Re: Kilowatts

On 1/14/25 5:34 PM, vallor wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:53:36 -0500, -hh wrote:

On 1/14/25 1:35 PM, Farley Flud wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:43:15 -0500, -hh wrote:

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But if this alleged fuze is for the microphone, then where is it?
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FYI, claiming it is "hidden" doesn't fly because that means that you
chose to make it unserviceable,
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Oops.  I erred.  There is no fuse on this unit.

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QED.

 He also erred, confusing the Amperage from a 120V
circuit for that for a 5V circuit -- then referred to
it as "EE", when it was basic electronics.

Yup, Feeb failed 3rd grade math.

I was lucky enough to grow up with a Dad who was extremely
savvy to electronics, who learned the ropes from _his_ dad (as
well as being a Fire Control Technician in the Navy, and having
a career with electronics in DCPA/FEMA, and, and...).

Never really thought about that much, even though I learned later that Dad was a 'radioman' (Infantry Communications Sgt).  But putting that together now, it makes sense that I'd sometimes tag along with him to the local hardware store with some TV vacuum tubes to test to find which one(s) need to be replaced to get the TV running again.  I can also recall chastising him when he was helping with some wiring on my first house, where he hadn't thrown the breaker before starting work - his comment was "110 only tickles, but 220 throws you across the room".  I learned after my first 'tickle' to cut off the power (if one can) on household stuff, plus after working in the HP lab that there's a lot of hazards in the field...one of my earlier projects was to clear space in the lab for my work, which involved safely disposing of several tons of capacitors left over from another project ... think it ended up being around 14 pallets worth ... and thank God I found someone who actually wanted them, so it was a transfer instead of disposal ... I suspect a lot of them were probably filled with PCP based oils.

Sidenote: Do they still teach electronics with discrete components
in High School?  I hope so...I learned it growing up, but having
a structured course with theory helped with my "STEM" career (which
wasn't called that back then...).

No idea, but IMO probably unlikely.  A neighbor teaches in the local High School, so I'll ask if they happen to know.  But I'd suspect that if it has survived at all, it was probably relegated to the Vocational school 20-30 years ago.
-hh