Indeed, an electrician colleague of mine many year ago blew up this new Fluke as he was rushing a job for a co-worker (doin' a foreigner) he completed it and went back to the break down and blew his Fluke up as under duress, he hadn't checked the setting! £coslty to say the least.

Alfi.

Abstract rubbish I'm afraid from both of you. I will not take what either of you say seriously again. I assume I'm one of the members you allude to, in which case that is entirely your prerogative. Pointing out the potential dangers to wallet and life is what I/we were doing, surely these are prett...

Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:32 pm I would like a real world example of costly and dangerous, please.

One can blow things up destroying pcb's and other components. Plus you could kill yourself (as valveRrus already said) if you don't really know what you are doing!!

Alfi.

Like one or two others on here, I too have been at it with the DIY. I built myself a nice, 6W, single-ended KT77 valve amp out of bits I had lying around. No new bits were involved in this project. The blue transformers were painted with an old can of smooth Hammerite, I found in the cellar. The wo...

Learn empirically , that's what I've done. I dont understand half of what I do , but I know what sounds good and bad. But that's costly and potentially dangerous. For instance , I haven't got a clue why a larger transformer and caps make the phone stage better but I can bloody hear it. Doc stated i...

Ithilstone wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:30 pm

Alfi wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:36 pm any ideas of who's good.
Alfi.

I use
https://imgur.com/

Fretless wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:02 am I use Imgur for photos as well. Dead easy and free

Many thanks both! I'll a take a look. I like easy and free!


Alfi.

Jennifer Warnes: Famous blue raincoat.

Beverly Knight: Soulsville.

Janis: I got dem ol' cosmic blue again Mama!

Alfi

I watch very little TV don't know why I still have one the house - yeah I do, my wife watches a little bit more than I, approx 4 to 6 hrs/week and then it's mainly recorded costume drama's recorded from ages back.

Alfi.

Trio Lo7D with its own arm and an sme iv Longdog p6 power amp What, like this one? https://live.staticflickr.com/2940/32957877703_4d81ed054f_k.jpg fullsizeoutput_288c by call_me_theo , on Flickr Yes Always liked those. Could have bought one years ago, but thought it a bit pricey at the time so walk...

karatestu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:16 pm
And Alfi could build me a kick ass record deck (if i ask him nicely).

No problem Stu!

Alfi.