OT: General power supply question

From: Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com <(Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com)>
Date: Wed Nov 11 06:32:05 1998

> Sam Ismail wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com wrote:
>>
>> > Person who said check continuity between centre pin of socket and
ground on
>> > the machine. That tells you if it _is_ connected to the ground plane.
Sam
>> > wanted to know if it _should be_ connected - i.e. he seems to be
adapting a
>> > machine for which he has no PSU to work with a PSU he has.
>>
>> Exactly.
>>
>
> I'm sorry guys that my answer wasn't good enough. I thought I answered
> the question. I will take more time to read messages in the future to be
> sure I understand what a person is asking for. Unfortunately
> communication is one sided and there is no immediate feedback to clarify
> things. If I could see the circuit in question I would have given a more
> intelligent answer. Also it would be nice for you to quote what I
> actually said and not what someone said I said. :(

Oh dear, Alan. I assure you there was no intention of causing offence.

I took Sam's "Exactly" as referring to the last sentence of my paragraph.
My description was "exactly" what he was doing.

I had envisaged Sam as having a power supply with a plug on the end, and
wanting to know how to wire up a socket in the machine. Later posts
suggest that your test would have told Sam what he needed to know, so if it
makes any difference, I apologise for my hasty criticism of your
suggestion.

But please bear in mind (you're new to the list aren't you?) that on
Classiccmp, we all treat the other subscribers as old friends, and seldom
stand on ceremony. Remarks like those above are not intended personally.

Philip.
Received on Wed Nov 11 1998 - 06:32:05 GMT

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