Re: gEDA-user: [OFF] high current amplifier

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 21 May 2009, Joerg wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]
>>> But I can't really bleed off freon. Plus AFAIK they don't sell that
>>> stuff to ordinary folk anymore unless you have a contractor's license. I
>>> mean, I could get one, but that would go a bit far ;-)
>>
>> Its no better on this side of the pond either, Joerg. ...
>
>It think we are on the same side of the pond. Well, maybe the other pond
>(I am in California).

Oh, my mistake, I'm back here in the hills & hollers of West (by God) 
Virginia.
>>                                               ... I stocked up on the
>> auto stuff 20 years ago when the handwriting was on the wall & I may have
>> a 1 pound can in the basement yet that hasn't been tapped. ...
>
>That can could be worth a whole lot of money these days.

To me maybe.  I don't think I could legally sell it.

>>                                               ... My AC gages have R-134
>> scales on them, but the hoses can't take the R-134 pressures.  I'm not
>> sure, but I think my oldest vehicle (a 99 GMC 3 door, 4wd) now has R-134
>> in it, and its working poorly, so I'll have to bite the bullet and get it
>> serviced before warm weather sets in for the summer.  Ditto for the wifes
>> VW Jetta, a 2002, but I have come to expect that, that Jetta was a lemon
>> from the gitgo, costing the dealer I bought it from almost $2500 in body
>> electrics within the 90 day warranty he gave me.  Both front door window
>> motors failed ($400 ea) and the motorized skylight ($1600) fell out!  And
>> I still have a laundry list of things that don't work right, like the
>> passenger side seat heat, the radio, and the inability to aim the OEM but
>> aftermarket Helia headlights in it, they are too low by about 5 degrees
>> when cranked as high as I can get them.  The OEM's were the usual
>> sandblasted yellow sitting on the lot, and new ones, one of which has
>> already burned up its internal wiring & been replaced for gratis, were
>> part of the purchase deal.  And it still has only 20% of the lights my GMC
>> has, that thing can see through a 2 course brick wall with its 10 year
>> old, stock, original headlights yet!  Fresh lamps of course, but still,
>> they haven't yellowed a bit.  Whatever kind of plastic they are made of,
>> its the Right Stuff(TM).
>>
>> Ya win some, and ya lose some. :)
>
>Ouch. Sad actually. I've had an Audi station wagon in Europe, same mfg
>family. But I always try to buy the vehicle with the least amount of
>electrics/electronics because automotive guys don't seem to master this
>field all that well. The Audi still runs just fine over there, 21 years
>old, no issues in all those years.

Yeah, I have a friend that drives them. Did have a black one when I met him in 
the early 80's, finally got a new one a couple of years ago that was light 
tan.  I ribbed him about how much the paint job cost cuz there wasn't that 
much diff in the cars appearance.  He said about 30 large. :)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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