2003-03-22 by J. Larry Hendry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roger Rossen <mididood@...>
> Larry - you crack me up. I keep noticing how you disclaim yourself then
proceed to rattle off good engineering 'prose', advice and such. Come out
of the closet!
--LH--
OK. I'll come out of the closet (no, not that one). In 1976 I graduated
from a nationally certified vocational technical school 2 year EET type
program. But, it is a diploma and not a degree. I learned to repair stuff,
not design it. And, we were still pretty heavy into tubes. So, the
disclaimer is because I am not a BSEE. After I graduated, I went to work
immediately in high voltage AC and immediately forgot about meg-ohms and
micro-amps. I have spent the last 26 years working with kilo-volts and
mega-watts. I am an expert on multiple aspects of generation and
transmission of AC power.
So, I am happy to offer my "opinion" about a circuit. But, I don't want to
give advice, since my understanding of this stuff is still quite limited.
However, I will have to say that building MOTM has been a great re-learning
experience for me. I appreciate that Paul gives us a theory introduction
into the MOTM circuit operation. That has helped me a lot. I do have a BS
degree. It is in business.
> And I work with many 'engineers' who I wouldn't trust replacing the
batteries in my flashlight
I spend certain percentage of my work week explaining to engineers why
something they have on paper will not work, or just changing it in the field
and sending their print back marked up with the working version. So, if I
ever give any high voltage advice, I'll leave the disclaimer off. I'll just
start right now. Stay away from that stuff. It's dangerous. No disclaimer
required. <snicker>
Larry