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Replacement for tropical fish caps
Hi all, Given that NOS TF caps seem to be increasingly hard to come by, is there a modern equivalent type that can satisfactorily replace them with a similar footprint & pinout? I'm specifically...
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1 inch speaker problem
Nastly little magnetic tweeter/mids ? As a 47uF NP cap is over one, for mid? Anyway nasty buzzing overtone as though a bit of steel swarf or staple has got on the cone of a larger speaker. These...
 
Baker AWA12000 - Advanced Winding Analyzer III - tips
If you have one of these the first thing to do is to check the lithium battery - time to replace it if not done in the last ten years. I found an easy way to extract the computer card by first...
 
Tek 2225
After putting in a truckload of electrolytics to get rid of ripple in the r ace I have some residual noise in X 10 mode. I am wondering if it might be almost normal. In normal the trace is nice and...
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Not sure if I need a fuse
I have a insignia NS-39D400NA14.got good sound,tv comes on but the picture is only showing a blue screen with some faded lines through it
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Immersion heater.
Thinking ahead just in case it blows............... The issue is length - I could measure the outside dimensions of the tank, but without taking the element out there's no guarantee there's no...
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JBL Radial Ipod speaker dock, how to get inside?
Removed the 2 sub base eye shaped pieces and loads of screws. The two leg struts will separate with a blade but the split extends no further with the size of blade I'm (so far) prepared to lever with,...
 
TIP: long stem, blind, snap rivet reuse.
For holding, through grommets, reverb tank to steel chassis, so not the usual small ones for DSP boards etc. You cannot reinsert, blind, as the 4 splay bits are permanently splayed out. Find a metal...
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Re: Key contact restoration
Google for "mold your own rubber parts" or "cast your own rubber parts". Lots of lousy videos on YouTube on how to mold rubber parts. I use Plaster of Paris for the mold, Devcon Flexane 94 Liquid...
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Baker AWA12000 - Advanced Winding Analyzer III - trying to archive hard drive
I have a customers AWA12000 in the shop and found the first problem - a bad lithium battery - however when I have tried to archive the hard drive I find that the Baker software won't run on any of my...
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Advice on probe and leader connectors
Just getting back into the electronics hobby after 50 years. (Tube era, fixing old Emerson TVs). Have scope, signal generator VOM etc. Hobby includes Arduino, breadboard transistor circuits, 555...
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LED SWITCH THREAD REPAIR ?
LOST NUTS ! FOR group have experience rethreading switch bolt with a die ? for a nylon nut ?
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Eye of the storm by Rabbit Inc.
i need a power cord for my eye of the storm E-6000A. where can i get one?
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Senco Model PP2 Meter
"Peak-to-Peak" meter. For what are (were) they used? Got it for free. Is it simply so I don't have to multiply by 1.414? Be gentle. I'm new at all this and trying to learn. Ivan Vegvary
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Manual needed Exact 119AL Function Generator
I see that Manuals Plus is out of business. The alternative site that they reference ( is difficult to use, at least for me. (Already tried Google with no luck). Any help obtaining a manual would be...
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