Electronics Down Under

Protecting horn switch contacts against arcing damage

Well it's half on topic....horn switch contacts in a 24V vehicle. The contacts seem to have lost whatever protective pl...

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posted by querty

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Does an USB stick gain weight when you put files on it?

Does an USB stick gain weight when you put files on it? or to put it a different way: Are electrons from outside used t...

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posted by bert

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Re: OT: Yep, they are going ahead with the filter!

> He's still a d*****ad though, no doubt. And a right wing catholic > delusionist to boot, the government is filled with...

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posted by MrT

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What's this kind of terminal called?

http://tinyurl.com/yhvwr6x is an inverter. If you select the second picture, you'll see the DC input terminals. They un...

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posted by sylvia

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Yep, they are going ahead with the filter!

Oh, FFS! http://www.news.com.au/technology/government-pushes-forward-with-internet-filtering/story-e6frfro0-12258108266...

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posted by altzone

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OT: Christmas Chinglish, for a laugh

Got this today from a grey market supplier which we may have used sometime in the past. merry christmas:f As a famous w...

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posted by Your

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Benq FP737S LCD monitor backlight - won't go off (longish).

Received a Benq Q7T3-FP737S for repair, symptom no backlight. These are notorious for inverter failures. Schematics at...

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posted by noone

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by noone

NiMH Battery Care.

Hi, What's the story with charging the new NiMH batteries? I bought a wonderfully gadgety NiMH charger that reverts to...

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posted by valid

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by valid

OP , vents, not electric.

Today I saw a ventilator that goes in the window or wherever, it was just a free running fan blade (go in either direct...

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posted by haggisz

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At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nano...

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posted by 5V

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Re: gun laws

> > > > =A0> 2. The carriage of concealed arms for the purposes of self defence > =A0> should be allowed, where a perso...

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posted by mcnamara_john

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And for some Mechanical binary addition

And for some Mechanical binary addition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A and if you liked that: http://woodge...

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posted by 5V

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Sanyo semis in Australia

Is there a distributor/stockist of Sanyo semis (specifically transistors) in Oz? (If so, please O Great One let it NOT b...

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posted by noone

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ALDI Medion P86004 Webcam

Anyone out there bought one of these 2 Megapixel webcams ? The instructions say you need min. XP SR3 and a 1.6Ghz proce...

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posted by someone

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megnetic fields around toroidal transformers

Replaced the power tranny in a music amp, the connection wiring insulation was getting brittle. The old tranny is a sta...

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posted by bxvarley

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by bxvarley