Eisboch wrote:
The same guy came to me one day with, believe it or not, a 6 volt hotplate
that he dug out of his pile of junk someplace. It must have been built in
the '40's or earlier. He wanted me to design and build a voltage divider so
he could run it on his 12 volt boat battery. Remembering the well
intentioned refrigeration guy, I told him to take a hike.

You get what you pay for.

Eisboch


"You get what you pay for"

And if you had tinkered with his stuff, and it didn't work, you would
have payed for it dearly.

good call!