Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-10 Thread Vic Rosenthal K2VCO
- From: Vic, K2VCO k2vco@gmail.com To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 1:23 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I tried to swim across the Susquehanna river with all my

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-10 Thread Ian White
George: Not to put too fine a point on it but ZNRs are large and slow moving so they do have mechanical aspects but more to the point they do NOT have capacitance, save lead capacitance (a few pf), Not true: MOVs have a self-capacitance on the order of 1000pF, which is sometimes an advantage.

[Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Vic, K2VCO
I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I tried to swim across the Susquehanna river with all my clothes on. I survived that, but I need help with something else. I just turned on a computer plugged into 230v with the switch on the power supply set to 115v. Result: bang, smoke,

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread tomb18
Hi,Typically a device labeled as znr is a MOV, metal oxide varistor used to protect cir u its from excessive voltage or currents. Remove the other one, you will probably find a marking. 73s Tom va2fsq.com On 9/9/14, Vic, K2VCO k2vco@gmail.com wrote: I just did one of the dumbest things

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Charlie T, K3ICH
, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: Vic, K2VCO k2vco@gmail.com To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 1:23 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I tried to swim

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Fred Townsend
! Rescue me from stupid error! I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I tried to swim across the Susquehanna river with all my clothes on. I survived that, but I need help with something else. I just turned on a computer plugged into 230v with the switch on the power supply set

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Vic Rosenthal
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Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Vic, K2VCO
: Sep 9, 2014 10:23 AM To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I tried to swim across the Susquehanna river with all my clothes on. I survived that, but I need help with something else

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Fred Townsend
@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! Took the second one out. It is labeled TVR07241, which is a 240v varistor! I can get these to replace them. I think this one is undamaged (at least, it isn't blown up or shorted). I wonder if the other one was a 115V one which

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Josh Fiden
:23 AM To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I tried to swim across the Susquehanna river with all my clothes on. I survived that, but I need help with something else. I just turned

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread george fritkin via Elecraft
on the repair, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: Vic, K2VCO k2vco@gmail.com To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 1:23 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! I just did one of the dumbest things I've done since I

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Fred Townsend
@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sep 9, 2014 12:38 PM To: Charlie T, K3ICH pin...@erols.com, elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! There is nothing mechanical about a ZNR. The electrical equivalent is back to back Zener diodes with a capacitor

Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error!

2014-09-09 Thread Charlie T, K3ICH
a Zener. Chas - Original Message - From: george fritkin To: Charlie T, K3ICH ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help! Rescue me from stupid error! There is nothing mechanical about a ZNR. The electrical equivalent