[TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Cordless solder irons

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 11/21/2014 9:57 AM, Bill wrote:

Telephone, cable, gas, and other companies feed a signal in and trace it 
with a receiver. Lot easier and safer too.

73

Roger (K8RI)


> You could always use PowerPoles with a 12 volt light at the other end...
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> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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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Roger (K8RI)