls. Our current controls have numerous issues both in the communications and the wiring. Rather then run new communication wires (very old facility and not easy to run wiring) I would like to use a remote telemetry...
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    Safety wire?

    Hi guys, Recently someone mentioned the need of using safety wire on bolts someone had on a application that keep coming loose and shearing. I said safety wire doesn't keep the bolts from loosening just from completely falling out once they loosen. To this I got several people give me blank...
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    Lightning and Surge Protection for HVAC Equip?

    Hello, I work at a small hospital and am looking for some information on surge and lightning protection. Bit of background, last summer we had one confirmed and possible one other, unconfirmed, lighting strikes to the hospital building. It damaged a number of HVAC control boards and several...
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    Instant Center position of Three Link for Off-road use.

    Hi, What I have is a Jeep with a lifted suspension and stock control arm mounting points. It is a three link with a panhard bar. Suspension works great for most everything except when trying to climb a ledge. Due to the Factory designed short arm and mounting points the front suspension...
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    Surge and Lighting protection

    Hi, I'm a new mechanical engineer working at a hospital facility. Recently we had two large power failures that reviled the hospitals power system is very exposed to damage from electrical surges and lightning. Our system has one three phase source as of now that comes into a set of...
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    Boilers in series or parallel

    Looking at replacing one to two of our 100hp boiler with 2-3 50hp units. I'm wondering if boilers in parallel or series have the same effects as pumps do in the above configurations? What would be the best method to run the 2-3 50hp boilers? They provide steam heating at a hospital and run...
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    Electronic Steering

    Considering an electric steering system for an off-road vehicle in lieu of a full hyrdo system. I have limited experience with this type of system. I did work on one a few years ago in which we used a linear actuator and rotary position sensor connected to the steering wheel. The system...

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