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Which is the better state for rechargable Batteries!!
When I moved house about five years ago, I stupidly left my motor mower in the shed!! Stupid Me! So, over the last five years, I've been getting a 'Jim's Gardening' guy in to mow and clean up the...
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OT: Incorrect Energy Australia TOU bill calculation
Just a heads up. I've noticed that Energy Australia are failing to apply daylight saving time when calculating the bills for their TOU customers. If you're on such a tariff, then depending on your...
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Equipment Exchange Bulletin from the 1960's
Some of you will remember the amazing "Equipment Exchange Bulletin" from Tasmania in the 60/70's. In this months "Amateur Radio" Magazine there's an brief piece about the passing of Ralf Gunther VK7RG...
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Pool chlorinator - what does the triac do?
I've got a dud Monarch salt water pool chlorinator - no output. It looks like the triac on the output has failed. The circuit layout is: AC ==> Dimmer ctrl ==> Xformer ==> Bridge rectifier ==> Triac...
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Pepping up a Silicon Chip SC480 audio amplifier
Hi All, this is for the audio gurus: I recently got an SC480 kit from Jaycar, as I needed to attach a power amplifier to the output stage of my network analyser. Its a nice little kit, very easy to...
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Pioneer VSX-D710S help
Hi Everyone, After many years of fantastic service the ol girl has finally started playing up. After being on for 15-30 mins the digital display will show "power off" and then the amp will switch off...
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Phil's design in EA Dec1987
Hi Phil, (you know who you are) Just looked a an old Circuit Design Idea in EA - Fast Peak Limiter Was that you?
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Kenwood N.B. circuit.- Please expliain!
Greetings group. Could someone please explain the function of the N.B. circuit button on a Kenwood stereo. I have a customer who believes it resets the stereo after it has been moved, because the...
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Jaycar electric fence module
My BIL has boxer dogs that escape his small backyard. He wants an electric fence module that can drive 10 or 20 metres of perimeter wire to dissuade them. They're smart dogs and he reckons a couple of...
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TEAC remote control
Got a circa 10 years old Teac TV that goes fine but a remote stopped working. Looks like fiddling with the resonator brings it to life for a moment - anyone knows what part/what frequency I should be...
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Mythbusters
Another good one last night. They did ship-sinking experiments, and several versions of an exploding trombone. SBS television in Australia is now referring to Mythbusters as their "cult phonomenon."
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Casio atc-1000 manual reqd.
Does anyone have a manual for this rather funky watch - can work most of it out but as it can do so much need the manual. There was a copy floating around the net on geocities but searching produces...
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Bad batteries bounce
 
Phone socket wiring
Hello, I have an old extension phone socket to which there is only one wire attached at present. The phone that plugs into it only has two pins with metal on them (the outside ones) plus the large...
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Re: TSK-1817 Coffee machine board
"Alan Rutlidge"
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Pioneer vsx 425 fault (2024 Update)
Hi Al, i have a pioneer vsx425 home audio amp in for repair with the folowing problem. When mains switched on the standby light comes up then faintly other it to the 5v stby circuit but cannot...
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Godzilla lives underneath Japan.?
Godzilla lives underneath Japan.? This quake video is really worth looking at: Cheers Don... ============================== -- Don McKenzie Site Map: E-Mail Contact Page: Web Camera Page: No More Damn...
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LabTool-48 programmer software
Does anyone happen to have version 4.67 of the driver software for the genuine Advantech LabTool-48 programmer ( NOT the 48UX/48UXP, NOT the Dataman or any other Chinese clone)? They (AEC) took it off...
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Truck crash sprays US highway with printer ink
News in 40 minutes ago: Truck crash sprays US highway with printer ink Video and story: Cheers Don... ============================== -- Don McKenzie Site Map: Contact Page: Camera Page: More Damn...
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Solder tag material for NiCd cells
Am repackaging NiCd cells to fit into a battery pack with a different shape/cell configuration - requires cutting old spot-welded tags, then resoldering. Any idea where to obtain the 'tag' material...
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