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Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« on: April 01, 2017, 08:00:18 am »
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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2017, 08:25:27 am »
Answer is 42
 

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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2017, 08:37:54 am »
Answer is 42

Thanks.
So I'll make the resistor 42  \$\Omega\$.

I have one more question:

 

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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2017, 08:38:55 am »
Please do NOT visit the following website, and if you do, don't mess with any of the electronics/buttons there.

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/redbut.html
 

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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2017, 08:47:07 am »
What is the tolerance on those 1ohm resistors, that will make the world of a difference.  The whole network should probably be oven compensated as well.
 

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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2017, 08:55:39 am »
What is the tolerance on those 1ohm resistors, that will make the world of a difference.  The whole network should probably be oven compensated as well.

It is oven/temperature compensated. It is kept at a constant temperature by the "Warm Front" heater.

The tolerances have been reverse biased, twisted into opposing pairs and uncompensated for. So it should be fine.
 

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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2017, 09:01:01 am »
You need to rotate the compass until you achieve maximum efficiency in the Arena from the Earth's magnetic field.

You also need a Pontiac Trans Am blocker car to ensure your route is clear to maintain speeds in excess of 88 mph.
 
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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2017, 10:33:17 am »
You found the schematic!!

 
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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2017, 03:43:23 am »
When I built this I found that the resistor labelled "120 \$\Omega\$ or to taste" was best substituted by Strawberry+jOrange \$\Omega\$. And make sure to use a mark I batterang by the 11kg inductor - the markII doesn't work at all, Adam West'll hook you up if you have any problems finding one, but do not buy any of the knock-offs from Burt Ward.
Anybody got a syringe I can use to squeeze the magic smoke back into this?
 
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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2017, 04:05:39 am »
Finally someone has taken the time to reverse engineered the bateriser
 
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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2017, 05:34:51 am »
The flux capacitor is shorted.
 
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Re: Not even slightly an April 1st gag - Please help
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2017, 06:29:13 pm »
When I built this I found that the resistor labelled "120 \$\Omega\$ or to taste" was best substituted by Strawberry+jOrange \$\Omega\$. And make sure to use a mark I batterang by the 11kg inductor - the markII doesn't work at all, Adam West'll hook you up if you have any problems finding one, but do not buy any of the knock-offs from Burt Ward.

I'm actually from 2057, and made the circuit for fun. Then when I switched it on, I was time-displaced and teleported back to 2017. As another poster has said, the problem is probably:

The flux capacitor is shorted.

Hence the huge time drift.

I'm trying to build a new one, so that I can get back to 2057, but it needs software, and the software team are having great difficulty, understanding the problem. See Here (picture at bottom of post):

Finally, before I go, a quick severe warning from the future (2057), about Trump, whatever you do get ~#%"%&%&"Error 29 - Keyboard battery failure (usually caused by a batteriser failure). We hope this error does not affect you.

Finally someone has taken the time to reverse engineered the bateriser

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