NOS Western Electric wire used for power cables??

Mintzar

This would be so much more entertaining if it were translated into Pirate.

Ya think?

Let's see.

Fuzzbutt17:

Don`t say I didna warn ye about showin' yer ignorance o' electronics.

T' start wi' ye be mixin' some truth wi' some falsehoods.

When ye be havin' a short th' ONLY possibility be that ye be havin' LOWERED resistance. This be on accoun' o' ye be havin' now put a lower resistance path in parallel wi' th' original load.

Th' reason 't heats up be that bein' th' "path o' least resistance" all th' current wants t' flow through 't rather than th' proper path o' higher resistance.

Hmmm.

Not bad. Let's try some jive.

Fuzzbutt17

Don't say ah' dun didn't warn ya' about showin' yo' igno'ance uh electronics.

To start wid ya' are mixin' some trud wid some falsehoods.

When ya' gots' some sho't da damn ONLY possibility be dat ya' gots' LOWERED resistance. What it is, Mama! Dis be a'cuz ya' gots' now put some lowa' resistance alley in parallel wid de o'iginal load.

De reason it heats down be dat bein' de "pad uh least resistance" all de current be hankerin' aftah flow drough it rada' dan de propuh' alley uh higha' resistance. What it is, Mama!

Ha! That's pretty good too.

I dunno. I think I ultimately prefer...

Swedish chef!

Fuzzbutt17

Dun't sey I deedn't vern yuoo ebuoot shooeeng yuoor ignurunce-a ooff ilectruneecs.

Tu stert veet yuoo ere-a meexing sume-a troot veet sume-a felsehuuds.

Vhee yuoo hefe-a a shurt zee OoNLY pusseebility is thet yuoo hefe-a LOVERED reseestunce-a. Thees is becoose-a yuoo hefe-a noo poot a looer reseestunce-a pet in perellel veet zee ooreeginel lued.

Zee reesun it heets up is thet beeeng zee "pet ooff leest reseestunce-a" ell zee coorrent vunts tu floo thruoogh it rezeer thun zee pruper pet ooff heegher reseestunce-a.

Maybe because of Keith Olberman's reading Thurber's The Black Magic of Barney last night.

I surrender. I apologize. I give up. What do you want from me?

I'm not going to metaphorically drop my pants so we can slap them on the table and measure them.

Simply Q (sorry for the previous typo), I would be happy to go off forum and discuss resistance in malfunctioning circuits.

We can discuss capacitance, inductance, and even quantum physics if you like. I have no doubt that I may learn something from you, if nothing else, how I might communicate more effectively.

What I am not willing to do is make a public spectacle on a forum or to defend myself or my products anymore.

People mentioned my company name.

People gave links to my website and eBay listings.

People made comments about my taking advantage of naive customer by using the Western Electric name.

People brought up the potential of my products bursting into flame.

People brought my R&D process and business practices into question.

Most importantly, people got me to react in a manner that is unprofessional (OK...some of it was rather amusing and fun).

That's over.

Say what you want about me, my company, or my products.

Praise or criticize.

So long as you don't say anything bad about my Cat.

Well, I'm also rather sensitive about my weight an my bald spot. But my products, technical expertise, and business practices are fair game.

We won't hear back from me in a public forum.

Feel free to contact me one-on-one.

Fuzzbutt17

I surrender. I apologize. I give up. What do you want from me?

Simply recognizing that Electronics 101 textbooks don't tell you everything you need to know about how things work in the real world would be a good start.

So long as you don't say anything bad about my Cat.

I would never.

I love cats. Have any photos you can share?

Well now that we've got that debate behind us, and a lot faster than the previous Simply-q versus Herman masterpiece match-up, I'll be happy to share a cat photo of my own:

clio

Beautiful!

And the cat's not bad either. ;)

Nah, she's beautiful too. Three of my four cats are gray tabbies or tabby mix.

Here's my boy Taz (named the photo tenpin because that's what he looked like--he's since lost most of his beer gut).

Taz

So at the risk of going too far off topic, what are those speakers? DIY? And is that a DDS ENG-90 Pro waveguide on top?