Re: ceme pstats

Maybe we'll agree to disagree on that - the PID is as easy to install as
another pstat. Plus, you do it once & most likely you'll never have to mess
with it again. Put in another pstat & you'll probably have to do it again in
a couple of years.
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Enjoy!
Robert (Tex) Harmon

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"Neal Reid" <NealReid@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <YoudnchvX-cPitDXnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Tex" <pearland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No flames for a serious question. Why not replace the pstat with a PID?
Much
more reliable and it makes the machine a lot quieter. Very simple mod!
Because I don't want to? The only redeeming virtue of a PID in an HX
machine (that I can thing of at the moment) is replacing the (wearable)
pstat contacts,

Much easier to replace a pstat...


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