Me:
Sergeant, for your information, I studied electronics at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.
Serge:
Ahh, I graduated Boot from there. So, you're a MOS 2841? Didn't you spend time at 29 Stumps?
Did you complete the Navy NEETS course?
It's available online here: http://www.tpub.com/content/neets/index.htm
I completed a predecessor course called AFTA (Advanced First Term Avionics) at NAS Memphis. I was MOS 6657.
We have to be rather cautious around here, as most 1st-time posters have experience that's limited to plugging an appliance into an outlet. We want people to come back, which is doggone difficult if they get killed.
Not knowing anything about your level of training or experience, the error was made on the side of caution. You should appreciate that.
But seriously, there IS a good bit of engineering that goes into designing a safe, efficient and low-EMF emission transformer. I don't bother with it, because there is such a variety of them on the market that can be purchased quite inexpensively. If you can find one even close to your intended application, you're way ahead of the game - rather than trying to manufacture one by yourself.
Thanks for your Service.
S/F
Me again:
Hello again, Sergeant Wookie. Sorry that I didn't answer this post earlier, but of course that thread had to be shut down because some nut wasn't following proper internet etiquette. I'll keep an eye on him, though.
I also went to boot camp in San Diego, and, if I remember correctly, my MOS (Military Occupational Specialty, for those unfamiliar with military terminology) was 2600. Anyway, I was a radio repairman.
I didn't spend any time at Twenty-Nine Palms, but I think that my dad did. Dad was a fighter pilot in World War Two. He was in the Navy, though. Wouldn't that be El Torro?
I'm not sure what the official name of the course was that I took, but I was sent to Basic Electronics fitst, and then I was given three choices: Radio, Radar, or Data Processing. Again, I chose Radio, which I knew meant that I would be going to Vietnam.
Well, I guess that I've given away my age now. The last time I checked, though, the Soviet Union no longer exists, so I guess we must have done some good, huh?
And Sergeant, I want to thank you for your service, also. My rank at discharge was E-4, by the way, and I was nineteen at that time, in 1969.
You were quite correct in discouraging me from plugging into the mains directly, by the way, and I do appreciate that. I will be vigilant in discouraging anyone from following in my footsteps.
Again, for the uninitiated, your S/F means Semper Fidelis, which, in Latin, means "Always Faithful", the motto of the Marine Core, which every Marine, and every former Marine, is familiar with.
Semper Fidelis to you, to, Sergeant Wookie.
Mike Mandaville
Austin, Texas
Sergeant, for your information, I studied electronics at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.
Serge:
Ahh, I graduated Boot from there. So, you're a MOS 2841? Didn't you spend time at 29 Stumps?
Did you complete the Navy NEETS course?
It's available online here: http://www.tpub.com/content/neets/index.htm
I completed a predecessor course called AFTA (Advanced First Term Avionics) at NAS Memphis. I was MOS 6657.
We have to be rather cautious around here, as most 1st-time posters have experience that's limited to plugging an appliance into an outlet. We want people to come back, which is doggone difficult if they get killed.
Not knowing anything about your level of training or experience, the error was made on the side of caution. You should appreciate that.
But seriously, there IS a good bit of engineering that goes into designing a safe, efficient and low-EMF emission transformer. I don't bother with it, because there is such a variety of them on the market that can be purchased quite inexpensively. If you can find one even close to your intended application, you're way ahead of the game - rather than trying to manufacture one by yourself.
Thanks for your Service.
S/F
Me again:
Hello again, Sergeant Wookie. Sorry that I didn't answer this post earlier, but of course that thread had to be shut down because some nut wasn't following proper internet etiquette. I'll keep an eye on him, though.
I also went to boot camp in San Diego, and, if I remember correctly, my MOS (Military Occupational Specialty, for those unfamiliar with military terminology) was 2600. Anyway, I was a radio repairman.
I didn't spend any time at Twenty-Nine Palms, but I think that my dad did. Dad was a fighter pilot in World War Two. He was in the Navy, though. Wouldn't that be El Torro?
I'm not sure what the official name of the course was that I took, but I was sent to Basic Electronics fitst, and then I was given three choices: Radio, Radar, or Data Processing. Again, I chose Radio, which I knew meant that I would be going to Vietnam.
Well, I guess that I've given away my age now. The last time I checked, though, the Soviet Union no longer exists, so I guess we must have done some good, huh?
And Sergeant, I want to thank you for your service, also. My rank at discharge was E-4, by the way, and I was nineteen at that time, in 1969.
You were quite correct in discouraging me from plugging into the mains directly, by the way, and I do appreciate that. I will be vigilant in discouraging anyone from following in my footsteps.
Again, for the uninitiated, your S/F means Semper Fidelis, which, in Latin, means "Always Faithful", the motto of the Marine Core, which every Marine, and every former Marine, is familiar with.
Semper Fidelis to you, to, Sergeant Wookie.
Mike Mandaville
Austin, Texas