If a certain colour of conductor is typically used for the neutral over here, never call it neutral based on its colour.
You can only call it neutral if you trace it back to the mains supply cabinet and you know it is actually neutral.
Conductor colours mean absolutely nothing in north american building wiring.
The worst circuits are lighting circuits with 3-way or 4-way switches, along with very "inventive" ways of using minimal copper to get the switches and light sockets working as intended.
Exactly. Even though 99% of the time white is neutral in 120V wiring never assume that it is unless you verify it. It could be a loop circuit for a wall switch. According the code if a white wire is hot the sparky is SUPPOSED to mark it at termination with black marker but if you rely on that you be dead.
The discussion on Fiber: I think it will be a cold day in Hell before Verizon ever installs fiber in my area. So I'm stuck for now with my over priced cable TV ISP.
Not quite TE but electronically interesting, is this Mk 3 Cortina prototype from the 1970s with a factory digital dash:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154544120839
If a certain colour of conductor is typically used for the neutral over here, never call it neutral based on its colour.
You can only call it neutral if you trace it back to the mains supply cabinet and you know it is actually neutral.
Conductor colours mean absolutely nothing in north american building wiring.
The worst circuits are lighting circuits with 3-way or 4-way switches, along with very "inventive" ways of using minimal copper to get the switches and light sockets working as intended.
Exactly. Even though 99% of the time white is neutral in 120V wiring never assume that it is unless you verify it. It could be a loop circuit for a wall switch. According the code if a white wire is hot the sparky is SUPPOSED to mark it at termination with black marker but if you rely on that you be dead.
The discussion on Fiber: I think it will be a cold day in Hell before Verizon ever installs fiber in my area. So I'm stuck for now with my over priced cable TV ISP.
I have NEVER seen a sparky mark anything. I have seen loop circuits for switches and sockets with no way to know which is which, unless you take the house apart.
Come to think of it, I have different circuits off of different breakers running into the same box. A serious no-no in the code, but they (someone before I moved in; was not found on the electrical inspection) did it anyway.
The only reason I have not gone to fix that myself, is that it would involve taking down most of the gyp rock in the house...
We had a wind & thunder storm around here last night. I was not home; out on a 12 hour road trip to pick up something that was not even TE, but at least it floats in a flood situation.
Anyways, internet service went down. SWMBO and the kid were not happy. This morning, spenta fewway too many hours trying to convince the Bell ISP support person that my computers and settings were the problem. He finally did a line test and then fiddled with something. He tells me everything is fixed and running amazingly well and I should be very happy with 0.35 Mbps
He said it would get a tiny bit better with fiber. Of course, he failed to mention it will be a cold day in Hell beforeVerizonBell ever installs fiber in my area.
The steering wheel is on the wrong side. No wonder it never got passed the prototype stage.
And if anyone cares the Type 547 is back on it's feet and my nuts are intact.
I have NEVER seen a sparky mark anything. I have seen loop circuits for switches and sockets with no way to know which is which, unless you take the house apart.
Come to think of it, I have different circuits off of different breakers running into the same box. A serious no-no in the code, but they (someone before I moved in; was not found on the electrical inspection) did it anyway.
The only reason I have not gone to fix that myself, is that it would involve taking down most of the gyp rock in the house...
Well if that is immaculate then my car is factory fresh Seriously though it is rather interesting with that prototype interior.
When I did wiring I never used the loop method for switches. Too sketchy IMHO and the extra copper to do it right wasn't all that much. I also never used the "push in" connectors for outlets. Always proper screw termination. I've seen those push in's fail many times and in fact start the burn. I think they should be banned.
If a certain colour of conductor is typically used for the neutral over here, never call it neutral based on its colour.
You can only call it neutral if you trace it back to the mains supply cabinet and you know it is actually neutral.
Conductor colours mean absolutely nothing in north american building wiring.
The worst circuits are lighting circuits with 3-way or 4-way switches, along with very "inventive" ways of using minimal copper to get the switches and light sockets working as intended.
Exactly. Even though 99% of the time white is neutral in 120V wiring never assume that it is unless you verify it. It could be a loop circuit for a wall switch. According the code if a white wire is hot the sparky is SUPPOSED to mark it at termination with black marker but if you rely on that you be dead.
The discussion on Fiber: I think it will be a cold day in Hell before Verizon ever installs fiber in my area. So I'm stuck for now with my over priced cable TV ISP.
I have NEVER seen a sparky mark anything. I have seen loop circuits for switches and sockets with no way to know which is which, unless you take the house apart.
Come to think of it, I have different circuits off of different breakers running into the same box. A serious no-no in the code, but they (someone before I moved in; was not found on the electrical inspection) did it anyway.
The only reason I have not gone to fix that myself, is that it would involve taking down most of the gyp rock in the house...
We had a wind & thunder storm around here last night. I was not home; out on a 12 hour road trip to pick up something that was not even TE, but at least it floats in a flood situation.
Anyways, internet service went down. SWMBO and the kid were not happy. This morning, spenta fewway too many hours trying to convince the Bell ISP support person that my computers and settings were the problem. He finally did a line test and then fiddled with something. He tells me everything is fixed and running amazingly well and I should be very happy with 0.35 Mbps
He said it would get a tiny bit better with fiber. Of course, he failed to mention it will be a cold day in Hell beforeVerizonBell ever installs fiber in my area.
When I did wiring I never used the loop method for switches. Too sketchy IMHO and the extra copper to do it right wasn't all that much. I also never used the "push in" connectors for outlets. Always proper screw termination. I've seen those push in's fail many times and in fact start the burn. I think they should be banned.
The steering wheel is on the wrong side. No wonder it never got passed the prototype stage.
And if anyone cares the Type 547 is back on it's feet and my nuts are intact.
No, the steering wheel is on the right hand side.
P.S. could really use one of them exploding cats, to install in this computer , had lots of problems with it the last few days, it froze shortly after an error appeared and then refused to boot afterwards (not even a beep from the motherboard), it's done this twice now, I suspect a hardware problem.
It could easily be a windows update (if that's your OS). My laptop started behaving oddly after updating yesterday, the line detection doesn't work properly now and it keeps dropping in and out, with accompanying beep (until I got annoyed and turned the sound off).
Naturally I checked the output from the brick as I thought the high ambient t was making it shut down, but nope. Just windows being windows.
Bought some test gear finally. Nice little Farnell triple output power supply. Great for old fashioned linear and digital electronics work. 23 quid including delivery
Simon Spiers (current owner of my old Fluke 87) did a video on them:
3700X is a nice CPU. Can't go wrong with it.
The steering wheel is on the wrong side. No wonder it never got passed the prototype stage.
And if anyone cares the Type 547 is back on it's feet and my nuts are intact.
Do I see Philips crapacitors?
Bought some test gear finally. Nice little Farnell triple output power supply. Great for old fashioned linear and digital electronics work. 23 quid including delivery
Simon Spiers (current owner of my old Fluke 87) did a video on them:
Do I see Philips crapacitors?
Do I see Philips crapacitors?
Not for long. I'm going to blow the cunts up after replacing them
My brother picked up one of those Farnell PSU's a few years back, don't think it was expensive either.
As for the Philips caps, they vary a lot, some are complete crap and others test better than the replacements I bought.
David
My experience with Philips capacitors in Fluke gear is that they are complete shit.
They are problematic as a rule. I got a PM3315 for cheap a few years back and guess what: shorted philips bluey bastard. Note the lazy hack job to replace it
Good to know
reached agreement with realtor. Negotiating with employer.