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Global warming link
Hi Mum and Dad, Found this interesting page, have a look and click on the links inside. It looks like the German drivers license will happen after all my doubts. They changed the rules last year,...
 
Faulty floodlight sends dozens to hospital - UV
Would a "lamp" without a cover cause UV burns to the eyes & skin of the audience in a sporting venue?
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Can Transformer Hum Sound like a Crackling?
My Sanyo Combination Microwave EMC 8787B purchased from Target frequently makes a low crackling just audible noise when it is not in use but plugged in. The noise appears to be coming from the front...
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Rigol reduction
Saelig are no longer selling the DS1052E but are selling the DS1102E (100Mhz) for the price they used to sell the DS1052E ($399). Could this have something to do with David L Jones ?????
 
postsript: Antex XS-25 24volt iron
In case anyone is looking to purchase an Antex XS-25 iron (subject of recent posting here) from RS, note that the information in their catalogue regarding compatible tips contains errors. I orders a...
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scart
Is scart now defunct? Does new equipment still use it?
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problem with lcd attachment to pcb
I have a set of accutech strain gauge electronic bathroom scales. The lcd started behaving erratically recently (scales are a several years old). As a matter of interest I pulled them apart to have a...
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Relay contact ratings.
The defrost timer in my fridge is failing, and given the cost of a 'genuine' replacement part, I was pondering the option of making electronic timer driving an electromechanical relay. It probably...
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Mains Standby Power Saver with IR Receiver
So, er, how much power does it use itself to run its IR receiver and associated circuitry? Sylvia.
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Competency tests for electronics tests
Has anyone a link to a basic technican test for job application screening that they have used and found to work OK? I can find some but would like one that is a little proven. If you can't tell, I am...
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OT - Australia snubbed at climate (sham) conference.
SO much for Australia winning global respect for imposing a carbon tax on its resentful citizens. At the climate change confab in Durban last week, Australian delegates reportedly tried to make a...
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Rigol 1052 DSO
Has anyone considered running one of these off battery supplying the internal power supplies ? What voltages are involved ? Or is it easier to use an external battery/inverter to supply mains power....
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Grundig Satellit 300 whinge
The Satellit 300 was a digital PLL synthesis radio receiver from the 80s, and I bought it new, so I must have had it for getting on for thirty years. I suppose I can't complain that much given that it...
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cheap cat5e
Got some cheap supposed cat5e (it may be to spec) the conductors appear to be copper plated aluminium, it seems to be fairly thick plating ,the pairs are well twisted. would there be any inherent...
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OT GW
The scam is unraveling! Too late for the iniquitous tax, the gubmint skulduggery is being unearthed bit by bit if they do not watch out they may end up in history as the most ridiculed and hated...
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