[Jukebox-list] Smoke test

[Jackie]

Ron,
I laughed out loud for 10 min at your post...................funny!!  soooo 
funny!!
thanks for adding MORE laugh lines on my face,
Jackie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] Smoke test


>I wrote the following some time ago--still holds true in light of the 
>current thread (sorry--it's "re-run" season, again)--Ron Rich
>
>  >
>> Hi Gang,
>> I have a new theory on how "Electrick Stuff"
>> works. This theory was called to my attention by
>> the
>> teller at my local bank. I'm not sure what prompted
>> our conversation, but she mentioned her idea that
>> all
>> "Electrick Stuff" works on the fact that when these
>> components "smoke" they are no longer any good. I
>> then
>> remembered that many components are made in a room
>> where the air is tightly controlled. I explained to
>> her that the air was clean so that no "dirt" could
>> contaminate the product. We then went on to
>> speculate
>> as to how the smoke would get into the products. It
>> was my theory that just the right amount of
>> "smoke" must be introduced into the product at the
>> time it was put into the heater for final
>> assembly,
>> after all, everything I can think of is heated to
>> one
>> degree or another. No ! , you say ? How about caps,
>> you say. Yes ! I say. All caps have heat shrink on
>> them---or a hot poured mylar--or how 'bout the
>> "paper"
>> style--no heat here, you say. O.K., but they had to
>> press the ends together--that's gotta cause some
>> heat,
>> and, besides, those were made in the old days when
>> they used a fireplace to heat the room. Maybe they
>> blew just the correct amount of smoke into those
>> things--how else would they be able to control the
>> amount of microfarad's they put into them?
>>
>> Anyway all this discussion lead to the "smoke
>> test" discussion. Somehow I began to explain
>> that some people in my business would occasionally
>> put
>> an over sized fuse in a circuit, and apply power,
>> in
>> the effort to find the problem in that circuit. She
>> asked "whats that ? I asked "what's what"? She said
>> "over sized fuse"? I said "any fuse that is larger
>> then the circuit is designed to have". She said
>> "--it
>> won't fit if it's too big". I said "no, I mean
>> electrically too large". She contended that if the
>> fuse would fit into the holder, it MUST be the
>> right size.
>>
>> Fortunately for me, another customer entered
>> the bank about this time, and even more
>> fortunately,
>> he stepped up behind me. I said "good by" and left
>> the
>> bank, as fast as I could.
>>
>> But, I have been thinking' this whole weekend
>> about that conversation--and you know, the more I
>> think about it, the "righter" it seems! The "smoke
>> test" is sure based on this theory! I mean, why
>> else
>> would this test work? There must be some smoke
>> inside
>> of every electronic component! I can't think of
>> one
>> type of component that I have not seen in a
>> "burned"
>> condition. And I think that "Murphy's Law" may also
>> apply here. Why else would it work fine in the shop
>> (with the big fuse in it), and then "smoke" when
>> the
>> customer gets it (with the big fuse in it that you
>> forgot to change )?
>>
>> This all leads to this conclusion (bet you
>> are
>> glad to see that, after having read this far!).
>>
>> ALL "LETRICK STUFF" OPERATES ON SMOKE. ONCE YOU
>> LET THE SMOKE ESCAPE, THE "STUFF" (or whatever you
>> want to call it) AIN'T NO MORE GOOD !!!
>>
>>
>> Ron Rich
>>
>>
>>
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