Recent content by dreadnutz

This is true but it falls under the special application category. IMHO VR is another technology that is never really going to catch on for public consumption. I have tried it and so have many of my friends and while we did find it very interesting and exciting for the first 5 minutes, our...

I have doubts that 4K content will even be common in less than 10 years. I never see 8K catching on, even 4K is at the edge of what the human eye can see in terms of detail. The premise of 8K assumes that everyone in the future will be watching TV on 120" sets. My feeling is that the 55-65"...

I have to throw out stuff or the Wife factor comes into play. I still keep a lot of stuff but at some point something has to go in order to make space for new projects. I am pretty much tapped out for 2018, I am going to be doing one last major home improvement project this weekend (if the...

BTW stay tuned because my friend who was helping me the day to clear out space took away all the garbage parts. I remember telling him that the Condenser assembly was good and knowing he is like a squirrel when it comes to junk I called him up on the off chance he did not dump the stuff. He...

Yes they are certainly not the miracle device so many people think they are. The best application I seen them used for is water coolers for drinking water. Their power usage plus their lack of ability to sink any serious amount of heat makes them pretty much a disappointment for most...

OK folks I took some pictures. I looked around to see if I still had the LNB and found nothing. I must have dumped it when I dumped the compressor unit. Both had been sitting outside under some plastic covers and had taken a real beating from the weather. Funny enough I just dumped them four...

I have very little left from the cooling project. Most if it got dumped. I know I have the air drying system as I left the utility box it was in on the pole and even transferred it to the 3.8m dish in case I needed an extra electrical box. I will try to take some pictures of the drying system...

BTW I should add that the dish I was using at the time was a Prodelin 1251 (2.4M) offset feed dish. I could never afford the price to move up to a Prodelin 3.8M dish so this cooling method was the best option at the time. I finally acquired a 3.8M Prodelin for a very low price about 4 Months...

I know I am bumping a very old thread but I just wanted to make sure this info is archived for the future experimenters out there. First of all let me start out by saying I tried cooling of the LNB and it does work! Unfortunately it is totally impractical to try this on the hobby level! And...

I did not post any pictures because it’s still a work in progress. The LNBS are held in place with clamps and wood as we needed to use that to find and hold the two non centered LNBs. Also the wiring is a mess! I will be working on fabricating the holder for the 3 LNBs this coming weekend and...

I just replaced mt 2.4M Prodelin 1251 with a 3.8M Prodelin era 2002. The thing is a beast at about 1500lbs total weight!!! I got it second hand for a reasonable price, the previous owner really wanted it badly but it got damaged when it was taken down from some telco company when he tried to...