- 1. Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:07:43 -0500
- "A Treatise on the Importance of Smoke" by Joseph Lucas All electrical components and wiring harnesses depend on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of charged ions by retention of
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00382.html (9,613 bytes)
- 2. Re: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jonw@up.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:32:40 -0500
- When I was a youngster in ham radio we were taught that when adjusting the output circuits of a transmitter we should "...tune for maximum smoke." Maybe radio equipment (high voltage) is different fr
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00385.html (7,543 bytes)
- 3. Re: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: John Szalay <john.szalay@att.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:05:18 -0500
- and as one who has driven many a British car, with Lucas electrics. ( never could keep that Lucas fuel pump working 100%) notice that the paper is "authored" by none other than the "Prince of Darknes
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00387.html (8,150 bytes)
- 4. RE: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Waldron, James" <James.Waldron@CWUSA.COM>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:12:25 -0500
- Up until the mid 70's (I think) Triumph (British Leyland) cars came with a crank in the trunk. The US salesmen immediately removed them as you could not sell a car to an American buyer and explain th
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00388.html (8,709 bytes)
- 5. RE: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:24:24 -0600
- Yep, been there-- done that. I got so much "experience" with smoke when I was a kid that I can still identify the smell of smoke from a resistor, a transformer, or a selenium rectifier! Regards, Nei
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00389.html (8,281 bytes)
- 6. RE: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:27:59 -0600
- I suppose that if aftermarket manufacturers came out with ones that were longer for added leverage, Triumph could claim it had a "stroker crank". Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Up until the mid 70's (I th
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00391.html (8,164 bytes)
- 7. Re: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: "R.J. Denton" <foxriverkid@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:33:05 -0600
- I managed a British car dealership in the seventies and I can categorically tell you that this tale is false. No British cars csme to this country with a crank after 1950. Bob Denton
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00393.html (7,876 bytes)
- 8. Re: Required reading on electronics.. (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jonw@up.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:37:57 -0500
- Well, as long as we're on this subject -- Likely the most exciting experience was in high school electronics class when I blew up a big capacitor -- the kid that was my lab partner darn near had to g
- /html/land-speed/2004-01/msg00394.html (8,311 bytes)
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