VANAGON archives -- August 2013, week 4 (#113)

Date:         Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:42:01 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Subject: German quality?
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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At 04:28 PM 8/24/2013, Karl Wolz wrote:
>It's not an uncommon thing to buy a couple parts, switch boxes, and
>return the cheap part in the expensive box.  I bought a gallon of
>kerosene filled with water a while back.

Now that you mention it, my first 140-watt inverter years ago didn't
work when I tried it in the parking lot.  When I pulled off the
faceplate I was quite startled to see that the "works" was a cake of
soap wrapped in paper towels.  So was the store.

Yrs,
d

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