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  1. arbilab

    reasonable gasoline prices;

    Note that crude oil prices are underwater.  MINUS $37/barrel.  The producers will pay YOU $37 to haul it away.  If you had the permits, licenses, facilities, you could really clean up, so to speak.
  2. arbilab

    Mmmmmm Pretty...

    The Leave it to Beaver wall oven.
  3. arbilab

    Does my GE

    Without actually seeing these boards, seems many are going back to relays (click click) from triacs which do not handle transients particularly well.  Inductive loads (motors, valves, solenoids) can kick back peak voltages in excess of the RMS supply voltage.  Even heaters and lamps can be...
  4. arbilab

    AEG, 6yrs old replaced drain pump but still not pumping!

    Hi Gilliam.  We're pretty locked down too.   Not familiar with AEG, but just in general:  For it to know (or just think) the receptacle needs emptying, there must be a sensor of some sort.  Maybe a float but more likely just two metal strips that conduct electricity when water hits them.  If...
  5. arbilab

    TITANIC!

    Saw Night to Remember in original theater release, 1958.  And every movie and docu version since.  Titaniac, though there are lots bigger ones than me.   By weight rather than 'seats', the lifeboats could have held everyone.  But that would have taken longer and longer they did not have. ...
  6. arbilab

    Frontloader Repurposing

    Exercise wheel for a chihuahua?
  7. arbilab

    Faulty Motor ?

    Happy to jump in.  You made it easy, already had hands on and the important observations.
  8. arbilab

    Faulty Motor ?

    I smell conspiracy to sell you a whole new machine when a known high-failure part goes bad.  Not that that helps fix it.   The symptom points pretty clearly to that capacitor.  Now it's just a matter of figuring out what the value is and shopping for a new one.  The good news is you will have...
  9. arbilab

    Faulty Motor ?

    External start switch?  Honestly didn't know there was such thing.  I'm over my head on this model.   Still sounds like capacitor.  My furnace blower did this, start on high but not on low.  BUT, I found a diagram showing LATA401AG has none.   If you can follow wiring diagram, perhaps find...
  10. arbilab

    Faulty Motor ?

    OK, suggests the start/run switch inside the motor is gummed.  Are you good with tools?  The motor does come apart and the sticky mechanism can be sorted.  Or there are shops that can do it for you, if you can remove/replace it.   ***Wait a tick.***  Worse on low speed?  It is probable that a...
  11. arbilab

    What's with the Hallmark Channel & Christmas Movies

    Those "the dog who ate crismus" and "the crismus we ate the dog" movies are big sellers in the old folks homes.  They're like old folks food, no chewing and no flavor.  Even the titles put you to sleep.  I think that's the idea.   Anyhow, that's who Hallmark has chosen to cater.  Evidently it...
  12. arbilab

    Faulty Motor ?

    Hi John.  Two things are needed for the motor to start.  One is the centrifugal start/run switch inside the motor.  If it sticks in the 'run' position, 'start' doesn't happen.  When it is getting sticky, one time it may start and the next time it may not.   The other depends on the mechanical...
  13. arbilab

    Tried going shopping

    Not a cook, certainly not a chef, just a kitchen engineer.  My food imagination leaves room for..... imagination.  The only thing I do with pasta besides regular old red (tomato-plus) sauce is toss some spaghetti in a can of beef stew.  Oh wait, I can make scratch lasagna but it's too much...
  14. arbilab

    Tried going shopping

    Kroger Thursday had everything I was looking for Tuesday.  Pallet of TP.  Most dairy.  I got the last of the 93% ground steak but plenty of 80%.  Water gallons; I'm offering the 16oz bottles to anyone who runs out.  A whole wall of bread.  Beanie Weenie.   Still no pasta.  Can't figure out...
  15. arbilab

    18 WHEELER FULL OF TOILET PAPER CRASHES & BURNS

    <blockquote> big rolls.... commercial dispensers </blockquote> Oh, THAT stuff.  Like wax paper with some lint stuck to it.  Let it burn.
  16. arbilab

    Tried going shopping

    Thanks Bob <blockquote> Rick, the "closest" to Ft. Worth is Ennis, Waxahachie, and Burleson. </blockquote> I knew they were encroaching on the metro.  Might even be one in Mansfield.  Or is that 'the other' Central Market?  There is one of those I know of but my income bracket doesn't qualify...
  17. arbilab

    Tried going shopping

    It should be noted that HEB has had a pandemic protocol in place since 2005.   HEB is ahead of the game in so many ways.  In all their markets (Houston, Austin, San Antonio and neighboring) they kick Walmart's butt.  Wish we had them here.  HOW I wish.
  18. arbilab

    Tried going shopping

    Hoarding I have a very strong suspect for the root cause of mass hoarding:  Professional shoppers.  I run into them A LOT at Kroger.  Standing in front of what I'm looking for, trying to decide what compromise best suits what their client ordered.  I know they are prof'l shoppers because they...
  19. arbilab

    POD 03/20/2020

    accidents were caused by this stupid design A kid or dog jouncing in the front seat could slam the lever into R at fwd speed.  A few trans had a reverse lockout above set speed; minority, can't name them. Don't think hydramatic did, the one that needed it.
  20. arbilab

    POD 3/21/2020

    Mom tried 'the bisquit' but went back to All.
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