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EE2B

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  1. I renewed mine and got it back in about 8-10 weeks. The new one came in prior to the old one showing up. The process was pretty simple since you can print the form out, get a new picture and take all that shit to the post office and let them ship it off. She tried to tell me I needed an appointment, but once she finally understood I was renewing and had all my shit it was easy.

  2. On the breaker box, have you looked at the direction the main power supply and loads go? If you move the main panel very far, you may need to re-pull some circuits and possibly the power feed to it or look at installing some sort of junction box in the attic above where the panel is now, and pull wiring from the junction to the new panel location. Otherwise you would be looking at splicing the cables and I’ve seen too many of the damn things fail to begin to recommend that route.

  3. I’m not saying we want someone with dual degrees from Texas. I’m saying that we need someone who has an engineering degree that can speak the IT language and has a basic understanding. We work closely with both local IT resources and corporate IT, so being able to communicate with them makes life much simpler.

    On the pay, we’re talking about East Texas not Houston, Austin, or Dallas. Do a little research on the average salary for the position and you will see the salary I quoted is above the national average. In some cases well above.

  4. We are currently looking for a process control engineer if anyone is looking or knows of someone who is. The position will be responsible for:

    DCS (ABB 800xA)

    QCS (Valmet, Procemex)

    Virtual Environment experience (VMWare & ESxI)

    OSISoft System (PI/Processbook)

    Support production with troubleshooting process issues

     

    Prefer EE, but we can train the right person. Quite honestly in this setup you have to be some EE and CS.

     

    Who wants to work with me?!?!!

  5. Last garage sale we had we did it on a day she was working. The sale went so well I started pulling shit out of the house while she was at work and selling it. She still brings it up from time to time about she would never have another garage sell with me. Problem solved.

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  6. Being that this is a public board, I’ll keep it short and say that we could upgrade that position in a lot of ways. I’d roll the dice on a recent graduate that spent a year working here that proved he or she could do it with a lot of help getting up to speed. 

    Yea, I’m with you. If you have strong instrumentation and mechanical folks under them it could work. The tough part is finding a young engineer that can get the buy in of the “old folks” and get them to follow/work with him. Once they buy-in, you will be golden. It all hinges on finding that right person.

    I’ve got a manager now that wants to put an IT intern into a process control engineer position and I had to explain to him why it’s not a good idea. The kid is smart enough, he’s just not the right fit for that position.
  7. 14 months out before building a pool? What if the company goes out of business before then? Are all builders that far off?

    I live in a decent size town, but there are only 3-4 pool builders. I’ve had 2 at my house and can’t get a quote. I’ve heard not so good things about both so no loss. I’ve called a third builder four times and can’t get them to call me back. The fourth is out of town and has 88 pools already on the schedule. The designer took me to a pool in my neighborhood that they built when he was there last week. It was damn impressive and probably a 300k+ project.

    I would rather wait on someone who I can get to come out and be honest with me on where they are at schedule wise than one who won’t even send me a quote. It’s pretty damn frustrating to want to spend that much money and have someone who won’t do what they say they are going to do.
  8. When you say robot cleaning system I assume you mean like a Maytronics Dolphin.  If so that’s good.  You don’t want something that runs on a booster pump.
    Trade UV and Ozone system for a salt water generator.  Best decision you can make.

    The one I was most familiar with was the Polaris, but I’ll check out the Maytronics. He also mentioned built in vacuum ports in the floor of the pool, but I’m not sure how well they would work or if they would plug up.

    We talked about saltwater and he said they’ve been doing UV and ozone solely for the last 7 years. Honestly I’m not that familiar with it and have no experience with it.
  9. Ok, so it looks like we are moving forward with getting a design done. The builder is scheduling 14 months out, so it would be next November time frame before they could actually start. That sucks, but at least it proves they are busy unlike some of the locals here who could get started next week. Here is what he has in the list for the project, is there anything we’re fucking up on?

    Robot cleaning system
    LED lighting
    Flagstone/tile coping
    3’6” to 6’ total depth
    Pebble sheen interior for pool and spa
    UV & Ozone sanitation system
    AquaLink System
    Tanning ledge

    Anything we should add or change?
    Thanks.

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