My New Boiler is now smaller than my Dryer!

[Unimatic1140]

I think mr Jetcone is still very frugal with pictures. We want more!

Totally, boiler schmoiler, lets see some more shots of the WI-57C/DI-57C! The "C" of course is for charcoal!!!

We're waiting for the money shots, tap, tap, tap. ;-)

 

[countryguy]

Jetcone,

No I don't have radiant floor heating (but wish I did!). I just had all the electric baseboard heaters replaced with hot water baseboard heaters. I have 5 zones in the house of which 3 are controlled by automatic thermostats (master bedroom, main bathroom, living/dining area) and 2 zones are controlled by regular thermostats (guest bedroom, lower level).

Gary

 

[mickeyd]

Odd thought on a rainy Sunday afternoon

It's too bad that tar and nicotine residue can't protect lung tissue the way it does chrome and porcelain which are absolutely dazzling on your charcoals; can't wait to see a close-up of the tower face unbandaged.

 

 

With these gold coals and your glass-fronted Easy, you are a gifted, unbeatable treasure hunter. More power to ya!

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[foraloysius]

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[jetcone]

OKAY LOUIS!

Here is a short for fun. The real thing is coming later!

 

enjoy

 

 

[foraloysius]

Yeeehaaa!

Now we're talking! Nice video!

 

[joe_in_philly]

I am facinated by the light used in the video - it is called a timing light? How does it work? Would I be able to use one to find out my washer's spin speeds through the glass window?

 

[jetcone]

That light

is called a strobe light and was invented by a man named Edgerton at MIT in the 50's. As you can see it stops action so you can see what is going on at speed. They are called timing lights in the auto industry because of their use to check valve and spark timing at idle speed.

 

 

 

[swestoyz]

Shanghai to Melrose

Miama Heat Wave - great song guys! Is the scope auto-sensing the RPM? If so, that is super cool. Brand/model number please?

Oh yeah, that old grey set of Frigidaires are also the bee's knees.

Ben

 

[joe_in_philly]

Thanks. Are you adjusting the speed of the strobe to determine the spin speed, or is it doing that automatically? My understanding is that you must know the approx speed because you could set the speed at half or twice the spin speed and still get the same results. Is that correct?

 

[tolivac]

we have an older version of that light at work-a Strobetac-Yes--like shown in the video to measure speed(RPM) and observe a high speed object in motion(washer tub)Ours has a xenon lamp as the strobe-and a calibrated knob that indicates speed.It hasn't been used in years.suggested this to OLight-maker of LED flashlights-they make the strobe function on their lights variable----Then you have a strobe light for measuring speeds and observing motion.would be nice.Sometimes we need to see something in motion here.

 

[jetcone]

there is a vernier dial

on the strobe that you adjust manually to the point where motion stops then you can read the speed off the dial. An expensive strobe has a very very fine tuned vernier & oscillator circuit, it used to be the xenon tube and power supply was expensive but now they power car headlights,  the controls are what drive the price now.

 

[firedome]

Amazing how compact the new boilers are... and what a CT set!! WoW! You can get a timing light at any Sears, NAPA, or Advance Auto or the like.

You're in Melrose?? Both my folks grew up there - Mom on Warwick Rd, Dad on Porter St

 

[jeff_adelphi]

Strobe Light

The strobe Jon and I used in the video is an Extech Stroboscope Tachometer. I have had it about 10 years now. It is fun to to see in action, but it is tricky to get the speed set.

 

[jeff_adelphi]

Strobe Light

Close up of controlls

 

[jeff_adelphi]

Laser Tachometer

This tachometer is much easier to use. It uses a laser to measure the speed. It must have a reflective target on the moving object. It's much faster to use, but doesn't give the stoped action view of the strobe.

 

[mickeyd]

Very nice vid--loved the credits

Have noticed, over the years, that sometimes, in certain slants of light, and combinations of color, the Unimatic spins seem to slow down, freeze, and reverse direction.

 

'Course, it could be the shrooms

 

Jeff's strobe skill captures what I've never seen filmed before. Amazing and impressive. Thank you, Gentlemen.

 

 

[joe_in_philly]

Jeff, thanks for the explanations and pictures. I am totally fascinated by your gadgets! I think a strobe would be a good way to verify the spin speeds on my FL washer.

 

[philr]

Without a strobe light, I got an almost static view of agitator of my W3-224 GMini washer while it was spinning when I filmed it with a fluorescent light. But I have no idea of the actual spin speed. Should be less than half of your Unimatic according to the factory specs!

See:

 

[tolivac]

Single bulb and HID lights can act as fixed frequency strobe lights--60Hz.Sometimes use them to set TT speed in a studio.Some HID and flourescent lights run on modern solid state or digital ballsts-the operating frequency of these is much higher-so the object veiwed under them would have to be spinning really fast to get any freeze-motion strobe action.With the modern ballasts- since the bulb frequency is so high-you don't see any flicker.modern SS and digital ballasts run the bulb at frequencies from 20Khz to 60Khz.also you don't hear any humming or buzzing.