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LED 'fluoro' tubes

http://steplight.com.au/community-bulk-buy/replace-fluorescent-tubes-with-led/ not worth it tho until the cost comes do...
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posted by me
20 comments posted 12yrs posted by me

Silicon Chip magazine not on shelves anymore?

Silicon Chip magazine not on shelves anymore? I gave up subscribing to SC about 12 months ago, however there have been...
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posted by 5V
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by 5V

USB microscope behaviour

I bought a USB microscope from China on Ebay. It shows a rather odd behaviour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iurfDITk...
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posted by sylvia
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by sylvia

nostalgia for valve radios

Today in an inner-city collectables store, I saw an old Kreisler model 11-7 bakelite radio, just like my grandmother had...
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posted by bruce56
12 comments posted 12yrs posted by bruce56

Tape to hard drive/disc

What is the best way of transferring video from a tape to a hard drive or disc?
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posted by dewhurst.roger
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by dewhurst.roger

Micromite RS232 interfacing

Has anyone here used the Micromite 28DIP to connect to the standard PC COM1/2 RS232 port? The Micromite is described in...
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posted by bjfoster
38 comments posted 12yrs posted by bjfoster

Re: Semi-OT: How do they make a profit?

> I'm not sure where the 30000mAh comes from. It sounds better than 3Ah/
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posted by newsthirteenspam-spam
13 comments posted 12yrs posted by newsthirteenspam-spam

Electricity OT on aus.cars

Pinched from elsewhere > Would you believe my Delta Rockwell 8" long bed 37-315 220V Jointer run in > reverse direction...
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posted by haggisz
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by haggisz

Safety alert: Dremel tools and long shank bits

Drilling using a 2mm cobalt bit in a Dremel handheld tool. I withdrew the bit from the new hole, and went to turn the d...
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posted by Bruce Varley
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by Bruce Varley

Re: Experiences with Futurlec

I put in an order to Futurlec earlier this year as a bit of an experiment. About $25 worth of components (21 different...
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posted by not
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by not

charger lacking a fuse

My father has one of those Shopriders. He told me that when he plugged in the charger, it tripped out the circuit break...
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posted by 116e32s
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by 116e32s

Purple LEDs without the UV

After some 3mm purple LEDs, for panel indicators. Where there's a datasheet, everything I've come across is specified a...
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posted by nospam
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by nospam

Re: ID Electronics

> That domain name does not seem to be registered. I guess it could also be a typo, as the ad doesn't state the name of...
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posted by not
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by not