Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:30:47 +0100, Lez <lez.briddon@...> wrote:

>>  Side note: I've found that my laminator (GBC 9") won't work in my
>>  office.  After an hour it's still not hot, just warm.  I plug it in in
>>  the kitchen, it heats up in minutes.  Haven't taken the time to figure
>>  out why yet.  So, try some other outlet on a different circuit just to
>>  see if that's the problem.

> Yup sounds like a plug/socket bad connection issue, try using a small
> 4 way extension etc to power it from that socket, I have a 60ft 3way
> extension cable I use when drilling in the garden etc, the drill only
> works in 2 of the sockets, but my grinder works in all 3

One would think that for a person wanting to make a PCB it would seem  
trivial to fix any such mains power issues, no?
I mean this is hardly rocket science, i don't think you would have to  
resort to housewive methods of trying different sockets....

I would be seriously concerned if my laminator only got half-warm on some  
outlets, and would want to fix the problem immediately. A dramatic drop in  
voltage has to be dropped somewhere - and a voltage drop means power  
dissipation, and power dissipation means heat, and heat means fire and  
smoke and burnt down house and worst of all, your layout will probably be  
lost too. Better go and fix the fault now.


ST