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author: adamredfern8569
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 13, 2018, 01:06:54 pm
content: .

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 13, 2018, 11:09:33 pm
content: Hi AdamWelcome to the forum.We have a very big problem here with people being paid by PCB companies to leave "reviews" on this forum.Normally a new account doing this would get banned straight away, but we'll assume you are genuine young hobbyist in this case.

author: sdouble
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2018, 05:07:17 am
content: Adam will unleash his creativity making collages of paid reviews

author: mrpackethead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2018, 05:35:35 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on October 13, 2018, 11:09:33 pmI've done my best to 'educate' one of the problem children on the folly of their way, and it seems ( touch wood ) that they have made some changes. Whos going to take on PCBWAY.

author: mrpackethead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2018, 06:01:07 am
content: Quote from: adamredfern8569 on October 13, 2018, 01:06:54 pmHi Adam, did you post your report?

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2018, 06:59:17 am
content: What part of the UK are you in?Short and misplld from my mobile......

author: station240
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 14, 2018, 08:22:07 am
content: Quote from: mrpackethead on October 14, 2018, 06:01:07 amNo but I did report his postit had an entire 2nd paragraph of praise of a certain PCB manufacturer.

author: jaycee
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2018, 12:25:02 pm
content: I've had people from PCBWAY try to add me on Facebook.. and I have no idea how they have even gotten my details. I've never used them, and after seeing their aggressive marketing tactics I don't plan to.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 04:45:14 pm
content: Quote from: adamredfern8569 on October 15, 2018, 04:05:30 pmThat will cost you a new domain and a lot of fuss medling in the backend of whatever you use.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 04:46:30 pm
content: If you want real hosting I can offer you a good deal, I have my own VPS but it's only me and a few charity website on there at the moment.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 05:03:00 pm
content: Yea, it's a subdomain, they cost nothing. I always wonder who actually pays for these services. I prefer full control over my domains and hosting. "free" and "unlimited" are terms that can never be used in truth unless you understand the limitations.

author: NorthGuy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 06:10:30 pm
content: Quote from: adamredfern8569 on October 15, 2018, 05:05:40 pmA real domain name costs less than $10 a year. When you've got bunch of sites linking to your sub-"domain", there's not much you can do to fix this.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 06:31:37 pm
content: Quote from: adamredfern8569 on October 15, 2018, 05:05:40 pmI was there once. There were free hosters and I'm sure many remember those that put adds on your site like tripod. This all came to an end with the advent of wordpress I assume because serving up webpages is one thing but running wordpress requires more resources. I gave up with hosters both free and paid after either being ripped off or being left with a quality of service that not acceptable. I recently left heartinternet who's quality of service went down drastically when they got bought out.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 06:33:28 pm
content: Quote from: adamredfern8569 on October 15, 2018, 06:28:26 pmAh, and then you are screwed, unless they allow you somehow to make it work, for nothing you get exactly nothing, these people run a service based on sucking people in who initially did not realize the contraints of what they are being offered.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 08:04:55 pm
content: So long as you understand exactly what they are offereing and what yau will need in the future and how scalable you current solution is.

author: mrpackethead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 08:05:17 pm
content: Nice work so far on your Project;- Be really careful with dealing with AC power. It is quite unforgiving. Think about it carefully and set up some sensible precautions, like RCD's in case something goes wrong.- I noted you had mentioned Microchip Pics can only be programmed in Assembly. You might want to go back and have a look at that. C and C++ are all supported.- I can only see the pics of the pcb and the partial scehmatic, but it seems you dont' have any decoupling capacictors for the uP. You may have broken out those supply pins to the header, but really you want to have themas close as possible to the pins of the IC as you can.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 08:08:57 pm
content: Quote from: mrpackethead on October 15, 2018, 08:05:17 pmI think you mean high voltage which is I beleive 40V AC ond over and 60VDC and over. high voltage DC is even more dangerous I gather.RCD's always a good idea.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 08:25:08 pm
content: Basically if over 50V make sure it can't be accidentally touchedand that any insulation is suitable for the voltage, work once got away with 50V rated wire on 600V

author: mrpackethead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2018, 10:11:16 pm
content: Quote from: adamredfern8569 on October 15, 2018, 09:22:03 pmIts a clever play on words.

author: station240
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 16, 2018, 12:29:01 pm
content: Given you, and your dad's interest, you might find parts of this other forum interesting.https://highvoltageforum.net/