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First exam on the chiller course done and I passed, maybe 15 more to go and I'll have my 800+ certificate ready. The instructor who interviewed me said it was state monies so after I finish this one just apply for more scholarships and learn all I can. As long as I don't burn out I can prob do 1 a month and level up

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I get it, if it wasn't for work obligations I'd prob will get there, been working with old white people fixing things so I do get some more snide remarks from under their breath. I'm gonna out live all of them but I know a new crop of weird old white people are always gonna come up.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    It's possible the real luxury of video games is just the time to play them and that includes the time to buy into the gameplay/story to get hooked. Games have gone to shit yes especially the big ones but fuck me responsibilities mean I can't just sit down and enjoy things without giving something else up in return. That being said I am gonna play Journey with my gf but it's more because I want to spend time with her doing something together and this game had a magic to it that I wanna experience with her.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Chillers are fun but break the fiction of sneaking in the vents for so much of fiction, it's like nah you're gonna want water vs air to cool down huge buildings it's just more efficient

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Meeting white people that "love" the kind of minority you are is so shatter, it's like I wanna yell at you but all I can do is cringe internally because you know work and all. All I can do is persist because I know I'm gonna be on this earth longer

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    I got a course going for chiller mechanic going, doing my best if the job I'm at ever implodes though with talk of promotion it's probably not gonna happen. Still got more plc classes this month every little thing I can do to get skills and get a better job I'll do and I can't lie the learning is fun too. Exercise I should get back to the gym prob this saturday coming or even try the gym after work just gonna be a commitment

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago

    There's a chance I'm up for a promotion at work if only because there's no one above me in my department, it's like cool but idk if I'm ready... I've been hitting it out the park but it feels like a lot for what was supposed to be a job to tide me over until I could try getting into a local union. For better or worse I know the union booming rn because of data centers, I've even gotten a scholarship for a course in chiller maintenance/repair. I told the people at work I'll think about it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago

    The amount of switches I've seen btfo is 2 but why and I came to the conclusion it prob had to do with resistance, neither ever looped around the terminals so idk if they were just inserted in and hoped for the best. Possible the insulation was getting in the way and heating up the wire and breaking the switch. Idk stuff I think about since I work alone all day

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    Alright gotta do this before I head out, transformers I mostly know them to do one thing and that's changing voltage. You either have step up or what I've learned them for mostly in HVAC as step down as in changing 240 volts to 24 volts. There's not much you really do to fix them if they aren't working just make sure the wires coming in are actually secured on it and the lines out also. If it ain't working you replace it with an OEM and move on but I done some digging into how they work. As shown in the image you got windings shown primary and secondary and how the voltage change depend on the ratio of windings you got and the voltage coming in. Something something Faradays of induction and you got EMF, look I'm not gonna pretend I fully understand it all yet but I'm trying. I know this component is real important since while the main things in HVAC require 240 volts a lot of safe guards and other components need just 24 volt to get working such as contactors and switches to get the power through. Anyway keep looking out on this mega as I add more through out the week as I try to educate myself on it by reading.


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