Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:38:16 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] thanks!
>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:10:47 -0500 >From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] thanks! > >At 11:19 AM 10/22/01 -0700, venture wrote: >>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:10:15 -0700 >>From: "venture" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [LIB] thanks! >> >>Dave, thanks very much for this information! I had no idea that there is >>a >>quota for insertions. I wonder why? I'll research this a bit and see >>what >>I can find out. Well I'm buying another one and this time I hope to find >>out what it is rated for. . . >> >>(Gosh, this "finite number of insertions" stuff sounds like my sex life. . >>Cheers! > >It's a wearout thing, contacts have to slide and make good contact, so >there is mechanical wear. Quite - most UK broadcasters use a military spec multipole connector for outside broadcast stuff - gold plated, sealed, proper strain relief, the lot. It's rated for only *50* insert/remove cycles. Mind you, I've never seen one fail (and some of them are twenty years old) unless they've had some external trauma, like driving a large lorry over them... Neil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
