Posted by Jim Wilkins on June 6, 2012, 11:44 am
> Yeah, current limitin' fuses, jus' like they all tell ya'.
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> But sir, the production test station showed they were good, when I
> pushed the red button the meter stopped at 100A just like it's
> supposed to!
> jsw
The people hired to operate production line test stations typically
know so little of electronics that it's really hard to guess what they
might assume. I designed what I thought was a UAW-proof control panel
for a machine for GM, then watched the operator whose nose remained
buried in a book swat blindly at the buttons until she heard the fans
turn on.
jsw
Posted by Brian Gaff on June 1, 2012, 11:38 pm
Sounds like someone has done my favourite trick to make bulbs last
indefinitely and put them in series.
Brian
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Blind user.
> The spare bath in my house was added in the '60s. There is a fixture over
> the sink with a double light socket, one faces left and one faces
> right,it's one piece. Common at one time.
> So today I wanted to put a fan in this otherwise unused bathroom. I got an
> edison base adapter and screwed it in one of the sockets. Plugged in the
> fan and nothing. Didn't matter how it was switched. So I went off to get a
> bulb to test the other socket. When I screw in the bulb, it does not light
> but the fan goes on. The fan seems to be fine and the bulb is completely
> dark. Unscrew the bulb and the fan turns off.
> WTF!
> Who cares to gamble a wild ass guess?
> Obviously the fixture has to go! But very strange.
> Jeff
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> But sir, the production test station showed they were good, when I
> pushed the red button the meter stopped at 100A just like it's
> supposed to!
> jsw