Rolf wrote:

> Olin said use an 'E' part, implying that it was the only one that covered
> the temp. range. You 'followed' him in the sense that you re-stated what
> his 'obvious' intent was - trusting Olin's assertion without checking it
> first. This is the 'expert' trap, where people stop questioning the
> experts and then 'bad things happen'. =


Right, but I actually didn't fall into the expert trap -- I fell into
another trap you mischievously set, when you replied with a simple question
"Why?" instead of the clearer "Why E? I'm planning on using I parts, which
according to the data sheet are speced down to -40=B0C."

I think that it's not only good to respond in an adequate tone, but also to
provide the information one has about the subject when asking a question --
this may help others not to fall into the otherwise wide open trap :)

Gerhard

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