Of course I have never had any real issue. I suspect it depends on the transit office.
I could suggest you set up a Canada service location and even suggest who...
Remember beauty is only skin deep. Idiocy seems to run all the way through!
We did find a good repair place in Canada. Once every few years they get to fix something. Knowledgeable people that know the hot end of an iron seem to be difficult to find these days.
On a different note as mentioned currently under construction is some new test equipment. My quadrature oscillator does not use conventional feedback but Wien resonantors. Without tweaking the worst distortion is third harmonic at -80. Should be good enough for what my final goal will be.
Only surprise was that each stage needs not just level settings but also band center tweaks.
Currently using 5532s in the prototype. Good thing, smoked one already. Layout mistake swapped + & - ? A real surprise as I never make missteaks.
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Only surprise was that each stage needs not just level settings but also band center tweaks.
Currently using 5532s in the prototype. Good thing, smoked one already. Layout mistake swapped + & - ? A real surprise as I never make missteaks.
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That is actually one of my interview questions! "Which end of a soldering iron do you hold?" Candidates who think it is a dumb question hint to me they have no real experience. If you haven't burned yourself, you probably don't have enough experience.
When I was part of a fledgling company making motion-triggered audio message delivery devices, the President was as well a "studio teacher" and regarded himself as very intelligent, and stated this frequently.
For a show-and-tell I shipped him an EPROM with one of the latest audio clips, and included instructions as to how to orient it and plug it into a unit that he had already.
Everything worked. I said So you managed to get the orientation correct.
His response: You mean that makes a difference? 😱
Are-you trying to make us believe that some electronic manufacturers are able to produce components with symetrical connections that can burn if plugged in the wrong orientation ?
I would certainly walk out after a few choice words about wasting my time - is that the correct response ?
I had another client who, when I told him how complex a system was I'd designed and built for him, and cited the number of ICs, he said Oh I thought those were just plastic with wires sticking out (he was about as old as my father and had known him when both were amateur radio enthusiasts in the 30's).
You mean you'd really hire people who don't walk out in response to questions like that? 🙄 If it wasn't a spoof then hey, you'd think as an applicant that's really no loss.
Good answers are:
"If I smell burning flesh I try the other end."
I try the end with the wire first.
The colder end allows me better control.
Or the honest one "I've done that wrong before."
Normal requirement around here is 1000 good XLR connectors on the bench before you get to solder in the field.
Anyone care to guess what bad solder joint can cost to fix? Current project is in Buffalo, we are located in Pittsburgh.
"If I smell burning flesh I try the other end."
I try the end with the wire first.
The colder end allows me better control.
Or the honest one "I've done that wrong before."
Normal requirement around here is 1000 good XLR connectors on the bench before you get to solder in the field.
Anyone care to guess what bad solder joint can cost to fix? Current project is in Buffalo, we are located in Pittsburgh.
We need Julf to jump in here with his t-shirt photo. Think it goes something like, "if it tastes like chicken, you're holding it wrong."
Cracks me up every time I think about it.
Cracks me up every time I think about it.
I had a tech that would stick his soldering iron out a small hole in the cheap wood paneling into the hall. Folks would actually grab it like they thought they should. He also cut leads and pins off of things to see how many he could get to stick in the acoustical tile ceiling.
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