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I'm a 72 year old lady who has don DIY stuff before but was stumped until I saw your diagrams and instructions. Thanks very much.
From Vancouver Island

What tool do you need to replace the seat on a Waltec 12 shower unit?

I was given this same board from a freind we cannot find the book with all the projects in it would you know how or were to get one my son is really looking to start building. Thank you very much

George, you're not reading the post particularly thoroughly if you think it's laden with sarcasm. This is about a bit of Russian medical superstition. Not "low grade fevers can be really serious", but "above 37 C, your blood will solidify".

I don't think there are too many doctors in North America or the UK that would treat an axillary temperature of 37°C without other indicative symptoms, and I've had my share of fevers in both places, which is why the Russian coworker reaction to the temperature seemed so extreme.

I have to say that De Mille's Bookstore is the one store where you will buy a higher proportion of the books on the shelves, than any other bookstore that I have come across.

Many bookstores sell volumes of books of moderate quality, with a few good reads, and plenty of temporary trend sellers.

But De Mille's has real intellectual quality. These guys seem to filter extremely stringently, and then provide the best material to buyers. To get on a shelve in De Mille's a book must have some serious value. It is the complete opposite of a newsagent in an airport which contain's throwaway books. A book on the shelve in De Mille's is such that you will be thinking of buy two copies of it.

It is for this reason I find myself composing this review of De Mille's.

If you find yourself in Calgary, I recommend a visit. You will probably be very grateful that you visited it. It is also very easy to locate being close to the transit line in the downtown area of Calgary.

First of all enough sarcasm. I"m Russian and i have been living in the states since the 90s. Russian thermometers have a 37c mark, past which is an indication of fever.

Everyone ive known in my life that had normal temperature has been 36.6c. I believe if you check armpit its lower than oral. 36.6 refers to armpit as far as i know. Thus, 37 was considered a low grade fever which is ususlly associated with bacterial infections, cancers, tumors, lukemia and with the most scary diseases.

Dont believe me? Just google low grade fever causes.

Moreover, check your facts before making comments that dont make sense.

Not that it is related to this problem, but for anyone googling the "A Device Attached to the System is not Functioning" when trying to install an MSI:


The problem seemed to be that Windows was trying to use the 64-bit msiexec instead of the 32-bit.


The resolution was to run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i "c:\PathTo\Msi-file.msi"

May 25th 1965 a customer ordered a book from your store..
seems it wasn't available and you sent her a card to let her know it would be about 3 weeks.
the stamp was 4 cents!!!

This card fell out of an incredibly old beat up Shakespear book that I just bought at a second hand store on the 25th of May this year!

part of me is curious...this is the first old book I ever bought
and I want to let E. Turnbull that this card and book was found..

I am really excited to share my find with you..and am hoping you might be able to help me find E.Turnbull.

You have definitely had some unpleasant experiences. It is no wonder you are frustrated! I prefer going to a few different dentists or at least meeting with them and then I choose who I will see. Just like most professions, not all dentists are great, but if you do a bit of research you can find one that will work for you.

Hello, I am looking for replacement parts/cartridge for a Waltec 20 shower diverter. Thanks Frank

It feels cooler being a grumpy old nerd than it used to as a young nerd :)

<Munson>NERRRRRRD</Munson>

It's poignant for me because I'm positive for those gene variants. So are you, in fact, and you're homozygous for both, which means that our kids definitely have the trait.

Then you had to go breastfeed them both. What have you done!?! :) :)

23andme points to this paper for this particular genetic effect.

rofl! I am absolutely beside myself that you made the "if you have ____ genotype and breastfeed, your kids will have a higher IQ" argument...

Nerd!
/I <3 nerds! :D

My Waltec 12 was eating flat washers for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had to replace the hot cartridge twice prior to today.

Finally took a trip to Homeless Depo and finally realized that I could repalce the seats. (What a thought!) So, new seats, a plumbing alan key, two new cartridges and some ring washers and home I went.

Where did all those chewed up flat washers go? Why to the diverter of course. I must have pulled enough rubber out of the diverter holes to make 6 washers. BUT, in removing the diverter, I destroyed one of the ring washers on the diverter.

I'm close... but not done just yet. YES, you can save some $$$ on DIY, just ask questions.

Thanks for the diagrams way, way above... Very accurate. Wish I had seen it before.

Where do you get the parts (cartridges) for the Waltec 12 faucets? Are there any new faucets that can be replaced on existing fixture?

Ran into this problem again today, and disabling the devices was not enough.

What I ended up having to do this time was tell it to not be full screen. Then it was happy. I do not know why.

Thanks for this.

One other way it can happen is when something is holding onto the existing .pdb file.

Today, it occurred because I was running AQTime elsewhere, but the project still was set to look up debug information in my output folder. I thought it would just read the files; I did not think it would hold onto them.

So, try to delete your .pdb files if you get this error, especially if it suddenly starts happening when it never has before.

Update Jan 28 2011. Talked to a person at Co-Op in Calgary and said the Diet-Rite cola is being discontinued and replaced by a Cott product. Available in 2-3 weeks.

Coop has just stopped selling it this week. If anyone knows whereelse I can get it in Calgary please let me know. I need a cola with splenda and no caffeine. Diet rite was the only one with both components.

Sorry but that is a very young male probably born late summer
As babies they are all brown then the cocks will develop the blue neck and pheasant marked feathers ad they mature
Still pretty and very cute!

Thanks for the great diagram and all the follow up comments. I had a seat that had began to corrode, thinking I would have to replace the entire system until I saw the comment about the seat being removeable. Got out my Allen set and a 5/16 size later, had the bad part in my hand and off to Home Depot. Thanks again.

Millions of thanks !
Your sketches are more than good to follow

Neat write up. I look forward to part 2!

You can buy it at most Coop stores in Calgary..

Hey thanks, Tessa I just bought some at SAVE-ON too. On calgary trail.

Its a female!!!!! Don't be fooled!!!

Hi guys,

Does anyone know the hot water cartridge part no. for the waltec 12? Would the cartridge for a 14F525 suffice? Any input is appreciated.

Thanks!

You saved me a lot of time too. Nice job :) I would have never found fix for this error.

LOL1 PWND111

Sorry; but I just couldn't resist:) You're right, there is grey legality and high surveillance costs for such a "menial thing, that you should let go" (I'm quoting the officer I talked to); at best. I know, because I have checked (at least were I reside; obv). And have come to the realization that is not worth the effort. 'People' not only usually throw garbage daily in front of my house, but freely park themselves in a no parking zone; despite appropriate signs (for both 'illegal' activities). But even if there weren't any signs; it's just all a big WTF?! Have I done anything to you (whoever the hell's responsible)? I don't think so; at least I don't recall. Do I go throwing around sh1t (or park all day long) in front of your house (or garage)? I don't either; I don't anywhere unfit to, as a matter of fact. But that's just obv me (us). It's beyond rude... It's personally disrespectful. As time went on, and in the end; I realized that the only realistic thing I could do was to pick the mfp trash up; every single time... EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! Sorry; I know that's not what you wanted to hear; I'm truly sympathetic to you predicament, but these 'people' are just as they do; trash, and not even worth recycling...

I recently bought a refurb(/used) original PK (the white one) for around $50 (inc s&h); yes I know, kind of expensive, but I could not resist it's charm. And like you mentioned, they're hard to come by (harder by the minute). The only significant dif to the DM seems to be touch sensitivity; as a matter of fact, I think they use the same software (except TS, of course). Maybe later on I'll be getting a more recent model, like the MIDI (USB). In fact those were the only two things that bothered me; a little; lack of pressure sensitivity and not being PnP (PS/2 only). Vista(/Win7) driver support is currently not of my concern; but eventually will become a problem, since there doesn't seem to be any driver support. The bundled software was great; although a little bloated; worked fine and was easy to use. The only caveat was the site's OL support for optional downloads; I can't seem to dl any of the advertised Fun Tunes, Penta Tunes, Rhythms or Learnable Songs. There's a perennial "Service unavailable" err message. Tried the main Asia site (directly from Creative); but either can't seem to find anything, or redirects me back to www.prodikeys.com. That is, unless someone is kind enough to mirror them (pretty plz:) I know it's no big loss either; but I would've liked to try them out. Anyhow (and finally); my brother thinks is heavy, clunky, odd looking, made of cheap plastic, and toyish; but I think it's sturdy, convenient, neat, has good quality, and works flawlessly. And at the very least it's a million times better that my cheap old crappy keyboard, and does a lot more...


PS: BTW, there's a small sliding panel to the front right; with space barely to fit a small card; can't figure out what's for; any ideas?

Hi Ritchie,
I had the same problem with my app. on winXP, but not on win7. It seems, your solution makes my program to run properly on xp as well. You saved me a lot of time. Great job, thank you!

Thank you for reasearhing the replacement Waltec 14F525.
Is it possible to get it in a brushed nickle instead of chrome? Of course I have changed all of my other bathroom faucets over to that.

Thank Ritchie for the sketch. I too had a leaky Waltec 12. I found $85 for 14F525 kit too expensive. The kit includes many parts which I don't need. So, I bought flat washer, cartridge, and seats. As a result, I only needed to replace the washer for $1.99 to stop the leaking. For future references, the parts number at Home Depot are:
Flat washers M3863 $1.99,
Cartridge M0034 (hot) $7.49,
Cartridge M0035 (cold)7.49, and
seats M0111 3.99

You can email me if you need some pictures.

Good luck to all DIYers!

The HTML for the pages looks pretty simple - they don't want to try to infect you and possibly trip off any alarms, I guess. They just want your name and password so they can grab your account, then your gold and possibly sell all of your items.

So yes, I'd say you're very, very likely safe if you didn't put in your name and password.

i pressed the "click here" on the firt email cause i wanted to check the url out. but i brought me to a paige i couldnt connect to..
i did not give my usename or password so im safe right?
no spyware that can steal my pasword when i log into the game?

OMG- I'm glad I found this post. I was half asleep and checked my droid to see the time and checked my emails and found that exact email in my inbox. I even checked my account by typing in BATTLE.NET first...as a precaution and my account is still intact. And yes they do play on your fear..cuz I bolted up and checked it immediately. The link that I got was http://blizzard.worldofwarcraft.loginconfirm.net/verify.htm

...which I thought was weird.

the loginconfirm.net part is the one that is NOT right.

Thanks again...I can go back to sleep now :-)

I'm guessing that for that price, they aren't deboned.

Between the expense, setup, and inability to find out the legality, I'm going to have to put this project on hold until some very good sale presents itself.

I'm guessing that people aren't willing to be as sneaky in this weather because footprints present themselves rather starkly in the snow.

Any low-tech solution for the summer that might make would-be dumpers leave tracks?

You might see if you can mount a cheaper interior one inside your garage and then add a wireless relay to bridge the gap between it and the house. There're some nice IP-based ones out there but nothing terribly cheap.

I've been having a heck of a time tracking this down. I mean, they have systems in place for helping people who have been vandalized by graffiti, but the surveillance is city-provided and controlled.

I haven't managed to track down the appropriate by-laws despite quite a few seemingly sensible search terms.

Disposed of the garbage today just in case its presence attracts others to do the same. Money out of pocket at the landfill. Still want to catch the dickweeds who did it.

Also trying to find reasonable systems. Wireless is pretty rare and relatively low-range (20' IR instead of the 30-40' IR usual in the wired versions) and/or bad picture, etc. Might be most expedient to get two systems instead of trying to run 100' cables everywhere. Meh.

Go get 'em, Ritchie! Please post your findings about surveillance allowances for private residences.

its all good to replace the cartridge to get the leak to stop, but it will start to leak again shortly after unless you replace the seat that the seal sits against, easy job. they just screw out and you
screw a new one in.

What doctors tell you about cause? Often it is insect or spider bite? I'm glad that you are better but you must take care about prevention of recurrence. Try read something about that, it will help to avoid recurrunce (it is up to 50% in some types of infections).

we have a waltec 12 in our tub shower combo wanted to replace rubber washers and found the seat on the hot water very rough, can not see how the seat is replacable appears to be a solid unit. Am i going to have the whole unit. Is there possibly a tool for regrinding the seat assembly any information would be appreciated. Ross

Great article Ritchie, nice work

I like Stephen Butterfield a lot and I have seen the ads around my town but I don't really believe that course could change anyone's life.

Re Evelyn Mitchell

I just found it in Save on Foods in Edmonton. I nearly jumped for joy when I saw it. It goes for about 5.99 a case.

They make Diet White Grape, but as far as I've been able to tell, they only export the three flavours (Raspberry, Tangerine, Cola) north of the border.

Grape would be awesome :)

I have actually encountered Splenda-based Grape Crush, but it did not taste nearly as good as I was hoping, and it was only in a "four-flavour" pack including Diet Orange Crush, Diet Cream Soda and I think Diet Mug (but that has aspartame - bleh).

It is available at Sobey's in ATlantic Canada! Sure wish they made Diet Grape too.

I've actually seen it pop up in Safeway and even the Co-op stores down here.

However, I wouldn't fret too much over Sobey's not having it: Sobey's, out of all the grocery stores, has their own pretty good version of Diet Rite. It's their 'Freedom' line; the Diet ones are all aspartame-based, but the Freedom ones are all sucralose/Splenda. They have Peach Freedom, Raspberry Freedom, Cola Freedom and Tangerine Freedom.