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[bamadude]

@chickadoodles
As much as I hate to be an astro nerd...residential AC current cant deliver half power. Its either on or off. Unless you have a dimmer

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Been there lived with it .... it goes away... I had Norway rats the size of a bedroom slipper. that was just the body..

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

@chickadoodles
As much as I hate to be an astro nerd...residential AC current cant deliver half power. Its either on or off. Unless you have a dimmer

Half power on the supply side kills the AC motor.... Had it happen to a refrigerator

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Thanks guys for the high 5's.
Im gonna whoop these cigarettes.

Go bamadude!

 

[chickadoodles]

@chickadoodles
As much as I hate to be an astro nerd...residential AC current cant deliver half power. Its either on or off. Unless you have a dimmer

Thanks Dude but now my outside AC unit is not coming on just the inside fan. So we also have to get a repair man out to figure out why the AC is not working either.

The AC unit is right outside the window from the back room the incubators were in. Go figure?

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Thanks Ron, I candled last night and had to get rid of 11 more eggs. Either blood ring or clears. I thought I heard one behind my freezer so now have some bait out and have traps set.
I will candle again in a week. I had moved both of the bators in the back room last monday and none have hatched since.

 

[vehve]

I had a similar electrical issue a few months back. Parts of the apartment were functioning normally, but in some spots we had no power. Here, the power comes to the house in three phases at 400V, and from the main switchboard it carries on as 220V AC for the outlets and lighting, and 400V tri-phase for some appliances like the stove, oven or sauna. The problem was that one of the three 25A fuses on the main line had blown, so everything was all messed up. Took me quite a while to figure it out.

 

[chickadoodles]

I know that the AC unit has it's own breakers outside but the wires do come into the house to the attic. I called my husband at work yesterday and told him the AC was not working. He had put new filters in it the day before when I told him it was not working. So it was not the filters after all. lol But we are worried about the cost of this. We have replace 4 appliances already this year! This is getting costly!

 

[Beer can]

Use a bucket trap so they don't get in the walls and stink.

Make sure you have enough water for the size of the rat, they take more to go swimming than mice.

 

[vehve]

@ronott1 If I remember correctly, you've been involved in organizing some basic backyard chicken keeping courses, haven't you? What do you feel are the most important things to bring up?

Karin is involved with a couple of locals in organizing a chicken keeping basics course, and she'll be holding a lecture on basic healthcare and illnesses. I think this thing will be pretty nice, there are already over 50 paying participants, and it's still two weeks until the event. There's going to be lectures for about 4-5 hours, lunch, and also a small market where producers can showcase their products and breeders can sell hatching eggs. Surprising how many people are interested in keeping chickens.