I forget, who was it in Star Wars that was always soldering on the Millennium 
Falcon and producing sparks, was that Chewie or R2D2 or Han Solo?

 

 

From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mathew Howard
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 6:33 PM
To: AFMUG <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Linear Circuit

 

That sounds painful...

 

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 5:36 PM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 
wrote:

So, I reverse engineered the controller, found a main feed cap that didn't 
have enough capacitance to power the controller, replaced that, then found 
the op amp was goofy, replaced that (it was actually in a socket).

Installed everything, hot water.  Very happy.  In the process while wiring 
up the triacs to the heating elements, got in a hurry and did it without 
powering it down.

First time in my life that I blew a circuit breaker from the current that 
went through my hand!  I presume the circuit breaker is more sensitive to 
currents to ground but I am pretty sure my hand did not conduct 20 amps.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Seth Mattinen
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:09 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Linear Circuit

On 12/4/18 8:03 PM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  wrote:
> It is 18 kW.  Two runs of some pretty large wire.  Maybe #8.
> Perhaps a pair of 40 amp circuits I think.


Yeah that's like 80 amps at 240V. 8 AWG would be correct for 40 amp
circuits.

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