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cfl's , poor Power Factor and your power meter

With all the fuss over powerfactor correction (or lack of) with CFL lamps and with some cfls with poor powerfactor (lik...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by george
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by george

CF Flashing when off

I remember reading here a number of months ago what causes CF fluoro bulbs to flash when switched off. I cannot find th...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nothing
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by nothing

(OT?) Custom gear for RFDS HF comms

Hi, In the past I've hired a small HF SSB set from RFDS to take on trips to out of the way locations. Does anyone know...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bxvarley
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by bxvarley

Free to a good home: Amiga 1084S monitor

The catch being it's not working... It was working until I opened it up recently to resolder the plugs and now it's sto...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by john
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by john

EEVblog #2

Due to overwhelming popular demand, a second installment: http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/ or for those who prefer...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by altzone
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by altzone

KONKA K3466EXT1 TV

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE KONKA TV - K3466EXT1 IS WORTH REPAIRING AS OURS HAS RECENTLY LOST THE PICTURE (SOUND IS STILL O...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by andrewjnovak
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by andrewjnovak

Jaycar QP-5585 LED display

Hi to all, the Jaycar QP-5585 " 3.5 Digit Jumbo LED Panel Meter" module seems to be somewhat unreliable - same goes for...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by philallison
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by philallison

Electronics Engineering Video Blog

For your amusement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus And if I get enough negative responses I might make anoth...
33 comments posted 17yrs
posted by altzone
33 comments posted 17yrs posted by altzone

Where to get Flexible Flat Cable for scanner

My Canon 8400F scanner has a damaged flat flexible cable marked "Sumitomo-g awm 2896 80c vw-1 -F-". It has 6 pins, and...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jdeakinsREMOVETHISBIT
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by jdeakinsREMOVETHISBIT

USB / serial prob

I'm sure someone here can help with a problem I have...... I'm using an ATEN U-232A usb/serial converter for some bench...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nutz
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by nutz

Optocoupler with Schmitt trigger

I'm looking for an optocoupler with Schmitt trigger output, something like Fairchild's H11L1M: http://www.fairchildsemi...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by fzabkar
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by fzabkar

Hacker Spaces

This looks like a cool idea: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html Anyone know if there are any "hacke...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by altzone
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by altzone

Jaycars 4 channel IP based remote Contol Kit.

Anyone built this or know whether the 4 channels are hard coded or whether you can add more simply by adding more relays...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mauried
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by mauried

Volume Pot cleaning Spray

Hi All, I am look for some to purchase the magic volume pot cleaning spray. What do you recommend? and Where to get in M...
25 comments posted 17yrs
posted by joe.g
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by joe.g

Re: CFLs and rental properties.

> > I also told him of the "flashing" problem, he remembered hearing > complaints of intermittently flashing CFL's in b...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jasen
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by jasen