"Sorry to sound like a techno-nerd but all of this stuff is important.".
Don't apologise, dude. You're right - it is important. No disrespect towards MFV1132, but what the heck are people thinking when they ask such a question in such a terse way? I didn't see any offer of explanation, or specifications, no clue for what said switch was for ... no nothing. So imagine how it must feel if you were the proprietor of a model-supply shoppe, and a possible customer walks in and sez: "I need a switch. Give me a bank of 'em.". What do you do? It gives me the spooks, because I'd be thinking to meself: "Hmm... and I wonder if the same attitude applies to his lakeside etiquette? Or even his driving?"
Well, you, you're obviously more polite. And, if you were indeed the proprietor, it means you'd have to worry about making a living to pay the mortgage, keep the chap happy, give him what he think he wants and send him on his merry way.
Me, on the other hand, I'd be tempted to fob him/her off with an itsy-bitsy 2-Amp job, even when I KNOW he/she will be shoving 15-Amps up the sucker, just so that he/she would come back, hopefully with a bit more knowledge, and explain what it is he/she is trying to do. That surely would make the life of any proprietor miles easier. Mayhem members, too.
Did you read the one where I did a short stint in the chokey because I refused to cough-up for that poll-tax thing? In there one soon learns that if you don't ask, you simply don't get. Same rule applies in Freedom Street... if you don't ask the right questions, you can't really expect any help.
Just Rx'ed your PM, Dave Jacket.
Standby...
I think it's a question of make or break myself....
I think it's a question of make or break myself....
Damn!... I wish I thought of that!
Cento, did you read what that chap from Toronto said? He's right - I did go over the top with this rant.
By way of an apology, would you be happy if I were to build you three or four switchers?
:)
I didn't realise Canadians were so sensitive.... :)
To call a person or person's LAZY because of not reading the thousands of postings on the site is ludicrous. I'm sure that when you started out in this hobby, you had many questions too
I was quite upset too, can I have one?
Martin ::)
Anyone tell me where i can purchase a bank of 3/4 switches for my Tug?
We hope you enjoy your visit. And welcome to the English way.
Just going back to the original question, I presume when you say 3/4 switches you mean 3-pole 4-way?
Memo to PMK - remember the 1st Rule of Holes.
Point taken. But over here the we have taken on the stupid mix of the Queens english and the U.S. english. You should see some of the different spellings and puntuation's we have over here, just to keep from being ridiculed by the Americans. Sorry, but I've been using the U.S. sites for so long I still have my spell check set for U.S. english. My apology's. BTW, I'm not throwing my weight around or misreading your statements. What it all boils down to is the mix between the British and U.S. ways of thinking. I am a CANADIAN and am proud of it. I value the links between Britian and Canada and would much prefer to do things your way instead of the American way, but, they are our biggest trading partners and we have to do things their way. Even my formal criminalistics courses had to be taken at the FBI school in Quantico, Virginia. I have a Masters degree in criminology, and am the highest ranking homicide detective with a conviction and closure rate of 97.3%. I have run the Homicide Squad here for 22 years and am a 42 year veteran of the force. Do not get me wrong. I'm not bragging, just trying to point out the differences in our cultures. Forgive me if I have offended you for that was not my intent. If my statements are going to be misconscrued in this manner, I guess I had better withdraw from the group and go back to the U.S. groups. When I have been in London on business to continue investigations there, I have never been treated so well. The Yard opens there file and records to us like we were one of them. AGAIN, let me apoligize for any hard feelings I have caused. It's not a matter of rudeness, but one of cultural differences.To call a person or person's LAZY because of not reading the thousands of postings on the site is ludicrous. I'm sure that when you started out in this hobby, you had many questions too
Mr. Detective, Sir, with all due respect, did you not detect my way of trying to amend matters by offering to build Cento his needed switches? There was no mention of the word 'lazy'. The emphasis was on ignorance. When new recruits, such as yourself, start throwing their weight around and misreading what is being said, then we Limeys tend to ask ourselves how a person with letters after his name could attain such a high status -- especially when his detecting skills are not up to par.
You will please forgive me, but we have Sherlock Holmes. Ergo, our powers of deduction and detecting skills are infinitely superior. For instance, we detected that you have used an apostrophe between the 'n' and 's' in your spelling of "person's", when there shouldn't be. (Not to mention your omission of a hyphen between 'pig' and 'headed').
But just for the record, one does not need to trawl through "thousands of postings on this site" (your words). One merely narrows one's search to the particular group of threads of interest. In this case, Cento only had to look through a dozen or so postings in the Electrics & Electronics pages in order to find what he was looking for.
We hope you enjoy your visit. And welcome to the English way.
PMK.
Chief of Non-Politically-Correct Brigade.
Acting for and on behalf of King and Country.
Somerset,
Great Britain.
Quote from: FireboatJust going back to the original question, I presume when you say 3/4 switches you mean 3-pole 4-way?
I too got thrown by that.
3/4 could mean three-quarters. But I think he means three OR four switcher units.
What i now require is to purchase a bank of 3/4 click switches to switch Nav.lights,Radar and perhaps flood lights.
Thanks FIREBOAT, just what i require. For easy installation do you know if thy produce them in banks. of 3 or 4
Ican't see them in the Cat.
Thanks FIREBOAT, just what i require. For easy installation do you know if they produce them in banks of 3 or 4 I can't see them in the Cat.