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Re: Turning an CD Rom drive into a CD player

Franc Zabkar wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com: > http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/im Thank you. May be...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by doctor
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by doctor

Why are lights & GPO's on different circuits?

Kid's school science question as per subject line. Anyone got any answers - google's not co-operating and other than sp...
30 comments posted 17yrs
posted by phil.mc
30 comments posted 17yrs posted by phil.mc

Re: Fixing old Fluke DMM, why the carbon resistor?

snipped-for-privacy@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > >> I zapped an old Fluke 23 yesterday by inadvertantly...
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posted by geoffjunkster
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by geoffjunkster

Re: Fixing old Fluke DMM, why the carbon resistor?

> > > I zapped an old Fluke 23 yesterday by inadvertantly applying about > > several KV which burnt a 1 Megohm 5% carbo...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by geoffjunkster
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by geoffjunkster

Re: Measuring three phase currents

> =A0 =A0I'm interested in measuring amperage in three phase equipment > with three Jaycar current sensing clamps that...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by j.l
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by j.l

Cooked PIC programmer... how cooked?

Hi, I cooked my K150 (kits-R-us) PIC programmer last night by inadvertently putting a PIC backwards into the ZIF. There...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bxvarley
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by bxvarley

Looking For Homemade Radio Parts Supplier

I've been looking for Australian vintage radio parts suppliers, something like www.tubesandmore.com in the US. But the...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by the1930s
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by the1930s

What could break in a Magnetron?

Hi all, I recently replaced the magnetron on a microwave. It was a Panasonic inverter type. Some suggest it could be th...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by doctor
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by doctor

lighning timer

In our house we do have lightning that stops working after a 30 seconds or 1 minute. But for now the timer doesn't work...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by no
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by no

OT: Mobile phone plans

OT, but I know some people know a lot about this stuff on here goes... I've been with Vodaphone pre-paid for a long tim...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by altzone
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by altzone

Computer not booting

...power out...reboot...power out...reboot...turn off...turn on...no text on screen, motherboard not booting...cmos bat...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cockatoo
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by cockatoo

Recent Aldi purchases

First off: Sorry for the crosspost. On Thursday morning (after elbowing my way through the bargain hunters) I purchased...
22 comments posted 17yrs
posted by trevor
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by trevor

GPS Road mapping car?

This morning I saw a car come down our street, turn around and head back out. Nothing usual there, except that this car...
30 comments posted 17yrs
posted by altzone
30 comments posted 17yrs posted by altzone

Pulse sequences from infrared camera remote

I have now got a picaxe chip to turn on and off a camera infrared remote and so activate the shutter of the Canon G2 at...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tonyt
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by tonyt