The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1136 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers - sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1135 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers - sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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Honing is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means, such as hammer blows or similar - True or False
Honing is an abrasive machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal workpiece by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it along a controlled path
A Parapet is a wall like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure, primarily used to prevent the spread of fire. It was originally designed to defend buildings from military attack – True or False
A Potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider, current divider or other device – True or False
In Engineering, we often refer to 3D models - 3D stands for – Third Distance – True or False
3D stands for - Three Dimensional
In Statistics, Standard Deviation is the name is given to a widely used measurement of variability or diversity which shows how much variation there is from an average value – True or False
A PIR sensor measures infrared light radiating from objects in its field of view. PIR stands for Protected Internal Sensor – True or False
PIR stands for Passive Infrared Sensor
An IP address is a numerical label assigned to devices participating in a computer network and stands for International Protocol – True or False
the correct answer = Internet Protocol
In Mechanical and Process Engineering the words Tube and Pipe are interchangeable and describe exactly the same item – True or False
Tube is thin walled hollow section usually specified by the outside dimension – Pipe is thicker wall (generally round) hollow section usually specified by the nominal bore
Teflon is the brand name of the PTFE fluorocarbon solid - which is often used as a non-stick coating for pans and other cookware – True or False
The Renminbi (RMB) is the official currency of which country…
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How to Adjust the Float on a Kinetic “Inlet Valve Bottom Entry” For Toilet Cisterns
It was a Sunday morning and the inlet valve on one of my toilets broke down and needed to be replaced. For the uninitiated – The inlet valve lives in the cistern and controls the flow of water coming into the cistern, together with controlling the level of water in the cistern. Not a major problem – it should be a simple job to replace it with a new one.
So, a visit to my local hardware store and I purchased a “Kinetic” brand Inlet Valve Bottom Entry unit – this was the only option I had at this particular store.
Two simple screwed piping connections – What could possibly go wrong ?
The Kinetic “How To” instruction
I had a long hard look at the installation guide which came with the unit. Mmmmmm – I thought to myself – water level adjustment – a fairly important adjustment – Looks pretty simple on the instruction sheet – Now is that clockwise from the top looking down or from the bottom looking up ? – Not a problem – it will either go one way or the other
WRONG
I pressed the tab in – but it would not move either way. At this point I would normally default to “Brute Force and Ignorance” – it usually works for me. But the unit was all plastic and looked a bit on the flimsy side. So I took a deep breath and re read the instructions. Mmmmmmmmmmm
I won’t bore you with the next fifteen minutes whilst I tried to work out what exactly should be happening when the tab is pressed and I used some “gentle” leverage from a large flat blade screw driver. But still – All to no avail.
Pull Back On Each Side – As shown In The Image
I looked long and hard and thought – Mmmmmmmm – what are those top tabs holding – Brute Force and Ignorance again being Front and Center.
I pulled back the the tabs and suddenly it all made sense. – This was a locking ring.
A Close Up – Showing the Locking Clip In The “Free” position – Easy When You Know How
Release the ring AND THEN press the tab to adjust the float – as per the installation guide.
When the correct height for the float has been set – return the locking ring back to its original position.
As with many things in life – Easy when you know how.
As interesting as the whole exercise was – I just wish that the Kinetic people had added that bit about the locking ring to the installation guide.
If there are other people out there who have purchased one of these inlet valves and are living with it being in the default – low water position. This is how to adjust it.
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1134 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers - sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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Pyrolysis is a thermochemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in the absence of oxygen - True or False
In structural Engineering - a single structural member, usually horizontal, who’s main function is to carry loads perpendicular to its longitudinal axis is called...
The fuel efficiency of a Prime Mover may be specified was a measure of BSFC - BSFC stands for - Brake Specific Fuel Consumption - True or False
Platinum is an alloy of Aluminium and Gold - True or False
Platinum is a pure elemental metal
Ethyl Methyl Ketone ( CH3COC2H5 ) is also known as Oil of Vitriol - True or False
Ethyl Methyl Ketone is also known as MEK
Boiler Draught is the name given to the Pressure Difference between the atmosphere and the pressure inside a boiler – True or False
The Stoichiometric Ratio is the chemically correct air-fuel ratio by volume which will theoretically burn all of the combustible elements in a fuel – True or False
The cubed root of 512 = 8 – True or False – (without a calculator please)
What is a Sythe …
Born in London in 1791, Charles Babbage is generally regarded as the father of what …
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1133 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers – sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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The first man made space satellite, Sputnik was launched in which year...
The square root of one (1) is one (1) – True or False
Which metal has the highest strength to weight ratio…
Although there are exceptions – In general - Inert substances will not react with other substances – True or False
A Secchi Disk measures the density of Colours in a Spectrum – True or False
A Secchi Disk measures Turbidity in open water such as lakes or oceans
In Physics, a Fluid is the name given to a substance which continually deforms or flows when subject to an applied shear stress, regardless of how small. It is a subset of the phases of matter and includes liquids, gases, plasmas etc – True or False
What does Volkswagen (the automobile ) mean in English…
The word "Concrete", comes from which language...
A Spire is the name given to a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space , such as the shape of a round ball – True or False
it is a Sphere
Isotopes are variants of atoms of a particular chemical element, which have differing numbers of neutrons – True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1132 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers - sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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Derived from Old French, what name is given to a cylindrical protrusion used as a mounting and/or pivoting point...
If something is Inflammable it will easily burn or ignite – True or False
If something is Inflammable it will NOT easily burn or ignite
Hipparcos was the name of the satellite launched by the European Space Agency in 1989 which was the first space experiment devoted to precision astronomy – True or False
True - The word "Hipparcos" is an acronym for High precision parallax collecting satellite
A pair of identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes when viewing distant objects is also called...
In electronics a switch may be abbreviated to "DPST" – DPST stands for - Double Pole, Single Throw – True or False
An Orifice Plate is a device fitted internally in pipes, to measure flow rates or reduce pressure or restrict flow – True or False
In the Roman army a Ballista was a what…
Sc is the chemical symbol for Silicon – True or False
Si is the correct answer
The cubed root of 64 = 8 True or False (without a calculator please)
The cubed root of 64 = 4
A Calorimeter is an instrument for measuring absorbed or evolved heat - True or False
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1131 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers - sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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The Spinning Jenny is the name was given to a multi-spool spinning wheel which was invented about 1764 by James Hargreaves in England . The device significantly reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn , with a single worker able to work eight or more spools at once – True or False
Resonance is the effect of vacuum on a sealed vessel - True or False
Resonance is the tendency of a system to oscillate with greater amplitude at various frequencies
A Theodolite is a precision instrument which is used by surveyors to measure angles in the horizontal and vertical planes – True or False
A semiconductor is a device designed to neutralize lighting strikes created by violent thunderstorms - True or False
It is a material which has electrical conductivity between a conductor and an insulator
The oldest national Engineering Society in the United States is the American Society of Civil Engineers - founded in 1852 – True or False
Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear. - True or False
In fluid dynamics, a vortex is a region within a fluid where the flow is mostly a reciprocal motion about an imaginary axis - True or False
it is where the flow is mostly a spinning motion about an imaginary axis
What chemical element is also known as Hydrargyrum…
What name is given to a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts. These vessels were first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century…
Standard Gravity, or Standard Acceleration due to free fall is the nominal acceleration of a body in a vacuum near the surface of the earth. What is its value in m/s squared...
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The Coffee Break Engineering Trivia Quiz – No.1130 is a challenging selection of General Engineering Trivia questions and answers - sometimes you just don’t know what you don’t know, but you’re sure that you did know or that you should know and when you see the answers you know that once upon a time you probably did know !
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Flammable Materials have High flash points and will only burn at temperatures above 37.8 deg – True or False
Flammable Materials have Low flash points and will burn at temperatures below 37.8 deg C
The "Bantam BRC" is better known by what name…
The German blue chip stock market index - Deutscher Aktienindex is more commonly known as the DAX – True or False
A semi-liquid mixture is called...
What colour does litmus turn when dipped into acid…
The polarity of an Anode is always positive - True or False
in a device which consumes power the anode is positive, and in a device which provides power the anode is negative
Degaussing was commonly used in CRT based TV sets and computer monitors to decrease or eliminate unwanted magnetic field – True or False
Derived from the Latin for "to glow white" , what name is given to the emission of light from a hot body due to its temperature…
Chainmail is the name given to a type of Armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh – True or False
Barrel, Bushel, Cauldron, Cord, Gill are all measures of what...
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