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APC UPS, now with aluminum wire
johansen:
I have a circuit board from a fairly recent and common 2 ton heat pump, has aluminum wire for the common mode emi chokes. In hindsight, i have seen this before in inverter microwave ovens. The connections are soldered, and no reliability problems that i know of
Sal Ammoniac:
--- Quote from: srb1954 on February 04, 2023, 03:41:42 am ---I have always found Mr Carlson's Lab to be some of the dullest electronics content on YT.
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Why? Because he's not doing clickbait stunts like ElectroBOOM?
srb1954:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on June 02, 2023, 05:46:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: srb1954 on February 04, 2023, 03:41:42 am ---I have always found Mr Carlson's Lab to be some of the dullest electronics content on YT.
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Why? Because he's not doing clickbait stunts like ElectroBOOM?
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No, it is because most of his stuff is excruciatingly slow. He has a tendency to take 10 minutes to say what could be said in 1 minute.
james_s:
--- Quote from: BradC on May 27, 2023, 01:39:02 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on May 27, 2023, 12:33:52 am ---It is expensive, but house fires are even more expensive.
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That second one looks like stranded copper wire.
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Somebody pigtailed solid aluminum to stranded copper with predictable results. Both are early 70s manufactured homes wired with Anaconda Dutrax AL NM cable.
james_s:
--- Quote from: srb1954 on June 02, 2023, 09:05:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on June 02, 2023, 05:46:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: srb1954 on February 04, 2023, 03:41:42 am ---I have always found Mr Carlson's Lab to be some of the dullest electronics content on YT.
--- End quote ---
Why? Because he's not doing clickbait stunts like ElectroBOOM?
--- End quote ---
No, it is because most of his stuff is excruciatingly slow. He has a tendency to take 10 minutes to say what could be said in 1 minute.
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I like the way he explains things thoroughly and talks slowly enough that I can take the time to study the thing he's showing.
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