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skyking

skyking

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Nov 21, 2001
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That's not how my mini split is set up I have an outside disconnect you pull the block in there and it kills everything.
I never figured the op was one of those guys. You know the guy that can't just leave something alone.
I had one on the dam job, I called him fireman Jim. he did happen to be a paramedic but he was a carpenter by trade. My super fancy 966 c loader had every Bell and whistle on it, including a fire suppression bottle mounted near the ladder. One day he came up and just pushed the freaking thing. the old 66s you had to pull up on the throttle pedal to kill them, and I did that promptly as the engine compartment filled with CO2 powder. Thanks a lot fireman Jim.
 
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Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

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skyking said:
That's not how my mini split is set up I have an outside disconnect you pull the block in there and it kills everything.
I never figured the op was one of those guys. You know the guy that can't just leave something alone.
I had one on the dam job, I called him fireman Jim. he did happen to be a paramedic but he was a carpenter by trade. My super fancy 966 c loader had every Bell and whistle on it, including a fire suppression bottle mounted near the ladder. One day he came up and just pushed the freaking thing. the old 66s you had to pull up on the throttle pedal to kill them, and I did that promptly as the engine compartment filled with CO2 powder. Thanks a lot fireman Jim.
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The outside disconnect kills everything....yes. That's been code for a long time. I think the inside switch for the control unit is relatively new code for those. Not every place may have adopted the code, but I'm sure it's more to protect HVAC guys working on the unit that anyone else. Everyone scratches their heads at some of those.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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I tend to disconnect my AC for winter just to prevent accidentally turning it on somehow. There's a disconnect outside and also the actual breaker inside. The furnace is on a separate breaker, if I was to turn AC on it would just run the blower fan but nothing else. Not sure what happens if furnace breaker is off and AC is not and then I try to run the AC though... I think it would not turn on since the furnace being off would not be calling for cooling. Ex: the relay would not turn on without any power to the board.

I've also heard of having a disconnect for the furnace near an exit, that way if there is a fire you turn it off to stop air from circulating around. I don't know if this is a code or just a suggestion though. My furnace disconnect is right next to the furnace, I wanted to move it and never got around to it. Really what I need to do is get some smoke detectors that link together and activate a relay, then I can have a bunch of things happen if a fire is detected, such as turning off hvac, alerting me on my phone etc.
 
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Exterous

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This was on the interior wall between the bedroom and bathroom sink. The sink area was separate from the shower toilet room so different walls there. The wall mounted heat/ac was across the room and controlled at the unit. I asked at checkout if the person knew what it was and they didn't.
 
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highland145

highland145

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Oct 12, 2009
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Exterous said:
What does this mean? Is it some old people slang or something?
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You obviously were never a boy scout or you would have been prepared and brought a screw driver. But, surely, you had a coin and could have taken it off.
 
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Exterous

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highland145 said:
You obviously were never a boy scout or you would have been prepared and brought a screw driver. But, surely, you had a coin and could have taken it off.
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Hey now - I had a corkscrew, bottle opener, bottle cap, sommelier knife, all kinds of alcohol related ways to open it.
 
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Muse

Muse

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Red Squirrel said:
On your last day there you should turn it off and put the cover back. Hang out by the lobby see if you can overhear staff talking about something that stopped working. :D

When I worked at the hospital there was a little blue button on a face plate on the wall. Nobody knew what it did but I was always curious. I told myself that on my last day there I would push it. I chickened out and never did it though.

It may have possibly been to call a code blue, but it's odd something like that would not be labeled. There was a FM200 system in there but it had a fairly large mushroom button that was quite clear into what it did.
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You should have asked facilities management!!!!!!
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

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Muse said:
You should have asked facilities management!!!!!!
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I know, to this day it bugs me not knowing what it did! lol.

Actually when they installed a new Eaton UPS there was a panel installed in the IT room and there was a "horn" button that we always wondered what it did as well. Until a student pushing a cart accidentally rammed the cart into the button and pressed it. The button was to test the lights and buzzer of the panel so the whole thing lit up like a Christmas tree and started to beep loudly and it scared the crap out of him, it was hilarious.
 
JTsyo

JTsyo

Lifer
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When we were kids my cousin moved to a new house. In the master bedroom there was an unknown button. My brother got dared into pushing it. It was a panic button and a loud alarm started going off. The connection to the police was cut so they didn't show up but it was a half hour before my uncle figured out how to turn it off.
 
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pmv

Lifer
May 30, 2008
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Perhaps it's like the one in Hitchikers Guide?

“Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button?
Ford Prefect: I wouldn't-
Arthur Dent: Oh.
Ford Prefect: What happened?
Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.”
 
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