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Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: Mar 03 05:54PM -0500 In article <d0463157-c0a6-4f41-bc59-3d020b72bc41@googlegroups.com>, pallison49@gmail.com says...   > Whatever the combination of dumb ideas, it is not hard to do a number of on-off cycles while keeping a close eye on an F fuse. If it bends severely at switch on it's gonna fail soon.   I had a solid state amplifier for my ham gear that used a 20 or 25 amp 3AG type fuse. While the fuse was rated fine for the current ( about 5 amps more than the current drain), after about a month it would do what I call a 'sag out'. The element would just be bent to the bottom of the glass and quit making connection.   I guess that the contacts for the plug in with a twist lock cap was not making contact well enough to keep the heat down.   The current would cycle from almost no current to full current about 20 or more times a day on the average.

oldschool@tubes.com: Mar 04 03:32AM -0600 On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 17:54:19 -0500, Ralph Mowery >making contact well enough to keep the heat down.   >The current would cycle from almost no current to full current about 20 >or more times a day on the average.   I'm not sure if this is about power line fuses or 12Volt, or something in the circuit. If this is a for a 120VAC line, you are possibly already overloading the house fuse or breaker.   As far as that sag in the fuses, I'd suggest using a SLOW-BLOW fuse. They are made to handle high starting current. Or switch to a breaker. Of course there could be a defect in the amplifier too, such as a failing power supply capacitor.   Knowing more about the application for the fuse would make it easier to suggest what could be wrong.

Terry Schwartz <tschw10117@aol.com>: Mar 04 06:02AM -0800 Oh yes please, we're all waiting on pins and needles for your suggestions.

Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: Mar 04 09:57AM -0500 In article <h9fn9d1h3vol0oadnkbchevcvshv8lkmud@4ax.com>, oldschool@tubes.com says... > failing power supply capacitor.   > Knowing more about the application for the fuse would make it easier to > suggest what could be wrong.       The application was for an amplifier for a 2 meter repeater. The amp is a solid state and operates at a nominal 12 volts DC. I think it had a 25 amp fuse and operated at 20 amps. The holder was a panel mounted with the cap on it that you give about a half turn to remove.   The amp draws almost no current when in standby and the full 20 amps when activated . The amp; did not have any devective capacitors and the ones in it were only a few MFD at the most and they would only have about 12 volts on them. The amp was fed with a seperate 12 volt supply that was rated for over 30 amps.

Ralph Phillips <ralphp@philent.biz>: Mar 03 11:03AM -0600 On 3/3/2018 9:43 AM, M Philbrook wrote:   >> I'm shorter, but just by a cunt hair.   > I think a "Cunt hair" is a universal metric, one that most of us > understand..   But was it a blonde, brunette, or red cunt hair?   RwP

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Mar 03 12:39PM -0600 On 3/3/18 11:03 AM, Ralph Phillips wrote: >> understand..   > But was it a blonde, brunette, or red cunt hair?   > RwP   In order of size, black, brunette, blond then red. It is speculated that the Japanese lost WWII due to the inaccuracies caused by the coarseness of black vs red hairs.     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

"Gareth Magennis" <soundserviceleeds@outlook.com>: Mar 03 07:02PM wrote in message news:d825f1ad-0edf-4168-abfe-2d4712c199be@googlegroups.com...   Lemme see:   The Metric system was "invented" in 1670, in France. This was well before Communism, at that point "Protestantism" was a dirty word in many sectors.   The US auto industry has largely adopted the Metric system so as to compete world-wide, and to standardize parts.   Pretty much anyone with even half-a-brain that has done much of anything with tools over the last 40 years will be fluent in both currencies. Some years ago, I was working as a machinist making parts for GE for their engines. About half the shop used metric tools (shaft diameters, fasteners) and half the shop was using SAE standards (flange widths and thicknesses, fastener spacing). See, we were selling parts to European and Japanese GE license holders, as well as sub-assembly consolidators.   .......   Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA       ****************************     I seem to regularly come across nuts that fit on a metric bolt, that don't fit any metric socket well. An imperial one from my Halfords socket set fits perfectly.   Work that one out.       Gareth.

Chuck <ch@dejanews.net>: Mar 03 01:32PM -0600 >May God damn those who use Metrics.   >God Bless America.   >Thank God I'm a country boy!!!   I hope this is satirical.   --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

"Gareth Magennis" <soundserviceleeds@outlook.com>: Mar 03 07:55PM "Chuck" wrote in message news:01ul9dl151mpan7g6i4oq3kc5me34n9p0c@4ax.com...     >May God damn those who use Metrics.   >God Bless America.   >Thank God I'm a country boy!!!   I hope this is satirical.   ---       ******************************************     I assumed it was, and actually found it rather humerous.       Gareth.

Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: Mar 03 05:27PM -0500 In article <cvmdnd6DiNlhMgfHnZ2dnUU7-dXNnZ2d@giganews.com>, jdangus@att.net says...   > I can't use meters when comparing peters, > In fact I'm a bit of a runt there.   > I'm shorter, but just by a cunt hair.   Old school needs to get with the modern times.   On Oct. 1,1976 the liquor industry officially went metric. As a result, all whisky, vodka and other distilled spirits sold in the United States may now be legally offered in metric-sized bottles.   Instead of the confusing array of 38 different sizes and shapes now sold, liquor will be bottled in six standard sizes. For example, a fifth which is 25.6 fluid ounces, will he replaced by a slightly smaller 750 milliliter bottle, equivalent to 25.4 ounces. The old quart, or 32-ounce bottle, wit he marketed as a liter holding 33.8 fluid ounces.     Many of the so called US cars are not made in the US where lots of Toyotas and maybe Hondas are.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Mar 03 05:41PM -0600 On 3/3/18 1:32 PM, Chuck wrote: > On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 01:47:30 -0600, oldschool@tubes.com wrote:   >> Thank God I'm a country boy!!!   > I hope this is satirical.   Unfortunately it was not. It was posted in all seriousness, because he truly believes it.       -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

"~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com>: Mar 04 02:00PM +1300 > May God damn those who use Metrics.   > God Bless America.   > Thank God I'm a country boy!!!   It's good to know that you are still using ancient English measurements - measurements that are so clumsy the English gave up on them long ago. You may have gained independance for your country but not for your minds...   Some people prefer fighting to thinking. -- Shaun.   "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM*." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) (*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

"~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com>: Mar 04 02:04PM +1300 > May God damn those who use Metrics.   > God Bless America.   > Thank God I'm a country boy!!!   Oh and 'this knob' is called oldschool@tubes.com. -- Shaun.   "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM*." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) (*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Mar 03 07:33PM -0600 On 3/3/18 7:04 PM, ~misfit~ wrote: > Oh and 'this knob' is calledoldschool@tubes.com.   I thought the phrase was "Bell end."     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

"Tom Del Rosso" <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com>: Mar 03 08:54PM -0500 Ralph Phillips wrote:   >> I think a "Cunt hair" is a universal metric, one that most of us >> understand..   > But was it a blonde, brunette, or red cunt hair?   "As long as collars and cuffs match." -James Bond in Diamonds are Forever

oldschool@tubes.com: Mar 04 04:32AM -0600 >>Thank God I'm a country boy!!!   >I hope this is satirical.   >---   "Okie From Muskogee" (Anti-metric edition)   We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee; We don't take no trips on LSD We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street; We like livin' right, and bein' free.   I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all   We don't make a party out of lovin'; We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo; We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy, Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.   And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.   Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear; Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen. Football's still the roughest thing on campus, And the kids here still respect the college dean.   ****** We dont use no commie metrics in Muskogee, Our tape measures only read inches and feet. Our prom queen is a perfect 38-24-36 inches, We still spin 45rpm records to feel the beat. *******   We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Mar 04 07:12AM -0600 > Our tape measures only read inches and feet. > Our prom queen is a perfect 38-24-36 inches, > We still spin 45rpm records to feel the beat.   Don't attribute words to Merle, He was enough of an asshole without your help.     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Mar 04 07:26AM -0600 On 3/4/18 7:12 AM, Fox's Mercantile wrote: > Don't attribute words to Merle, > He was enough of an asshole without your help.   Kinky knew this. We all knew this. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__tAHR5ErM>     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Mike_Duffy <mqduffy001@bell.net>: Mar 03 10:34PM -0500 On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 15:52:52 -0500, Mike_Duffy wrote:   > signal from any remote which can then be replayed later. I bought it before > availability of the 'universal' remotes which are pre-programmed with all > vendors codes. I think I still have it in a box in the basement somewhere.   If your smartphone has the IR transducer hardware, you can easily find an app to turn your smartphone into a 'learning' remote.

jurb6006@gmail.com: Mar 04 02:53AM -0800 >"If your smartphone has the IR transducer hardware, you can easily find an app to turn your smartphone into a 'learning' remote. "   1. I do not have a smart phone nor do I want one, nor does anyone in this house.   2. We do not have the original remote for it to learn from.   I actually have a learning remote kicking around here somewhere, it does me no good.

"~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com>: Mar 04 01:48PM +1300 >> single-piece screwdriver. Does anybody make harder bits?   > Put some Viagra tablets in the container where you keep your bits. > They will get hard! :)   The voice of experience.... -- Shaun.   "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM*." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) (*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

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