Activity for manassehkatzâ€
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| Comment | Post #291110 |
Just a comment because I don't understand it enough to provide a proper answer: **static electricity** is bad for electronics and is a low-humidity phenomenon, with the problem getting worse the lower the humidity is. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290785 |
From OP's own words. (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290785 |
I think you will find some of those warnings, for good reason, on APC and other more established brands. And the fact that initially it could provide 10-15 minutes of runtime (though likely closer to 200W than 450W) indicates it isn't *that* bad. Amazon Basics tends to be bottom of the line *but* at ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290776 |
Exactly. Time for a new battery. (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290776 |
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— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #290776 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Why would a standby UPS fail to power devices when there's no power outage? Started writing a comprehensive answer, interrupted by some phone calls, finally finished it...and then accidentally clicked to another page and lost it. Arghh!!! So this answer may not be quite as complete/well-written. TL;DR Normal for a UPS with a Low Battery - Replace the Battery or the UP... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288652 |
As I understand it, there are multiple ways to force going to the surface, most of which do **not** involve the controller or even the thrusters controlled by the controller. Yes, a single point of failure for a primary system is a big problem, but as I understand it (based on public reports of the d... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288641 |
*If the hull became partially flooded* - That is irrelevant. Once you are at high depths, even a partial flood is essentially a death sentence. This is not like a surface boat where you can pump out (or bail out with buckets) water. In fact, this relates to a different problem - they are apparently s... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #285928 |
I downvoted this answer to show my disagreement, not to indicate it is "bad". But I do disagree, because I think in normal answers the downvotes actually perform a useful service. This is particularly the case if an answer includes either "wrong" information or dangerous instructions. In the case of ... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285168 |
Arguably data communications, internet protocol, etc. *could* be on-topic. But saying "evolves binary logic" and "electric signals" is **not** the reason. On that basis, **any** computer (up to a mainframe or entire data center) or electronic device that includes any binary logic (from a series of sw... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #282160 |
Perhaps the point should be emphasized that "Paper" here does **not** necessarily mean "The same quality and level of innovation needed to publish in a scientific journal". I get the concept (and did when originally proposed for this site) and think it is a great idea. And in fact, a paper that went ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281322 |
@coquelicot I agree with your assessment of the question title & contents as stated. But this is a serious safety issue, *and an awful lot of people get the issues confused*, so while it could be (*should* be) more clearly & consistently stated, I think it is still worth answering as (I think) the qu... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281325 |
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281325 |
@coquelicot I am saying that is the case when there is a **true short circuit**. The problem with water is when you do **not** have a short circuit, but instead have *some* electricity going the wrong way as a ground fault. That is where a regular breaker is nearly useless and GFCI is the solution (a... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281325 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why is the resistance of water so high and still so dangerous? > why water is such a danger for short circuits if the resistance is so high? Actually, the life safety danger for water is NOT a short circuit. In fact, a short circuit in a typical (all values here are US-centric, other areas of the world have somewhat different ways of handling these issues, th... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279492 |
Either way, it fits here and hobbyists should not be discouraged. The catch of course is that many consumer electronics are designed to be thrown away rather than repaired. The answer in those cases becomes "To fix that cable you need to do X and Y and Z and it will take you 2 hours, so it isn't gene... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279492 |
Agree except the last line: *Hobbyists without sufficient knowledge or tools to perform repairs of various home electronics is another story...* I think this is an ideal place for Hobbyists to **gain the knowledge** and **learn what tools they need**. Home electronics are no different from anything e... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279285 |
While I am (obviosuly) a "real name" type of person, there are definitely situations where using a pseudonym makes sense. That is clearly the case with sensitive issues on (to use SE sites as examples) Interpersonal Skills, The Workplace and Academia, where if your family, employer or professor disco... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279280 |
If you think the *answer* is "No!" then post such an answer. But even if you think the answer should be "No!", the *question* is great. In fact, everyone should appreciate the question because it shows OP is actually concerned about the issue. If OP wasn't concerned about following rules/expectations... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278522 |
1 & 2 could each be a simple question by themselves. 3 is the type of thing that could be a [Paper](https://electrical.codidact.com/categories/35) (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278718 |
Wouldn't there be a *slight* advantage in a high-power application? If you have a lot of power == a lot of heat dissipation, then I think (but please explain if I'm wrong) that the parallel resistors would have a slight advantage, though if everything is run within specified limits then it shouldn't ... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278602 |
I agree with almost all the points. But I do think some of the language is a bit inappropriate for something that may one day be more than just a random Answer but ideally part of FAQs (or similar). Things like "What an asshole". Think them (I might think them too - you are not alone) but no need to ... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277546 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: How come the registers in a micro are application specific? While the terminology is similar to that of microcontrollers, and of CPUs in general, the "register" term here is specific to energy meters. Essentially, this board is a very basic version of a smart electric meter. The "register" term has been used for many years in Modbus (which is used for all sor... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276736 |
One user might have the start of a great paper but simply not have the math or physics or whatever background to really flesh it out properly. Or may have the technical knowledge but be a poor writer (grammar, etc.). In these cases, if others jump in to help they can **together** turn it into somethi... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276736 |
A lot has to do with collaboration. There are (arguably) three types of "bad" papers: 1 - "junk" - spam, intentionally misleading, etc. - those should get closed/moderated away just as with regular questions; 2 - not appropriate for a "paper level" post - these would (I hope) be rare - someone who ta... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276570 |
As far as "votes to delete". No need for that. Simple downvotes will serve the purpose quite well, and if people have specific issues, they can discuss via comments. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276570 |
*Self-answered questions is really a hack to use Q&A to write a paper.* Actually, I think self-answered questions take 3 forms - "paper" (as noted), "personal experience and want to let everyone know how I solved the problem" (quite common in some SE sites) and (what I expected): Examples of typical/... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276602 |
I see the issues. At the same time, I think some of the "seed Q&A" already posted are almost at the level of scholarly articles, and left as ordinary Q&A they will get lost in the shuffle because *people looking for quick answers don't search very effectively and related articles are nearly as likely... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276231 |
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— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276235 |
@MonicaCellio Pinging again. See "Resolution" for agreed text. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276570 | Post edited | — | over 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #276570 |
Suggested edit: spelling (more) |
helpful | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276570 |
*If such a thing is doable, upvotes should be worth 2-3 times what they are worth on answers.* Keep in mind that the current plan is to **not** have a single "reputation" score. There will be ways to account for quality contributions, but it will be different than Some Other sites. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276293 | Post edited | — | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276293 |
Sorry about that. Yes, spelling error that is already fixed plus a missing comma. Problem is a combination of "diff tool not very useful" + "description of suggested edits not required" (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #276293 |
Suggested edit: Add comma, remove extra blank lines (more) |
helpful | over 4 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #276293 |
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declined | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276206 |
cost. **Can vendors change? Absolutely!** I have numerous examples, based on personal experience, over the years in both directions (good to bad and bad to good). Amazon is not **likely** to change, IMHO, within a short period of time on this particular class of products, but who knows? Maybe they ar... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276206 |
will have staff trained in the particular product lines to be able to answer questions (i.e., not just crowdsourced like Amazon), have resources (whether online or live people) to help guide purchases, etc. Simple example - a customer of mine needed some more specialty paper and sent me an Amazon lin... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276206 |
One of the ways to ensure an item is suitable (whether an electronic component in this case, or anything else) is to buy from an *appropriate* vendor. For many things, that **is** Amazon - I buy stuff from Amazon *all the time*. But for many other things, they are not what I consider the vendor of ch... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276263 |
And I can't see it Firefox on Android (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276235 |
That works for me. Thank you. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276235 |
Thanks for the explanation. I think the problem may come from the unintended ambiguity of "electronic and electric power" which can mean *to the uninformed*:
1 - *(electronic) and (electric power)*
or
2 - *(electronic and electric) power*
The simplest way to fix this might be to swap it to:
*el... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276231 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Tagline/Mission Statement/etc. The line at the top of the list of Questions is currently: General Q&A about the design and function of electronic and electric power systems, their theory, and tools specific to those fields. As I suggested for the recent Codidact update email, I think "power systems" is not really the right t... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #276206 |
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— | over 4 years ago |
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— | over 4 years ago |