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12V UV Germicidal Light Bulb

A while ago I bought a pair of these 12V 3W UV-C light bulbs to use to build an EPROM eraser:...
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posted by not
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by not

RS downgraded web site

I've had several examples of this site adding the wrong item to the basket. Don't assume you're ordering what you think...
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posted by sylvia
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by sylvia

Re: Obituary - ----- Rod Speed

>> It is witth much sadness that I have to inform you the passing of usenet >> permanent resident, legendary arsemunch...
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posted by thept
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by thept

Re: Desoldering pump to avoid

>>> >>> Cut tracks with a scalpel held at a sharp angle so the cut edges overlap. >>> flat it down after with the iron...
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posted by not
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by not

Dang - missed Earth Hour again

I wish they'd advertise it better, so that I can ignore it deliberately. Sylvia.
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posted by sylvia
9 comments posted 9yrs posted by sylvia

Deliveries from RS Components, Courier's Please

Usually these things either get stuffed into my letter box, or left on my doorstep, but twice recently, the tracking st...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by sylvia
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by sylvia

Multimeter recommendation

The last multimeter I bought, a Digitech, claimed to have auto-power off, but actually just turned off the LCD, which d...
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posted by sylvia
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by sylvia

NEW Australian Electronics Magazine! DIYODE

In an ironic twist, I thought I'd briefly come back to an almost extinct platform (usenet) to mention the release of an...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by eevblog
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by eevblog

OT: Snowy Hydro

"In one hour it could produce 20 times the 100 megawatts an hour expected from the battery proposed by the South Austra...
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posted by sylvia
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by sylvia

When chosing your next bug zapper.

http://www.integralmemoryplc.com/news/integral-led-support-study-university-bristol
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posted by Benderthe.evilrobot
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by Benderthe.evilrobot

I give in

It was not the greens that sold the power off but it is the green inclined existing government that is running the exist...
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posted by haggisz
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by haggisz

SA Greenies

This SA green power supply works well does not it?
65 comments posted 9yrs
posted by haggisz
65 comments posted 9yrs posted by haggisz

Tv reception

For months I have been having problems with tv reception TV not working on most channels for hours, I have been blaming...
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posted by haggisz
100 comments posted 9yrs posted by haggisz

Old DSE shopping bags

It's funny what you find when you're moving houses (again). I discovered a couple of the old Dick Smith Electronics pla...
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posted by "illud1um(make the number into a letter)"
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by "illud1um(make the number into a letter)"