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Walking through the thriving metropolis of Nauvoo, looking for a particular book on Adam-ondi-Ahman at the local bookstores, and I look up and see this:

Look closely.  That guy up there is an HVAC service tech.  He is replacing the condensing unit that is on the ground behind the Peters truck in front.  Note the yellow and gray refrigerant container on the roof.  He doesn't even have enough room for the container on that itty-bitty ledge he's perched on up there installing that unit.  I mean, really, seriously?  What a gosh awful place to work!  You can see how high that thing is up off the ground.  I used to do service work so I can really appreciate this but man oh man, what a place to hafta do service work?  Argh!  That really sucks!

Ok, moving on.  The other day we stopped at Culvers for lunch when we went for our dental appointment.  Thought this was interesting.

The burger is just a burger and not bad at that.  But, those little balls to the left?  Those are "curds" or deep fried cheese balls.  Kinda like mozzarella sticks but balls of mozzarella.  What will they think of next?

So, here is a project I am working on at the temple.  It is an electronic Honeywell combined modutrol/actuator for a variable air volume controller (VAV) for the stairwell outside one of the rooms in the stairwells.  It's got issues with the flow sensor and the indication on the PC screen.  It's kind of hard to get to and is even harder to work on.

The shaft is on the bottom, has the little two way arrows on it.

This is what I look at to see if something is functioning correctly then make adjustments to keep people comfortable.  

This particular one shows no airflow although we know it has plenty of airflow so I am trying to figure out why.  It's been a long serious of test and phone calls to the tech in Salt Lake to see what they can do to adjust the parameters.  We don't have the ability to make changes to some of the parameters.  We can change some of them but some of the input comes from the master schedule and that's set elsewhere.  It's kind of a learning curve here.  But, I am learning a lot.  I used to work on pneumatic controls so this is still controls, I just need to learn how to deal with electronic controls.  Same sort of thing different type of control format.  I hafta put on a different hat to make my poor head work right.  

Just one of the many things I do on a regular basis.  Last night I was refilling the glycol systems for the hot water, chilled water, and the heated walkways around the temple so we can nice, clear walkways come this winter.  Needs to have glycol in them so they don't freeze when the temp starts to plummet.  That's a few weeks away but coming, none the less.  Next week the forecast is for 90s.  So much for the good weather!