From: Uffe B�rentsen on

"Karl Townsend" <karltownsend.NOT(a)embarqmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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>
> "PeterD" <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:47:49 -0400, LSMFT <boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Karl Townsend wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>> Obviously if you get it wrong you'll probably kill the bridge or cause
>>>>> the capacitor to vent its lifeblood.
>>>> `...
>>>>
>>>> You guys are taking all the excitement out of Iggy's life. Just hook it
>>>> up,
>>>> the smoke will come out if its wrong, then do something else. Like the
>>>> time
>>>> I tried a start cap in the run cap position on my three phase
>>>> converter.
>>>> Now, I know the difference.
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I did that once; KaBang it went.
>>
>> Da KaBang I can handle, it's cleaning up the mess afterwards that is a
>> PITA!
>
> Are you talking about the mess in your shorts?

*LOL*

That's a good one Karl :-)



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Uffe B�rentsen


From: clare on
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:47:11 +0200, "Uffe Bærentsen"
<leiti_NOSPAM_(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Karl Townsend" <karltownsend.NOT(a)embarqmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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>>
>> "PeterD" <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in message
>> news:rclr265v7c4bdt9mu8am213hv92p18qutf(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:47:49 -0400, LSMFT <boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Karl Townsend wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Obviously if you get it wrong you'll probably kill the bridge or cause
>>>>>> the capacitor to vent its lifeblood.
>>>>> `...
>>>>>
>>>>> You guys are taking all the excitement out of Iggy's life. Just hook it
>>>>> up,
>>>>> the smoke will come out if its wrong, then do something else. Like the
>>>>> time
>>>>> I tried a start cap in the run cap position on my three phase
>>>>> converter.
>>>>> Now, I know the difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I did that once; KaBang it went.
>>>
>>> Da KaBang I can handle, it's cleaning up the mess afterwards that is a
>>> PITA!
>>
>> Are you talking about the mess in your shorts?
>
>*LOL*
>
>That's a good one Karl :-)
If you don't get that mess cleaned up pronto, it IS a PITA.
From: PeterD on
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:05:49 -0500, "Karl Townsend"
<karltownsend.NOT(a)embarqmail.com> wrote:

>
>"PeterD" <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in message
>news:rclr265v7c4bdt9mu8am213hv92p18qutf(a)4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:47:49 -0400, LSMFT <boleyn7(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Karl Townsend wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>> Obviously if you get it wrong you'll probably kill the bridge or cause
>>>>> the capacitor to vent its lifeblood.
>>>> `...
>>>>
>>>> You guys are taking all the excitement out of Iggy's life. Just hook it
>>>> up,
>>>> the smoke will come out if its wrong, then do something else. Like the
>>>> time
>>>> I tried a start cap in the run cap position on my three phase converter.
>>>> Now, I know the difference.
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I did that once; KaBang it went.
>>
>> Da KaBang I can handle, it's cleaning up the mess afterwards that is a
>> PITA!
>
>Are you talking about the mess in your shorts?
>
>Karl
>

<bg> Ever cleaned up a blown cap? Fluff and foil everywhere!
From: beecrofter on
A neat use for bridge rectifiers is to put in battery powered devices
so that the battery can go in either way .
From: William Sommerwerck on
> A neat use for bridge rectifiers is to put in battery-powered
> devices so that the battery can go in either way.

Yes... if the device can tolerate a constant voltage drop of 1.2V (or
greater).