Effect of COLD

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Sun Jan 25 17:31:13 2004

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Vendel" <curt_at_atarimuseum.com>
To: <kenziem_at_sympatico.ca>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: Effect of COLD


> This sort of applies to anything... give at least 24 hours to allow
> any device to warm up to room temperature before doing anything.
>
> After a move of a device, open it up and check all the connections,
> reseat the cards and do a "rattle" test and make sure a screw or other
> metal object has not found its way onto the electronics, into the p/s
> etc.... otherwise things could get ugly.
>
>
> Curt
>
>
>
 I always check both the power leads to ground with a meter before I dare
plug in anything that I never used before (used dirty equipment). Its
probably because I used to work with 480VAC equipment and anything shorting
to ground would ruin your day.
Received on Sun Jan 25 2004 - 17:31:13 GMT