mdrew,

Your points here are very accurate. I have run into many expensive parts that were both unreliable and of poor performance. You have to be careful not to let price be your quality barometer; it is the results that matter. On a personal coincidence my dad was also in the nuclear industry. He was an engineer at Atomic Energy of Canada and was fortunate enough to be there through some very exciting years. He was involved in the design of their first test facility at Chalk River right through to the Pickering plant.

Ian Colquhoun
President & Chief Engineer