Howdy, from Wyoming

[Fred Wittman]

TChesek at Epix.Net wrote:

>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
>
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>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
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>>>  Thought I would drop in, say Hi, and take a look about. I have a
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>SB104A
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>>>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
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>>>
>>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!  :-)
>>
>>-- 
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>>Thanks! & 73,
>>doc, KD4E
>>... somewhere in FL
>>URL:  bibleseven (dot) com
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Actually, we used to do things like that (with small caps) to initiate 
the newbies in the applications lab at Fairchild.  Shoulda seen 'em jump!

Fred - KG6NYK

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