Ever rewire the stereo (i.e., the AV stack)?
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Every so often I'll start dusting off all the audio video equipment in the main room and that wil lead to straightening things up a bit and jiggling som wires and if I'm properly motivated, that will lead me to pulling out all the equipment and checking all the connections, and sometimes that will even lead me to rewiring / replacing things. It can turn into an all day job (just finding all the remotes).
Now, what I want to know is how something can possibly come loose, back there -- but it does. I mean like, how could a coax cable come unscrewed, even a little bit? It's like these cables untighten themselves. Or a jack get unplugged? Nobody, even the cat, could get back there.
one of life's little mysteries...
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Sounds like entropy at work
Sounds like entropy at work to me.
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Alan, your picture reminded
Alan, your picture reminded me of the time I was a little kid somewhere in Europe hotel, and found a stray hairpin, put it in the foreign 200~ volt socket, and flew across the room.
That led to a lifetime fascination with Electricity and Audio gear.
The quick answer to your OQ is -- it was the Mice. They like to nibble on wires and plastic stuff.
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Mike - hope you are feeing
Mike - hope you are feeing better. Fractal entropy of the universe is definitely a possibility.
Stu - I'm thinkin mini-eartquakes that shake the Earth in a quick counterclockwise direction. No mice with the cat here. (I did spot a large stink bug wearing a toolbelt once.)
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> found a stray hairpin, put
> found a stray hairpin, put it in the foreign 200~ volt socket, and flew across the room
Stu, I did that with a house key into a 120 socket when I was 2 or 3, and it still sent me flying. I've often wondered if that experience set the trajectory for my entire life.
Thanks, Alan. I was put on some non-opiate meds (Neurontin) that are really helping with the nerve pain, but I'm still waiting to hear back from my @#$%^& insurance company about the epidural.
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The resistance to electricity
The resistance to electricity of the wire/connectors is shed via heat. All those parts are warming up and cooling whenever they are used and then not used. The expansion and contraction of the metal causes the connections to loosen over time.
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Love this thread. Entropy
Love this thread. Entropy used to be my favorite word, and I lived in an off-campus house in college named Entropy House.
My cables get all loose and I'm convinced it's because the house is sliding downhill -- first floor has a 1.5" slope.
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It's probably because they
It's probably because they are trying to get tangled. Cables have an uncanny ability to self - tangle. Murphy's law of cable proximity.
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Clumping Theory 101:
Clumping Theory 101:
Stuff wants to get together with other stuff.
So does energy - hence, waves.
Of course, there's also dark energy, which pulls things apart - hence, socks separated in the dryer.
Do they remain somehow entangled while apart, like certain sub-atomic particles?
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it's the same force at work
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it's the same force at work
it's the same force at work that causes your underwear to be the only clothing to fall out when you open the dryer at the laundromat....
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> Entropy used to be my
> Entropy used to be my favorite word
This begs the question: Where do you go after entropy? My favorite word for a while there was ennui, but then it shifted to entropy in the early 80s. It wasn't a long journey, and just down the road in the dictionary.