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Unread 06-02-2008, 18:17
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Re: Problem with our Victor?

Thank you all for your gracious help! We really do appreciate it.

We've been investigating the issues you've mentioned, and we came to the conclusion that there wasn't in fact a fan on top, so we mounted one on it. (See pic 1.) We also thought that it wasn't getting enough energy, and since gold fish give us energy, we put some on there as well. There also is a battery.

However, it still didn't work. We thought it might be dehydrated, so we added some water. (Pic 2.)

It STILL doesn't work. We suddenly realized that the electrons must be leaking out, so we got some masking tape and masked it all up. Since the fan wasn't working on top, we did a counter-top configuration, hoping that would work. (pic 3.)

We realized that the fan was pointed in the wrong direction, so we rewired our configuration so that the fan pointed towards the electronics. We also forgot water in picture 3, so we poured some on the counter so that we would get good conductivity.

Unfortunately, we still have 0 workage (at least in joules). We are wondering if anybody has any ideas, because we're up to here in it, you believe me.

Thank you,
The Ned Pirates

P.S., does anybody know where we can get any magic smoke? IFI is on backorder right now, and so is Papa John's. Thanks!
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Last edited by nedpirates : 06-02-2008 at 18:18. Reason: we forgot the pictures.