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Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 23 01:37AM On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 07:54:53 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   > 1. Are you sure that it was the HP VNA that blew a capacitor or > something? When you removed the case, was it lit up?   Thank you, Jeffrey. Not sure if you were able to read the thread right through, but it's been established that the blown cap was an X2 rated one fitted right across the incoming mains power line. It took a while to confirm this was the actual culprit as it was well buried under a load of spaghetti. When I finally got it out I was able to see it had literally exploded which accounts for the report I heard from 30' away. That cap has now been replaced and the device appears to be working fine again, although after 10 years of storage there's no doubt some re- aligning and whatnot to be done.       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 24 12:02AM On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 08:27:56 -0600, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   > different things." > "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's > all."   I think I can see your problem now: you're a MORON.           -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Nov 24 10:23AM -0600 On 11/24/19 8:20 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote: > the network analyser I freely admitted to butchering earlier in the > thread?   > No Sherlock you, but blind as well as rude and ignorant, clearly.   Yes I did, that's why I said you're hack.     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 24 04:50PM On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:23:52 -0600, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   > Yes I did, that's why I said you're hack.   No, specifically you said and I quote: "I pointed out that you're a hack" which implies you have some sort of superior cognitive ability which the regulars here don't possess. Like as if everyone else needs an obnoxious *MORON* like you to spoon feed them the obvious!         -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 24 02:20PM On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 07:11:14 -0600, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   > That's precious. > I pointed out that you're a hack.   You're a *MORON* and a DUMBASS. Did you not see the picture I posted of the network analyser I freely admitted to butchering earlier in the thread?   No Sherlock you, but blind as well as rude and ignorant, clearly.       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Nov 24 02:24PM -0600 On 11/24/19 10:50 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote: > which implies you have some sort of superior cognitive ability which the > regulars here don't possess. Like as if everyone else needs an obnoxious > *MORON* like you to spoon feed them the obvious!   And there you have it... You're a hack. You just said so yourself.       -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Nov 25 02:22PM -0600 On 11/25/19 1:09 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote: > back inside the car. Took a hole saw on a drill and cut a hole. > Replaced the plug , pop rivited a beer can cutout over the hole and > replaced the carpet.   That's a clever repair. I did the same thing on a '68 Dodge station wagon. The freeze plug on the rear of the cylinder heads. Cut a hole, or pull the intake and the heads. Obvious choice.   WHEN you work on your own vehicle. You have next to zero funds and you need to drive it into work the next day.   Had I had the time, I would have pulled the engine and replaced all the freeze plugs at the same time instead of one at a time.   I had the time over the weekend, and that's exactly what I did. including pulling the flywheel and getting the two behind it.             -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Nov 25 03:05PM -0600 > Cut a hole, or pull the intake and the heads. Obvious choice.   > Care to speculate, as I asked Ralph, on the consequences?   As to the operation of the cooling system? No difference of doing it right. The plug was installed correctly using an installation tool. To the vehicle itself? A Campbell's soup can lid pop riveted to the firewall over the hole I cut. Complete with some sealant to properly seal the firewall.   However, I might add, that the following weekend, I pulled the engine out and replaced the rest of the freeze plugs. Because I didn't want any more trouble with them.       -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: Nov 25 02:09PM -0500 In article <JrednUxVUfnRCEbAnZ2dnUU7-SednZ2d@giganews.com>, jdangus@att.net says... > He has finally admitted to being a hack. > I said you were a hack. > I stand by my observation.   Sometimes it takes a hack to get the job done at a reasonable cost.   Like a car company wanted lots of money to replace a freeze plug on a car engine. Due to where it was placed , they said the motor needed to be pulled.   A local hack said he could do it for almost nothing. Pulled the carpet back inside the car. Took a hole saw on a drill and cut a hole. Replaced the plug , pop rivited a beer can cutout over the hole and replaced the carpet.

Al <iqbalali898@noreply.com>: Nov 26 12:08AM > Care to speculate on the horrific consequences of that particular > "hack"?   Yeah, I should imagine the possibility of a slight draft in the area of the footwell that side. Just maybe... But that's all.

Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com>: Nov 26 09:37AM In article <MPG.384642a55dafaf14989c5a@news.east.earthlink.net>, rmowery28146@earthlink.net says...   > I doubt a 3 inch in diameter how would cause any real problem. It would > have cost more than the car was worth anyway if the motor had to be > pulled.   When I was a student I shared rides in a car with a hole in the floor on the passenger side. The trick was to keep your foot on the hole to avoid when going through any puddle getting a jet of water up your trouser leg.   We probably could not afford a pop-riveter and sealant, and the beer may have come in bottles. Wet carpets are no fun, either...   Mike.

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 23 01:40AM On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:22:06 -0600, Fox's Mercantile wrote:     >>> My opinion is that you're hack.   >> My opinion is you're Phil Alison and ICTFP.   > Oh look, the hacks are circling the wagons.   You can call me a hack as well if you like; I couldn't give a shit TBH. I'm not very practical. I get the job done but it doesn't look as pretty as some genius like yourself would leave it. But do I care? Nope! Because the case goes back on and no one can see it anyway.         -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 24 10:08AM On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:54:28 -0600, Fox's Mercantile wrote:   > On 11/23/19 6:02 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> I think I can see your problem now: you're a MORON.   > Do you honestly believe I give a flying fuck what you think?   Just pointing it out for the benefit of others here who may not yet be fully familiar with your profane outpourings of ill-informed garbage and propensity to discharge same.       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Nov 24 02:22PM -0600 > life's too short for this much childishness. Sorry.   And yet you persist.   -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 25 10:12PM On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 22:10:44 -0800, tabbypurr wrote:   > he's aping slowman.   Just plain aping. I find it impossible to believe that anyone could *genuinely* be that stupid. Hence my deduction he's a troll - and now one of the very few posters I've felt it necessary to perma-plonk. Just think of all that valuable future time I've saved myself by avoiding further futile and infantile exchanges from him. >:-}       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Nov 23 08:18AM -0600 >> Sure you did. You asked *me* "...how you (meaning me) remove caps from paper based boards with zero board damage rate."   >> This indicates you can't.   > yawn   To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a hack, everything looks like a can't.     -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 23 04:45PM On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:08:11 +1100, marty wrote:   > It's cactus, throw the thing out.   I don't believe in doing that unless there's no other option. Having grown up in the overhang of postwar rationing and austerity I feel compelled to do all I can to rescue stuff if it's safe and practical to do so. Plus our 'throw away society' is not doing the planet any favours at all.       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 23 06:04PM On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:34:01 -0800, whit3rd wrote:   > It's either an energency overtemperature cutoff (like a fuse), or a > thermal switch that repeatedly time-cycles according to the > heating/cooling time constant of its companion resistors.   I assumed it was tucked between those resistors to sense any higher than usual warming in them. It's marked 76 degrees C in the case of this one. I'm guessing it (since it's in series with the live line) that if the temp rises above that level it will wind back the current, but this one has blown completely open-circuit and maybe that's what it was designed to do. Nothing visible, just on testing for resistance.   > The diodes presumably send current to heating element A on positive > half-cycles, and heating element B on negative half-cycles (so as to > retain some function if one element fails open-circuit).   Sounds feasible. I'll check the resistance of the heating elements and see what they show. One may have gone partially short-circuit, causing the fault in the first place. It's a 70W blanket so at 240V they should come out at about 800 ohms in total if my quick 'n' dirty sums are correct.       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Nov 25 10:05PM On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 07:57:16 +0200, Mikko OH2HVJ wrote:     > The turns are there for pliers or other tool to absorb the heat while > soldering the thermal fuse to the PCB. It's quite easy to blow a low > temperature rating thermal fuse while soldering.   Ah, thanks very much for that, Mikko; the missing piece in the jigsaw!   > What't the schematic like, are the resistors connected in such a way > that they would heat during some failure condition and blow the fuse ?   I don't have a schematic, but that's been my working assumption throughout. It makes sense that way.       -- This message may be freely reproduced without limit or charge only via the Usenet protocol. Reproduction in whole or part through other protocols, whether for profit or not, is conditional upon a charge of GBP10.00 per reproduction. Publication in this manner via non-Usenet protocols constitutes acceptance of this condition.

Starfella <starfella@starfella.net>: Nov 22 06:49PM -0500 On 11/22/19 2:50 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:   > Question is, what is the correct name for this 'mystery component' and > what should it read resistance-wise when cold?   > Thanks!   Not sure about the name of the component, but I will say that today's electric blankets are awfully poor made. Years ago, when I had one while growing up, it lasted for at least 10 years before someone threw it away during cleaning. As an adult, I purchased a Sunbeam brand about five years ago and I've never had one last more than 6-8 weeks! The only type of heating blanket I've found in recent times that does last are electric throws. I have two, purchased about 5 years ago, and with heavy use, they still work fine. Problem is that they are a bit too small for bed use although I make them work that way.

bje@ripco.com: Nov 26 11:30AM > Have you done anything with the settings? Most TVs come from the factory > on "display mode" with all settings at maximum. Which, of course would max > out the power-supply.     Hmmm, I dunno about this, it's one thing to max out a power supply and another to cause parts to smoke and burn. Me thinks Samsung would have a few lawsuits to deal with just because someone enjoyed "vivid".   The set has had a hard life and there is really no tears here. Like I mentioned, it's been in use for the past 10+ years, usually on for 12-15 hours a day (usually background noise).   The only reason it's not in the trash yet is 1) it's a native 1080p in a small package (25") which doesn't seem to be made anymore and 2) it has just about any video input you need, hdmi, dvi, vga, component and composite.   The sad part about all of this is I replaced it with a 32" Sanyo that Microcenter was blowing out for $49.95, less than the parts I spent trying to fix the Samsung.   -bruce bje@ripco.com

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