[aprssig] Confusing situation

[Ev Tupis]

--- Andrew Rich <vk4tec at people.net.au> wrote:
> Ever have one of those days ?
> 7. It turned out that the little plug pack had slid
> from 12 volts to 9 volts.
> 8. It was enough for the little LED cct to show it
> was working, but not enough to get the MAX232 to
> work.
> 
> Annoying.
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Oh yeah. Try to explain a "brown out" state to a
customer of a mobile data communication product who
decided to save some money and use the product with a
cigarette lighter adapter instead of installing it
correctly.

Oh yeah, the lighter cord was too short so they used
an extender cable.

Oh yeah, they needed to power a second device, so they
used a Y-adapter.

15-feet later...everything "powered up", but worked
only for a short period of time before ceasing...with
all lights "on".

ARGHH! :)

Ev, W2EV