akkana@eeg.com (Akkana) (03/01/90)
I just saw this article on rec.motorcycles, and thought I should share
it with this list ...
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From: kenk@tellab5.tellabs.com (Ken Konecki)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Smoke gets in your eyes
Date: 23 Feb 90 18:37:04 GMT
Organization: Tellabs, Inc. Lisle IL
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Came across this on a bulletin board here at work, source unknown.
A sheet of paper crossed my desk the other day and as I read it,
realization of a basic truth came over me. So simple! So obvious
we couldn't see it. John Knivien, Chairman of Polamar Repeater
Club, an amateur group, had discovered how IC circuits work. He
says that smoke is the thing that makes IC circuits work because
every time you let the smoke out of an IC circuit, it stops
working. He claims to have verified this with thorough testing.
I was flabbergasted! Of Course! Smoke makes all things electrical
work. Remember the last time smoke escaped from your Lucas voltage
regulator? Didn't it quit working? I sat and smiled like an idiot
as more of the truth dawned. It's the wiring harness that carries
the smoke from one device to another in your Mini MG or Jag. And
when the harness springs a leak, it lets the smoke out of
everything at once and then nothing works. The starter motor
requires large quantities of smoke to operate properly and that's
why the wire going to it is so large.
Feeling very smug, I continued to expand my hypothesis. Why are
Lucas electrics more likely to leak than say Bosch, Hmmmmmm?
Aha!!!!! Lucas is British and all things British leak. British
convertible tops leak water, British engines leak oil, British
displacer units leak hydrostatic fluid, and I might add British
tires leak air and the British defense unit leaks secrets, so
naturally British electrics leak smoke.
Cheers,
-Ken K
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Ken Konecki
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