Norm, I may be a coward, but I think I'd go KISS here and pull more signal wires when and if needed someday; CAT-x cable really isn't that hard to install. I know all electrolytic (and because of the large value needed for good power boost that's what we're talking here I think) capacitors like to degrade and fail and although I'm sure you can get really good diodes, I'm equally sure you can get pretty mediocre ones much easier so you need somebody to spec the components - somebody current enough in that field who knows which logo is trustworthy. And you're looking at grief if you ever want to replace one out in tim-buk-too because the application numbers will like have changed in the mean time.
Also wires are much easier for Joe Schmoe to understand and troubleshoot; you can't always depend on being the one to service the system nor can you count on getting a top flight tech. My guesstimate is that 1/2 of the wannabees out there won't actually damage you, 1/2 of those do adaquet basic change out work, 1/2 of those do good scripted service work (step through fixed decision trees), 1/2 of those actually understand the systems and 1/2 of those can actually figure out and rebuild systems. And if you find one of the last type who actually does WHAT he said WHEN he said he'd do it, he's worth almost anything he asks for. IOW, good help is hard to find - don't set the bar high when you don't have to. <g> Rufus -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
