Lightspeed Battery Box Warning

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 15:04:24 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I believe Denny is perceiving this:

The only reason many Lightspeed owners have NOT had repeated problems with
broken wires at the plug is because they specifically lay the battery box on
the floor, or tuck it in a side pocket. This removes the weight of the
battery box from the inadequately designed wire and plug assembly, and keeps
the wires from breaking.

That can't be true in my case, at least. My battery box is plugged
into the middle of the panel (left of the turn coordinator) and the
battery box hangs down from there. The box's weight causes the cord
to bend 90 degrees right after it comes out of the plug. That has got
to be about as high stress as you can get on the cord. Why I have had
no problems is a mystery to me. The only thing I can thing of is that
I leave the headset in the plane most of the time rather than plugging
it in and removing it again. That probably reduces the strain on the
cord.

--Ron

"Jim Weir" wrote:

Because everything I do is kit. To do a decent job with ANR requires you to
work with surface mount devices roughly the size of an FAA inspector's heart.

Ron Natalie interjected:


But this is still several times larger than his brain ;-)

Brave words indeed for someone who's steed is currently undergoing *major* surgery which may involve
one or more FAA inspector sign-offs...

Russell Kent

Sydney Hoeltzli wrote:

"Is it important to purchase only a TSO'd headset? What does TSO really
mean? Do pilots find that TSO'd headsets are more reliable than
non-TSO'd headsets?" not by making a buttload of assertions including
a total fabrication about battery boxes bursting into flame.

The latter will get you a faster response for sure, but evidently
not of the kind you find enjoyable.

How can someone who asserts he's been on USENET for more than a decade
not know this? Beats me.

"The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
(Apologies; I forget whom I'm quoting. --Russell Kent)

In a previous article, "Peter Duniho" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
Actually, Microsoft actively encouraged HTML posting in the microsoft.*
newsgroups

I don't know what you mean by "actively encouraged". However, even if true,

I mean that they put it specifically into the FAQs, charters and other
supporting documentation that it was encouraged.

I fail to see what HTML posting has to do with the current topic, which is
top posting.

HTML posting and top posting are both symptoms of using inferior (ie
Windows) pseudo-newsreaders like Outhouse. When you find one, you usually
find the other.


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying,
and about flying when he's with a woman.

"Russell Kent" wrote in message ...

How can someone who asserts he's been on USENET for more than a decade
not know this? Beats me.

"The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
(Apologies; I forget whom I'm quoting. --Russell Kent)

Einstein (supposedly).

Actually, the more accepted version of the quote is:

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.

"SteveH" wrote:
FYI - top posting is the current norm in many Usenet groups,

Lots of people spit their gum on the sidewalk, too.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

wrote:

Slightly off topic, but I was wondering if anyone's got any
thoughts on Lightspeed's Solo and Cross-country headsets. Different form
factor, and not as active. They seem pretty flimsy by the pictures, but
the passive on the X-C (along with mild active) seems like a winner to me.
Anyone used these?

I currently have the Cross Country. I had an original 20K, then the
25XL. The Cross Country is better in all respects except one. It does
not have the auto shutoff feature. It is much more comfortable, it is
quieter and best of all it is not bulky like the ones with that god
awful big foam ear seal and head band pad. The big foam ones always
felt a little flimsy to me, the Cross Country is put together a lot
better.

"Russell Kent" wrote in message ...


How can someone who asserts he's been on USENET for more than a decade
not know this? Beats me.

"The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
(Apologies; I forget whom I'm quoting. --Russell Kent)


Ron Natalie wrote:

Einstein (supposedly).

Actually, the more accepted version of the quote is:

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.

Hmmm. A quick Google seems to indicate that I'm quoting Harlan Ellison. It appears
that his phrase may have been inspired by Einstein's.

Russell Kent

"Russell Kent" wrote in message ...


Hmmm. A quick Google seems to indicate that I'm quoting Harlan Ellison. It appears
that his phrase may have been inspired by Einstein's.

Wouldn't surprise me. Ellison's not big on original thought.

Where precisly did I lie about my online experience? You assume, because for
some strange reason you abhore the readiblity of a continuous block of text
and prefer to find and reassemble brief fragments interspersed within the
replied-to message's text in an attempt to come up with a cohesive premise
and discussion, that anyone who top-posts simply MUST be an online/Internet
newby. I assure you that is not the case. Complete paragraphs, with an
opening sentence, discussion, and closing, is far preferable to snipits of
phrase and isolated sentences. Some would argue that the ability to review
a conversation thread by simply scrolling and seeing each message in its
entirety in reverse order far outways the cost few microseconds of broadband
transfer time - the idea that top-posting is an evil came about to save
bytes in the days when 2400 baud modems were considered high speed data
transfers and it should be relegated to the same museum where you find the
hardware that gave rise to it.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, "Steve House"
said:
Right - the accusation that I'm an idiot is "demonstrating expertise"
Just

Jim never called you an idiot. I don't think anybody did until now. But
*now* I'm going to to call you an idiot, because you obviously are one.

human interaction are somehow suspended. I'm an old hand at the Net and
Usenet, having used it daily since about 1980. I'm also a very new
student

Bull****. Nobody who was using Usenet in 1980 does TOFU posting. Up
until the never ending September of 1993, anybody who didn't learn to trim
their quoted text would have been hounded off of any reasonable newsgroup.

correction where it was in error. I suppose we egg's should just sit
silently in rapturous awe at the feet of the Masters. Thanks for making
me

No, people who make wrong statements should take correction without
accusing the person making the corrections of being arrogant.

feel so very welcome to the group.

You're not welcome to the group. People who can accept correction are.
So are people who don't lie about their qualifications.


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
There is no substitute for good manners, except, perhaps, fast reflexes.