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Little meeses love them greases

Some people converting diesels to run on waste vegetable oil have run into a peculiar problem: mice have been chewing t...
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posted by kellrobinson
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by kellrobinson

inverter for a 12 volts DC to a 22 or 24 volts AC ?

Hi everybody, I'm trying to find a powersupply or a inverter to connect a small icebox system based on a Sawafuji compr...
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posted by remi.lacoste
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by remi.lacoste

What is a DYM?

Hi all, I've recently been thinking of switching careers and getting back into electronics. I've been out of if for a w...
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posted by sjb
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by sjb

About Zero Ohms resistors

Could any one be so kind to explain to me what are the zero ohm resistors and what are they used for? Thanks!
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posted by bitxbit
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by bitxbit

How Many Of You Had To Teach Yourself The Math?

Seriousry. Math was pure tedium when I was in high school. I programmed my computer to do my math homework for me. As a...
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posted by blahbleh666
78 comments posted 20yrs posted by blahbleh666

6502 and writing to latch

I've thought I had this particular matter planned out properly about two different times now, but when I look at 6502 t...
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posted by fyberoptic
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Amperage and ohmage in a circuit

Why, for God's sake, do so many people use the word "amperage" when there is a perfectly good word, "current", availabl...
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posted by mike.j.harvey
21 comments posted 20yrs posted by mike.j.harvey

555 timer -> Relay -> Light problem

I have set up a one-shot 555 timer to trigger a relay for a few seconds. With just that set up, it works fine; I can he...
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posted by echinos
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by echinos

Tri-state with transistor?

Hiya folks, I'm not up to speed as well as I probably ought to be on analog electronics, but I have a particular case w...
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posted by fyberoptic
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by fyberoptic

plz help

hi , i know nothing about electronics could you plz suggest some classes
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posted by shilpa.shree.sn
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by shilpa.shree.sn

java applets

there are variuos sites that offer understading in electronics through the use of java applets and animations.can these...
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posted by mohnish745
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by mohnish745

new to electronics n needing advice

I'm new to electronics n barely computer literate so if i ask a stupid question please consider this.I'm starting compu...
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posted by ken.pugh
34 comments posted 20yrs posted by ken.pugh

digital delay

I need to delay a square wave (0-5V, 0.25Hz, duty cycle=12.5%) one second. The only way I knew to delay a square wave w...
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posted by nospam
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

Programming the pic16F84A

Hello, I have been trying to build a programmer for the PIC16F84A microchip. After a couple of design not working. Then...
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posted by lerameur
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by lerameur