Recent content by Stickman393

I'd venture a guess that it's more about cost than anything else, Ceramics at 1.5uF can be very cheap. Film, less so. Looks like Bugg provided plenty of space for either choice, though.

You're right. This conversation has been far too mature. Anybody ever notice that Putin sounds like Pootin'? You know, like, crop dusting. Barking spiders. Playing the sad trumpet. ...heh...inappropes.....

I understand that sentiment. Hell, I feel it a little bit myself. Though I do worry that this line of thought kinda plays into the hands of somebody like Putin. The game he plays is to equivocate, to pretend that what he does is fine because hey look over there at that other thing. It's...

I'm in agreement with the notion that we should be holding separate the Russian people and the Russian government. GE Diodes and transistors....are all of these NOS? I don't really know. Either way, these represent parts of the Russian economy that are relatively small. The majority of their...

Yeah, electrolytics reverse biased get fat and don't do no work no more. Probably taste bitter too. Wouldn't know from experience. Tants explode and short. Basically, if I'm not happy then nobody can be happy. Only talking about caps here. Not at all thinking about people I encounter at work

I appreciate the impulse, but I gotta point out cause I'm a stickler and not particularly neurotypical myself... This is not a scientific experiment. The same test, conducted multiple times by different individuals attempting to account for all variables while using a shared vocabulary to...

^-2.6v to ground, with the positive lead on 9v and the negative lead to ground? Only way I could see that being the case is if you've got your ground going to the barrel of the power jack and the center going to +9v. But even with that, there would still likely be a short somewhere that's...

'Atta pepper. No need for embarassment. Its similar to what I tell my apprentices: if you're not breaking anything, you're not learning. Are you referencing ground or +9v on those measurements? Measuring resistance across caps is tricky. In actuality, a capacitor contains an insulator, and...

^ I would disagree RE: soldering iron temps there. Soldering iron temps have a lot more to do with heat transfer than they do with the ultimate temperature of the joint. That's because the majority of the heat applied goes towards a latent process - the non-sensible heat required to turn a...

I gotcha! You may be able to tell if the breaker is "HACR type" by looking at the face of the breaker in the panel. I know like...99% of residential multi pole breakers are...but I don't actually know about single pole breakers. All in conduit, huh? Hmmmm. Typically THHN is rated for a bit...

Treedix! Good little thing to have in your toolbox. Thing looks like a lifesaver. That is to say...in this crazy world of SMD footprints, that thing looks like a real aide to stamen sane. Eh? Eh? ...I'll see myself out...

O.L. on your multimeter means Over Limit. Basically, the resistance between 9v and those points in red is too high for your meter to measure. If your meter has a limit of say, 10 megaohms on the high end, all that means is that the resistance between those two points is more than 10 megaohms...

Hmmm. I mean, VFDs tend to have very good efficiency ratings...though all of my experience with VFDs has been in three phase to three phase applications. But that spindle shouldn't be pulling much more than 800 watts at full load...I can't imagine that would be a post-power factor rating...

Check there. You're basically looking for any spots where VCC and ground pads are in close proximity. If you can follow the positive trace after the BAT48 on the board, it might lead you to the culprit. Basically, when you plug in this thing your power supply drives the maximum amount of...

PShots fired! Yeah, it's the mechanic in me. Plus I'm averse to dropping over $500 on anything at a time, but seem to be super willing to drop 2kish over a period of half a year for something that is significantly inferior to a machine. But...can't put a price in knowledge. Learned a lot by...