Innovation is fine, but it if it voids the warranty, then the funs’ over. If these juicers could be used to power mulitple frogs, heck, why buy a Hex, just by one and power as many as you want. My guess is that isn’t how these are designed to work, or they would say so. Personally I wouldn’t chance it, but that thats me.
that’s hardly what is being suggested.
i agree, you shouldn’t.
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You’re not alone. I have four hex frog juicers on my layout I installed about six years ago. All 24 frogs have been properly energized from the moment I first powered them up.
They perform flawlessly behind (well, actually under) the scenes and I never give them any attention other than knowing that they are earning their keep.
Good Luck, Ed
there’s certainly nothing wrong with following convention
a classic example of “mis-use” is using a pair of frog juicers as an auto reverser. i’ve read that some people have done this years ago. i don’t believe they were originally intended for this pupose. (maybe the opposite is true, half an auto-reverser was used as a frog juicer).
now you can buy a quad frog juicer where either one or both pairs can be used as auto-reversers.
as an engineer, you always have to look beyond what something is designed for
It was shortly after the Hex Frog Juicer came out that they updated the firmware to allow it to be used as up to 3 auto reversers.
–Randy
Right, but where do you draw the line? Can you connect more than one frog to a single frog juicer connection? If so, how many is too many?
If it isn’t stated in the instructions you can do it, or to what degree, then IMO, it’s a risk that could result in trouble. Just seems risky to me. If someone actually does this, I’d be interested to hear how it turns out, and how many frogs to a single connection. At about $70 a pop for a Hex, I’m thinking I wouldn’t want to risk frying one.