Days as a hanger rat

Bob Noel wrote:
A LOT of bench space and pegboard for hanging tools. One curious thing about
my hangar. I have an overhead light. When I raise the door, it vibrates the
hangar and the light goes OUT!!! It comes on by itself later on. It is not
an incadescent light, but it is not a long tube flourescent either. Looks
more like a streetlight. Why would it do this?

Bob,

I was an electrician in a former life. The symptom you note is usually
caused by a bad bulb, though it can be caused by a bad ballast /
capacitor as well.

A word of advice -- it would be wise to replace the bulb sooner rather
than later, or it may damage the ballast. If that happens on an
interior fixture less than 400W output and you need to pay someone to
replace it, it's generally cheaper to replace the entire fixture.

And while I'm on the subject, this applies to fluorescent strip fixtures
as well. If you have those and notice dark black rings at the ends of
the tubes, they are at end-of-life and should be replaced (that is to
say, before they go dim), or the ballasts will overheat and eventually fail.

-Doug

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Doug Vetter, CFIMEIA

http://www.dvcfi.com
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Blanche wrote:

Which is why I can no longer work as a bartender. If I'm anyplace with
smoking, the clothes immediately go into the washer (even if I don't
turn it on) and I head for the shower no matter how tired I am.

Reminds me of a Friday night bowling league I was in years ago. I'd
wear an old jacket and when I got home, everything in the wash and I
went through the shower.

My mother
smoked until the last 6 weeks of her life, so I've been around it
forever.

Mine too...though the timeframe from lung cancer diagnosis until she
passed away was longer. What I found really amazing was that she quit
absolutely cold turkey immediately after she was diagnosed.
Unfortunately, 30+ years of smoking had taken it's toll

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Jesus Murphy, where do you put the airplane?

Jim



"Bob Noel" wrote in message
...

fyi - here is a (poorly formatted) list of the stuff recommended for
hangars
from the collective wisdom of rec.aviation folks.


First Aid Kit --
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

In article ,
"RST Engineering" wrote:

Jesus Murphy, where do you put the airplane?

lol - this was a list of things people suggested when I posted
a request for suggestions. I merely strung the posts together.
While my hangar is big enough for a light twin, I don't have
all that stuff.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

In article ,
"nttp.ca.inter.net" wrote:

A LOT of bench space and pegboard for hanging tools. One curious thing
about
my hangar. I have an overhead light. When I raise the door, it vibrates the
hangar and the light goes OUT!!! It comes on by itself later on. It is not
an incadescent light, but it is not a long tube flourescent either. Looks
more like a streetlight. Why would it do this?

Bob,

Based on the info you provided ... here's my wild guess: you might have a
mercury vapor or metal halide lamp.

actually, that contribution to the list was made by
Doug (I think).

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

On 8-May-2005, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary
married me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)


And if health and social concerns don't convince you, consider that quitting
a 2 pack a day habit will save maybe half the cost of buying, maintaining,
and flying a basic airplane.

--
-Elliott Drucker

Phyllis Diller once commented that she was really into the Cub Scout thing
with her kid and was active in all the groups. She said she gave it up when
she got to two packs a day.

{;-)

Jim



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On 8-May-2005, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary
married me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)


And if health and social concerns don't convince you, consider that
quitting
a 2 pack a day habit will save maybe half the cost of buying, maintaining,
and flying a basic airplane.

That's about the same time you started gaining weight, wasn't it?

Jay Honeck wrote:
I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary married
me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)

You can tell you're a hangar rat when you spend more time futzing around in
the hangar than you actually do flying.

Example: flew 1.1 hours today- spent four hours washing/waxing the plane
(still not done), emptying garbage cans, adjusted the gas powered tug,
played with the dog, tried to fly my son's RC plane on the ramp (not a great
idea when it nearly hit my plane), took a nap on a patio chair, got the wife
to help wax the plane (even on mother's day), and then came home.

It's kind of our summer home at the airport- wait until we start the Weber
up again, then it'll be even longer hours!

That's about the same time you started gaining weight, wasn't it?

I can't believe I ever smoked. More amazingly, I can't believe Mary
married me when I was a smoker! (Quit in '86, haven't had one since...)

Nah, when I quit smoking I started going to the gym every day. From '86 to
'88, I was in outstanding shape.

Then in '88 I started my first business...THAT is when I started gaining
weight.

Unless you're really aware of what's happening to you, working a zillion
hours per week is a slippery slope to eating fast foods, snacks, and not
exercising. It took until my third business for me to be aware of what I
was doing to myself.

Slow learner, I guess...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"