Thursday, May 31, 2012
NJIT Nabs 15th
The Built Not Bought controversy will be talked about for a few years after this one...but NJIT did put together a solid performance regardless.
http://www.njit.edu/news/2012/2012-209.php
http://www.njit.edu/news/2012/2012-209.php
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Idromat pump maintenance
I blogged about this Idromat pump earlier saying that it is an useless pump.
I am determined to fix the problem as I believe that the problem could be quite easy to fix.
I dismantled the pump the other day after finding the motor to have jammed up. This can be tested easily by using a screw driver, pop it through a hole (end of motor and a fan is visible through the grill) on the left side of this picture.
The biggest challenge is to remove the three screws as shown above. Honestly I failed to remove them. So I brought it to my mechanic for help. It seems so easy for him!
After removing the cap, I rotated the motor pump mechanism and found that the motor is not stuck. So a faulty bearing is immediately ruled out.
Then I realised that the cap is full of dirt sticking onto the cap. So, I used the screw driver to scrap off all the dirt, put the cap back and found that the motor now has free movement! I connect it to the power and bingo, the pump is now perfect again.
I found that copper or brass is used for the construction of this pump. This is very good.
To test for the capacitor fault, just power on and check whether the motor attempt to move. If nothing happening, it is high chance that the capacitor is faulty.
I am determined to fix the problem as I believe that the problem could be quite easy to fix.
I dismantled the pump the other day after finding the motor to have jammed up. This can be tested easily by using a screw driver, pop it through a hole (end of motor and a fan is visible through the grill) on the left side of this picture.
Then I realised that the cap is full of dirt sticking onto the cap. So, I used the screw driver to scrap off all the dirt, put the cap back and found that the motor now has free movement! I connect it to the power and bingo, the pump is now perfect again.
I found that copper or brass is used for the construction of this pump. This is very good.
To test for the capacitor fault, just power on and check whether the motor attempt to move. If nothing happening, it is high chance that the capacitor is faulty.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Mr Miri 2012
I have posted some of the photos taken during the Mr Miri competition on Sunday (27 May) at Boulevard Megamall.
Please click here to see the photos.
If you are interested to print or order any photos, please do let me know. If you are from outstations, I can mail your order to you.
Please click here to see the photos.
2013 Designs
It is going to be interesting to see where Bart and Co. go with the 2013 Design Set. in 2009 there were deep undertrusses...in 2010 there were stacks with offset decking supports from the piers and gnarly angled undertrusses...in 2011 there were slightly more shallow undertrusses...in 2012 there were straight up stacks with mini-undertruss options for and extra couple of inches of depth and there were some radically offset overtrusses. We could be back at single beams, or we could be at shallow overtrusses with big offsets. It's going to be challenging I think...perhaps a large shift in design dynamics.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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