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Well hello Jack and everyone hey Polo today in German potato salad oh gosh that sounds fantastic but you know I have to tell you a little story a few weeks back we were about to weld up a part for the rotor mount and I know Robert mentioned he would like to have a picture of the welds well the welder blew up first time we struck an arc boy the main capacitor in that welder just blew a hole in the top of it smoke and flames came shooting out of it well it seems that the welder before we got to use it the welder had been disassembled and the person that put it back together followed the factory wiring diagram and he put the capacitor in backwards positive to negative and negative to positive well I'll have to give him credit it shows that in the factory wiring diagram the factory wiring diagram is definitely incorrect but boy that capacitor blew with spectacular fireworks so I ordered a new capacitor from Digi-Key you know Digi-Key is a great place to get any electronic parts and I rebuilt it and my buddies coming over here in a just a few minutes I hear he's just down the road and we're gonna plug the welder back in and give it another try though the part we needed to weld was outsourced and is now up on the mast but he's going to give the welder a try and hopefully it works a hundred percent now and we'll have a welder back in service but I'll tell you yes even the company when I called him and pointed out their wiring mistake in their wiring diagram they still stick by it and said that's how they're supposed to be but you do not put a capacitor in negative to positive and positive to negative it is the other way around anyway we'll see how it goes Jack that's today's project and back to you WW7KN10 here in Newport by the way it's 50 degrees beautiful sunshine and wispy clouds but I wouldn't say any of them are a threat to the Sun so with that back to you Jack