"spamtrap1888" wrote in message
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On Dec 22, 5:07 pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me what comes through the workshop door. This
week's bizarre item - taken in for me to look at by a music shop !! - was
a
strange sort of 'Dalek' thingy on four castors. About three and a half
feet
tall, with a large control panel on top, and lots of intimidating
attachments sprouting from a bunch of connectors at the back. Turned out
to
be a home 'Ultrasonic Liposuction Machine' ...

It's unbelievable what people will shell out their hard-earned on.
Anyways,
this thing comes from China, and it had lasted for all of 5 minutes
before a
burning smell, and cessation of all functionality. The proud owners had
got
back onto the company who made it, who helpfully suggested that they
return
it for repair / replacement. Shipping ? 160 quid ! So they decided to
ignore
the warranty and let me have a look. In the meantime, the manufacturers
sent
the guy a replacement main board. Anyways, long story short, there was a
bloody great transistor in the middle of the board that was short. I'm
not
sure if it is for the 500kHz RF output, or the 40kHz Ultrasonic output,
but
whichever, the fact of it being short, had ****ted the primary of the
mains
transformer, before the now shorted turns, had blown the mains fuse. The
three secondary windings had no fusing of their own. The final decision
was
to replace the three winding tranny, with three individual trannies
sourced
in the UK, and to fit secondary fuses. This all done, with the
replacement
board in, it worked again.

So what about the "fun" bit ? Well, I'm sure that we've all seen the
'translated direct from the Japanese' user manuals of thirty years ago,
and
had a good laugh. Seems now that the art of producing funny manuals, has
passed to the Chinese. I've seen some pretty good ones over the last few
years, but I reckon that the one for this piece of equipment, has to be
the
best yet.

Here's a couple of examples

* Ultrasonic Liposuction Equipment, through high energy deep-level
transport, takes 1100nm-1500nm high ultrasonic head to shoot out violent
energy, produces itch cavitation in cellulite cells, forms
* countless tiny vacuum oxygen bubbles, by means of the pressure to make
FAT
cells membrane, act on the cellulite, breaks them, then exhaust out of
the
body by lymphatic system.

and

* It takes the most advanced RF technique and energy, directly penetrate
into deep-seated cellulite. With targeted oriented RF output, it makes
the
fatty cells in quick active state, produces heat friction,
* higher the partial temperature. Through the sweat gland, liver sausage
circulation and lymph, exhaust the redundant fatness and toxins out of
the
body, so get the effect of cellulite dissolving.

The whole thing can be seen at

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-40KHZ-...ION-CAVITATION...

After it was repaired, I gave it a try, but I'm not sure if I exhausted
any
fat via my liver sausage ... :-)

Arfa

I wonder if that machine is what this guy used:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...at-down-toilet

"A San Francisco man who allegedly posed as a doctor and performed
liposuction on an unsuspecting woman then flushed the fat down her
toilet was arrested Thursday and is facing several felony charges,
prosecutors said."

But seriously, I'd be worried that repairing medical equipment would
expose you to some sort of liability, especially if a patient were to
be electrocuted.

I think that the term "Liposuction" is being used very loosely here. It is
actually nothing of the sort. A 'proper' liposuction machine is a tool for
invasive fat removal, and should only be operated by a qualified medical
person. This thing just looks the ********, and works using some low power
ultrasonics and RF. Certainly nothing to worry about. It's just quackery
really. The theory - and I understand that it is based in a degree of fact -
is that it ruptures the walls of the fat cells, allowing their contents to
then be washed out into the bloodstream, and then removed naturally by the
action s of the liver and so on. As to electrocuting anyone, that is highly
unlikely. It all operates from transformer isolated low voltage supplies.
There are actually ****loads of these machines on FleaBay, from desktops to
Daleks like this one, which actually carries a CE mark, although whether
that is real or just for show, I've no idea.

Anyway. take it light, everyone. I posted for the amusement of the user
guide really. I just threw in the repair angle for all of the trade bods on
here, as I knew they would feel my pain .... :-)

Have a good 'un everyone, and I'll catch up over the break or in the new
year

Happy Christmas all - or Happy Holidays for the PC brigade ! ( That's
political correctness of course ...)

Arfa