Evolv-ing Thread

BillW50

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Takes a brave person to actually test that feature
Hahaha... I used to service electron microscopes and one of our engineers wrote up a series of tests which we would follow for a preventive maintenance schedule (like a check list). Checking varies things to make sure everything were running within specs. And some of the checks was to short the outputs of a number of DC outputs from the power supply. This was to check the fail safe circuits in case of an overload and the supply was suppose to just shutdown safely and no harm done and just reset itself after a power cycle.

Well about 40% of the time, the fail safe didn't work. So you had a perfectly working electron microscope when you came in and now you have a fried power supply. Customers weren't happy, we engineers weren't happy, and it would take 24 hours for the parts to arrive from FedEx before they could have their working electron microscope back. It didn't take us long to just skip over those steps.

As far as our mods go... yeah I am a bit gun shy about testing reverse battery protection too. I'll let others test it first and then just maybe I will (or won't). ;)
 

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Testing fate can be very exhilarating! :)

Until the odds catch up to you...... :eek:
I tested it in my rDNA40 when the feature was first announced. There were some on the VS thread wondering if it had it because of the daughterboard. I tested it and it worked. Some thought I was nuts but I have faith in VS and Evolv so I wasn't too worried.
 

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I tested it in my rDNA40 when the feature was first announced. There were some on the VS thread wondering if it had it because of the daughterboard. I tested it and it worked. Some thought I was nuts but I have faith in VS and Evolv so I wasn't too worried.

I tested it too but it wasn't on purpose....

Mr Murphy will get around eventually to test mine.

You got that right, Murphy has bitten me many times, but to a certain degree I am a risk taker so I have no one to blame but myself. The older I get the less risks I take, some of those Murphy bites leave scars.....
 

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Yeah, Murphey lives in Poland too. Drove around Poland for 2 hours trying to find a cool little cafe so I could say "I had an espresso in Poland". The one and only cafe I found was closed.....?.

On the bright side, Poland is breathtakingly beautiful.

On the even brighter side, I get to come home a few days early! My job here is done!

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I will get that when I hit Vienna.

What?

Think you're on vacation or something?

You are needed here,... now! You have a co-op to run!

Like my GrandPa used to say, "Take your time going but, hurry like hell back!
 

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What?

Think you're on vacation or something?

You are needed here,... now! You have a co-op to run!

Like my GrandPa used to say, "Take your time going but, hurry like hell back!
As a matter of fact, YES!

Vienna is the only redeeming part of this trip.

The project itself amounts to making Chicken Salad out of Chicken Sh@%$.

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