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# RE: Accu-Votes failure in relation to temperature

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- Subject: RE: Accu-Votes failure in relation to temperature
- From: "Larry Dix" <ljdglobal@gesn.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:08:24 -0600
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Don – I would hope that having them inside for 24 hours before testing would eliminate the temperature issue. I believe that this is indicative of the problem that is popping up in many locations and not related to temperature. Larry J. Dix Global Election Systems (972)-542-6000 -----Original Message----- From: owner-support@gesn.com [mailto:owner-support@gesn.com]On Behalf Of Don Biszmaier Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:23 PM To: support@gesn.com Subject: Re: Owen Dunn Printers and Ian's Soapbox on Print Shop Certification Greg: Thanks for the input. Do you think this could be a problem with 24 units out of 149 that I had fail today? The units were stored in an unheated warehouse, but were inside for 24 hrs before testing. All would not take or reject ballots. Thanks Don -----Original Message----- From: Greg Forsythe <gfglobal@earthlink.net> To: support@gesn.com <support@gesn.com> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:16 AM Subject: Re: Owen Dunn Printers and Ian's Soapbox on Print Shop Certification Hi Don Living in a cold climate makes one conscious of condensation. That poor frozen little Accu-Vote brought from 20F to probably 70+F would create all kinds of condensation on the circuit boards. That's why they put little packages of silica gel into some electronic devices for shipping and storage. Covered with moisture the circuit boards would either short out or cause erratic behavior. A cold Accu-Vote should be warmed up for 2 hours before being turned on. Twenty degrees F would not do good things for the life of the battery. It sounds like the read head is suspect. I bet if you swapped the read head (for a proven one) it would work like a charm. My two cents worth Greg

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