Lucien Nunes Electrical Engineer Extraordinaire

[Mark W]

His tributes are coming in from far and wide. Here is a picture that has been shared by one of his best mates. Our tribute last night, we have had confirmation the fog horn reached at least 2 miles and a whole village in Staffordshire now knows Lucien Nunes!

Towards the end you could see how powerful his enthusiasm was as it was being attacked by this dreaded illness. On more than one occasion I had to tell him to rest over the telephone so he could take a breather as he was not going to let this situation get in the way. At the end of each telephone call this enthusiasm had triumphed over the thing that was trying to take it away.

 

[DPG]

A brilliant teacher

He was very good at getting points across, whether on forums like this or in videos like you have shared there.

 

[westward10]

We actually had one of those orange hairdryers in the 70s.

 

[ipf]

The thing that keeps coming back to me about Lucien is his braveness in the face of his mortality. I was always puzzled almost at how he faced his affliction without a word of compaint or self pity. I only hope I am able to muster such courage at such a time. R.I.P and most sincere condolences to the family and close ones.

He seemed to have a gift for being able to understand things beyond most of us.
Maybe that had something to do with it?

 

[lozarus]

I always wanted to meet Lucien. He won't know it but I had followed him on many many forums over the years and shared a few insightful chats with him over here. He was a true font of all knowledge electrical and our industry is truly worse off without him.

 

[richy3333]

Such sad news. The loss of a great man, mind. Our thoughts from Scotland are with the family and we’ll raise a dram.

 

[Dave OCD]

I've only just seen this and read every post, every single one is from the heart and confirm what an incredible man Lucien was.
Personally I feel very sad , much more than you'd expect from someone you've never met, I think that says a lot about his influence on all of us too. I'd like to think he's moved on to a far better place.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I never met Lucien in person. He's helped me out loads on the forum over the years in a kind and patient way.
I know I never met the guy but I really liked him and Its very upsetting.
RIP lovely man.

 

[Fazz711]

Sad loss R.I.P.
Very knowledgeable engineer

 

[Paul L]

Been away for a few days and just caught up with the incredibly sad news about Lucien. As all others have said, a fantastic man and absolute genius with his thinking and knowledge. Through the forum I have found out things from him I wouldn't have had a clue about but his name will live on for a very long time. Rest in peace Lucien, you definitely made a difference to life

 

[JBW175]

So sad to be logging on here this morning and reading about Lucien’s passing.

I can only echo the sentiment shared by so many other forum members, his knowledge was unparalleled and he will be missed.

Rest In Peace Lucien.

 

[OnlQQker]

I wasn't going to come in on this thread again, but I've been following it and posted the image above on 'page 3'.


Now I kind of feel guilty within myself, I never said anything about Lucien, but we did exchange PM'S for a while, and gave contact details for each other.
I was going to help him with the video's, edit them and add music where needed...

But a lot of this all changed after I wrote in the 'mental health thread' around this point I didn't even know he was very ill, I only learnt how ill in the months afterwards!


Yet we still crossed wires on threads, and not so long ago he told me off, he didn't directly do this by name, using my handle 'OnlQQker' but more so in the way that makes you think deeper of yourself. I had posted a fairground image on his fairground thread, with the only intention of making him smile, but he told me off!
Not directly, but I knew the start of his reply was to me.
He didn't seem to mind this image posted, what he seemed to mind was that I had provided absolutely nothing to detail. Detail of working motors or at least a link, and how they relate to something that in his mind was and still is truly magical and pretty impossible to put into words!

Lucien had a unique understanding of everything electrical, he was like a real life THOR to me, who I doubt for one minute would not have the capability in life and beyond, to create such a thing, and as another poster along this thread of remembrance rightly said, just after Lucien's deaths the skies filled up with lightening!






This all hit me like a brick when I first saw this post.

It's taken me a day or so to try and explain my salute to I made to him, this writing now has took over an hour to write.

If I could dedicate one piece of music to Lunien, then it would of be this!

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I wish I'd let Lucien know before hand what a lovely man he was.
With that in mind, I'd like to say there's a lot of lovely people on this site. You kind of know who you are.
We're all hidden from view and we hardly ever meet in person, but in this day and age of the Internet I can say there's a form of friendship.
I think Luciens influence will be very far reaching because he was a special man.
I've been off work for 2 weeks with a bad back. Looks like a possible further 8 weeks of pain before I can return. I shouldn't even be mentioning this is the same thread as Lucien.
Point being, he's helping me even now, get through each day of hobbling around due to the way he handled his death.

 

[7029 dave]

I am deeply saddened on reading this, went to visit Lucian at his family home last month and I'm so glad I did. RIP

 

[telectrix]

my condolences to Lucien's family in their grief. He will be sadly missed by all. A legend in his own lifetime. RIP Lucien.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Hello all, my name is Steve, one of Lucien's oldest friends and executor, which is how I have his forum login. I just wanted to thank you all for the comments here. I've just printed them off to show Jenny, his mother, when I see her at the weekend. She will find them a great comfort, as she has all of the other comment streams from the many areas of the internet where his knowledge and enthusiasm was so valued.

I was with him for most of the last month of his life as the disease really took its toll. He had plenty of visitors which kept his spirits up, but as his energy levels fell his phone was never far from his side, and while he may not have commented much he was still active and keeping an eye on you all. The sharing of knowledge, expertise, and laughs, was enormously important to him. Thank you all for being a key part of his life right up to the end, and your wonderful comments after his death.

 

[Mark W]

Hello all, my name is Steve, one of Lucien's oldest friends and executor, which is how I have his forum login. I just wanted to thank you all for the comments here. I've just printed them off to show Jenny, his mother, when I see her at the weekend. She will find them a great comfort, as she has all of the other comment streams from the many areas of the internet where his knowledge and enthusiasm was so valued.

I was with him for most of the last month of his life as the disease really took its toll. He had plenty of visitors which kept his spirits up, but as his energy levels fell his phone was never far from his side, and while he may not have commented much he was still active and keeping an eye on you all. The sharing of knowledge, expertise, and laughs, was enormously important to him. Thank you all for being a key part of his life right up to the end, and your wonderful comments after his death.

Morning Steve

I can only imagine your printer is going to be very busy today.............

Mark

 

[AJshep]

Lucien was someone I genuinely looked up to and admired. His incredible knowledge and enthusiasm for all things electrical never failed to amaze me. The impact he had on those he chatted with on here and his various other groups is truly remarkable, and is a testament to the kind of person he was.
My condolences to his family and friends

 

[Peakyblinder89]

I have been away from the forum for a while but I’m truley shocked and upset reading this news this morning , Lucien was an electrical wizard and reading his posts blew my mind at times. RIP Lucein I will really miss reading your posts and thinking how knowledgeable and thoughtful you are with all your answers. You will be truly missed by so many. Thank you

 

[MFS Electrical]

Here is (probably) his last appearance from a month ago on the morning news:

I really do hope that MEET comes to something. What a fantastic concept.