[R-390] Ballast Tube Thread

[Rbethman]

That's an easy thing to fix!

I'll just put it in the smoker before I cut it to "proper" length!

Bob - N0DGN

Barry Hauser wrote:

>Yeah -- you're joking but truth is stranger than foolin' around.  There were
>those hot dog cookers that were popular years ago -- latest technology.
>Consisted of two rows of metal -- buss bars, I guess, with tangs for six
>dogs, all inside a heat resistant plastic box with a clear lid.  The two
>bars were each hooked to one side of the AC line through the line cord.  No
>switch.  (I think there was one built into the lid, so opened the circuit
>when it was rasied.) You set up the desired number of hot dogs across the
>skewer tang things, plugged it in and they were cooked in a few minutes.  I
>suppose it would have worked on kielbasa.  Of course you don't need all
>that, just hook up each end of the wurst in question to a line cord.
>
>Only problem with the kielballast idea is that as the carefully cut length
>of the thing dries out, resistance will tend to drift upward.  Probably not
>enough current to cook the thing.
>
>Barry
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
>To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [R-390] Ballast Tube Thread
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>>Perhaps we should run an experiment and see if Kielbasa would make a
>>viable substitute for the 3TF7!?!
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>Llgpt at aol.com wrote:
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>>>It is quite obvious each one was individually made...............some
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>look as
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>>>though a 6th grader built them as a science project, sagging plates
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>crooked
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>>>filaments etc.
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>>>Some of the uglier ones actually last many, many years. But with prices
>>>escalating like they are now, I'll never buy another one, beer is higher
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>on my
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>>>priority list, and along with some of that Kielbasa, that is a great
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>combination
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>>>anytime of the year!
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>>>Happy 4th everyone!
>>>
>>>Les
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>>>
>>>In a message dated 7/4/2004 10:58:07 AM Central Daylight Time,
>>>rbethman at comcast.net writes:
>>>How about we start the idea that the 3TF7 was actually used as BALLAST.
>>>Each indivually selected to ensure the correct weight for the
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>R-390/R-390As!
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>>>Bob N0DGN
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