Recent content by mpolo

Yeah, I think you're correct. There is also the fact heat transfer is bi-directional, so as much as you want to try to heat the flask, the flask will in turn will heat the water too. The system stabilizes right at 100 degrees. This makes me think of the Technology Connections youtube video...

Hmm, steam can go above 100 deg c and the boiling water will contain bubbles of steam. I'd think at a rolling boil that the steam bubbles might push the temp of the liquid in the flask over 100. I'm guessing that the steam bubbles hitting the flask will give the latent heat of going back to...

I just hope he doesn't have to reboot it anytime soon.....

Excellent advice guys. I picked up the caps from a local electronic supply store and I have a feeling they were general purpose, rather than the lower impedance types. I guess that means I need to break out the soldering iron again! Not sure when this will happen, but when I do I will update...

Strange, maybe I posted a link that only I could access. OP has been updated. Thanks!

Not sure what you mean by single row of pixels, as it affects the whole screen from top to bottom. There is a sort of pattern, the lines seem to be grouped in an alternating inch wide darker band of vertical lines that start off about 1.5 inches in width, grow to about 2.5 inches in width at...

Curious if anyone here knows what is going on... My work had a busted LCD monitor here (Syncmaster 206BW). I replaced the capacitors on the power supply, and brought it back to life... well sort of. The monitor has vertical lines across the whole screen, with varying intensity. Here is a link...

This thread needs much more math. I'm not going to go into the details. I've moved too far into the software world to remember the partial differential equations, multi-variable calculus, Taylor's theory expansions, gaussian surfaces, riemann surfaces, Laplacian transforms, Fourier transforms...