Fleetie wrote:
Nope. Can't say I have. Don't recall taking a chance of blowing
something up by guessing which way things go. It's risks like that
that can get you killed.

Ah, the familiar Usenet superior-to-thou creature.

The point is valid though - if you're unfamiliar with valve kit, to the
extent that you'd try guessing which one goes in which socket, then maybe
there are other things you need to be aware of. Have you repaired or worked
on valve gear before?


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Fleetie wrote:
Yeah, hope so! Ordered valves from Colomor today.

Ebay has currently dozens of types of valve in 'Electronic Components'

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In article ,
Fleetie wrote:
Yeah, hope so! Ordered valves from Colomor today.

Ebay has currently dozens of types of valve in 'Electronic Components'

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But it wasn't going to get me KILLED!

I know enough to stay clear of mains, keep one hand for myself, etc.
Bloody hell! Exaggerate! Ok, there's a 1e-6 chance that an errant
and angry cap could have gone to the PCB in the sky and core sampled
my skull and its contents on its way there, but if we're playing the
exaggeration game, well, why stop there?

I repeat what I said befo I bet you've *all* done things before,
that with hindsight would have been better not done. Now stop acting
like boring parents - and anyway, what would you care if I had been
killed? You wouldn't, any more than I would if some other stranger
had been similarly erased. So what's-his-face's patronising post
was transparently just that; an example of someone taking the
opportunity to _sound_ superior, with no proof to back up the claim
that they are in fact so.



Martin :-/

But it wasn't going to get me KILLED!

I know enough to stay clear of mains, keep one hand for myself, etc.
Bloody hell! Exaggerate! Ok, there's a 1e-6 chance that an errant
and angry cap could have gone to the PCB in the sky and core sampled
my skull and its contents on its way there, but if we're playing the
exaggeration game, well, why stop there?

I repeat what I said befo I bet you've *all* done things before,
that with hindsight would have been better not done. Now stop acting
like boring parents - and anyway, what would you care if I had been
killed? You wouldn't, any more than I would if some other stranger
had been similarly erased. So what's-his-face's patronising post
was transparently just that; an example of someone taking the
opportunity to _sound_ superior, with no proof to back up the claim
that they are in fact so.



Martin :-/

"Fleetie" wrote in message
...
Nope. Can't say I have. Don't recall taking a chance of blowing
something up
by guessing which way things go. It's risks like that that can get you
killed.

Ah, the familiar Usenet superior-to-thou creature.

'nuff said.




I meant anything. For example, I don't now anything about electronics, so
decide to wire up a 1 farad capacitor, but in the wrong phase. I then stand
above it when I switch the power on.

Good night :-X

"Fleetie" wrote in message
...
Nope. Can't say I have. Don't recall taking a chance of blowing
something up
by guessing which way things go. It's risks like that that can get you
killed.

Ah, the familiar Usenet superior-to-thou creature.

'nuff said.




I meant anything. For example, I don't now anything about electronics, so
decide to wire up a 1 farad capacitor, but in the wrong phase. I then stand
above it when I switch the power on.

Good night :-X

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:45:12 -0000
"Fleetie" wrote:

Nope. Can't say I have. Don't recall taking a chance of blowing
something up by guessing which way things go. It's risks like that
that can get you killed.

Ah, the familiar Usenet superior-to-thou creature.

Im not superior to a lot of people but I've never played 'guess the
socket'. I'd have at least looked up the pinouts of the valves first...

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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:45:12 -0000
"Fleetie" wrote:

Nope. Can't say I have. Don't recall taking a chance of blowing
something up by guessing which way things go. It's risks like that
that can get you killed.

Ah, the familiar Usenet superior-to-thou creature.

Im not superior to a lot of people but I've never played 'guess the
socket'. I'd have at least looked up the pinouts of the valves first...

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Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with
ketchup.

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:04:38 -0000
"Fleetie" wrote:

I know enough to stay clear of mains, keep one hand for myself, etc.
Bloody hell! Exaggerate! Ok, there's a 1e-6 chance that an errant
and angry cap could have gone to the PCB in the sky and core sampled
my skull and its contents on its way there, but if we're playing the
exaggeration game, well, why stop there?

Some valve gear has a couple of kV running around it. dont just assume...

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Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with ketchup.