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Madness Guru  Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
I think Lanox & Lanolin spray are much the same thing. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
Lanox is just a brand name, lanolin is the active ingredient. Makes everything smell like a sheep though, it's a very distinctive smell. The wife hates it, sprayed the 4wd hinges with it one day, never heard the end of it.  Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
Don't use it around Kiwis. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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| renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
All the ugly fat kiwi chicks use it to lure men, it's sold in all their sex shops. Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Warpspeed Guru Joined: 09/08/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 4406 |
Mark, if you ever see one of those huge Maori war canoes paddling towards you full of very large and hungry cannibals.... Jeez I hope you have insurance. Cheers, Tony. |
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| renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
Haha, yep good point Tony, just had a mental picture of one of those fat things sitting on my face, hmm can't unthink that!!! Check your inbox mate. Was wondering if I could pop by tomorrow to pick up the solar controller you fixed. Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
Mark your wife is going to be hiding the Lanolin spray from you, except maybe for special occasions. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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| renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
It only works on Kiwi's mate! Picked up a new 100uf cap from jaycar yesterday, it measured fine, funny thing was it's a good 50% bigger in physical size to the ebay China ones. I see elsewhere the 13v zener is now being replaced with an 18v, so I'll swap that out too. Did some work on the aerosharp boxes yesterday, moved the toroid mounting bolt, ground off the useless bits. Need some DIN rail for the breakers, power board cables, cable lugs. Still need to wind the primary cable and cut the heatsinks, so getting close to testing. Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
One option for the power cables is to combine 6 or more smaller cables, the end result is more flexible. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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| renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
I have Clockmans board which has 6 locations for cables to be soldered on the board, may as well do the same for the positive battery connection on the long heatsink too. That will need good connections, can't risk anything coming loose there, so better get a proper crimper. Does this type look OK? Edit, just thinking this one has a more useable range of dies. Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Warpspeed Guru Joined: 09/08/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 4406 |
I have a "big fella" crimper here you can borrow for a while if that helps. Its not something I use very often. Anyhow I plan to be home all day if you wish to drop in. Cheers, Tony. |
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| renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
Ripper, thanks Tony, I'll pop by later, don't need the crimper today, but I'll yell out when I get to that step. Cheers. Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
I got one of those 16 ton crimpers last year for $50.99 delivered. It works quite well, but if you won't use it much and have the option to borrow one save your money for more Lanolin. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
I have one thats looks like a set of boltcutters in storage, and in one of my toolboxes I still have the crimper thing I had to make as an apprentice, two blocks of metal we had to file to 0.5mm accuracy and can be used with a spanner on the two bolts or in a vice- works a treat (The chippies had to get a inch thick block of steel- make it perfectly square, then turn it into a circle, then back into a square- all measured with verniers, and all done with nothing more than a hammer and chisel... that was the first 6 months of their apprenticeship! glad I wasnt a chippy...) |
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| Warpspeed Guru Joined: 09/08/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 4406 |
One thing to watch out for when buying a monster e-bay crimper. There are a great many different cable size standards around the world, and a variety of foreign crimp lug brands that have rather different outside diameters and wall thicknesses to those we have in oZ. Some of the overseas sourced crimp tools (and lugs) end up having funny jaw sizes that do not always fit good Aussie made Utilux crimp lugs and metric cable sizes very well. An American or Chinese sourced crimper may not always work as well as it should. Soldering is always an option, but its a sad thing to be forced to do if you have just bought yourself a large deluxe fully optioned Godzilla crimp tool set. Cheers, Tony. |
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| renewableMark Guru Joined: 09/12/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1678 |
Huh??? Chippies working with steel, you mean block of wood right? Either way, the bozo's wouldn't be trained like that these days, tolerances on houses now is measured in increments of 10cm.  Cheers Caveman Mark Off grid eastern Melb |
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| Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
She'll be right mate, near enough is good enough. Never heard of a chippie using verniers, quality cabinet making requires them though. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Nah, these were fitters and turners, they were nicknamed chippies at the college of knowledge (the apprentice training center) at the railways and yup- it was steel I was one of the sparkies- electrical fitter |
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| Madness Guru Joined: 08/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2498 |
Where I come from a chippie is a carpenter. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Didnt have many carpenters in the railways, everything was done in metal. A lot of things were different, I did most of my early years with 48vdc, 110vac and 1500vdc, where the moneybags (private industry boys) did 12 and 24vdc and 240/415vac Even today, many older railway stations have limited or no 240vac, and are still running 110vac for lighting (and in some cases GPO's) luckily many places incandescents were used, they can use multivoltage switchmode supplied compact fluros, same with a lot of computer gear can run happily off the 110vac- but the staff sometimes used to complain in winter when they would bring in a heater to work, and it 'wouldnt work properly'- no they dont work well at half voltage... |
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