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drventure:
Hey Saurian
Yeah, i pretty much knew that, but I figured I'd humor my insurance company. But no way was I paying 140$ for essentially nothing. I gotta at least get a written down diag of all the components.
Never been a huge fan of Best Buy anyway, now, definitely not.
Pik4chu:
--- Quote from: drventure on August 13, 2010, 07:40:43 am ---Hey Saurian
Yeah, i pretty much knew that, but I figured I'd humor my insurance company. But no way was I paying 140$ for essentially nothing. I gotta at least get a written down diag of all the components.
Never been a huge fan of Best Buy anyway, now, definitely not.
--- End quote ---
I loe best buy for their deals on DVDs and Blu-Rays but I always give the support counter a wide berth when I walk in, Im afraid their sleeze will contaminate me or something.
I hope Fry's takes care of you though.
bkenobi:
I'm not an EE, but I asked one about lightning protection a few years back. He basically said that there is no circuit that activates fast enough to stop the lightening current from getting through before it shuts off. Even the best protection circuits will allow some of the power through before the kick off. Considering that a lightening strike is millions of amps, even if a fraction got through, everything that's plugged in at the time and is struck will be AFU.
The only protection from lightening strikes is not having the equipment plugged in at the time a lightening strike hits. :dunno
XNIF:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on August 14, 2010, 12:16:42 am ---I'm not an EE, but I asked one about lightning protection a few years back. He basically said that there is no circuit that activates fast enough to stop the lightening current from getting through before it shuts off. Even the best protection circuits will allow some of the power through before the kick off. Considering that a lightening strike is millions of amps, even if a fraction got through, everything that's plugged in at the time and is struck will be AFU.
The only protection from lightening strikes is not having the equipment plugged in at the time a lightening strike hits. :dunno
--- End quote ---
that is not entirely true. I'm having this in my mame cabinet:
It has a fuse and is fast enought to stop any overvoltage coming thru.
XNIF:
Any more steampunkification ? I just read all pages again... when this is done you should bundle it and release it in a bookform.
I found the cover this is how it should look:
Dunno why this pic, but i love it :P
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