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1. 06:39 AM - Re: for Bob (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
2. 08:28 AM - Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/12 (Eric M. Jones)
3. 09:42 AM - Re: Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/12 (Roger & Jean Curtis)
4. 09:55 AM - Re: Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/12 (Joe)
5. 01:09 PM - Re: for Bob (dstevenco@comcast.net)
6. 08:35 PM - PMR1-14V problem (Etienne Phillips)
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| Subject: | Make A List Contribution - It's Your Personal Squelch |
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At 11:51 PM 11/7/2012, you wrote:
>Bob,
>The same thing happened to me when I tried to order your book. I am
>wiring up my Zenith with your z-16.
>Good luck fixing the problem.
>Darren
The problem script is associated only with the direct contact
request form on my website. As far as I know, the order form
has always been working properly. It is tested every time I
modify the catalog. In fact, my 'fix' for the direct contact
form will be to take the script for the order form and strip
it down to the alternate task. Like working on old plumbing,
it's often easier to simply cut out all the old stuff and go
back new . . . than to attempt a fix for a drip.
When did you encounter a problem acquiring the book? A search
of my shipping records doesn't reveal a fulfilled order. I'm
pleased to accommodate your wishes.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/12 |
Allan:
> I've got a PS2E. Works very very well and was maybe $50 on ebay. I've heard the
cords are fragile, but I've never had a problem.
> If you've used the standard cheap Weller or worse, you'll wonder what
> the heck you were doing before. It certainly wasn't soldering.
Well put. There are many people on the AeroElectric site that have vast experience
with soldering. It is difficult to explain to anybody, not-already-converted,
why changing to a Metcal will measurably improve their life, but over and
over again you will read that changing to Metcal was (at least relatively) a life-changing
experience. Nooooooooooooooooobody ever goes back. Nobody. Never.
It is also a common experience that new Metcal users are slightly pissed-off--that
NOBODY forced them to upgrade earlier. This still has me miffed. Why did my
more knowledgeable friends out there keep this secret from me?! Huh?
That should say something.
It is hard to come up with an analogous situation...after all it is just a tool.
When somebody says something nice about their new temperature controlled Weller
or Hakko or American Beauty...well, I think I'd give one to my grandson, but
I'd tell him that he'd get a Metcal upgrade when he gets older and learns what
it's all about.
It would be as hard to go back to a Weller as it would to return to a 300 baud
modem. or a daisy-wheel printer, or an amber Amdek monitor or 5-1/4" sausage-hole
floppy disks, or an IBM 4.77 MHz pc. Or AOL, or my Boy Scout flashlight with
a filament lamp. Sure it can be used...but...
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Eric M. Jones
www.PerihelionDesign.com
113 Brentwood Drive
Southbridge, MA 01550
(508) 764-2072
emjones(at)charter.net
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=387313#387313
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| Subject: | Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/12 |
There are many people on the AeroElectric site that have vast experience with soldering.
It is difficult to explain to anybody, not-already-converted, why changing
to a Metcal will measurably improve their life, but over and over again
you will read that changing to Metcal was (at least relatively) a life-changing
experience. Nooooooooooooooooobody ever goes back. Nobody. Never.
It is also a common experience that new Metcal users are slightly pissed-off--that
NOBODY forced them to upgrade earlier. This still has me miffed. Why did my
more knowledgeable friends out there keep this secret from me?! Huh?
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Eric M. Jones
Am I to assume, after all the ranting, that you sorta like the Metcal and think
that it is a bit better than others on the market???
Roger
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| Subject: | Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/12 |
I, too, am one of the people who has his Metcal station up an a pedestal wi
th motherhood and apple pie and I'd quit flying before giving it up, BUT, b
efore anyone starts thinking that it is the solution to all the world's pro
blems, there is one thing it still wont do. You can not use it to solder a
n IC in a BGA (ball grid array) package to a multilayer PCB.
Do not archive
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric M. Jones <emjones@charter.net>
Sent: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 10:39 am
Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: AeroElectric-List Digest: 29 Msgs - 11/05/1
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et>
Allan:
> I've got a PS2E. Works very very well and was maybe $50 on ebay. I've hea
rd
the cords are fragile, but I've never had a problem.
> If you've used the standard cheap Weller or worse, you'll wonder what
> the heck you were doing before. It certainly wasn't soldering.
Well put. There are many people on the AeroElectric site that have vast
experience with soldering. It is difficult to explain to anybody,
not-already-converted, why changing to a Metcal will measurably improve the
ir
life, but over and over again you will read that changing to Metcal was (at
least relatively) a life-changing experience. Nooooooooooooooooobody ever g
oes
back. Nobody. Never.
It is also a common experience that new Metcal users are slightly
pissed-off--that NOBODY forced them to upgrade earlier. This still has me
miffed. Why did my more knowledgeable friends out there keep this secret fr
om
me?! Huh?
That should say something.
It is hard to come up with an analogous situation...after all it is just a
tool.
When somebody says something nice about their new temperature controlled We
ller
or Hakko or American Beauty...well, I think I'd give one to my grandson, bu
t I'd
tell him that he'd get a Metcal upgrade when he gets older and learns what
it's
all about.
It would be as hard to go back to a Weller as it would to return to a 300 b
aud
modem. or a daisy-wheel printer, or an amber Amdek monitor or 5-1/4"
sausage-hole floppy disks, or an IBM 4.77 MHz pc. Or AOL, or my Boy Scout
flashlight with a filament lamp. Sure it can be used...but...
--------
Eric M. Jones
www.PerihelionDesign.com
113 Brentwood Drive
Southbridge, MA 01550
(508) 764-2072
emjones(at)charter.net
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=387313#387313
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Bob,
Thank you. I had tried to make the purchase from your site over a year ago. However,
I ended up purchasing your book from T.J. at the BandC booth at Sun-n-Fun
last April. By the way, it's one great book. It sure makes life easier and imho
much safer.
Darren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:37:59 AM
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: for Bob
At 11:51 PM 11/7/2012, you wrote:
>Bob,
>The same thing happened to me when I tried to order your book. I am
>wiring up my Zenith with your z-16.
>Good luck fixing the problem.
>Darren
The problem script is associated only with the direct contact
request form on my website. As far as I know, the order form
has always been working properly. It is tested every time I
modify the catalog. In fact, my 'fix' for the direct contact
form will be to take the script for the order form and strip
it down to the alternate task. Like working on old plumbing,
it's often easier to simply cut out all the old stuff and go
back new . . . than to attempt a fix for a drip.
When did you encounter a problem acquiring the book? A search
of my shipping records doesn't reveal a fulfilled order. I'm
pleased to accommodate your wishes.
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | PMR1-14V problem |
Hi Bob
A family member has recently installed an SD-8 alternator with the 14V
regulator and OV protection module as per instructions. The total runtime
of the engine with the alternator is about 15 hours.
It has started spewing potting compound out of the gaps around the wires
and keeps tripping the CB OV circuit. The potting compound has also blocked
the voltage set point adjustment hole.
Any ideas for fault tracing the wiring (so that the same doesn't happen to
a replacement), or does this look like an internal manufacturing fault?
Thanks
Etienne
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