On Sunday 31 March 2019 22:20:38 John Dammeyer wrote: > > Would you like to compare birthdays John? I've had 84 of them > > things. ;-) > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > I have a few years to go but for some reason still feeling growly. > Went looking for some tintable alkyd enamel paint today to match the > mill so I could paint the CNC cabinet. What a wasted day. No one > carries this anymore. All water based. > > Trouble is the frame already has oil based primer so I can't really > put water based anything on it until it's totally dry. Have to try an > autobody supply store tomorrow. > > So then I started installing all the electronics onto the frame and > dropped the 24 volt supply. Probably still works. But now with 20-20 > hind sight I don't think the way I'm installing it will make it easy > to service (replace). > > Time for a beer.
I've had my one near beer for the day, I was found diabetic about 25 years back, so now I take a couple grams of metformin daily. And I can testify that hind sight is a lot better than 20-20. Old age, it creeps up on you in very stealthy moccasins. And its a good idea to never look back, something might be gaining on you. And yes that supply s/b installed so it can be swapped out for a fresh one easily, the capacitors WILL die, sometimes a horribly messy death. Least dependable part in any system. We need to invent something more dependable for use as a large capacitance, but alu foil, kraft paper, and a cc or less of technical grade ethylene glycol is 100 years later, still the cheapest farad you can buy by several magnitudes. I'm also a Certified Electronics Technician, now long since retired after spending nearly 50 years keeping some tv station on the air. Its been quite a ride since I fixed my first tv in 1948, at 14 years old. Yup, I was a geek before the word was invented. But now I've had a couple health accidents that have slowed the thinker a bit. Most recently a pacemaker, I was getting dizzy in between heartbeats. Figured I had better get that fixed as I have a fading wife to care for. Take care John. > John > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users