Re: charge reactors (plea for clarity)

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Matt, Earl, all,

I think there is kind of a "happy medium" ground here. I
do have to agree that Earl's letter was a bit hard to read
and comprehend for myself (I'm in my mid-40s now). Yet
OTOH, every profession and probably most if not all
hobbies have a particular "jargon" that only other indivi-
duals involved in that particular profession or hobby
would understand. I'm sure that very few people "off the
street"  would know what in the world you were refering
to if you started talking about the aspects of our hobby
using terms like: pole pigs, pulse caps, G-10 rotors, SR-
SGs, MOTs, NSTs, DRSSTs, TSGs, toploads, ect.
However, reasonably proper basic grammar, spelling and
punctuation is essential to good written communication. I
don't think anyone is grading our postings for grammatical
perfection, but if the author writes with wreckless anbandon
of grammatical accuracy, it does indeed make it hard to
comprehend or to even take the author seriously, for that
matter. Here's another tip - PROOF READ before hitting
the "send" button ;^)

My $.02,
David Rieben

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: charge reactors (plea for clarity)


> Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
>
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> Hi Earl, et al.,
>
>      I would second Deano's request, not only for content, but also
> for form. This is an international list and for many of the members,
> English is a second or third language, and page-long, run on
> sentences, totally devoid of punctuation, capitalization, or regard
> for spelling can be daunting. The same is true for those of us over
> twenty-something.
>      Good communication means expressing your ideas in a way that
> others can, and will want to take the time to understand what you are
> trying to say. Your disdain for even the most rudimentary language
> conventions is very off-putting to many who might otherwise have the
> answers you seek. I would strongly recommend the following: After
> writing an email, set it aside for five to ten minutes, then try to
> read it yourself. If you find it difficult to plow through the
> page-long "stream-of-consciousness, consider breaking it into
> sentences and running it through a Spell-Check program before
> distributing it worldwide. The gobbledygook that substitutes for
> language in teen-age text messaging is NOT compatible with clear
> technical writing. "Know your readers, for they are not you!"
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Matt D.
>
> PS: You are not the only guilty party, just the most overt example.
>
> In a message dated 10/9/06 10:16:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Original poster: "EARL RHODES" <wedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>    its ok friend  im sorry if i come across a little scatty as really
thats
> just me  what have i got i have got a 1.25" old secondary about a foot
long
> this was my first experiments  could i use that some how as the afor
> mentioned air core inductor  it is about 32swg probably about  900 usable
> turns  cant really say ive got much else  oh and my supply is one mot with
> two tripler giving + - 6kv the mot output came with inline fuse for 5kv
> 750ma so my guessing at the power level may be way off like i said
> "newbie"please forgive my brash manner that also goes for anybody else
> assaulted by an email from me i cant help myself cheers earl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 6:39 AM
> Subject: Re: charge reactors
>
>
>  > Original poster: David Dean <deano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > Hi Earl
>  >
>  > Details on what you have now would be helpfull. Also if you let the
spell
>  > checker do its thing, that would be helpfull too. (no offense intended,
> but
>  > some of us are getting older and it would be a little easier to
understand
>  > what you mean if we don't have to read between the lines, as it were.)
>  >
>  > If I understand from another post that you are running a 4 or 6  MOT
> stack,
>  > then it might be O.K. to just do away with the rectifiers and filter
caps
> and
>  > just run straight AC.
>  >
>  > When is bon fire night?
>  >
>  > November 5?  If so you've plenty of time.
>  >
>  > I like fireworks. I like sparks too.
>  >
>  > later
>  >
>  > deano
>  >
>  >
>  > On Sunday 08 October 2006 21:11, you wrote:
>  >  > Original poster: "EARL RHODES" <wedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >  >
>  >  > hi deano yes my friend i have given all this a lot of thought also
>  >  > but like the desighn sez this requires a very dangerous hv storage
>  >  > capacitor 6uf or so  which i dont have !yet!like i said to steve y
my
>  >  > gap is bad  bad it is an old leaf blower motor with the fan
>  >  > disc intact it was double sided  a fan on both sides so i removed
one
>  >  > side leaving the other for strength and to blow as its only plastic
>  >  > if it gets hot its hadit  ive got five moving electrodes with th
>  >  > option for another ten . all thats ok but i didnt make allowance for
>  >  > mor stationary pins i wanted this running for bonfirenight  5nov
dont
>  >  > like fireworks but i do like sparks all ive seen are half second
>  >  > death discharges a deafening scream that gets cutoff in mid swing
>  >  > dead mots burnt out resistors and holes in my pocket ill say one
>  >  > thing for fire works theyre cheaper  isnt ther somthing i can do now
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