Thread: Auto darkening helmet problem

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Originally posted by Dave Severson
Yeah, I know Goat. When it's my turn to ride in the big black Caddy, there probably won't be a heck of a lot of people at the funeral, but there sure will be a ton of em at the auction fighting over my toys.............

There's a guy with a gray caddy wagon @ the local cruises here in the summer. Complete with casket and ever thang.

Hey Pro, if ya see him next summer could ya check and make sure I ain't in there??? Still gotta get something ready so we can go help Goat cruise Woodward next fall. If I'm in the back, could ya just take the Caddy to Woodward?????



Another thread hijacked!!! we're terrible

We got a guy at the local cruise night like that as well, dosent have a casket in it but its a black hurse with a skeleton waving out the window and "the last ride" across the windshield

BG

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Hey Pro, if ya see him next summer could ya check and make sure I ain't in there??? Still gotta get something ready so we can go help Goat cruise Woodward next fall. If I'm in the back, could ya just take the Caddy to Woodward?????



Another thread hijacked!!! we're terrible

Dont worry Dave if ya were in the back we'd prop ya up with a "Lite em' up" sign in your hand at the corner of 13&woodward ...if ya gotta go, go with a smile

Get us a date for Woodward this year, I am seriously going to try to make it. Not a clue which car I might have done by then, but hey, lots of time yet, right??????? Planning on swinging through Cornfield, Ill. and picking up Pro, too.

The cruise is saterday AUG the 20th this year, but the whole week before the cruise is IMO even better than the actual day of the cruise because you dont have all the corporate sponsers set up and taking up parking lots. I "hope" to have the goat done in time to have it there this year but losin my job awhile back has put a serious hurtin on the progress of the goat. Even if I dont have the gto there we'll still take the 66 bird up there.

Let me know if you guys make it up here and we'll get together to meet and i'll take you guys to some of the more "happenin" spots.

BG

Kewl, just put the date on the calender. Hopefully the transplanted Iwegian sees the date. Heard about it for years, hopefully things will work out this summer to get there. Thanks for the info.

Originally posted by BlownGoat
The cruise is saterday AUG the 20th this year,

BG

I'm up for that. Dave & I will have a 2 car Convoy to Michigan. Maybe we can pick up some people along the way. I won't have the "Z" done for sure but I think I can talk cheryl out of the Monte. Might have ta' bring her with to seal the deal. I think I'll be ready for a vacation right about that time too. HEHEHE

No problem Denny i dont want to sound like i'm arguing with ya I've just never noticed it myself with my helmet


Pro&Dave be sure to get ahold of me before you guys come. And if ya plan on stayin a day or two let me know and i'll give you some info on motels to stay that are close to the action on woodward.

BG

I would bring my girlfriend along, but now she's mad at me. She caught me cheating on her and has threatened to tell my wife !!!! Hey come on, it's an old joke but it's not too often I get a chance to use it.

Sounds good.

Originally posted by Dave Severson
I would bring my girlfriend along, but now she's mad at me. She caught me cheating on her and has threatened to tell my wife !!!! Hey come on, it's an old joke but it's not too often I get a chance to use it.

Hey look at the bright side. U've got 7 months from last Thursday to make up HEHEHE

Just So's ya know,,,,Liquid crystal display's in Helmet's or computer screen's,,,or watch display's are Allotropic liquid crystal's<<< spelling could be off here.
Anyhow,,,,allotropic crystal's are activated by changes in minute electrical current's.

The other kind is Thermotropic,,,and they are activated by changes in temperature. ( like on a mood ring or temperature sensitive fever strip.)

The crystal's in an auto darkening helmet are allotropic,,,the voltage is controlled via a photo electric cell.,,,,,or a battery,,,or combination of both.

All crystal unit's have a finite life span,,,whether they be,allotropic
or thermotropic. They do wear out in time.

Your eyesite is a damn site more important than the cost of a new battery,,,or an occasional test of the photo electric cell.
Which also wear's out in time.
P.S. you can damage the len's on an auto darkening helmet by pressing against the len's,,,the crystal's are sandwiched between two plate's,,one is cathode,,and the other is anode.

You probably didn't need to know all of this,,,,,,but there it is anyway.

You should do CroMo with gas and rg60 rod. That way you don't need auto dark because the goggles are a light enough shade you can see through them even in low light. Gas was the standard for chassis 30 years ago and was the standard for welding on aircraft until OSHA all but outlawed the use of various fluxes.

Another little trick I learned is you can test the helmet with an IR remote control

MM64