Electric/Electronic

[fred]

Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that functions elctrically is called elctronic?

[Nick Odell]

On Wed, 25 May 2022 03:38:24 -0700 (PDT), fred <tpmc...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that functions elctrically is called elctronic?

INJY

N.

[Max Demian]

On 25/05/2022 11:38, fred wrote:

> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that functions elctrically is called elctronic?

Actually wires conduct electronically. Valves lead to the meaning of
electronic as involving free electrons. Transistors have "holes" as well
as electrons (but I don't understand them). Electrolysis is
non-electronic as it involves positive and negative ions so batteries
are non-electronic apart from the terminals.

I think some kettles were sold as electronic as they had a chip that did
something or other, and, of course, modern toasters use a 555 or similar
chip for timing so they can be called electronic.

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[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 25 May 2022 12:21:01 +0100, Max Demian wrote:

> I think some kettles were sold as electronic as they had a chip that did
> something or other, and, of course, modern toasters use a 555 or similar
> chip for timing so they can be called electronic.

Our toaster (Dualit) is clockwork!



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[Fredxx]

On 25/05/2022 11:38, fred wrote:

> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that functions elctrically is called elctronic?

One definition of electronic:
"relating to electrons".

So anything conveying a current, or potential is "electronic".

Does it matter?

[Clive Arthur]

Most of chemistry is down to electrons.

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[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <jf6j8g...@mid.individual.net>,

Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 May 2022 12:21:01 +0100, Max Demian wrote:

> > I think some kettles were sold as electronic as they had a chip that did
> > something or other, and, of course, modern toasters use a 555 or similar
> > chip for timing so they can be called electronic.

> Our toaster (Dualit) is clockwork!

How does it produce the heat to toast the bread?

I have heard of clockwork radios, though. ;-)

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[SH]

On 25/05/2022 14:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article <jf6j8g...@mid.individual.net>,
> Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 May 2022 12:21:01 +0100, Max Demian wrote:
>
>>> I think some kettles were sold as electronic as they had a chip that did
>>> something or other, and, of course, modern toasters use a 555 or similar
>>> chip for timing so they can be called electronic.
>
>> Our toaster (Dualit) is clockwork!
>
> How does it produce the heat to toast the bread?
>
> I have heard of clockwork radios, though. ;-)

Is this a wind up? :-)

[Rod Speed]

On Wed, 25 May 2022 23:20:12 +1000, Clive Arthur <cl...@nowaytoday.co.uk>
wrote:

Not really, it is mostly down to the number of protons varying between
atoms.

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[Fredxx]

Most chemists know that material properties are down the quantised
energy states of electrons.

Protons, apart from their number, exert very little influence on
material properties.

[Tim Lamb]

In message <jf6j8g...@mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager
<news...@eager.cx> writes

>On Wed, 25 May 2022 12:21:01 +0100, Max Demian wrote:
>
>> I think some kettles were sold as electronic as they had a chip that did
>> something or other, and, of course, modern toasters use a 555 or similar
>> chip for timing so they can be called electronic.
>
>Our toaster (Dualit) is clockwork!

Ours has begun to run slow intermittently:-( Brown toast often black!

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[Rod Speed]

On Thu, 26 May 2022 04:27:06 +1000, Fredxx <fre...@spam.uk> wrote:

> On 25/05/2022 19:07, Rod Speed wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 May 2022 23:20:12 +1000, Clive Arthur
>> <cl...@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/05/2022 12:57, Fredxx wrote:
>>>> On 25/05/2022 11:38, fred wrote:
>>>>> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that
>>>>> functions elctrically is called elctronic?
>>>> One definition of electronic:
>>>> "relating to electrons".
>>>> So anything conveying a current, or potential is "electronic".
>>>> Does it matter?
>>>
>>>
>>> Most of chemistry is down to electrons.
>> Not really, it is mostly down to the number of protons varying between
>> atoms.
>
> Most chemists know that material properties are down the quantised
> energy states of electrons.

Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows that it is the type
of atoms involved that determines what works and what doesnt.

> Protons, apart from their number,

There is no apart from, it's the number of protons
that determines what type of atom it is.;

> exert very little influence on material properties.

Even sillier and more pig ignorant than you usually manage and that's
saying something.

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[williamwright]

On 25/05/2022 20:07, Rod Speed wrote:
> Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows

Only one exchange into the discussion and you resort to personal abuse.

Bill

[Rod Speed]

williamwright <wrights...@f2s.com> wrote

> Rod Speed wrote

>> Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows

> Only one exchange into the discussion and you resort to personal abuse.

That isn't personal abuse, fuckwit.

[Rod Speed]

williamwright <wrights...@f2s.com> wrote

> Rod Speed wrote

>> Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows

> Only one exchange into the discussion and you resort to personal abuse.

This is your first 'contribution' to this thread and it is personal abuse.

[Animal]

They are. You pay silly money for a mechanism that runs a very short time. If you do buy one, be sure to get the solar panel version, crank only just isn't worth using.

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[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 25 May 2022 13:20:07 -0700, Animal wrote:

>> > I have heard of clockwork radios, though. ;-)
>> Is this a wind up?
>

> They are. You pay silly money for a mechanism that runs a very short
> time.
> If you do buy one, be sure to get the solar panel version, crank only
> just isn't worth using.

Mine used to run for an hour.

These days I have a Bosch workman's radio that uses the 18v rechargeables.

[williamwright]

On 25/05/2022 20:54, Rod Speed wrote:
> This is your first 'contribution' to this thread and it is personal abuse.

No it isn't. It's not abuse. Abuse is calling someone a fuckwit or
whatever, like you do.

Bill

[Rod Speed]

williamwright <wrights...@f2s.com> wrote

> Rod Speed wrote

>> This is your first 'contribution' to this thread and it is personal
>> abuse.

> No it isn't. It's not abuse.

Corse it is.

> Abuse is calling someone a fuckwit

That is calling a spade a spade and a fuckwit a fuckwit, fuckwit.

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[Fredxx]

On 25/05/2022 20:54, Rod Speed wrote:

You seem to conflate with abuse you give, and abuse you receive. At no
time in this thread has Bill directed any abuse towards you.

You seem to have big chip on your shoulder or perhaps a snowflake after
all. Best grow some.

[jkn]

You can (and should) remove, clean and regrease the timer.
It's not a difficult job; There are instructions on the interweb.
I am a bit twitchy about our Dualit now; the timer 'stuck' and
the heat damaged a cupboard door (which admittedly it
shouldn't really be situated under).

[Max Demian]

On 25/05/2022 12:46, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Wed, 25 May 2022 12:21:01 +0100, Max Demian wrote:
>
>> I think some kettles were sold as electronic as they had a chip that did
>> something or other, and, of course, modern toasters use a 555 or similar
>> chip for timing so they can be called electronic.
>
> Our toaster (Dualit) is clockwork!

I used to have one which had a thermal timer based on the heating and
cooling of a bimetallic strip. This had the advantage that if you put a
second slice in after the first it toasted the second for a shorter time
- needed as the element is already hot.

I bought it for £10.50 in 1975 and it lasted until 2005 or so. Replaced
with one for £5 (electronic timer) which I still have.

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[Clive Arthur]

On 25/05/2022 19:07, Rod Speed wrote:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to
remove all doubt."

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[Tim Lamb]

In message <d25412d4-bf5c-468b...@googlegroups.com>, jkn
<jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk> writes

OK Ta. I've been meaning to open it up but lacking confidence it is
fixable:-)

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[Rod Speed]

Fredxx <fre...@spam.uk> wrote

> Rod Speed wrote
>> williamwright <wrights...@f2s.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>> Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows

>>> Only one exchange into the discussion and you resort to personal abuse.

>> This is your first 'contribution' to this thread and it is personal
>> abuse.

> You seem to conflate with abuse you give, and abuse you receive.

Even you can't actually be THAT stupid.

> At no time in this thread has Bill directed any abuse towards you.

It's still there in the quoting, fuckwit.

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[Rod Speed]

On Thu, 26 May 2022 21:38:13 +1000, Clive Arthur <cl...@nowaytoday.co.uk>

wrote:

> On 25/05/2022 19:07, Rod Speed wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 May 2022 23:20:12 +1000, Clive Arthur
>> <cl...@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/05/2022 12:57, Fredxx wrote:
>>>> On 25/05/2022 11:38, fred wrote:
>>>>> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that
>>>>> functions elctrically is called elctronic?
>>>> One definition of electronic:
>>>> "relating to electrons".
>>>> So anything conveying a current, or potential is "electronic".
>>>> Does it matter?
>>>
>>>
>>> Most of chemistry is down to electrons.
>> Not really, it is mostly down to the number of protons varying between
>> atoms.
>
> "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to
> remove all doubt."

Yep, you certainly should have remained silent.

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[Peter Able]

On 25/05/2022 10:38, fred wrote:
> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that functions elctrically is called elctronic?

Your question begs another...

What are the briefest, least ambiguous definitions of Electrical and
Electronic.

PA BSc(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 50+ years, and
still ready hear your ideas ;)

[Rod Speed]

Peter Able <st...@home.com> wrote

> fred wrote
\
>> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that
>> functions elctrically is called elctronic?

> Your question begs another...

> What are the briefest, least ambiguous definitions of Electrical and
> Electronic.

Electrical, just wires and switches and sometimes relays.

Electronic adds valves or nowdays transistors/triacs etc.

[Peeler]

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[Fredxx]

On 26/05/2022 20:22, Rod Speed wrote:
> Fredxx <fre...@spam.uk> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> williamwright <wrights...@f2s.com> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>
>>>>> Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows
>
>>>> Only one exchange into the discussion and you resort to personal abuse.
>
>>>  This is your first 'contribution' to this thread and it is personal
>>> abuse.
>
>> You seem to conflate with abuse you give, and abuse you receive.
>
> Even you can't actually be THAT stupid.

No I'm not, but I'm not the one conflating, "Only one exchange into the
discussion and you resort to personal abuse" with abuse.

>> At no  time in this thread has Bill directed any abuse towards you.
>
> It's still there in the quoting, fuckwit.

It certainly is.

> <reams of your shit any 3 year old could leave for dead flushed where it
> belongs>

A sign of another lost argument.

[Fredxx]

Except Clive doesn't look a fool. Whereas we know you are.

[Fredxx]

In my younger days I treated DC and low frequency <=60Hz power
installations as electrical, and HF >60Hz where the intentional is not
electrical supply to be electronic. Therefore a Tesla coil would be
electronic, but the power transmission across the channel from France to
the UK would be electrical. You might want to call the apparatus at each
end of the underwater cable, Power Electronics.

YMMV

In short it doesn't really matter, in much the same way a solid state TV
could still have a massive CRT in it.

[The Natural Philosopher]

On 27/05/2022 10:38, Fredxx wrote:
> On 26/05/2022 21:52, Peter Able wrote:
>> On 25/05/2022 10:38, fred wrote:
>>> Is it just me but does it upset anyone else when something that
>>> functions elctrically is called elctronic?
>>
>> Your question begs another...
>>
>> What are the briefest, least ambiguous definitions of Electrical and
>> Electronic.
>>
>> PA  BSc(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering.  50+ years, and
>> still ready hear your ideas ;)
>
> In my younger days I treated DC and low frequency <=60Hz power
> installations as electrical,

Bang goes my valve voltmeter then...

and HF >60Hz where the intentional is not
> electrical supply to be electronic. Therefore a Tesla coil would be
> electronic, but the power transmission across the channel from France to
> the UK would be electrical. You might want to call the apparatus at each
> end of the underwater cable, Power Electronics.
>
> YMMV
>
> In short it doesn't really matter, in much the same way a solid state TV
> could still have a massive CRT in it.

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[Rod Speed]

Fredxx <fre...@spam.uk> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Fredxx <fre...@spam.uk> wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> williamwright <wrights...@f2s.com> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>>>> Any chemist who isn't actually brain dead knows

>>>>> Only one exchange into the discussion and you resort to personal
>>>>> abuse.

>>>> This is your first 'contribution' to this thread and it is personal
>>>> abuse.

>>> You seem to conflate with abuse you give, and abuse you receive.

>> Even you can't actually be THAT stupid.
>

> No I'm not, but I'm not the one conflating, "Only one exchangeinto the

> discussion and you resort to personal abuse" with abuse.

No one except you is conflating anything.

[Rod Speed]

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In message <xmTXZfLA...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>, Tim Lamb
<t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> writes

Turns out my Duallit timer is not user serviceable:-(
The cover plate is riveted on with plastic pins.
I have lubricated the shaft and reassembled.
Mi7 replacement £11.37 del. Wednesday.
>

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[jkn]

"Riveted on with plastic pins" sounds get-roundable ;-)

I think mine had a large nut, like a potentiometer nut, and then
maybe some smaller screws, or clips as part of the plastic?

But yeah, replacements are not super-exorbitant.