Howdy, from Wyoming

[TChesek@Epix.Net]

Doc,

Now you've opened the door for electrolytic stories. I two short tales to
tell. When I first went to my local community college, 37 years ago, there
were several pictures posted beside the chalk board. One picture was very
interesting and none of us could figure out what it was until we asked the
instructor. He said that a previous student connected an electrolytic with
the wrong polarity and what we saw in the picture was the top of the metal
can embedded in a ceiling tile. A good picture for a poignant lesson. The
second tale is when I was working for Varityper repairing a failed power
supply in a phototypesetter. It was our experience that the externally
mounted electrolytic was the cause of supply failures so on repeat power
supply replacement we swapped out the cap. It was located in the bottom of
the cabinet with no light and I reversed the leads by mistake. After a few
short minutes this loud hiss and terrible stench permeated the room. The
owner asked what happened and I told him that occasionally we get a bad
batch of parts. hi hi.

Tom K3TVC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kd4e" <kd4e at VERIZON.NET>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [HEATH-TEMPE] Howdy, from Wyoming


> >   Thought I would drop in, say Hi, and take a look about. I have a
SB104A
> > and a HR1680 and HT1681, and the assorted phone patche, swr bridge, and
> > keyer. Have enjoyed my times with the grey and beige boxes. Sometime, I
> > might be coerced into describing my introduction to a reversed
> > electrolytic. In the meantime, Hi to all.
> > C U, es
> > --...   ...--
> > Dale - WC7S in Wy
>
> Given that we are Hams, we sometimes watch TV news
> and TV entertainment, and occasionally even read a
> typical newspaper -- clearly we are pain-voyeurs.
>
> So please, entertain us with your tale of woe from
> a reversed electrolytic, and do not spare us any of
> the unpleasant details!  :-)
>
> -- 
>
> Thanks! & 73,
> doc, KD4E
> ... somewhere in FL
> URL:  bibleseven (dot) com
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