Category: Information

Today, I checked the fans effectiveness 86.4 in the equipment room and 104.7 outside.  That is pretty good it is still hot and the ac is at 78.  The humidity was 59% in the equipment room and 26% outside.  I think the problem with the humidity is the floor is still wet from the ro tank move.

I removed my new ro tank and switched back to my old black ro tank.  I had to do this to allow the new/used Coleman equipment to fit in the equipment room.  It was a lot of trouble considering I moved it to the other side of the equipment room.

I measured the temperature today to compare tomorrow after the fan has been running.  The Weep Mizer which the probe in outside a couple of inches from the roof said 95.  Then the thermometer about a foot or two from the roof said it was 88 inside.  I just know it was very hot today especially on the roof.

I drilled a hole from the inside of the equipment room.  Then I marked my plan of attack.  

Here are some of my crappy tools I used to mount the fan.  My crappy riveter which I got from Harbor Freight.  I had problems using it to rivet.  But it could be me because I have not riveted anything sense high school.  Also, my Skil saw is crappy or I can not use it correctly either.  It dropped three blades into the equipment room.  The chuck thing is bad I guess.  Also, I broke one blade myself.  My cool GMC drill worked flawlessly but it also has chuck problems sometimes.  I only buy the best drills.  Actually my DeWalt has two dead batteries.

Fan installed and riveted down.

I used Great Stuff because it is great stuff.  My plan is to put roof patching material over the gaps and over the great stuff.

 

I hooked the fan up to the power and everything worked the first time.  I think that it will really make a difference.  But I will be able to tell tomorrow.

It was funny as soon as I wired the fan to work.  I saw a wasp in the equipment room.  The fan turned on and the wasp flew directly into the fan and got killed.

I am not an electrical engineer but I checked the voltage coming from the loop detector and the dvd player and they did not have any.  I guess the loop detector maybe just completes the loop of something else?  I am not sure I will need to read about the detector.

But the test worked great.  I hooked the play switch directly to the loop detector’s car presence.  It will turn on the dvd player.  What I like about this dvd player it the play button just plays and does not pause also.  Pausing would be bad.  So with this dvd player it would play the message all the way through and then reset to the beginning of the dvd.  I will need to test more on the dvd player and find a speaker to play the message.

I have loop detectors in my bays for mega time which resets after the car leaves.  But I also want to promote the fact I have mega time.  (The fact I have a big ugly sign in each bay above where you put the money in, does not seem to help.)  When a customer drives in the bay after an allotted period of time a message could play.

My idea is that I hook up a dvd player to my loop detector and then play the audio in the bay.  Like the GinSan GS-52 talking message center.  I think the GinSan cost $523.21.  But I could purchase 4 x $36 Wal-Mart dvd players (I already have one dvd player), 5 relays and 5 speakers for less then the price of one of the GinSan.

It sounds great in theory but I have not tried it yet.