Official ProVari 3 Thread - P3

[The Ocelot]

Ah, but that's the beauty of No-Ox and being dubbed by you as Sir Rod, Master of Lube. No-Ox doesn't expire. Cool, in't??!!

Of course it doesn't expire, but as I said, that's irrelevant.

 

[DPLongo22]

with a date and barcode on the label, in a ziplock bag, with a retinal scan activated zipper, locked inside a lead box with a cat, a Geiger counter and an Adam Ant CD.

Flashback! Whoa.

 

[rbrylawski]

You should put it in your will with specific instructions on how it should be apportioned.

This sentiment meets Sir Rod, Master of Lube's seal of approval! Yes it does!

 

[The Ocelot]

Flashback! Whoa.

Sadly, he didn't age well.

 

[The Ocelot]

This sentiment meets Sir Rod, Master of Lube's seal of approval! Yes it does!

Especially if the original label is gone and they have no idea what it's for.

I think you should name your P3 Jiffy.

 

[DPLongo22]

Sadly, he didn't age well.

I'm afraid to check it out, TO. I'll just let him be as he was (in my head).

This sentiment meets Sir Rod, Master of Lube's seal of approval! Yes it does!

Serious question. Is it true that the No-ox is tougher to clean down than barnacles on a boat? I'm just wondering because I'm tempted to try it out (just for the fun of it, I guess). But not if I need to break out a flamethrower to remove it.

 

[The Ocelot]

I'm afraid to check it out, TO. I'll just let him be as he was (in my head).

Actually, I just looked him up and he looks better now than he did a few years back.

 

[DPLongo22]

Actually, I just looked him up and he looks better now than he did a few years back.

I'll betcha it's because he switched to No-ox.

 

[Regzzz]

I'll betcha it's because he switched to No-ox.

I don't know why, but this just pop up in my head:

Well, this car is automatic,systematic, hydromatic,
Why, it could be greased lightning

Greased lightning, woooow grease lightning...

 

[DPLongo22]

I don't know why, but this just pop up in my head:

Well, this car is automatic,systematic, hydromatic,
Why, it could be greased lightning

Greased lightning, woooow grease lightning...

It's now officially "Flashback Saturday".

You go, Kenickie.

 

[rbrylawski]

I'm afraid to check it out, TO. I'll just let him be as he was (in my head).



Serious question. Is it true that the No-ox is tougher to clean down than barnacles on a boat? I'm just wondering because I'm tempted to try it out (just for the fun of it, I guess). But not if I need to break out a flamethrower to remove it.

Honestly, if you put some on and you're not happy, just clean your threads as you normally would. I use 99% isopropyl as part of my normal cleaning routine and removes No-Ox easily.

Sir Rod, Master of Lube wouldn't lead you down the primrose path. No he wouldn't!


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[Pinggolfer]

Honestly, if you put some on and you're not happy, just clean your threads as you normally would. I use 99% isopropyl as part of my normal cleaning routine and removes No-Ox easily.

Sir Rod, Master of Lube wouldn't lead you down the primrose path. No he wouldn't!


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I think you need to cover the entire steps for cleaning the P3 including proper use of No-Ox.

 

[rbrylawski]

I think you need to cover the entire steps for cleaning the P3 including proper use of No-Ox.

Wait, What???? This is now sounding to much like work. And work sounds like job.

Ocelot? What have you gotten me into?? Huh? What??!!


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[DPLongo22]

Honestly, if you put some on and you're not happy, just clean your threads as you normally would. I use 99% isopropyl as part of my normal cleaning routine and removes No-Ox easily.

Sir Rod, Master of Lube wouldn't lead you down the primrose path. No he wouldn't!

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Cool - thanks Lubemeister! I just like to clean them down completely every once in a while, and wanted to make sure it wouldn't be an adventure.

I think you need to cover the entire steps for cleaning the P3 including proper use of No-Ox.

Agreed! Details. We need more details.

 

[Regzzz]

I think you need to cover the entire steps for cleaning the P3 including proper use of No-Ox.

I second.. err. third that motion!

 

[Pinggolfer]

Master of the lube it's time to fulfill your position. Details my friend details.

 

[AstroTurf]

LubeMaster...

LOLz, Jim

 

[Peter_C]

Basically, I made my same coil.
Because I wrapped the wire around a bigger drill bit, I didn't need to go around as many times, to use the same amount of wire. My P3 tells me I created the same resistance! Such a nice feature to get live resistance readings!!!! Love it! Yes I do!

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Picture this:
Two pieces of wire about 2 inches long.

Wire A gets wrapped around a small drill bit, and goes around 7 times.

Wire B gets wrapped around a bigger drill bit, and only goes around 5 times.

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Remember playing tether-ball? Remember the rope would wrap around the pole like 20 times, before it was too short to go around?
Now picture if that pole was a whole lot bigger...the rope wouldn't be able to wrap around it as much.
Same concept in building coils.

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Now, say you want to change the thickness of your wire...well that's easy too!
Think of it like a garden hose. The bigger around the hose is, the more water can pass through it.
If it's a very small, like a drinking straw, the less water can flow through it.
That's resistance, which is measured in OHMS.
Now, side by side, that hose can let more water through than the drinking straw yes?
That's current, which is measured in AMPS.
Here's the tricky part...
Imagine water coming out of the hose (no nozzle)...I'm sure you can literally imagine the water pressure against your skin...not a lot of pressure right? Doesn't hit your hand very hard.
Compare that to how hard the water from a squirt gun hits you...much harder. And the stream is smaller than what comes out of the hose yes?
The pressure you feel from the water, is representative of VOLTAGE! I know you know that's measured in VOLTS.

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Back to the wire thicknesses!
So the garden hose has less resistance (as described above), and would need more wraps around the pole, compared to the drinking straw...to equal the same resistance. If you wrapped a garden hose around a pole like 1,000 times, it would let out the same amount of water that a drinking straw sized hose would.
So if you wrap a thicker wire around your drill bit, you'd have to wrap more times than you would with a thinner wire, to equal the same resistance, AKA let the same amount of water through.
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I'm sorry that this was such a HUGE post...
My job, all day, is to literally create analogies for my customers to relate computers to.
Today it was:
A computer is like a library.
The shelves are the hard drive. The more shelves, the more books, or space for books.
The librarian is the processor, which organizes the books, and brings them to you when you request them.
The books are programs. When you open them to read, they take up more desk space.
A desk in the library is like the RAM. The bigger the desk, the more books you can lay out on it, and read at once.

In a word; "Girth".

 

[DEAc23]

My Celtic Knot P3 didn't arrive today

It must be because of the damn holiday rush or whatever, but at the moment I am very happy the P3 requires a signature to be delivered, because another package I am waiting on may have been stolen. It's from a Secret Santa I'm participating in on another online forum, and my gift should have arrived yesterday according to the member who runs it, but it never showed up The worst part is that we just switched to one of those "Cluster Mailboxes" on the 17th, and I'm not 100% sure, but I think the box that is for packages can be opened by anyone

 

[Pinggolfer]

I hope you didn't break open the Irish whiskey to soon.