Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

2023-06-03 Thread gene heskett
On 6/3/23 15:18, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: On Friday 02 June 2023 04:03:48 pm gene heskett wrote: And I'll repeat, I am a CET, something that probably less than 5% of the working EE's could pass that test. CET's are a bit rare, I've yet to meet another on the net. Uh, yes you have... (Cert

Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

2023-06-03 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Friday 02 June 2023 04:03:48 pm gene heskett wrote: > And I'll repeat, I am a CET, something that probably less than 5% of the > working EE's could pass that test. CET's are a bit rare, I've yet to > meet another on the net. Uh, yes you have... (Certificate PA-230 issued in 1981.) -- Memb

Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

2023-06-02 Thread David Christensen
On 6/2/23 11:33, Stefan Monnier wrote: And, strange as it sounds, replace any "hot red" aka "magenta" sata cable with some other color. I am a CET and known to me since the 1970's, that color of insulation dye will in time, convert the copper of the conductor into a rust colored powder, and that

Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

2023-06-02 Thread gene heskett
On 6/2/23 15:01, James H. H. Lampert wrote: On 6/2/23 11:33 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: This is very hard to believe.  I'm willing to believe that there have been insulation dyes that have proved problematic, but if you've encountered those problems in the 70s I find it *really* odd that it would

Re: Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

2023-06-02 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 6/2/23 11:33 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: This is very hard to believe. I'm willing to believe that there have been insulation dyes that have proved problematic, but if you've encountered those problems in the 70s I find it *really* odd that it would still affect cables from this century (e.g.

Cable colors and urban legends (was: Error Messages)

2023-06-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> And, strange as it sounds, replace any "hot red" aka "magenta" sata cable > with some other color. I am a CET and known to me since the 1970's, that > color of insulation dye will in time, convert the copper of the conductor > into a rust colored powder, and that is a poor conductor. This is ve