[mythtv-users] I've finished my serial port IR receiver!

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Tue Apr 4 17:19:53 UTC 2006


On Apr 4, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On 4/4/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> On Apr 4, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Scott Alfter wrote:
>>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>>> On Apr 3, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Phill Edwards wrote:
>>>>>>> I think it's rather cute. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would have used a black Ty-Wrap for better color coordination.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that's cruel :)
>>>>
>>>> An old boss of mine at WWOR *insisted* that we use only black ties,
>>>> because they held up better under UV. Of what possible consequence
>>>> that might be in an inside room with no windows I never did figure
>>>> out.
>>>
>>> Fluorescent lighting spits out UV.  Whether it produces enough to
>>> cause white
>>> zipties to degrade significantly more rapidly than black is up for
>>> debate, but
>>> your boss might not have been completely out in left field.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh yes he was, these ties were all in closed rack cabinets. He also
>> paid a lot of $$$ to have nice Budd blue rack panels ("BY" series)  
>> re-
>> painted in puke brown.
>>
>> He was a nut case, but your point is valid.
>
> they do make specific ties with better UV protection, but they come in
> many different colors and clear, wether one color is better than
> others, I don't think the ink in plastic makes a significant
> difference in UV protection, I'm not a chemical engineer, but I just
> don't see that happening.
>

Chemical Engineering is a bit OT, but you had to be sure you got the  
ones that used carbon black as a colorant, the cheaper ones that used  
Diner floor sweepings didn't have good outdoor UV ratings.


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