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by jack » Sat Aug 23, 2014 3:18 pm
Just noticed this:
Grief....
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by Mike H » Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:40 am
Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
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by jack » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:44 am
Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion...

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by pre65 » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:49 am
nickds1 wrote:Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion...

I thought you had done a full rebuild ?

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by jack » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:52 am
pre65 wrote:nickds1 wrote:Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion...

I thought you had done a full rebuild ?

I trust that was a joke
My full rebuild was IMMACULATE (see
http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Electronics ... rades.html) - this was another one that I was asked to look at after some nutter had had a go at it.

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by pre65 » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:56 am
Ah, I see. That was not made clear.

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by Mike H » Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:57 pm
Yes I thought exactly the same! Thought it was his own

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by Mike H » Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:02 pm
nickds1 wrote:Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion...

Sorry hadn't looked that closely but see what you mean yeh can see the scorched bits now. And what looks like a hole in the tranny top left
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by Paul Barker » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:31 pm
Having seen Nick's pictures before I did know it was not something he would do.
Or were you two just teasing?
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by pre65 » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:42 pm
Paul Barker wrote:
Or were you two just teasing?
Moi ?

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by Mike H » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:51 pm
Seriously I thought it was one he'd bought and had only just opened it

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