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Fulthrotl
~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
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Boss thought I could swap out maybe 6 per hour. Ya right...
sure ya can, wilbur.... if you suffer from multiple personality disorder, and
there are three of you.....
Duke E
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I certainly hope that my grammatical errors haven?t stumped anybody. I tend to take due care in my choice words, unfortunately my speel check software doesn?t catch misused wording.
I am new to these forums and am treading cautiously, and posting with care. I would have expected or even welcomed critique based on any opinions which I may have expressed, not on textual errors. Please don?t get hung up on synonyms.
I am new to these forums and am treading cautiously, and posting with care. I would have expected or even welcomed critique based on any opinions which I may have expressed, not on textual errors. Please don?t get hung up on synonyms.
chris kennedy
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Don't let steelersman bother you. He's ... well... a Steelers fan.:roll:
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Either one works for me I understand what you mean.:smile:
steelersman
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No need to capitalize those words as they aren't the first word in the sentence.
steelersman
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They are in your usage.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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"Sure, Boss, if you have one guy ahead of me de-lensing and de-lamping them, and someone after me re-lamping and re-lensing them."Boss thought I could swap out maybe 6 per hour. Ya right...
I usually figure 20 minutes per. More if it's higher than 10'.
TwinCitySparky
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Probly from the same minds that came up with the rotten egg smell in natural gas. It's kinda funny how your nose sometimes takes center stage in diagnostics.
TwinCitySparky
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sure ya can, wilbur.... if you suffer from multiple personality disorder, and
there are three of you.....
Thank you.
It's interesting when you are a company owner, how fast things can be done "virtually" in your brain. :roll:
steelersman
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say what???
Back on topic.. :roll:
The smell wasn't deliberate, it is just a byproduct of that nasty potting compound burning off inside a ballast. Like I'd said before it has a unique rankness unequaled by most organic things.
You do have to be careful with older ballasts in another way: the non-thermally protected type (The ones with out "Type P" or "Class P" on the label) can easily generate enough heat through internal arcing to burn right through the metal case and fixture and ignite the surface they're attached to. I had an old book that showed a picture of a hole burned into a ceramic tile from a ballast failure.
As a kid growing up my dad's shoplight set fire to the basement when it's ballast failed, it burned a good portion of the joist it was mounted to. Luckily we were home when it lit off.
The smell wasn't deliberate, it is just a byproduct of that nasty potting compound burning off inside a ballast. Like I'd said before it has a unique rankness unequaled by most organic things.
You do have to be careful with older ballasts in another way: the non-thermally protected type (The ones with out "Type P" or "Class P" on the label) can easily generate enough heat through internal arcing to burn right through the metal case and fixture and ignite the surface they're attached to. I had an old book that showed a picture of a hole burned into a ceramic tile from a ballast failure.
As a kid growing up my dad's shoplight set fire to the basement when it's ballast failed, it burned a good portion of the joist it was mounted to. Luckily we were home when it lit off.
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