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  1. 04-23-2009, 09:36 PM #1
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    Whatever Happened to the Good Old Days?

    I rememebr when PCB's were dangerous and were never labeled on a schematic. Com-Ed dealt with those. Oh, life was so simple>>>>>>

    Thermo-couple(pile)
    Fan Limit/Relay
    Fan Center ( if you were lucky enuf to have a/c)

    and that was IT!

    I remember when everyone had a liquid lunch!
    Do You think the Combo Drink " Boilermaker " was a "fluke"

    And it was usually after lunch when the a/c got charged after a quick purge...
    Vaccuum pump ?
    Oh the days of 30/30 that was a perfect charge. Air flow? Dry Bulb? Wet Bulb? SUPERHEAT ? we dont need no stinking Superheat !!!

    Sorry , just an older guy who probably quit using rolling papers just in Time.

    Thanks for your time! Mike
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    twist one up mike!
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    Days Gone by

    I quit, she wouldnt, we got divorced, go figure!

    thanks anyway! Heavy

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    You think anyone with less than 7 years in the industry knows how to wire a fan center?
    Beware of advice given by some guy on the Internet.
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    I still laugh sometimes , remembering my first opening , was like " what the hell are all these wires for.!

    How soon we forget!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Milk man View Post
    You think anyone with less than 7 years in the industry knows how to wire a fan center?
    Oh Oh! That could/would be me. 6 yrs this past April 4th.
    Define fan center! Application? But I bet I could figure it out with a schematic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrubin1261 View Post
    I still laugh sometimes , remembering my first opening , was like " what the hell are all these wires for.!

    How soon we forget!
    LOL.. I say that on zone control boards! But really say it on opening an OLD style RUUD air handler. relays relays everywhere....
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    Cool

    along your defination lines " FAN CENTER " : the round thing that connects the blades in the center of the fan , LOL sorry!
    Mike
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrubin1261 View Post
    along your defination lines " FAN CENTER " : the round thing that connects the blades in the center of the fan , LOL sorry!
    Mike
    LMAO.... see... I said you were making me laugh too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrubin1261 View Post
    along your defination lines " FAN CENTER " : the round thing that connects the blades in the center of the fan , LOL sorry!
    Mike
    ROFL
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrubin1261 View Post
    along your defination lines " FAN CENTER " : the round thing that connects the blades in the center of the fan , LOL sorry!
    Mike
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    Smile

    Wasnt that a NATE question?

    and why did I get it wrong?
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    Confused

    I thought a fan center was a place I could go to purchase hard to get blades ???
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    I now have enuf posts , Please Please Please.

    Badges? we dont need no stinking Badges?
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    No....
    You have to go to the Fan Board First, they will tell you where to go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrubin1261 View Post
    No....
    You have to go to the Fan Board First, they will tell you where to go.
    AFter you go to the fanfare! hehehe... see.. I can do it too!
    Yes you need a stinkin badges!
    Go... now... if you pass go you can collect..... um... unemployment?
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    I remember on my very first solo resi service call a few years ago; it was a no heat on a 1969 Singer electric furnace with a 1981 Bryant heat pump & NO schematics. Yikes! I've never seen so many wires & stuff packed in such a small place. I was really wondering whether or not I had made a wise career choice.
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    "These right here...these are the good ol' days." Carly Simon
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski View Post
    Oh Oh! That could/would be me. 6 yrs this past April 4th.
    Define fan center! Application? But I bet I could figure it out with a schematic.
    Old furnaces used a mechanical temperature sensor to turn on the fan. there were no relays and no circuit boards. If you wanted to add A/C you needed a Fan Control Center to make the fan come on in cooling. Most old furnaces had their transformers mounted on a 1900 box plate. You simply removed the plate, and installed a Fan Center, which was a new cover plate with a transformer and a relay. you hooked the fan to the high voltage terminals on the relay, and your t-stat and condenser to the low voltage terminals. Now you have an A/C capable furnace.
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