Hello, Richard.   
      
   Saturday April 02 2011 at 19:58, you wrote to me:   
      
    RW>   I hate switching power supplies.  I know, they're   
    RW> cleaner than they used to be, but that noise you describe is   
    RW> consistent with their behavior.   
      
   My dad has an Alinco power supply where he can "dial out" the noise that the   
   PS causes.  It's pretty neat.   
      
    RW> Get you a bigger gel cell and float charge it with a trickle charger,   
    RW> I bet that'll clean up a lot.   
      
   I wish I'd not given away the other batteries I'd received; I could have put   
   two of them together for more amperage.  I'm wanting a particular charger -   
   around $100 - that will work especially well with gel cells.  The charger will   
   limit the voltage to around 13.4 volts and then trickle down the charge to   
   make sure each cell has 2.4v without "burning" the cell with higher amperage.   
      
   Of course, once I start working, I'll have money for all of these toys. :)   
      
    RW> OH btw, if you've got aluminum wiring, inspect all your   
    RW> fixtures, make sure that they used those little pigtail   
    RW> splices to that aluminum wire that are made for the purpose.   
    RW> electrolytic action or intaction between the copper and the aluminum   
    RW> can be a dangerous thing, and you might find your home sweet home   
    RW> becomes an inferno.  IF fixtures aren't connected with those little   
    RW> pigtails made for the purpose get 'em.   
      
   I did not know that but I can safely tell you that none of these outlets in   
   here use those because "maintenance" is a foreign concept to my landlord.   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... Don's Axiom: When all else fails, read the instructions.   
   --- GoldED/2 3.0.1   
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