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G6Tanuki · 14th Aug 2018, 8:17 pm

But that would mean I had to spend money actually *buying* mustard, a substance I find utterly without merit and entirely representing the terrestrial manifestation of Satan's evil bodily-secretions!

I'm going with the offcut of square drainpipe, along with a couple of wall-mounting brackets to provide a nice 'stand' for it.

As to whatever capacitors [class-X or otherwise] are present inside the module, TBH I just couldn't care: whatever they are, they seem to work - and if the module fails after a year I'll happily shrug, hurl it into the skip and buy another one. That's for me the 'path of least-astonishment' which I've spent decades following in business.

"Don't sweat the petty things" is one of my innate principles [equally, don't pet the sweaty things].

14th Aug 2018, 8:17 pm	#17
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Quick-and-dirty testgear: mains voltage monitor. But that would mean I had to spend money actually buying mustard, a substance I find utterly without merit and entirely representing the terrestrial manifestation of Satan's evil bodily-secretions! I'm going with the offcut of square drainpipe, along with a couple of wall-mounting brackets to provide a nice 'stand' for it. As to whatever capacitors [class-X or otherwise] are present inside the module, TBH I just couldn't care: whatever they are, they seem to work - and if the module fails after a year I'll happily shrug, hurl it into the skip and buy another one. That's for me the 'path of least-astonishment' which I've spent decades following in business. "Don't sweat the petty things" is one of my innate principles [equally, don't pet the sweaty things].