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- Path: sparky!uunet!peora!tarpit!bilver!bill
- From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
- Subject: Re: Dennon vs. Sony
- Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:29:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.152903.6217@bilver.uucp>
- References: <1992Nov10.194952.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov10.194952.1@vax.sonoma.edu> oberland@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
- >The last time something broke(stereo equipment), it was
- >a chip that was overstressed.
- >I have fried transistors before, but only by doing something really stupid.
-
- >I trust transistors much more than an IC.
-
- >In fact, the only equipment that I have to date that is over three years old
- >is my old NON-IC equipment.
-
- >My amp gets hot enough(old transistor type) to set things on fire.
- >Don't know how hot that is, but I figure that it is way too hot for
- >my liking, hence the fan.
-
- Hm paper burns at 451 Farenheit (from the novel of the same name).
-
- This is a dangerous thing. Are you sure you don't have AC problems.
-
- >About the MTBF for heat, I lost my JVC "boombox" one day. Amplifier chip
- >just up and quit. Nice whisps of smoke. And you know what? yep, it was
- >during a 110 degree day. MTBF be dammed. Nobody lives in a test-lab.
-
- But it sounds like you live in an oven :0(
-
- >My power is not too stable here, but is not
- >hopeless, either.
-
- From all your problems I would think your power may be closer to
- hopeless than you imagine.
-
- >It all comes down to heat,
- >and how much mass there is to absorb it.
-
- Sound like you have hit that one on the head.
-
- >I am right now replacing my 2nd modem. why? seems that something got fried
- >from excessive heat due to overuse(?).
-
- Ah - what a crock. I bet you had the modem setting where it couldn't
- get decent air flow. I just checked the maximum use I have had on my
- modem was 98 Megabytes in one day with a total of 19 hours uucp
- connection. (and it was for logins the most of the remaining 5 hours).
-
- I agree with the heat problems, but you need to investigate the
- equipment to make sure it is not airflow problems.
-
- I live in a city that is recorded to be one of the hotter cities in the
- US (Orlando,FL). My wife is a native Floridian who HATES
- air-conditioning. The last time it was on was about 2 years ago during
- an early May heat wave with 95-98 degree days for a week or two.
-
- I don't have a problem, and the equipment doesn't - and I make sure I
- have adequate airflow - even though ambient is in the 80-90 degree
- range for 7-8 months out of the year.
-
-
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