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Jencen

@Jencen@furry.engineer

Goo dragon/Shapeshifter thing. Tinkerer and maker. He/Him. Occasionally suggestive Content, 18+

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TechConnectify , an Random Englisch
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I'd like to tell a quick story about successful troubleshooting.

A few months ago I rented a scissor lift to install lighting at my new office. When it arrived, the delivery person gave me a quick demo and off he went.

Well, when I went to actually use it - the lift went up by about a foot then stopped and screamed beeps of terror. It was broken!

But the display on the control read "18"

Rather than call the rental company, I searched "sinoboom fault code 18" to see what that meant.

Jencen ,
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@TechConnectify having taught electrical installation and fault finding..... I find that in some ways there's an innate ability in some people. Others who can just about grasp it and others that can't make the connections.

I don't know if that's because there's nothing being taught at primary school level now or not.

Even trying to teach the basics of
ID problem
Formulate solution
Test solution
???
Profit/repeat

Didn't really help.

foone , an Random Englisch
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I wonder how hard it is to make a fake USB printer.
Like, a printer that takes any printout and goes "yep, that printed just fine" but nothing ever comes out anywhere

Jencen ,
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@foone Sooooo.... a printer? >.>

foone , an Random Englisch
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I saw this voltmeter at the electronics flea market. Look at that massive probe! It looks like you need to check your back blast before using it.
Apparently it's for REALLY high voltages? Like, 3kV?

Jencen ,
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@foone Looks like it's for dead checking in substations.

I have a need... just not for the intended purposes o.o

foone , an Random Englisch
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Here's something cool I never realized existed:

PCBs distributed through magazines!

From Radio Electronics (June 1987):

https://archive.org/details/radio_electronics_1987-06/page/n68/

Jencen ,
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@foone Huh.... I wonder if that'd work with the PCB layouts that are in older service manuals from places like Yamaha or Roland >.>

Jencen ,
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@foone Huh. wonder if that was the original idea for them. I'd always thought it was for component ID/location. but possibly a way to replicate them o.o

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