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  • doctoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
    2•2 months ago

    The induction fan induces air to move out the exhaust before the combustion starts, so exhaust gas is ensured to exit the right direction.

    If the furnace thinks the induction motor isn’t running or there isn’t a slight vacuum in the chamber right before the induction fan then it won’t light for safety reasons.

    I’m my case it was a loose wire on the pressure sensor. Cost me a couple hours to figure out and a paper clip to fix. Been fine for 3 years since now.

  • doctoPolitics@beehaw.org•Alaska’s ranked choice repeal measure fails by 664 votes
    6•4 months ago

    Ah, thanks for finding the facts. So the first election had a surprise result. It worked exactly as designed, and either people didn’t understand that could happen or they’ve since been convinced it was contrary to what they wanted.

    Given the whole goal of RCV is that outcomes are satisfying to the largest number of people you’d think this result wouldn’t have had a backlash like what we’ve seen.

    I’d bet the losing party was behind the measure, and I’m somewhat happy to see it fail. I hope that means the majority of people were in fact satisfied.

  • doctoPolitics@beehaw.org•Alaska’s ranked choice repeal measure fails by 664 votes
    13•4 months ago

    If I remember correctly one of the first major elections using RCV resulted in the person who overall got the most first choice picks losing the person who overall get the most second and third choice pics. So it worked as designed in that the winner was the person with over 50% of the vote, but it really upset all the people who had supported the person who would have won under the previous first past the post system.

  • doctoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are the inside parts of toilets universal?
    6•4 months ago

    @MajorHavoc has it covered. It’s the flush valve that varies most. Most common is the flapper design, but some brands use plastic towers.

    Fill valves are almost universally interchangable. Your variables there will be age and interference. You’d have to go back to basically antiques before things become incompatible. As for interference, units with the big float on the end of a rod may not fit in a tank that uses a tall flush valve. They make more compact styles for those situations.

    All that bring said… What are you trying to fix? The flush and fill valves are by far the most common maintenance items, but if neither of those things are the issue then you’re going to run into proprietary parts fast.

  • doctoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone use in-sink garbage disposals anymore?
    -2•4 months ago

    I can take it or leave it. I rarely turn it on, and only if its draining slowly. I do not use it purposely for food waste, and honestly don’t know why anyone would.

    I’ve had to clean out some nasty clogged pipes before that handled sink waste. Maybe if everyone saw what kind of lovely buildup accumulates nobody would use these things.

    Edit: nothing like “someone is wrong on the Internet” brings all the boys to the yard. I’ll stand by my statement because I’m the one who personally snaked over 5 gallons of congealed sludge from the waste pipe in my tiny crawlspace. I didn’t live there long enough and use the disposal enough to explain it, and it wouldn’t have happened if there was no disposal to add that much solid matter over the years. So I personally don’t care if I have one or not since I do the maintenance for free, but I’ll continue to question why they’re even a thing.