Hello, Richard.

Saturday April 02 2011 at 19:58, you wrote to me:

 RW>   I hate switching power supplies.  I know, they're
 RW> cleaner than they used to be, but that noise you describe is
 RW> consistent with their behavior.

My dad has an Alinco power supply where he can "dial out" the noise that the
PS causes.  It's pretty neat.

 RW> Get you a bigger gel cell and float charge it with a trickle charger,
 RW> I bet that'll clean up a lot.

I wish I'd not given away the other batteries I'd received; I could have put
two of them together for more amperage.  I'm wanting a particular charger -
around $100 - that will work especially well with gel cells.  The charger will
limit the voltage to around 13.4 volts and then trickle down the charge to
make sure each cell has 2.4v without "burning" the cell with higher amperage.

Of course, once I start working, I'll have money for all of these toys. :)

 RW> OH btw, if you've got aluminum wiring, inspect all your
 RW> fixtures, make sure that they used those little pigtail
 RW> splices to that aluminum wire that are made for the purpose.
 RW> electrolytic action or intaction between the copper and the aluminum
 RW> can be a dangerous thing, and you might find your home sweet home
 RW> becomes an inferno.  IF fixtures aren't connected with those little
 RW> pigtails made for the purpose get 'em.

I did not know that but I can safely tell you that none of these outlets in
here use those because "maintenance" is a foreign concept to my landlord.

Later,
Sean

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