Inspection and testing to the First Edition

[Squid]

No offence SWD!

And that my friends is Diplomacy!

Now you offended both of us ;o))))))

 

[oracle]

You can't offend me by associating me with anyone with a proven grasp of grammar, diction and spelling. It's the Sun readership that make me cringe.

"Six munths ago I carnt spel eliktrishin and now I is one"

I weep for this generation....

 

[static zap]

...

"Six munths ago I carnt spel eliktrishin and now I is one"

I weep for this generation....

Reliance on technology to "korekt stuff" for them.

A big reality check/lesson was received when O2 Network broke.

 

[ackbarthestar]

However, across the pond, Americans who love new and exciting technologies, developed the electric chair. This was not to warm your bottom, but to fry it!

View attachment 46427

Electric chair? ........................... So where's the socket outlet?

 

[Pete999]

Electric chair? ........................... So where's the socket outlet?

It don't need one Mate, they wire the poor person and strap them to the chair, the hair ain't electric.

 

[static zap]

Returning to the first edition .
Twin core ,( probably both) wired fuses .
New fangled ,carbon filament incandescents .
For no messing/no sooty stains on wall ,lighting on demand.
(Tungsten filaments not patented till 1904)
----CAUTION-- source = Wiki==----
" Testing may be interesting depending on local supplier 'Earthing' arrangements"...speculation...

 

[oracle]

Returning to the first edition .
Twin core ,( probably both) wired fuses .
New fangled ,carbon filament incandescents .
For no messing/no sooty stains on wall ,lighting on demand.
(Tungsten filaments not patented till 1904)
----CAUTION-- source = Wiki==----
" Testing may be interesting depending on local supplier 'Earthing' arrangements"...speculation...

It was DC no earthing provided for years to come, long after AC was invented

 

[static zap]

My next thought was Billing , fixed charge /fuse capacity related?
( The did'nt do a mercury migration run-hrs timer as seen on yester years pcbs )

 

[oracle]

Oliver B. Shallenberger Invents the A.C. Watt-Hour Meter. On 14 August 1888 he received a patent for the watt-hour meter, a device that measured the amount of A.C. current and made possible the business model of the electric utility.

 

[Taylortwocities]

1st edition. I thought I had a copy somewhere....

 

[oracle]

So you did and I mistakenly referred to a generator which had not been invented yet, but having the 1st edition handy it's actually a dynamo referred to. See ,we all need to be on the same page!

 

[telectrix]

He was supposed to be in that day. Why did he put it off until the day after?

it's Pat. he's Irish.

 

[static zap]

A Dynamo , reference .
Leads me to a masochistic magician in a box in London.
--Must think magnets--! and commutators.

 

[oracle]

Well ,here's the first one

The Faraday disc generator

 

[static zap]

Well ,here's the first one
View attachment 46487 The Faraday disc generator

Once I mentioned commutator ,
(had an inkling a brushed disk would show up )
- plenty of current -but not much voltage- ?

 

[oracle]

You're offering objections to 100 year old tech? Without these pioneers we'd be hod carriers or worse

 

[static zap]

You're offering objections to 100 year old tech? ...

No objections .
(Lead acid cells are still about)

 

[Toneyz]

You're offering objections to 100 year old tech? Without these pioneers we'd be hod carriers or worse

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