Q&A while burning bridges with Disney and the BBC
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- This video continues the previous Q&A session while soldering the very small and fumbly heater plug assemblies for the petal-dropping rose prop.
It was a Friday night. Wine was involved. I may have said terrible things.
The original prop test video can be found here:-
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I was a copier repairman back in the 90s when copiers still had component-level repair. My "territory" was the entire state of Nevada and all of Lake Tahoe. The copiers I repaired were those coin-operated vending copiers you find in grocery stores and libraries, so I also had to deal with money and the coin/bill units.
Traveling hundreds of miles just to turn around to drive back another four hundred miles makes for long days. Well-paid was true. I was able to support my family (me, wife and son) and she did not have to work. In the US, that means something.
When soldering lots of pin headers like this, a quick way is to use a multi-way socket strip so you can just plug them on & off, and do a row at a time.
Big Clive has no time for sensible answers like that 😂😂 Plus we would only get a 5min vid 😁😁
I would have thought it was easier to just plug the resistors into a connector or a suitable length of nichrome wire (in place of resistors).
Such short bits of nichrome would pass way to much current, I think?
Clive did do a separate video on this prop where he goes through several options.
@@rimmersbryggeri Problem is you need to spot weld the connections, as you cannot solder nichrome with standard solders.
@@SeanBZA Yeah I didn't research the material properly before posting the comment. I thoguht you would just stuff the wire into the connector though so soldering wouldnt be a problem the nichromes properties in itseld would be though.
The bonnet is a hood in USA.
After teaching mechanics for almost 12 years, I very much doubt many will be able to make modifications to electronic controllers other than swap in a complete replacement unit.
Majority wanted to plug in a scanner to even the most basic 12v electrical systems and were often totally dismayed when told to use meter to check resistances or volt drop
That creates a gap for Eric O of SMA to do proper wiring repairs. The computer tells you that there is a fault, but not whether it is a faulty switch or ground, or relay or fuse.
Most car makers have gone to almost repair-proof construction along with Apple et. al.).
Not that new a thing- I remember having to remove one front wheel of a 70s Pontiac to get to a couple of spark plugs. (At least I didn't have to pull the engine.)
It's what these wannabe car mechanics saw growing up with swap-out-the-boards-until-it-works electronics so they expect cars to be the same.
Eventually it will be.
EDIT: Dammit Clive, you've got me doing it.
I thought you meant like /the hood/, I was like ok, this is new information
You do mention elevator mechanics quite alot, but it's fine, it's definitely a job that has its ups and downs 😁😁
they promise you the elevator and give you the shaft.
@@zindi1138 You both are on fire, I better take the stairs!
I strongly dislike you
We could also mention "easy entry" to the industry?
Or
"Potential to progress to new levels within the company"?
Anyone finding this annoying, I'm sorry if I pushed your buttons.
(OK, I'm leaving .... I won't even bother getting my coat.....)
@@hellfireenclave Who pressed your buttons? 😄
(4:37) "That is not lead vapor, Karens" made me chuckle.
As if heavy metals just float in vapor. 🤣
Yes, as if the melting point of something was also the exact same temperature point at which it also becomes a gas…
I remember building a break-away table for a production of “Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe”, and that was a pain to design and build.
Turns out that I built it so well (with 2x4s and 3/4 ply) that it was more sturdy than any other table the scene shop had, so after the show they fixed the hinged part to make it the new super-rock solid scene shop table.
The Lion, The Witch and the well made Table.
How amazingly ironic!
I’ve only had one encounter with an elevator repair man, but it left me having tremendous respect for the profession. I was helping a friend move a church pew up to a 12th floor apartment. My friend swore the pew would fit into the elevator, which it didn’t do. Said repair man happened to be in the building at the time and suggested that we take the pew up in top of the elevator car. I got to ride up with the pew to keep it out of the cables. It left me smiling for days because it was good fun and it kept us from having to hump the pew up 12 stories on the stairs.
Didn't it have the "Coffin" door? in the back of the lift a panel can open so you can fit a coffin in, should the worst happen. I had fell out with the woman I would love forever (when you're 19 that's every girlfriend) and I left her place and got in the lift, it had the somber swines with a coffin with the clotch over it, with the top coffin hatch open. so the coffin was upright, when the lift stopped you heard "Mr corpsy" thump against the coffin lid. I was not happy that night.
@@blackcountryme kreepy... and awwkerrd...
On the topic of safety bypasses, my first real job was loading stitcher hoppers at a printer/bindery. One fine evening the chugging beast of a stitcher decided to eat 1/10th of a cubic meter of glossy paper, requiring manual removal of the offending dead trees. I turned the safety key to the 'no zippy-zap chuggy-chug' position before getting arm deep in the human meat mincer and spent the next 15 minutes ruining the calibration by yanking ruined product and stapling wire out of the mechanisms. Moments after removing my hands from the death zone I heard the whir of the machine spinning up and marveled as the stitcher began to operate with the access panel open (safety #2 is a switch actuated by the door itself) and the power supposedly off. Turns out the mechanic in charge had entirely bypassed that particular safety key AND the safety switch on the door. Because of one asinine time-saving workaround I came within a second and a half of being called stumpy for the rest of my life at the ripe old age of 19. Screw that guy.
Also, the safety stop for the trimming head (which weighs roughly a ton, give or take a few stone) was a 4"X4" lumber offcut because the braking mechanism had failed some years earlier. Very professional operation, that was. Double bonus points for one of the printers getting his left hand quarter-folded because they'd also disabled the safety on the access panel on that machine. You never forget the screams of a man who has been quarter-folded.
remind me of working in an engine shop. one time i was using a big horizontal grinder on some engine head. i see a small halogen lamp hanging from wires close to the metalwork. i laugh about it to some other guy and tell him the power must be off anyway (the light was off) as i twist the bulb around. then a big spark happen and the wires start to burn inside the metal flex tube and everything. i laughed as i walked away watching the whole machine start to smoke.
@@GeneCash In this case the only person with the authority to push the start button was the shift supervisor (the person who bypassed the safeties), and the lockout wiring was behind a locked panel that only he, the opposing shift supervisor, and the main office had keys for (to prevent anyone from disabling it, presumably). It was a bad situation overall. They ended up getting sued several times and were eventually legally forced into hiring an independent safety consultant due to being partially funded by the municipality, as their main business was printing the local newspaper. Not sure what happened to the person at fault for these incidents, but sometimes when the moon is at just the right level of twinkle I like to imagine that he fell into a sewer access due to an unmarked removed manhole cover and was never seen again.
@@stevemcqueen8584 You're good at holding a grudge! ;)
@@Seegalgalguntijak Indeed I am. Please stop reading now if you're the sensitive sort.
It's been around 20 years since this happened, but when you see the aftermath of a person's hand being turned into a bloody wrinkled flesh-balloon due to the worst kind of active negligence it leaves a permanent impression. The warehouse had a 10m ceiling and they had to rent an extended lift to swab the blood off of it, as the high RPM alignment rollers that fed the quarter-folder were set into a frame that was open on the top and bottom for servicing purposes. The injured party required amputation below the wrist, as the rollers pulped the bones and shredded the blood vessels and connective tissues in his hand beyond the limits of surgical repair before the automatic emergency stop engaged.
That was not the first or last serious incident in that facility as a result of poor safety culture, lack of training and proper equipment maintenance, and a general disregard for sanity. It wasn't uncommon to spend the majority of a 12 hour shift sweeping the floor due to mechanical failure of at least one section of the production chain, and most of the injury accidents were the result of that single employee relying on half-arsed workarounds to bodge everything into a semblance of functionality as he was the only person qualified (on paper) to service the machines. The managerial staff also holds a significant portion of the blame, as multiple near misses and minor injury accidents were reported to both HR and middle management, but never properly addressed. I should have reported it to provincial OHS, but I was young and stupid and didn't realize the seriousness or future implications at the time.
If you do stupid things that endanger other people to expedite your daily grind you should be remembered decades later for your ineptitude. That man's laziness had a terrible cost and if karma were a real thing falling into a sewer would be a fairly lenient compensation.
My brother aged 15, standing in an oil tank with a mop, wiping the sides down with a bit of hosepipe in his mouth going to the outside so he could breathe, Work experience apparently. my dad was not impressed, and went and had some words with the bloke that put him in the tank in the first place.
Haha I love how the Kink Palculator says an edited _"Sassy Squad"_ with an 'i'.
Fun Fact: Clive was the lead elevator prop maker on set for ” The Big Bang Theory “
No, I don't think so, Clive is actually funny. Clive doesn't need a laugh track.
You mean the permanently broken one?
A real geek wouldn't live in that building more than a Month without fixing the elevator
@@theotherwalt they don’t use a laugh track in that show, it’s in front of an audience. Same as Friends was. They just use the laughing from the first take and then edit it into the take they use in the show.
👍 for your description of service trades. People look at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them I'm in the car for 10 hours or more, driving 500 miles (~800 km) or more, every week, since about 2005. Last week I drove 1500 miles (~2400 km), though thankfully I had a company car for that run. If the worst thing you have to complain about is your commute... 🤷♂ That's what podcasts are for.
I just love these videos. Just put them on in the background for cleaning or working. The streams are also great for this. Thanks, Clive
Calling out Karen's at 04:40. Bridge burning was hilarious! You're a proper classy act Clive. I bloody love it.
Ha! I did melt wax to have wilting leaves for Swan Lake. Ummm... worked great in rehearsal, worked out the timing for the cue etc. Didn't account for the heat from two full houses making the wax melt early; the leaves dropped about 30 seconds too early during the second session, looked weird with dancers and music being out of sync. Just looked like the prop tree broke lol. I should have just made it pretty instantaneous, but I was worried about LD leaving switch on for too long and starting fire.
That's when you use a capacitor to power the heating resistor. The capacitor being charged by a small resistor. That way if they leave the switch on, only a small amount of current is flowing. When they first push the switch, a large current flows from the capacitor, quickly melting the wax.
@ 19:03 made me imagine a flabby pink rubber horse in a roadside ditch being "rescued" by a group of men in hi-vis on a rainy November day 🤣
My mind's eye can't unsee that now...
A vibrating pink rubber horse.
Dont know why it is so relaxing to watch a "ranting" boy from Isle of Man while he is fiddling with stuff ... However, worked out great. Cheers.
He's from the isle of man? I thought he was scottish?
@@oldtechnobodycaresabout He lives at the Isle of Man. But grown up in Scotland .
It is great and comforting how your length of solder takes on that knotted look exactly like mine does as the project progresses, after starting out very orderly.
Hi Clive. A build video PLUS a Question and Answer session combined? NOT boring! You should consider doing more of them and longer ones. Will you be demonstrating the completed build? Yes I know the prototype was demonstrated, but the final version - as a reliability test? - would be nice.
Have been missing a while Clive. Good to be back. Such a soothing voice.
Clive is from the lost era where fingers were made with asbestos
Immediately brought back in my mind to an ancient episode of Who’s Line Is It Anyway (UK, of course) and a game of props, when someone holds up a mask made of bubblewrap and exclaims in exasperation “Look… Either The BBC believes in Doctor Who, or…"
Canadians tend to use British terms and spellings - except for automotive things. Probably the proximity to the USA and the overlap of the industry: lots of Canadian factories building cars for both countries, historically. So the big more-than-auto department store is Canadian Tire rather than Tyre, and cars have hoods and trunks rather than bonnets and boots.
Canada-built cars are usually more reliable than US-built, too.
You going to show us a video of that component machine? It sounds really really interesting.
Not gonna lie, I'd be tempted to wire up some exceedingly fine wire to a very large photo flash power supply to see if I could make DIY exploding bridgewires. Surely I'd be sacked after the first show, but my god what a show it'd be!
Locksmith pinning tweezers might be useful for holding those resistors in place. (They're made for picking up lock pins, which aren't that much smaller than those resistors.)
The are tweezers for electronics industry, including special ones for handling ESD sensitive devices (not that such are required in this case). I handle 1x0.5mm components with these, barely...
@8:48 It's almost the same as Formula 1 mechanics and what they go through.
Because each F1 car is dismantled, inspected between each race and equipped a certain way for certain tracks, i.e. different gear ratios for short tracks vs long tracks, it essentially means every time they race, they drive a newer, improved version of the previous car, and that every single car is a working _prototype._
Honestly the flux vapor is a lot more irritating than lead.
Y'know, until the cumulative brain damage finally sets in.
Have a friend waft the fumes away with a Papa Johns pizza menu, always works for me. 👍
Your rant towards the end had me cracking up. The desk jockeys have no idea what goes on beyond the doors of the office. 100% can relate.
I don't consider myself to be a writing implement snob by any means, but your comment about the particular favourite pen resonated with me, as usually I'm perfectly happy using a BIC when at work/college, but at home I have a really nice ball point pen, it's one of these generic freebie ones that's branded by a company for promotional purposes, but it's entirely made of metal and takes a standard Parker cartridge/nib module, I've had it for probably 10-15 years! It's probably the most comfortable pen I've ever used as it's quite thick and fits my big hands/strange writing style very well. For applications that don't demand a pen (forms, docs etc) I much prefer writing with pencil, and I have a very nice Cross mechanical pencil that I've probably also had for over a decade! It takes 0.8mm lead.
Clive I'm gutted that you didn't show us the resistor Gatling gun in action!
It's too big to fit under the camera in the normal location.
One of the best “rants” / Q&A sessions ever.
Clive, please, next time, just create a temporary jig, using small scrap wood pieces, hot-glue and some silicone-sleeved clips. And to hold the connector, you use a contra-connector on a short solid-core wire. This footery was painful to watch, but still very entertaining.
Rants, profanity and alcohol…. Absolutely brilliant. Love it.
Great to watch a skilful worker at such a tiny scale!! And the narrative....superb! Thanks
Goodness gracious Clive. 272-watt Beauty-and-the-Beast petals, and you made a whole bunch! I don't think you can fit the entire venue in the explosion containment pie dish. Certainly might be the most exciting rendition I've ever seen...
Probably the best Q and A ever! Oh and what you call a boot we call a hood. Thanks for the great videos!!!
My kid comes home from school and asks me “what does BBC mean?” I said British Broadcasting Corporation. My eyes shift left to right.
Coming from school, we all know what it is referring to 😏
Tell him if he says "BBC" 3 times in a mirror, Saville will appear.
Or Katie Price, depending on what BBC you're referring to.
I particularly enjoyed repairs where no testing had taken place after a component had been replaced and then you come along hours (even days) later, turn the power on and there’s a big bang just an hour before production starts. Happy days.
I remember that happening when a sticky roller was replaced on a 30+ feet long conveyor belt in my old job. Within an hour, the new roller melted and almost caused a fire.
@@jimmyrustler8983 We had a funny one where contractors had worked on several power presses, carrying out motor and cable checks. When some of the gear started running it was going backwards. There was some head scratching going on until we worked out what was happening!
Great video- so many subtle and not so subtle observations!
Oh dear, when I saw this, I had to try what I would do to make those plug-in resistors with the material I had at hand. I tried a small piece of phenolic 2.54mm stripboard, soldered a 1206 SMD resistor and an angled KF2510 through-hole connector across two adjacent strips. This proved to be so much easier (and faster). It would also work with a straight KF2510 connector soldered SMD style on top of the two copper strips.
Every mechanic that worked in the shop I ran hated working on electrical systems. For complicated diagnosis, we called in an electrical/AC specialist.
Now you look at South Main Auto and it seems most of the problems ARE the electrical systems.
I like this kind of content :)
Not necessarely the Q&A but the work done in it 👌
Omg I was tearing up xD "Oops, that was a rant..." and then 15 seconds later! xD
This seems like the perfect project for your teensy tiny T-1000 or whatever USB iron. Tiny tip, low heat capacity, but you're just soldering tiny little wires together!
Heat shrink tube on the helping hands is my fave, once heated shrinks around the teeth for more bite. Cheers from the US PA Love the channel.
More Q&A's please I really like them, helps me do exactly what you are doing (well almost) I can get on with building something ,whilst listening to "Story time with Clive" Keep up the great work, You are a TH-cam tinkerer/Maker mascot ;-)
"The spikes in the solder. Which is similar to software, it's not really similar to software, God I have drunk so much wine." I laughed out loud and it's currently 4AM 😂
"That's a bit sploshy, that, that's-- One of the things, when you don't use the flux, you get spikes in the software-- Eh, software?! Spikes in the software?! The spikes in the solder! Which is similar to software, it's not really similar to software, god I have drunk so much wine." 😂
There’s no way garages are going to allow technicians to play around with electric vehicles any more than the manufacturers recommend. The problems with liability will be too great.
Maybe not officially, but you know mechanics are going to explore a little bit on their own. There's always the "it was already broken when I found it" line just in case. (worked at an auto dealership and witnessed some unbelievable activities)
Why are the resistors perpendicular to the plug when they could be parallel to the plug making them much easier to bend and hold???
Always happy to hear a rant about the bastard who bypasses the safety interlock for 'convenience', leading to some poor tiff losing a hand.
You mention mechanics working with hybrid and electric cars...
You are correct there. Im a mechanic turned auto body tech.
My first repair on a hybrid auto had one confusing component that vexed me greatly.
It was a high voltage water heater. Needed to heat the coolant to make the cabin heat system work in cold climates. 🥶
A drawback to hybrids. The engines are small and always shutting off when not needed. But it can still be below freezing while you drive at 55.
It was quite unexpected to find it there behind the front bumper. Smashed flat!😆
Nowadays, that's largely solved using a combination of heated seats and a small resistive element for windshield defrosting. Turns out to be the most efficient way to get heat other than using a heat pump.
2021, the year when clive realize helping hand has two hands :D
Feels like you could bend the second lead all the way, then solder the first lead and bend it until the second lead is in its place. That's what I'd do.
And thanks for another calming session, much love!
thank you so much for all your lovely videos
Great rant stream! I wish it was longer. Looking forward to more
You might enjoy my livestream channel BigCliveLive
Loving the rants. You've earnt the right with all the shit you've had to put up with from big corparations. :)
This was enjoyable. I liked the mini-rants, livestream Clive crossing over into video Clive
Seems like your rants are spot on with mine from a career in industrial electronics in 'merica.
Elevator service is interesting, because you can have, in the same building, a lift which is all microprocessor controlled MRL, with the machine room being the top and bottom of the car, and right next to it is another lift made by the same company. That unit though has the most complex electronic part being a set of selenium rectifiers, that provide the juicy DC power for the controls, with the rest being a combination of paper wound relays, oil filled capacitors, that predate the era of PCB oil filling in capacitors, and massive power resistors with adjustable taps, for controlling things like time delays, motor start and the such.
But both have a current certificate of fitness, and are legal to operate, even if the one was made 2 centuries ago. You will also have a set of service books for each, with details from the original install, including every single test and service that has been performed on that unit since it was new, each written by the technician who did it. Might be a dozen books for the old unit, but each is traceable to the original documents, including the lift ropes, with the copy of the test certificate for that batch of wire per rope, and with a full history as well.
The main difference being that the old lift will outlast the new lift in the same way it outlived the previous two.
I enjoy the rants and these more casual videos.
This is why we love Big Clive
Wow the rants from "Dark Lord Clive" are my new favorite thing
Thanks for answering my question Clive!
I have had the flouriscine dye injected into my veins for eye tests a few times. It can make you feel a little odd. And afterwards when you urinate, your pee is bright yellow in an odd way. The same stuff is used in spirit levels.
I do enjoy these Q&A videos that kind of turn into little jabs :). Look forward to a few more.
I need those kind of connectors that slide into a harness. Where can I buy them?
@bigclive .. did you take into account temperature generated by stage lights if the rose is encased into a transparent container (glass)?
Yes.
The rubber horse bit was rather more intriguing than i would have thought... Listened twice to that part...
HMM, could you use a surface mount resistor across the connectors pins instead of the 1/8 watt conventional?
Came here to make the same comment but you beat me to it. I wonder if he simply doesn't have a stash of SMD components.
@@Okurka. Well, size 1206 fits perfectly on top of the pins. Done it before, just tried it again. Most 1206 resistors are reted for 250 mW, some even for 500 mW.
@@Okurka. O.K., right. Might depend on the construction. I tried it with both a 330 Ohm and a 200 Ohm 1206 resistor at 12V, a piece of paper and the usual paraffin/stearin candle wax. The 330 Ohm one was too slow, the 200 Ohm one worked quite well, the paper petals fell down after about 5 seconds.. The resistors also stick to the wax very well. After some minutes, they get up to about 175 °C, so I would not recommend to leave them powered on for too long.
@@ksjhi PTCs would probably be ideal, very fast warm up and self limiting.
@@NiHaoMike64 Thank you, PTCs are a great idea. If I would really need to make such a prop as shown Clive's video, I would try SMD PTCs. Unfortunately, all PTCs I currently have as SMD components are polyfuses. But they might also work for this application. The datasheet specifies up to 125 °C surface temperature in the tripped state. But the lowest rated 1206s I have at hand need at least 350 mA to trip.
A career as an elevator mechanic has its ups and downs!
Engine access compartment lids - make that common usage
Practice rubber horses - this channel never disappoints
I was also expecting mini molex plugs with a resistor stuffed in the end. You could have just used one of the deadly toadstool lights... you would have been done in 15 minutes :p
Put the resistor in the other jaws (rather than have it hovering/finger-burning)?
I know that you're probably finished with all this by the time you read this, but here's an idea for next time. Leave out the all the plastic bits and plug the resistor straight into the connectors you crimped onto the wire. Then put a small sliver of card stock between the connectors to insulate them and hold it all together with a short piece of Green heat shrink tube.
Answers and a little rant. Priceless. 😁👍
This was fantastic.
Is there such a thing as an electronic water flow regulator that controls the temperature on a still?
Not sure about that. Most electric stills do it with a heater and thermostat.
I've never worked in the same industry you have but still that bit about the last guy getting the blame is true for basically everything it seems.
Why didn't you use the other clip to hold the resistor in place after all that is what a third hand holder like that is for ? Just wondering :)
Interesting that you mentioned sodium fluorescein. I work for an optometrist right now and it's also used to locate corneal abrasions and before doing a pressure check. Handy little chemical.
I've seen the little paper strips they use for that.
Ah yes, the boingy-boingy, the electronics classic. :D Stay awesome, Clive! Much love from Slovenia! :)
Thank you for answering my question
These videos are a perfect salve for after those particularly abrasive days where you come home chuffed. This is Anti-Chuff™
Gotta love English where chuffed can mean both "very happy" and "very angry"...
I should have mentioned this earlier, but are you sure that the wax can withstand the heat from the stage lighting?
Yes. Stage lighting isn't so hot these days.
Also Thyssenkrupp built a great big test tower in Germany and had the presence of mind to put an observation deck on the top.
I'm surprised that just bending the resistor legs like a vertical mount one (remember that?) and plugging the legs directly into the socket wouldn't work. Good memory of the resistor leg bender machine; used to use a manual one with the handle you turn, years ago.
You should have been an elevator mechanic. That job takes you straight to the top if you do it right.
You get to bypass any glass cielings however if you fuck up you might get shafted.
The job has its ups and downs.
@bigclivedotcom Any reason why you wouldn't just shove the resistor leads right into the black connector? If I remember right the through hole component leads will fit in those style of connectors pretty well, it would save all the time of soldering and bending up all those leads and would have the same reusability...
It was for reliability in a prop that MUST work every time.
Couldn't you have formed the resistors and put them directly into the female connector like you do with led leads.? Well I guess soldering to the male connector is a little more professional however. Either way it got us a 20+ min Clive video so I'm not upset. Thanks Big Clive.
1 Could you have used the other clip to hold on to the diode?
2 Are you going to have a circuit board to control when a specific pedal falls off?
3 Will we see the play?
4 Would insert plugs have been easier and faster?
I think it may be remotely controlled. I'm not sure where the play will happen.
What is the brand of that "Reload" pen? I haven't been able to locate it in a bit of searching. "Reload" matches too many other things.... Thanks!
It's an oddity. Apparently made by a French company called Maped. It has a slight design flaw in that you need to put a bit of tape over the loading port to stop it trying to eject a full ink cartridge unexpectedly.
www.amazon.com/Maped-Roller-Reload-Refill-Cartridge/dp/B008C28Y4W
Rant away. It's when you have a new boss that doesn't understand what he's gained, mainly building based mbile techs who then moans that we're not in the office, then moans when none of the work gets done because he wants in the office. He was moved on quickly when someone - not in our section - offered to break both his legs.
It looks like a lot of time is taken up tinning the leads. Is there a small solder pot you could use to dip the leads in for a repetitive job like this?
I have a solder pot but it takes a while to heat and is messy.
Excellent rant, first class.
No wonder your ticker misses a few beats - Wine and drain tracer dye! Time to start looking after yourself my lad. . . . . .
Oh, if only many could see what the few do for their entertainment, they might just show a tad more appreciation. Have you ever decorated a float for a village fête? - It's much the same thing really, weeks of planning, designing, prototyping and trialling, then the actual build for the event, and the public see it for about half to three quarters of an hour. Tips, and icebergs come to mind here!
Hmm... Is it possible to plug the resistor directly in the black socket, skipping the white one entirely?
For an application where reliability is important it has to be the matching connector.
The good thing about electronics' is there are so many new circuit ideas to keep you interested. The bad thing about electronics is there are so many circuits that you do over and over and over again.
Just a thought, would the resistor legs push straight into the female part of the connector?
Thicker component leads might deform the socket beyond proper springy grippyness for a reuse...
I know you're already done with the job, and it was a one off thing, but if ya ever end up doing that again, try making your secondary bends, then tin BOTH leads, THEN fold them in, tin both leads of the connector, and then it's just a process of reflowing it all together!! 😅👍🤘
i totally love the travel answer!!!