[TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Cordless solder irons

[Bill]

You could always use PowerPoles with a 12 volt light at the other end...


On 11/21/2014 9:46 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
> On 11/19/14, 8:45 AM, Doug Renwick wrote:
>> Now that's a clever idea.  Make two adapters for each end of the feed 
>> coax
>> and run AC up to the top temporarily on the coax.  Pulling up an AC 
>> cord is
>> much better than hauling a generator to the top.  I can't see anyone in
>> there right mind hauling a generator up.
>>
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> At work, we joke about using a AC plug to coax connector adapter as a 
> test tool to figure out where a mystery run of coax goes. Over the 
> past 60 years, there have been lots of coax runs installed between 
> labs. A bundle of coax disappears into the wall, ceiling or floor, and 
> presumably connects to a similar looking bundle in some other lab. 
> Rather than pay to run yet another line, you want to re-use what's 
> available.
>
> Hook up one end to the line current, and listen for screams or look 
> for smoke at the other end as whatever is connected makes its presence 
> known.
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