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| bd139:
Bought some junk. Thanks to AVGresponding for pointing this out and apologies if I outbid you :-DD £17.49 including delivery gets me ... one HP 3776A PCM test set. Why? Well I went through the service manual and it is absolutely packed to the brim with rather expensive analogue and TTL bits and a metric ton of standard HP parts. Absolutely no use whatsoever in this day and age as it's all for testing Bell/CCITT 4KHz channel telecoms crap which is completely obsolete so it'll be used as an organ supply for other projects. Only problem is it's a full 4U rack unit and weighs 15Kg :-DD :-DD On a positive note it was cheap enough that I don't care if the courier leaves it on the doorstep and it gets nicked. And if anyone nicks it, LOL enjoy the hernia :-DD |
| Specmaster:
--- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2022, 06:58:26 pm --- --- Quote from: Cubdriver on June 29, 2022, 06:57:26 pm --- --- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2022, 06:04:57 pm ---Ah watercooling. Never had any problems with that here because I never bothered with it :-DD --- End quote --- In the grand scheme of things, aren’t they ALL air cooled in the end? -Pat --- End quote --- Exactly. Why stick a Rube Goldberg machine in the process :-DD --- End quote --- I do so because it removes at least 1 noisy fan and is generally far more efficient in dissipating heat and it also means of course that I generally don't have to lug my huge great full size tower that weighs a bloody metric ton out from under my bench and carry it downstairs into the garden to blow out the dust. I simply have to remove the front filter and remove the debris from that, and job done in seconds. My youngest son has an air cooled CPU and the cooler on that is always clogging up with thick dust and fluff and screams like a bleeding banshee until it gets cleaned or else it shuts down because of over heating. |
| mansaxel:
--- Quote from: Cubdriver on June 29, 2022, 06:57:26 pm --- --- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2022, 06:04:57 pm ---Ah watercooling. Never had any problems with that here because I never bothered with it :-DD --- End quote --- In the grand scheme of things, aren’t they ALL air cooled in the end? -Pat --- End quote --- Since I have a geothermal bore, I can get chilled (compared to computer, but warm enough to heatpump from in winter) brine without hitting air, and then I can heat-exchange to a water-cooled computer if I want. Of course, I'm then going to heat the house with that waste heat which means that the athmosphere is getting the last word, again. |O Pat's right; it just takes a bit longer in some scenarios. |
| bd139:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on June 29, 2022, 07:30:41 pm --- --- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2022, 06:58:26 pm --- --- Quote from: Cubdriver on June 29, 2022, 06:57:26 pm --- --- Quote from: bd139 on June 29, 2022, 06:04:57 pm ---Ah watercooling. Never had any problems with that here because I never bothered with it :-DD --- End quote --- In the grand scheme of things, aren’t they ALL air cooled in the end? -Pat --- End quote --- Exactly. Why stick a Rube Goldberg machine in the process :-DD --- End quote --- I do so because it removes at least 1 noisy fan and is generally far more efficient in dissipating heat and it also means of course that I generally don't have to lug my huge great full size tower that weighs a bloody metric ton out from under my bench and carry it downstairs into the garden to blow out the dust. I simply have to remove the front filter and remove the debris from that, and job done in seconds. My youngest son has an air cooled CPU and the cooler on that is always clogging up with thick dust and fluff and screams like a bleeding banshee until it gets cleaned or else it shuts down because of over heating. --- End quote --- My mother always put it this way: "I was fed up of scrubbing your father's shirt collars so I made him scrub his neck instead" aka suck up the dust before it gets in the PC :-DD |
| mnementh:
WALLY WURLD TOOL ALERT: Hart SS DirtSucker for 30 Bux https://www.walmart.com/ip/HART-8-Gallon-6-Peak-HP-Stainless-Steel-Wet-Dry-Vacuum-VOC812SW-3701/106550327 I've been missing my Shop-Vacs (I used to keep one for general use and one just for wet use) ever since Tejas; they were old and reeked and I just wasn't going to deal with them, so they went down the road for a tenner each just to liquidate the space they took up. Well, they recently issued a price rollback on their most expensive Hart Shop-Vac; so when this came through my inbox yesterday, I jumped on it. They didn't have any in the store to buy in person (I drive right over and checked), but the website said my local store had 4 that could be purchased online for pickup next day, and the checkout promised they would substitute another unit of equal value if they didn't have it. So I bought and sure enough, got the email while I was out doing other errands that it was ready for pickup. In case you don't know, Hart is WalMart's current "Value Line" of Chinesium housewares and tools; their answer to B&D repeatedly getting by Horror Fraught. I'm not sure if they're disco-ing the whole HART product line, or if just their dirtsuckers. I've actually shopped similar-looking units (as in, I'm sure it's exactly the same thing with their colors and name on it) sporting the Stanley and Craftsman brands for $120-140. This one has of course the primary attraction of a stainless-steel tank, but other things made me look twice too: Tank Drain (so many of the budget Shop-Vacs omit this now) to dump water with some measure of control Great big 140mm wheels on back so it actually rolls in the shop & on the driveway Nice big tilt handle like real industrial equipment 2-inch hose: I consider this a reasonable compromise between 3-inch "real Shop-Vac" hose and the 1 1/8-inch hose usually provided with the budget models Reasonable power for size: 6A Peak/LRA is pretty average; but rated 11.5A at 120V is pretty much exactly same as my "real" Shop-Vacs. Almost 2HP :-+ Tall format means okay for shop use, but should still be very handle-able for cleaning stairs. Things I found once I got it home and fondled it: Ooodles of suction, but moderate noise thanks to huge 7-inch dia x 6-inch pleated filter Oversized rocker power switch with very light, smooth action Good assortment of useful attachments, including a floor squeegee for the gulper nozzle that looks like it'll actually work Assembly was very simple and straightforward even without RTFM; and all the bits for the wheels actually have screws to hold them in. Bottom line of course is still the bottom line: How long will it last? For $30, I think it'll be hard not to get my money's worth. mnem *suckage FTW* |
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