tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5743306565098890935..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Re-AMORCing* The IrradiatorRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-22891923585148028562008-01-31T06:32:00.000-05:002008-01-31T06:32:00.000-05:00From 240 V fed British-style, Turk; the "stardrive...From 240 V fed British-style, Turk; the "stardrive's" low voltage side toasts the Queen's health instead of the Federal union and there's a big stepdown transformer in another portion of it to make all the LV portions feel t'home here in the colonies.<BR/><BR/> Teach, do I not just wish! Normal mode is all three running. Having three big RF power amps assures we'll nearly always have at least one running but the Captain and the Owners become quite vexed when we must limp along at reduced power.<BR/><BR/> ...Man, just once, do I wish a <I>Star Trek</I> episode had shwod the lads and lassies in Engineering emerge smudged and mussed from the gritty complexities of the warp drive. I don't think Scotty and his crew ever so much as swung a wrench; they just flipped switches and looked worried.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-2077722916767631892008-01-30T21:51:00.000-05:002008-01-30T21:51:00.000-05:00Sounds like Ford Festiva's.Buy three, to have one ...Sounds like Ford Festiva's.<BR/><BR/>Buy three, to have one up and running.<BR/><BR/>Does it ever go smooth?Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66514337039123151032008-01-30T09:57:00.000-05:002008-01-30T09:57:00.000-05:0032 volts at 180 amps?! From 110 or 220? Can I get ...32 volts at 180 amps?! From 110 or 220? Can I get one of those without a NICS check? I want to build a Tesla coil in my basement.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-50120754925811130892008-01-30T08:16:00.000-05:002008-01-30T08:16:00.000-05:00"I haven't seen the engineer in a while. Hmmm... S..."<I>I haven't seen the engineer in a while. Hmmm... Send someone down to engineering, I think Roberta's fallen into the Jeffries Tube again.</I>"<BR/><BR/>:DTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com