HMV 1124 - Has Been Tested And........

[Mark Hennessy]

Depends what you mean by "novice"? I do have some background in boat engineering which also includes work on diesel engines or cylinder heads, alternators, water-pumps, inverters and so.

The word 'novice' has a very clear meaning and is always related to a particular skill set.

Being an astronaut who has walked on the moon doesn't mean that you slightest idea about what goes on, electronically,  beneath the panels on your space craft or lunar lander or that you have ever held a driving licence for a car. You could even be the most dangerous person on the road on a push bike!

You could be an expert on "diesel engines, cylinder heads, alternators (and) water-pumps" but it is completely irrelevant to the subject matter discussed here.

Yet again, I am becoming increasingly confused by your posts ...

If you're confused by my posts, it's a free world and nobody forces you to follow the thread.

It's all well and good throwing around words like "novice" but as Alan Douglas remarked in one of his latter posts, "Talk is cheap." Sure, I'm well aware there is so much to learn but this actually applies to everyone. Even Einstein stated he figured he knew just a fraction of what there is in totality in the sphere of physics.

I'm afraid I'm not likely to take these comments too seriously till you start posting your own accounts of abandoned sets you repaired and a few photos included as well.

Speaking of driving licences there is such a thing called a "back seat driver". Such people claim to know everything there is no know but never have a go at actually driving a car.

Gentleman,

With my "moderator" hat on, please can I appeal for calm.

At the risk of sounding like Nicholas Parsons: NM, I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier on. This time, I'm going to do the same for Terry.

Here's how things are looking from my point of view:

Earlier, some posts did come across as being a little bit antagonistic towards NM. However, I think that we did move on from this, and I believe that Terry's input to this thread from post #60 onwards was intended to be helpful and constructive. Not withstanding the occasional errant exclamation mark

In post #75, NM appeared to take the comment about the signal generator as a negative one. Honestly, I don't think it was meant to be. But I can see how that interpretation could come about if there was still tension in the air. In post #86, Terry did a good job of explaining the comment, along with offering quite a lot of other related advice.

Regarding the use of the word "novice", Terry is right here. I am very experienced with several areas of electronics, but I regard myself as a complete novice when it comes to valves (and many other areas besides). My 30+ years of designing with transistors and op-amps does not make me an expert on valve circuits, any more than that experience helps me to understand flower arranging! I don't see the contextualised use of the word "novice" as in any way pejorative. We all started somewhere.

This is my second intervention in this thread. I really don't want to close it, but next time I will. Please, can we keep it on-topic and civil?