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XP loosing support didn't really change much. It still works fine. XP is far better than Windows 7, Windows 7 is the last good operating system Microsoft made, but it still isn't as good as XP.

Yep. That monitor died, and I am certainly not buying another one just so I can use these old computers. They are also useless anyway, a PC from the same era could be loaded up with Windows 2000 or XP and still be useful, but macs after 10 or so years become completely obsolete. They also take special hard drives which I don't have, and only a couple of them have working hard drives, and one of the "working" ones only starts after you hit it.

​@WalterKnox yes xp can still be use today then the apple computer. Are you going to make an destruction video on the monitor?

@@theelevatorandcarwashguy There already is one...

I know there was but did not want to assume.

Yeah, one of my mother's friends had an 8240HDC which is essentially the DVR version of the 4250. About a year ago, they sent her a box with a new "spectrum" box and a note saying her old equipment was going to be unsupported and stop working. The new box they gave her didn't pick up on half of the channels she paid for, so we took it up to the Spectrum store, and they said that the new "spectrum guide" boxes would do this on legacy TWC accounts (accounts that were with Time Warner Cable before Spectrum took over,) and could not be used on such accounts. They pressed a few buttons on their computer, took the new box back, and re-activated the box she had previously, and she is still now using it; so that was just a lie and a waste of everyone's time and resources. And then at the same time I know someone who has at least 2 (used to be 3, but I think they got rid of one) of the 4250 boxes, and they never got any sort of notice or anything, and they are fine, so I don't know what Spectrum was on about with that one. It seems like they love to say things are "unsupported" and won't work anymore, even though there is no basis in reality to support those statements.

Forgot to mention it, but the 4742 box that was in this video (they had just given it to me then after refusing me a 4250) is already acting up... After 2 or 3 days, it will play just fine, but if you press guide, channel, or anything else, it will lock up and say "please wait," I then have to restart it, and it gives me some sort of error code and says it can not continue to boot, then it boots and works fine for a few more days. I am not going to try to return this one yet though until it stops working completely. I was thinking of maybe calling them and having them send something from their warehouse instead of from the store, but something tells me that even if I request an older box, they would just send out a new one which I can't use because the past few times I went into the store, I had to argue to even get the 4742.

The belt on the Hoover wasn’t worn out, maybe slightly stretched but not enough to majorly effect performance. The belt on the Eureka was much more worn out to the point where it had splits in it, but it was still fine because it has a better pulley with a deeper groove.

I think it is time that you stop posting spam.

@@WalterKnox why that's preposterous, am I not gi ing health and safety tips?

If they are only slightly over a decade old, they are probably not made to last like the old ones are, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were wearing out. The late 80s (some early 90s) units were the last good ones.

I may at some point do so.

The software I used, Macrium Reflect is no longer releasing a free version, only a paid version. If you are going to do this procedure, download the older version Macrium Reflect Free 7, and don't update it.

@@theelevatorandcarwashguy Corolla, not Camry. No.

That is something on my list of things I need to do.

Okay.

no.

Step down? what is a step down? That doesn't make sense.

@@FANliker4217 it is sadly something most people seem to be lacking these days

This is R-152a in this video, which can be gotten at any store. It is the "electronic duster" stuff which is used to blow dust out of things. R-134a can also be gotten without a license. I do have a reserve of proper R-22 as well, you can normally just scrape Craigslist or Marketplace and find someone to sell it to you, or in my case get a cheap recovery machine and suck the refrigerant out of modern junk units which are going to the scrap pile.

Most LED lights are. The main thing that kills LEDs are being over driven and a lack of proper cooling. Most modern LED bulbs and fixtures combine both of those two things. This looks more like a failed driver, which is also common as it is complex circuitry; unlike incandescent, fluorescent, or HID lighting.

Glad to see someone else making videos like this; I was planning on making it a running series every few months or so, but clipping videos has become more difficult as the software I use has decided it is no longer going to work on my computer.

@@WalterKnox hey thanks for the reply. I still have Adobe premiere I've used to edit all kinds of things in the past but don't use it often anymore. Only for making silly things like this now. I often get a laugh from his videos.. so much so in recent times that I decided to start clipping the things I see and once I've got a decent number of them collected I will make a video out of them.

It sounds like something is using more power than it used to/is supposed to and is popping the fuse. Is it always the same circuit? What is on the circuit?

@@WalterKnox we have an 8 fuse box, on the left from top to bottom it is 20A, 20A, S15, S15. On the right there is from top to bottom TL15, S15, S15, SL15. The SL15 keeps blowing since June. And it affects the upstairs. After watching your video I notice the TL15 is loose. Like I can turn it to tighten but it doesnt. I just unscrewed everything and put them back. I dont have the reference with me, like your video. Thats my problem too.

@@ReaperWolf68 if you are unsure, I would have someone look at it; although it is hard to find an electrician which won’t just try to sell you a new panel install because it is “outdated.” You likely have something drawing more current than it is supposed to do, or the fuse is heating up due to a poor connection. When it is working, after a while take out the fuse and feel the metal parts (ON THE FUSE, NOT THE PANEL, THE PANEL IS LIVE) and see if it is hot. If it is, you likely have a bad connection.

okay.

I AM an electrician (licensed in the state of NC.) this receptacle was replaced with another one of the same kind as there is no reason to have to run a new wire to this box (and every subsequent box) to install a grounded receptacle as it is not needed.

It is the best operating system Microsoft released alongside with Windows 2000 Professional, and the last good one they made. I get paid to work on Windows 10 on other people's machines, but nobody could pay me enough to install that garbage software on my own machines.

Yeah, I put oil in the oil ports, and tried to put some on the bearings (this is after, it didn't do too much.) It was almost completely locked beforehand. I am going to have to try to take the motor apart and clean and lubricate the bearings better, but that is for another day when I feel like dealing with rotted out screws that will all likely break or strip out. On another note, this unit has a shaded pole motor, so it doesn't use a capacitor. The fan motor pulls 316 watts (probably a bit less if it is running properly) and the whole unit has an EER of only 5.0. Although I am not an efficiency nut by any means, that is just crazy. Especially since it is a rotary.