I wasn't aware that an EE degree was a requirement for a sales position
at
Radio Shack... Seems to me that the sales persom was trying to do him a
favor...
BTW Telephone Coiled handset cords are probably the poorest choice for ANY
load greater than 50 MA. Typically they are composed of small flat (ribbon)
conductors wrapped around a fiber filler... At least this is the experience
of this 53 year old Engineer... REALLY! why would anyone oin his rifgt mind
expect a salesman at an appliance store that stocks a limited number of
parts to be an expert on all parameters of the materials they sell...
Suppost next it is justifiable to be angry with the person for not knowing
the 1/2 power beamwidth of every led that the store stocks. In My
profession I first detirmine the wire that is required (most wire catalogs
are free if not directly on the internet) and then it is a simple task to
evaluate various possibilities... it seems to me that a 100 % margin for a
wire that needs to be flexed repeatedly is a very poor margin. That is
however a matter of experience and preference... But 2 to 3 amps would be a
better choice...

At 11:30 AM 7/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Morale:   When asking for technical help, first ask the guy if he really
>>knows about it, had experience about it... or if he will just guess
>>about it... remember that you also can guess (that he's an idiot)...
>
>And he was either a 16-year-old on his first job (which he sees as "time +
>commission sales") or a 45-year-old deadbeat whose welfare ran out.
>
>At least that's what we have around here in the stores.
>
>Beware of a technical store who builds its business in the Mall Mentality.
>
>Andy
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