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Originally posted by unregistered
do not use Ben as an example, way to much baggage
if you want to test, DO SO
you will learn more in 3 months of testing than in 3 years of posting
but be not deluded about the costs, $ AND time !!
I know a guy named jd who can pick up anything you might miss
seriously, just do it
Addendum:
w/o a technical grounding it is unlikely that anything useful will result
of course such can be learned (everyone is born ignorant), but it is liable to be a very long process
testing is not so simple as it seems, and while everyone may nod their heads at this truism, only with experience can one look for the problem, find it, and then figure out how to actually fix it
- no free lessons
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I missed this BillA. I do agree. Especially with the last part. I gave up trying to fix the problems and just dropped it all together. It is a tough battle. One I do not take lightly (as you can tell from my well lit flame thrower on the subject). Maybe I am to strict with myself and others.
I still lack a lot of technical training/knowlege like you, pH, and Les have which is another thing I have troubles with sometimes. That thread pH is working on is over my head but I keep reading it and it starts to make since after a while (at least I think it does). I feel confident I learned enough so far that I could put together and operate a decent test bench, but one thing that really keeps me from doing it is time. Unlike some I can't just throw a block on for 30 minutes and take notes. My idea of testing includes at least 24hrs per mount and at least 5 remounts per block with temp logging. And letting equilibrium set in BEFORE testing starts. This cannot be done in 30minutes. Not in my experience anyway. I have waited hours sometimes for the temps to stabilize.
I just don't have the time to do that. Not with a full time job and having the daughter on the weekends (which goes above all else). If I won the lottery and didn't need to work I would jump right in. But damn..... What I consider proper testing is a full time job by itself. Thats why I started this thread. Maybe my idea of proper testing is to much. Maybe I could fit it in on my spare time? I think not. I don't think I would be satisfied with my results enough to publish them. I would rather keep designing and building blocks in my spare time which I know I can contribute more usefull information about. Well I sometimes question myself on that to. Is sharing my designs a good thing or a bad thing? maybe I just think to much.
