Heat

[super-bee_ski]

Hmm, lets see:
Friday 15 June Edwards AFB: 106
Saturday 16 June Edwards AFB: 108

But it's a dry heat....
Yeah, so isn't hell!

 

[Budnicks]

 

[ws23jrt]

I've worked a few jobs in hot places. Planning and prep are needed.
One was in a powerhouse (coal fired) that was operating. My task was in a place that was 165 degrees--(it was a dry heat). (Another was in 230 degrees but could only get two or three min. at a time in that one with a fresh air hood.)
In the 165 degree place we had ice vests and long sleeves with gloves. The trick was to take slow breaths and work in pairs watching out for your partner. We could to this for 30min. at a time and it was not so tough.
One job I had was in 16 below zero temp and that was worse IMO as for getting stuff done.

 

[Bruzilla]

I did a lot of time in Sicily, and that weather comes straight off the Sahara. Daytime temps were between 120-130 degrees, and we wouldn't get south of 100 until about 10:00 at night. Worst part was there was about 20% humidity in the Summer. You could be sweating your *** off and never know it as your sweat evaporated the second it broke the skin, and a lot of guys didn't know it until they passed out.

 

[Belle66]

I do all my work in the driveway...no shade. I try to stick to 2 simple rules.
1. weld in the winter
2. paint in the summer

 

[Budnicks]

 

[khryslerkid]

When I was working for myself, portable welding, I use to wear cotton long sleeve shirts in the summer. Sounds crazy but I didn't feel the heat as bad. Now I had to wear those shirts for my own protection, not to get burnt from welding, and I drank plenty of water.

I remember seeing older men wearing long sleeve shirts during the summer, even flannel shirts and wondered how they could do it. Now I know, sounds crazy but it did help.

I have RA and I'm starting to love the hot weather as long as it's not so humid that you can't breathe in it. Winters are becoming too cold the older I get.

I have a small ac window unit out in the shop. This past week it kept it at 80 degs. Felt fine, no humidity with it running!

 

[super-bee_ski]

So
Today at Edwards AFB we will be 103 and Saturday 104
Next Monday the 19th it will hit 109!

But: It's a dry heat!

 

[khryslerkid]

Hmm, lets see:
Friday 15 June Edwards AFB: 106
Saturday 16 June Edwards AFB: 108

But it's a dry heat....
Yeah, so isn't hell!

So
Today at Edwards AFB we will be 103 and Saturday 104
Next Monday the 19th it will hit 109!

But: It's a dry heat!

Cooling off a bit?

 

[super-bee_ski]

Ha Ha
Yeah huh?

 

[Dennis H]

SON of a...and this is San Jose!

 

[Budnicks]

Yep it's usually a 100* about this time of year
give or take 10*'s from June thru Sept.
it's been "unseasonably cool & wet this spring & June so far
supposed to be 95* today, it's only 88* right now...
A/C set at 75* is already kicking on...
Warmest day in quite a while, I love it...

 

[super-bee_ski]

View attachment 436072 SON of a...and this is San Jose!

All I see is a Hemi!
(tee-hee-hee)

 

[super-bee_ski]

I've worked a few jobs in hot places. Planning and prep are needed.
One was in a powerhouse (coal fired) that was operating. My task was in a place that was 165 degrees--(it was a dry heat). (Another was in 230 degrees but could only get two or three min. at a time in that one with a fresh air hood.)
In the 165 degree place we had ice vests and long sleeves with gloves. The trick was to take slow breaths and work in pairs watching out for your partner. We could to this for 30min. at a time and it was not so tough.
One job I had was in 16 below zero temp and that was worse IMO as for getting stuff done.

Holy Cow ws23"J-CODE"rt
That Coal fired "Powerhouse" must have felt like being in HELL huh?
Then a 230 degree site?
Holy Cow.

....what do you do?
....some sort of "on-site" inspection?

 

[Budnicks]

I worked inside boilers, welding stainless tubing
at PG&E Antioch & Pittsburg Power Plants shut downs,
not sure how hot it got I don't remember, I'm sure it got to 150*+,
dozens of welders going at any one time, everyone on scaffolding
everyone wearing respirators & full leathers/sleeves & chaps etc.
we could stay in for 2 hrs at a stretch no longer,
A-typical Union stuff...
We all had to really hydrate,
you could wring out my cloths/Carharts overalls after every shift,
almost never peed either...
Even after drinking 2 x 2 ltr bottles of water or electrolytes
sometime they'd call us out in little over an 1 hr,
because air quality or heat, send us right back in after they'd
evacuate the air/smoke fumes etc.,
never really did 2hrs straight, Union wouldn't let US, no matter how safe...

I've also worked in, the other extremes too
Prudhoe Bay/Pt. Barrow Ak. Amoco/Tester Oil at neg -50* to -70*'s {or worse}
you learn to deal, you suck it up & you work hard or you went home...
We had 45 min. max outside exposure & 15-30 min. inside
repeated daily for a 12 hr shift, 4 hrs off & food, another 8 hrs shift &
12hrs off for 3 cycles x 16 days = 48 days, 14 days off between each 16 on
& back at it, 3 cycles of it, made a shitload of $$$ in overtime,
more than a $1000 a day after the 7th day...
It's not for the weak that have to have constant scheduled breaks
or the easily offended, you will not make it there...

If I did it again, If I had to choose,
I'd rather take the heat, rather than the freezing *** cold...
People got really hurt/frostbite severely, hands & feet going numb
& really sick from the cold exposure, lung issues etc., luckily not me...
Or damn Polar bears, but that's a different story all together...

 

[ws23jrt]

Holy Cow ws23"J-CODE"rt
That Coal fired "Powerhouse" must have felt like being in HELL huh?
Then a 230 degree site?
Holy Cow.

....what do you do?
....some sort of "on-site" inspection?

In those cases, it was prep work and or taking measurements for upcoming outage projects.
Another job was a glass bottling plant (new start up) trouble shooting. My work was 10ft above a 40ft dia pool of liquid glass. We were removing and replacing a rotating sweep that had problems. --The pool could not be allowed to cool. That one was about 150 degrees where I was with set up fans for a -degree--of comfort.
Like I said--know the hazards of the mission and plan for it.
When you take something out of the oven (for example) you can do it fast with pot holders. But if you need to climb in it takes more than pot holders.

 

[ws23jrt]

Another job I had comes to mind here. It was a vegetable packaging plant.
The work area was refrigerated to -5. Outside in daylight was 95degrees.
My job took me inside for half the time and outside for the other.--Over and over all day long. Kinda hard to dress for that one.

 

[ws23jrt]

I worked inside boilers, welding stainless tubing
at PG&E Antioch & Pittsburg Power Plants shut downs,
not sure how hot it got I don't remember, I'm sure it got to 150*+,
dozens of welders going at any one time, everyone on scaffolding
everyone wearing respirators & full leathers/sleeves & chaps etc.
we could stay in for 2 hrs at a stretch no longer,
A-typical Union stuff...
We all had to really hydrate,
you could wring out my cloths/Carharts overalls after every shift,
almost never peed either...
Even after drinking 2 x 2 ltr bottles of water or electrolytes
sometime they'd call us out in little over an 1 hr,
because air quality or heat, send us right back in after they'd
evacuate the air/smoke fumes etc.,
never really did 2hrs straight, Union wouldn't let US, no matter how safe...

I've also worked in, the other extremes too
Prudhoe Bay/Pt. Barrow Ak. Amoco/Tester Oil at neg -50* to -70*'s or worse
you learn to deal, you suck it up & you work hard or you went home...
We had 45 min. max outside exposure & 15-30 min. inside
repeated daily for a 12 hr shift, 4 hrs off & food, another 8 hrs shift & 12hrs off
for 48 days, 14 days off & back at it, 3 cycles of it, made a shitload of $$$ in overtime
more than a $1000 a day after the 7th day...
It's not for the weak that have to have constant scheduled breaks
or the easily offended, you will not make it there...





If I did it again, If I had to choose,
I'd rather take the heat, rather than the freezing *** cold...
People got really hurt/frostbite severely, hands & feet going numb
& really sick from the cold exposure, lung issues etc., luckily not me...
Or damn Polar bears, but that's a different story all together...

I'm with you on this. In places where it's super hot--a quick break to cool off is easy compared to what it takes to warm up from the affects of the cold. That goes for the tools and equipment I sometimes use.
Example--I was using a precision optical level on a -16-degree day and as I approached the eyepiece the radiant heat from my face altered the level setting of the level. Heat from my fingers on the adjustment knob did the same thing. Getting the job done took a long time that day.

 

[conv67bdere]

So
Today at Edwards AFB we will be 103 and Saturday 104
Next Monday the 19th it will hit 109!

But: It's a dry heat!

You keep using these terms . . . "it's a dry heat" . . . but . . . it's STILL stinking HOT ! ! ! LMAO . . .

 

[ws23jrt]

You keep using these terms . . . "it's a dry heat" . . . but . . . it's STILL stinking HOT ! ! ! LMAO . . .

If you have worked in 130+ heat at 100% humidity you would know the big dif.
When the sweat running down into your eyes transfers heat to your face instead of away from your face it is felt.--Agree stinking hot is just that.

OOps another item just came to mind on this --heat transfer-- topic.
I was installing a large coupling onto a shaft and heated it to 300+ degrees to expand it.
I knew I might have to handle it for a bit cause it was about a hundred pounds.
So insulated hot gloves-- I thought they would work longer if they were wet.-EEk-wrong--
The water in the gloves turned to steam and I had to drop everything in a hurry. Lesson learned.