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[stickyb]

Originally Posted by srobarts

Shouldn't the water be deionised?

I think you might mean de-ironised - it is obvious to me from the first post there was too much irony

[BEagle]

When I was at school, I was charged with relaying the electrickery from one end of a corridor to the stage. I supplied the wire. Single strand 3 core rubber - that I'd got off a dump. It just reached.

I'm surprised you didn't use that sodding awful steel-and-copper phone wire, of which most school CCF Signals sections seemed to have an abundant supply. I dread to think what its resistance per unit length was.

We had a '19 set' and one fine day an RF amplifier plus huge lead acid batteries was delivered from the depths of some stores unit. But no cables to connect the RF amp to the batteries...... So yours truly connected them up using some of that 'Don 10' phone wire; the batteries were filled and charged, the '19 set' fired up, the antenna leads connected.....and finally the RF amp ON/OFF was set to ON. It whirred into life (there was a large electric motor inside it) and we tried a test transmission.

Then noticed the think smoke pouring off the cables......and the familiar Horrible Smell of made-in-the-war electrics getting rather too hot. Fortunately I shut it all down before it went bnag - and went back to using the even more ancient '12 set / R107'......

[Old Hairy]

Gentlemen. Your helpful advise is appreciated.Foolish of me to have attempted this modification before consulting the undoubted expertise that I have always known existed in this hallowed place.I feel chastened,humble even before such knowledge.In my defence,I must add that as a former God of the flight deck.One always had a man at the back ,who understood the Volt/Amp thingies.Beagle will understand
I shall renew my efforts with benefit of this excellent advise.
I may be slightly paranoid,but did you notice that buried amongst the helpful posts, the suggestion of the Moderator? being the only one that could harm me! What a Dastard. Never did like Saabs,sold mine and bought a Mercedes

[seacue]

One error I see is that the holes in the case were sealed with silicon, not silicone. What's worse, the silicon was probably mutating into semiconductor devices. These active devices may well have developed a mind of their own and sabotaged the experiment. I strongly suggest using silicone in future similar experiments.

You may jest, but the local Tektronix oscilloscope factory repair facility had a tub of water / detergent out back. First thing they did with a unit which came in for repair was to wash it in that tub. I admit that was before the days of semiconductors.

[ZH875]

You forgot to put the fish in, they swim about and ensure that the water circulates.

[Saab Dastard]

You forgot to put the fish in

Oh no, please, not more fish puns.

SD

[Parapunter]

What, like Blu-manta-ray?

[green granite]

Or an electric eel.

[Guest 112233]

HD - Data Security

If I'm correct you will need a Seagate Barracuda Hard Disk Array for all that liquid storage. You will have one eel of a time - if you you dont Back things up.

CAT III

(Sorry SD - but I'm overflowing with talent (not))

[Keygrip]

To ensure a good connection though, they need to be gold fish.

Actually, does it make a difference? How would you rate them on a scale of 1 to 10.

Enough now. As the French would say - "Fin".

[Parapunter]

Gold fish is best for the US sea ports.

[Guest 112233]

More drivel or water undr the bridge

To monitor network security - you will need wireshark - A security snap in product. Don't forget big blue is watching you. This thread is becomming a bit of a cod is'int it.

CAT III

[srobarts]

nah it still has a plaice

[Coconutty]

Your best solution .....

I fear that your PC may never work again, and all because you didn't follow the suggestions here.

Now that you are armed with all this advice, your best "solution" would be to make a claim on your Household Insurance Policy for a brand new PC

Start off by making a claim under the "Flood Damage" section of your policy - there haven't been too many floods in the UK this year, ( like there were last year ), so there will be lots of cash in the kitty waiting for someone to claim it.

The insurance company will really look forward to settling your claim.

If you don't have a Flood Damage section, try claiming for damage caused by "Rising Damp"

Once you have the new computer make sure you do everything that has been suggested, but don't forget to renew that Insurance Policy first - "Just in Case"
( The premiums might go up a tad - but you can always shop around using a comparison web site such as www.comparethedimwit.com )

You should soon be back up and "running", with "streaming" video, smooth "flowing" graphics, and superb quality audio "waves".

[Ancient Observer]

It's much simpler than that

I imagine you used hard water rather than soft water. Next time, use the water that she who must be obeyed uses for the iron(y).

[mixture]

My PC is completely shagged thanks to stupid suggestions that I got on this forum.

Rule number one of the internet, never trust what you are told on an internet forum.

Particularly when you go asking computer questions on an aviation forum !