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What Are the Cylyndrical Objects You Often See on Audio, USB, etc, Cables?
What are those cylindrical objects you often see surrounding the cable on USB, Audio, Firewire, etc cables? I am assuming they are some kind of passive RF interference filter. How do they work? How...
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Hot electrolytics
Anyone idea of the temperature required to make the heatshrink label wrapper of a small radial electro shrink down the cylinder, requiring stretching the shrunk end, sliding over the rim, before...
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Tektronix cross reference pdf for download
A nice find for anyone repairing Tektronix equipment Interesting as it's marked company confidential. 414 pages of data!
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Tektronix 2215A worth repair?
I have a tek 2215A CRO with following fault.. Left side of trace has a ripple, about 1/2 division vert amplitude and about 25% of horizontal is affected. Both channels the same When vert offset is...
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Thoughts on this little oddity, anyone ...?
Had an Allen & Heath PA20-CP 2 x 500 watt powered mixer in today. Has two completely separate and identical power amps, one of which was running very hot very quickly. No schematics, but problem was...
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12.1 inch = 13 inches for LCD display?
12.1 inch diagonal, from corner to corner of the overlying mask, but that would be called 13 inches wouldn't it. No way it would be called a 12 inch model ?
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Sound on hdmi output video card
I am looking for a video card with hdmi output which allows me to run the sound out along with the hdmi cable. I prefer Nvidia but I will take anything. The cards I have require separate video and...
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Marantz PMD222 cassette recorder
I have a PMD222 cassette recorder with a motor no run problem. I have cleaned all the switch contacts,no help. Unsoldered the motor leads, put 3 volts on them, motor runs fine. Does anyone have a...
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caps for mobo
Of all the types of electrolytics at Digikey or Mouser, which do you favor for replacement of bulging mobo caps?
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Anybody have a schematic for the SMPS for this laptop?
Anybody have a schematic for this simple SMPS? AC to DC Adapter for the IBM Thinkpad T22 16V 3.36A On the unit itself is Battery Technology, Inc. IB-PS365 09000000106991 from that I found: Battery...
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Identify make and model of LCD display ?
12 inch diagonal, 12V dc supply as used here but may originally have had a ps. CVBS video input made 2005 to 2009 Build into an expensive bit of specialised commercial kit and the original outer case...
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how hot should a schottky get?
My dvd-dtt unit recently failed to start up. As I suspected, there was a bulged 1000uf 35v cap on the psu secondary so I changed it , and the associated rectifier diode ( a 1N5822) as the pcb looked...
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Toshiba D-R160 DVD recorder, 2009
Probably a generic DVD mechanics question. One motor for sledge , optical deck up/down and drawer open/close. Transported by courier and would not accept DVD when received at the other end - box must...
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Crate 4x12 Speaker Cabinet Partition for Stereo Use Model BV412SB
Would anyone know of a good reason to not install a partition between the left and right pairs, when using the cabinet for a stereo input? As it is now, there is just open space inside the cabinet....
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Those Red/Yellow/Green 3-LED Battery Level Indicator Voltage State Of Charge
Would anyone know where to purchase the small 3-LED battery indicators seen on flashlights or other battery powered items which indicate the condition of the battery? There is a very compact...
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