Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03005
To: Feser, Jason
From: James Anderson [mailto:anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu]
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 17:21:14 -0700
Subject: Re: James' problems (was: Steve's problems)
Soldering? I can't even breadboard the sucker. And I do frequently check
for 0
resistance between the breadboard connections.
As far as the cap goes, I was switching between one 4700uF and three
1000uF's
(in parallel), all of which I got from Rat Shack. Thoughts?
Wondering Aimlessly,
James Anderson
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"Feser, Jason" wrote:
> James, go over your solders again first off, making sure that you have a
> nice even sheen to your joins. If you're not sure, test them for
resistance
> - your looking for 0 resistance. Once you've done that, make sure your
not
> using a cheapo cap, and if you are, try putting another one in parallel as
a
> booster.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Anderson [mailto:anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 5:00 PM
> To: Bumper314@aol.com
> Cc: beam
> Subject: Re: F#$@ beam
>
> Umm... I don't know if this will make you feel any better, but I'm a
newbie
> and
> had the charging to ~3.5 and not firing problem about a month ago. I
worked
> away at it for three days, got nowhere, and have been avoiding beam
entirely
> ever since. If you do figure out what's going on, *please* post a
solution
> to
> the list, as I think there're other newbies out there feeling the same way
I
> am...
>
> Wondering Aimlessly,
> James Anderson
> ============================
> Sole text found after following an apparently dead link: "/bin/moved"
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