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Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:42 am
by Externet
Saw it in another forum; you deserve the link too, fellows.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/ele/1077822164.html

Miguel

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:33 pm
by bodgy
The link has been withdrawn by Craigslist.

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:19 pm
by SETEC_Astronomy
http://google.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp ... 22164.html <<--Google cache link to craigslist post referenced above.

For sale, Atmospheric pressure tube......

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:30 pm
by MrAl
Hi,


Wow, that's interesting because i have some red LEDs that had some foggie looking plastic
over the chips (the plastic wasnt clear like many LEDs) so i ground down all the plastic
so you can see the LED chip clearly. They might still work so i'll let them go for about
50 dollars for eight...he he he he...

That's one of the craziest selling ads i think i've ever seen. :smile:

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:37 pm
by CeaSaR
Um... yeah...

:roll: :/

What a whackadoodle. LOL

CeaSaR

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:43 pm
by kheston
Too funny!

This would be too sad to lose, so I cached it here as well: tubes4sale

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:59 pm
by dacflyer
wow ! talk about a moron extrodenaire ! "they might still work" HA HA..ask him to retest them :P

that should be recomended to "the best of craigs list "

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:34 pm
by Robert Reed
Should come with a warning label - "DO NOT REMOVE WHILE POWER IS STILL BEING APPLIED"

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:14 pm
by bodgy
Actually if this poster is genuine I feel somewhat sad for him/her to have made such an error.

Colin

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:56 pm
by reloadron
OMG now that was classic. :shock:

Ron

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:26 pm
by jwax
I have some used fuses for sale!

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:04 pm
by Lenp
I have a large lot of NEW fuses, but they are all shorted! :eek:
Len

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:08 am
by Bob Scott
Lenp wrote:I have a large lot of NEW fuses, but they are all shorted! :eek:
Len
If you have a fuse of unknown condition, you can confirm its condition by wiring it across a car battery. If you see a flash, you know the fuse was good.

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:02 pm
by dacflyer
hey, i have lots of fuze repair kits.. they are good for up to 60 AMP . the stuff is made by REYNOLDS Aluminum foil co. :P 1 size fits all..

Re: Sorry, could not resist to post...

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:36 pm
by Lenp
Bob,
Thanks for the neat tip!
I forgot that I used same technique years ago to test flashbulbs, it works great.

Dacflyer,
Yes, since I quit smoking a half a lifetime ago, I have run out of those handy foil repair kits.
Gee, I wonder if they were really semi-conductors, since, one side conducted and the other didn't! :???:

Just an aside...
Years ago when I rented a house in the UK, fuse wire was the norm for the 'mains' protection from the service to the branch circuits. It was connected across a ceramic cartridge with brass caps at the ends with screws for the wire. The grocery stores sold the fuse wire. It was small coils of several gauges, wound on a hang-up card. A recent trip showed that breakers were now the in-thing.

Len

Len