Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Feb 23 2020 08:37:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Just a bit arcane.... ;) but, I think I followed that.... even NB>>> if there's no chance I could replicate it... BM>> Probably not! OTOH sort of a technical example of troubleshooting BM>> wiring errors. Pretty sure I told you about the electrical issues here BM>> and at a friend's aunt's place of wiring done by electricians which BM>> failed (wire loosened). Test and notice a pattern as to what is BM>> working and what is not working. NB>> Yes, I do believe you'd mentioned that before... BM> Me? Repeat myself? Nahhh!! ..OTOH that did remind me to write a BM> reminder note: was told one of the area stations will require a rescan BM> around March 17th. The station is affiliated with two local stations; BM> not sure about them but will be on the lookout; rescan should catch BM> but if too early ==> Channel 6 had done theirs at 11 a.m. while other BM> local stations a little after midnight. NB> Nothing really wrong with a little repetition... and reminders NB> are always good... ;) You might even hear something closer to NB> the rescan date about what time each will be happening.... Yes: with me sometimes with the repeat I'll remember a detail I didn't catch before. As for the rescan, have a couple of people also looking for the date as they will have to rescan their TVs also. BM>> ...And if one doesn't know what BM>> they're doing better to leave alone and have a professional correct but BM>> one can still observe "this outlet works and these do not". NB>> And observation can give a pretty good idea where the issues are... NB>> whether or not one can do the fix... :) BM> Right. And sort of laughing because of an incident here years ago: BM> had the dining room/family walls redone. Paneling had been glued to BM> the drywall plus some other issues so had the old drywall removed and BM> new installed. We were at work; drywaller somehow discovers an outlet BM> no longer works so figures he broke it so goes to the hardware store, BM> buys and replaces the outlet -- still doesn't work. Tells us and BM> apologizes where we get home. Ends up the problem is at a different BM> outlet: "Outlet #4" doesn't work but the problem is the output BM> connection at "Outlet #3" had come loose. BM> #1 ==> #2 ==> #3x--> #4 BM> Outlet #3 worked fine but the wire to Outlet #4 had loosened so no BM> connection, no power to #4. NB> Yup... you've told that story before too, but it's quite apt... NB> :) So you fixed the connection at #3 and everything worked NB> again... :) Oh-oh! I'm on Summer Repeats like the TV networks?! As for the outlet repair, yes. BM> sunlight-through-the-glass-block-window-in-the-basement seems easiest: BM> UV should pass through the glass blocks (though too thick?), being BM> inside protects the solar cells, the location makes it easy for me to BM> hook up the battery. Just need to test later. NB> Good question on whether the glass-block windows might be too NB> thick... definitely would need to test that out thoroughly.... NB> but the other factors do sound promising... Yes, potential for the UV -- OK: I wasn't sure on the excitor: figuring UV as IR didn't sound right. Quick scan of a couple of articles and they say photons; could still be a preference for the high end of the visible light spectrum. Will see what happens when lower the solar cell in the basement window to give it better light exposure and see what happens. BM> Just need to find the right box! I do label, and right now BM> instead of writing on the boxes I fold a sheet of paper in half and BM> list the general contents on the paper which is hanging over the side BM> of the box. Easier and less messy looking to update the paper than BM> scribble on the box. NB> That does make a lot of sense... :) And might be quicker to read NB> a sheet of paper along the side of the box rather having to move NB> boxes around to read the tops of them or something... ;) Right: plus easier for me to write on pape rand then move it to the box than on the side of the box ==> sort of a mild acrobatic to get into the writing position! And with paper easy to update with a new sheet. (Though some have scratch-outs -- I'm not that picky!) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Last night lay in bed looking at stars; where's the ceiling?! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .