I'm using these in the Mecs now
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I never tried Nichrome before, don't know why?
These have a real good surface area & they heat up Fast!
Seems to me they are pretty good on the battery to
In my Squeezer, I can get 10mils out of a fully charged Ijoy 21700 battery
The bottle has become my battery gauge
I can't say enough about how much I like the Squeezer
Last week on GB they had the Red one on sale for $19.10, now I have a Red & a Black one
On the VLS I use a pair of vert 26/36 5 wrap 316L clappies on 3mm. 0.14 ohms cold and 0.17 ohms hot. Works good on mechs with afc wide open. I wasn't too sure about using rayon with the VLS in vert mode because you really can't thin the tails but it wicks fine and the flavor is up there with some of my top flavor attys.
Hey all, just got back from a trip to Hawaii and my sister's wedding, we decided to take some time off & stay as long as we could... I'm now sick of Hawaii & never want to go back, lol... I did took about a month long break from vaping due to my doctor's request but again my health issues didn't really get any better (the major problems at least). My head does feel clearer though and some little niggling concerns went away, the biggest of which is an increase in energy, like before... then again (just Ike before) imo I knew eventually I'd weigh the good against the bad & so I decided vape again, lol. Idk if I'll ever quit for good but it does me some good to take breaks every now & then, if only to figure out what it's doing to me health-wise, vs the 6 or so years I went before ever taking a break.
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Just looking for a bit of internet advice. My 2001 car is no longer blowing cold air out when I turn on the AC. It was working earlier this spring. I can get at both connectors to refill. After 18 years should I get my mechanic to check for leaks, or just do a refill? 
Just looking for a bit of internet advice. My 2001 car is no longer blowing cold air out when I turn on the AC. It was working earlier this spring. I can get at both connectors to refill. After 18 years should I get my mechanic to check for leaks, or just do a refill?
Buy the refill kit
. But! Put the die in so if it does leak out you can tell we’re its comming out
Just looking for a bit of internet advice. My 2001 car is no longer blowing cold air out when I turn on the AC. It was working earlier this spring. I can get at both connectors to refill. After 18 years should I get my mechanic to check for leaks, or just do a refill?
First, you only fill on the low pressure side, the cans of freon they sell with the connector and gauge attached will only fit on the low side so it's pretty much fool proof as far as connecting to the right port, like this one https://www.walmart.com/ip/A-C-Pro-Professional-Formula-Refrigerant-20-oz-California/36158903
It's not uncommon for some cars, more so with some brands like GM, for the system to leak a little over time and need to be topped off. Older GM cars (1998 and older for sure) may leak 12 ounces a year and that is between 1/4 to 1/3 of the total the system holds, that's enough to effect how well it preforms. Both my Jeep and the wife's Buick needs a 12 oz can every year to keep up to good cool air.
First thing I would suggest is start the engine, roll down the front windows and turn the AC on full cold, max blower fan speed and look to see if the compressor clutch is engaged and spinning, if it is then likely it's just low on freon. The clutch won't turn on if the pressure in the system is too low, if it engages then it has enough to work, just not enough to get good and cold. Understand that the clutch will cycle, engage and disengage as the system is running, that normal so you may have to watch it for a few minuets. As the AC runs pressure will climb on the high side of the system, when it gets high enough a high pressure switch will kick the clutch off to keep the pressure from rising too high, then as the pressure drops the clutch will kick back on. It would be easier to have a helper sit in the car and turn the AC on while you watch the compressor clutch, when first turned on the clutch should engage. Below is a video showing a AC clutch kicking on and off, the very front plate will start spinning when the clutch in engaged.
When you go to add some freon you have to watch the gauge on the can and make sure you don't over fill the system, you want to stay in the green or safe zone on the gauge. There will be instructions with the can-hose-gauge combo to follow and there are plenty of youtube videos showing how to do it. It's pretty simple and easy once you've done it a couple times and you can save a lot of money doing it yourself but you do want to make sure you understand the basics and don't overfill, you can always bleed off a little if need be, just don't let the Fed's know your releasing freon into the air LoL.
If your unsure, best to have it checked and serviced at a shop, if it needs more then 24 oz of freon then it needs to be checked for leaks and you've likely lost some oil from the system and that needs to be replaced along with the freon. There is special oil for the system, it needs a certain amount to keep the compressor lubricated otherwise the compressor will chew it's self up. There again, you can overfill the oil also so make sure your careful.
Last, remember, on a 100 deg day your not going to get 60 deg out of the vents, it can only cool down around 20 deg from what the outside temp is and at idle it won't get that cold, bring the RPM's up to check how cold it get's. To check top performance turn the AC on to blow only to the vents, put a meat thermometer in the vent and see how far it drops with the RPM's up and after a min or so, compare that to the outside temp.
Here's that video on checking the clutch.
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Well the politics suck and the cost of living is outrageous, but other than that, what's not to like?
Yeah, I hung up my wrenches in the late 90's, I'm sure a lot of stuff has changed since then, strike that, I KNOW a lot of stuff has changed since!
On a modern car, the first thing you do is plug in a scan tool to see what the pressure in the system is, and whether it changes at all. Doing that is actually easier than connecting gauges.Yeah, I hung up my wrenches in the late 90's, I'm sure a lot of stuff has changed since then, strike that, I KNOW a lot of stuff has changed since!
Yeah, I guess if you already have a scanner that will read more then codes and a car with a computer that monitors AC pressure's. I'm old school, I have gauges and use a Fluke with wiring diagrams for checking inputs and outputs, that's the way I learned, old habits are hard to break. Using a meter lets me wiggle wires and connectors to find interment problems while I'm at it, you'll end up using a meter before your done most of the time anyways, unless you just want to throw parts at it until you find one that fixes the problem.
I hear now they plug the computer data links into a off site network, someone at a desk somewhere reads the data and tells the "mechanic" what to check next, we used service manuals and diagnosed them ourselves.
I hear now they plug the computer data links into a off site network, someone at a desk somewhere reads the data and tells the "mechanic" what to check next, we used service manuals and diagnosed them ourselves.
This is a first for me, this summer I started seeing some of the Amish going by hauling a trailer with a hand made wooden canoe heading down to the river that runs through the village. Now we see them often, three buggies went by today hauling a canoe, the trailers look special made just for the canoe's, just a frame with wagon wheels, no flooring of any kind. We've always had a lot of people use the river for canoeing, you can travel twenty some miles from a town north of here all the way down to a town south of us but I've never heard of the Amish canoeing before, they've been here about six years now it's the first year I've seen them take to the river, it's funny to see go by hauling them. I think it's great they are taking advantage the resource and enjoying the river, I'm sure a LOT of time has gone into making the canoe's and trailer's, the canoe's are impressive, very nicely made.
Thanks for the help guys on the AC. It's a 2001 BMW Z3, and it's so hot up here, with the top down wifey's complaining. I'll see if I can find that clutch. You should see the gyrations just to reset the Oil monitor when we do regular (yearly) oil changes. Lift a cap in the engine bay, and short some pins. PITA.
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