The Peckish Synapse

[customboss]

19 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

Valvoline Daily Protection Mineral SAE 30 100 C viscosity, 10.3 cSt. 100 C HS viscosity 10.3 cSt (ASTM D6616)

Warren Oil (COSTCO) Full Synthetic 5W30 100 C viscosity 10.9 cSt 100 C HS viscosity 8.1 cSt @ .84 SG or 6.9 cP

Multigrade exhibits a 27% viscosity loss. Temporary shear down to SAE 20. 

I've shown the receipts before. Entire data sheets for both oils. Not posting them again. 

 

A shelf Synthetic 5W40 under ASTM D6616 conditions would, for most shelf oils, act as an SAE 30 at temperature and imposed shear levels of towing. Your brother skins the cat to the same end as I, just a different way. Bully for him! 

I’m looking at best in class straight 30 for my “new” 1974 IH D200 4x4 345 V8 that has gears instead a timing chain and 61,500 original miles. Currently running Amsoil signature series 10w-30 but I need to stop some leaks. 
Conklin Convoy 30 

Schaeffer 30 

Valvoline VR1 30 syn or conventional 

Valvoline Daily Protection 30 

Any other suggestions? 
 

[txab]

So the M1 A1 Abrams tank is running good these days?

[customboss]

3 hours ago, txab said:

So the M1 A1 Abrams tank is running good these days?

Always has run like a turbine powered tank.  I just can't drive it since left leg is not allowed to clutch yet......

 

Edited October 26, 2025 by customboss

[Grumpy Bear]

Can you imagine the beginning of time? Perhaps the end of time is easier? No? That's an exercise in logic. 

 

Referee tosses a coin, a quarter, you've never seen. It comes up tails. Does it have a date on the obverse side? That's an exercise in reason. 

 

Science is a process that leads to a conclusion that at best proclaims our best CURRENT understanding. Some of those have lasted for seconds. Some have lasted for hundreds of years. Science is NOT the conclusion. Just the process. 

 

Facts are the conclusions of science, logic and reason we can not seem to poke a hole in. Everything else is in a state of flux. Theory. It's called the Theory of Evolution, for a reason and yet taught as a FACT. And example of how theory gets used to promote an idea the facts do not support. 

 

So I'm a bit stunned that a guy who prides himself in the practice of science finds it odd that at times we can reject what the process points to but has not yet lasted long enough to be considered a fact. Or has proven to be in flux over decades so as to not have reached a conclusion we may rightly call a fact.  

 

I'm amused that a fellow such as this does not seem to understand the methods of marketing for twisting facts to suit an end to which he has been a partner to himself. Eagerly or unwittingly it makes no difference. It is a yardstick he chooses to condemn others with. Only perfection can judge imperfection. 

 

Imagine for a moment being confronted with a job that demands a conclusion the facts do not support for whatever reason there may be. Greed, politics, notoriety...whatever that case may be some fabrication of facts, twisting, cherry picking while posing as science will be demanded of that fellow if his end is to be met.

 

Knowing I have him "Ignored" and am unlikely to see those words, he is emboldened to speak as if he knows me. There is some character. Some first rate moral backbone. Coward. 

 

Reason, logic and yes science that is unadulterated are my tools and yes, that means I will reject things that are pretending to be science that are not or that are that have not reached a reasonably mature conclusion. 

 

Science has been studying ZDP for about 100 years. Late 1930's and in the 1950's it became prevalent in commercial use. To this day science is unsure of how it works, why it works and all the factors influencing its effectiveness. Initially it wasn't even used as an anti-wear additive. That was OBSERVED and not a part of the scientific study. Most of what we know that makes it useful is by applied observation much like poking a frog in the butt with a stick and watching it jump and reaching the conclusion that a poke in the butt makes frogs jump. Science has provided useful relationships that permit manipulation of it without actually knowing it. I don't need to know the deepest innerworkings of a landmine to appreciate someone telling me where they are in the field so that I may benefit from that knowledge. 

 

I am not bitter with former bosses. I am beholding to them. That they recognized my ability provided me with opportunities in my field denied those with higher paper credentials and less ability to execute what they knew. One of many lies told about me.   

Edited October 27, 2025 by Grumpy Bear

[customboss]

9 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Knowing I have him "Ignored" and am unlikely to see those words, he is emboldened to speak as if he knows me. There is some character. Some first rate moral backbone. Coward.

You IGNORE me and I am a coward?  Struck a cord there eh?  Awe that hurts.  Not from a conscientious objector like you. Who's the coward? 
 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2025 by customboss

[Atlas]

[jwhjr]

23 minutes ago, customboss said:

You IGNORE me and I am a coward?  Struck a cord there eh?  Awe that hurts.  Not from a conscientious objector like you. Who's the coward? 
 

 

 

As usual his word count is lengthy, but doesn't actually say anything.

[Atlas]

In other news, power has not yet been restored. Not that it would matter...still need to have our main panel assessed. Will be working on that as soon as business hours start here this morning. The gas generator will need to come out of service this afternoon for maintenance. I don't want to run it over about 50 hours without an oil change. Last year we went a little over 75 and the oil was extremely dirty. That's the longest we've ever run it. It's 20 years old and only has about 260 hours on it.

 

Chargepoint is sending us a new EV charger, no cost. Surprisingly, it is still under full warranty after 2 years. They agreed that was unusual behavior. We had to send them detailed pictures of the install. It all checks out. Thumbs up for good warranty coverage AND support on a Sunday.

[KARNUT]

21 minutes ago, Atlas said:

In other news, power has not yet been restored. Not that it would matter...still need to have our main panel assessed. Will be working on that as soon as business hours start here this morning. The gas generator will need to come out of service this afternoon for maintenance. I don't want to run it over about 50 hours without an oil change. Last year we went a little over 75 and the oil was extremely dirty. That's the longest we've ever run it. It's 20 years old and only has about 260 hours on it.

 

Chargepoint is sending us a new EV charger, no cost. Surprisingly, it is still under full warranty after 2 years. They agreed that was unusual behavior. We had to send them detailed pictures of the install. It all checks out. Thumbs up for good warranty coverage AND support on a Sunday.

I run my generator one hour every other month. I have a detached garage, it’s next to our outside freezer so I plug that in. I made an exhaust pipe extension to run outside the garage. I have a 50ft plug the electric company made that plugs into my electric panel. It has a manual switch that only works if I turn off the feed from the road. They all have fancy names I forgot. I needed one time for ten hours during a hurricane. So it’s run more as practice than actual needed. It will run almost everything some not all at once. Most of my family have whole home generators. My setup costs about a third of their setup. If my generator fails I have many outlets to replace the unit in a matter of hours . My mother’s whole home went down. It took 3 days for service. So much for frozen foods. I run two freezers. If my garage was attached I would have built a little cover for the generator. 

Edited October 27, 2025 by KARNUT

[customboss]

18 minutes ago, Atlas said:

In other news, power has not yet been restored. Not that it would matter...still need to have our main panel assessed. Will be working on that as soon as business hours start here this morning. The gas generator will need to come out of service this afternoon for maintenance. I don't want to run it over about 50 hours without an oil change. Last year we went a little over 75 and the oil was extremely dirty. That's the longest we've ever run it. It's 20 years old and only has about 260 hours on it.

 

Chargepoint is sending us a new EV charger, no cost. Surprisingly, it is still under full warranty after 2 years. They agreed that was unusual behavior. We had to send them detailed pictures of the install. It all checks out. Thumbs up for good warranty coverage AND support on a Sunday.

Win win and if broad based outage with trees it might take a bit.   We burned here in Forbes Park CO in 2018 when a drunk mentally defective immigrant from Denmark had wind move his illegal trash burning and literally ruined one of the most pristine 15,000 acres in southern CO.  Spring Fire, look it up.  We now have dead trees falling all over the place especially when wind picks up to 80 mph+ which at 9000'-11000' msl not unusual. Takes power lines out quick.  

[KARNUT]

3 minutes ago, customboss said:

Win win and if broad based outage with trees it might take a bit.   We burned here in Forbes Park CO in 2018 when a drunk mentally defective immigrant from Denmark had wind move his illegal trash burning and literally ruined one of the most pristine 15,000 acres in southern CO.  Spring Fire, look it up.  We now have dead trees falling all over the place especially when wind picks up to 80 mph+ which at 9000'-11000' msl not unusual. Takes power lines out quick.  

Interesting. We call those snags. When we cleared transmission and service lines. We had to remove those. Our local co-op is always out looking for potential hazards to power lines. 

[diyer2]

I remember that fire custom, so sad. 

[customboss]

2 minutes ago, diyer2 said:

I remember that fire custom, so sad. 

We tried to deport him to Denmark and they refused him....LOL  So he's back hiding out around here.  

[customboss]

Kinda like us here. We NEVER LIFT. 

[Grumpy Bear]

1 Order of magnitude (Nitration)

 

The Boss claims that each integer is one order of magnitude greater than the last. i.e. 11 is one order greater than 10 and 12 is one order greater than 11. Thus 12 is two orders more than 10. Each 10 times greater than the preceding value. 

 

Problem. An order of magnitude isn't defined like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_magnitude

 

So if I start with a base background of 8 abs/0.1mm one order of magnitude is any number between 0.8 and 80 abs. The range of two orders of magnitude for a value of 8 is from 0.8 to 800. This means that 8 is within a factor of 10 from both 0.8 (10^0) and 800 (10^2). Ergo 20 isn't an order greater, its a value within one order as is 80. 2 orders would fall between 81 and 800 before a distinction could even be made between 1 and 2 orders. 

 

Background matters. Oil type matters and they differ. 

https://precisionlubrication.com/articles/detecting-oxidation-and-nitration/

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2025 by Grumpy Bear