Missing earth strap

[elma]

Lol....the bonnet weighs the earth that's for sure ! ...best thing I did was fit gas rams

I did like that upgrade, Santa face was better though.

[CitroJim]

Jim, I'd love to see you and a Xantia, please do visit in the new year when you have time. I've noticed the National Motor Museum is nearby, I think we'd enjoy a good look around after you've done some 2 wheeled exploring. Romsey, my local Town, is beautiful I've only had a little exploratory walk but I think it has enough to entertain us both for more than one visit.

James, excellent Be looking forward to that! We'll get something sorted before too long

It's worth noting the bonnet probably earths through the hinges anyway!

Yes, and therein, from an RF interference suppression perspective, lies an issue... The hinge pins are often a little corroded and this can lead to 'rusty bolt effect' wherein the corrosion on the hinge acts as a diode and can rectify any radiation (e.g. from the ignition and fuel injection systems) occurring under the bonnet and transform it into radio interference and potential interference to other vehicle systems.

I can tell you some interesting/entertaining tales of the 'rusty bolt effect' in the close vicinity of high-power HF radio transmitters

[ekjdm14]

.....I can tell you some interesting/entertaining tales of the 'rusty bolt effect' in the close vicinity of high-power HF radio transmitters

Brilliant, the conversation has come round to radio/electronics again I was thinking last night about the comment you made about aerial riggers being "characters" so to speak, brought about while staggering round Youtube as I couldn't sleep. I stumbled across a fella calling himself "photonic", happily sending c. 300Kv through a couple of old CRT's using home-made kit (also using home built transformers to melt various items like crowbars, indoors, upstairs on a wooden floor covered in old carpet).

Strange man, but also strangely fascinating videos and he did have some nice vintage control gear in his (for want of a better word) "den"



This one was interesting too, overdriving the CRT from an external source while the set was powered on...



March hare enough for the job?

[CitroJim]

Strange man, but also strangely fascinating videos and he did have some nice vintage control gear in his (for want of a better word) "den"

Strange indeed A real character..In a bizarre way I rather enjoyed those videos... Shame the language was a bit fruity in places...

March hare enough for the job?

He makes a March Hare look positively sane!

I think he must be about the biggest nut-job I've ever seen. How he is still alive is something to marvel at

[Stickyfinger]

[Gibbo2286]

I bet the local police ambulance and taxi guys love him when they try to communicate.

[ekjdm14]

Strange man, but also strangely fascinating videos and he did have some nice vintage control gear in his (for want of a better word) "den"

Strange indeed A real character..In a bizarre way I rather enjoyed those videos... Shame the language was a bit fruity in places...

Haha yep, it is a shame he tends toward the Anglo-Saxon a bit too readily. I have to admit I have spent more than a few minutes watching some of his other videos too, pretty spectacular when he turns up the volts AND amps.

He is, however, very safety conscious. I've seen his risk assessment (in accordance with ISO 9000 no less! ) and it makes for interesting reading too. Things like cracking one off every so often, in order to maintain full concentration seem to have made it into the list. Actually IIRC that was the only one of his objectives to be marked as fulfilled

Gibbo, at least the fire station is only "a call away"... I'd lay odds that the local service already know how to translate his calls into English anyway

[elma]

I'm really looking forward to seeing these videos. Finally I have rj45 connectors so I expect to have real internet this evening.