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I worked with a telecom provider's data center that ended up having a quad redundant diesel generator failure during the first cold snap that took the Texas grid offline a few years back. They had at three fuel supplies gel and then failed to start. The fourth, as I remember, just didn't try to fire.

Not a manual in particular, but this is the Bob Ross of small engine repairs' channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_GXW2Y56hOpGchXYNqZOQ


No idea if it's "authorized" or not but https://www.realoem.com has an electronic parts catalogs that seems to cover all of their models.


Yeah I wonder how they created/sourced that info


INPA, ISTA, TIS, ETK, E-Sys are factory software from BMW.


i looked into this a little bit - you’ll notice on realoem the catalogue is only 2019. I think this is also around the time BMW made the TIS system update and also knocked off newtis. ETK is the name of the parts catalogue pricing data iirc. I have the db, uses transbase.


Good observation. I'd not really looked at it since we sold my wife's mini, which has been several years. The catalog was invaluable for all the work I had to do to keep it running.


Giving me ZPM Espresso heeby geebies, but more money. Maybe inflation happens on scams too.

All the images look to be animation which is a warning sign for me.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpmespresso/pid-control...


I say "click" when I need to hit the right torque setting.


No floor drains are required in commercial ICC code, but they're a really good idea.

https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IPC2021P3/chapter-4-fixtur...


Often I see these mixed up:

Damping is restraining oscillation.

Dampening is making something wet.


In German, "dämpfen" means all of the above, and also "cooking in hot steam" :)


Dampening is also restraining.


Since Setec Astronomy closed operation, we've been okay.


The below linked video is about a fraudulent attempt by Victor Ninov to claim success at making 116 and 118, but explains the experiments, I think, quite well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8


This used to be the Sears Kenmore & Craftsman model where appliances were really Whirlpool, or Maytag, Carrier{1}.

Hand tools variously came from many OEMs like SK, Plumb, Knipex, and Williams{2}. I suppose they still do, now at Lowes, but the OEM is Chinese.

{1}https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/How_to_identify_who_made_your_Ke...

{2}https://forum.toolsinaction.com/topic/2118-craftsman-date-co...


The big thing with Sears Craftsman (formerly), and Costco (currently) is that the company will back the product.

If I want to return a product to Costco, I have really strong confidence that they will take it back.


I've seen people drop off stained mattresses at Costco for return.


TBF to Amazon they take all my shit back on the reg


Amazon will accept returns, but not like Costco will or sears did.

Sears would exchange any broken craftsman tool for a new one even decades after purchase. Costco is much the same. Used, year old stuff with missing parts will gladly be refunded in full.


To be fair to Costco you have to understand that the way they do that is they just send the item back to the vendor and deduct it from the next purchase. The vendors only option is to not sell stuff to Costco anymore.


Which provides an incentive to the manufacturer to produce at least decent quality products.


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