Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 21:15:34 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.at, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@whistle.com, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Subject: Re: Old farts blathering (was Re: SCSI Bus redundancy... ) Message-ID: <199803070515.VAA02345@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Mar 1998 21:11:24 PST." <XFMail.980306211124.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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> > Hmm, I prefer the Varta 2.2Ah cells actually. The Sanyo ones have lots > > of "these are great" legends floating around, but the "really tricky" > > charger you're describing is basically just a box with a DC regulator > > and an energy polariser crystal, and I still never saw them create > > energy from nowhere. > > Not quite. A peak-detector charger actually pushes a lot of current into > the battery very quickly, with amazingly little damage. Energy is not > created from nowhere, but comes from your car battery, in the parking lot. Sure. Which is why the batteries have nominal lifetimes. 8) > > But I 'fess that most of the little driving I did was off-road, where > > capacity per weight matters more than peak output. I used to think > > those weenies in the shopping centre carparks on weekends were just > > that. (Hmm, I guess over here you can't do that sort of thing in that > > sort of carpark, what with 7-day shopping and all.) > > I switched to gas (alcohol) 1/8 scale some ten years ago. Like the noise > and the smell :-) People with real incomes are no fun. > .... > > >> Yup. The WDT board I am polishing the driver for alarms for low-voltage > >> on > >> a new, EXPENSIVE, rackmount CPU box. No, the WDT is not broken, but the > >> 5V > >> is really 4.73. You are right, you have to try hard to mess up... > > > > Have you tried adjusting the output on the supply? Like I said, PC > > manufacturers are pretty stingy; it was probably factory-set at about > > 35C and 90% RH with no more than a few minutes runtime. > > I just found this out minutes ago. Then I dod not recollect any > adjustments in the power supply, then there is the obligatory excuse > wto not honor the warranty sticker on the power supply. There are ways around this; either stick a screwdriver (oops, insulated adjusting tool 8) in through the ventilation slots (if it was designed), or drill a hole in the case where required. Take care not to remove the warranty label with the drill. This is, of course, sophistry. You could send it back under warranty... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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