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Can Touchlamps damage or effect speakers?

Hello. I have a small "touch lamp" - you touch it anywhere, it turns on, off, or dim. I know that it emits some minor R...
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posted by xkmorgan6xx4
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Battery Specification

Hi all, I just took out a dead Panasonic lead acid battery form my UPS and trying to understand the specifications writ...
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posted by nospam4u_jack
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vacuum pump help

i hope somebody can help me. i bought a doerr pump at a garage sale the other day. they guy tol dme it had never been u...
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posted by dewdrops
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remember a formula

Hi, I'm studying electrical, what's the best way to remember the P.I.R.E. wheel. Thanks.
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posted by JoshTmp
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Battery charging question

--I've got a decent battery charger but like most of the ones I've seen it's designed to be attached to a car battery....
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posted by steamer
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Capacitor Identification

I needed a 47uF cap. Not Polarized. I went and bought what I thought I needed . The package says, CAP BP RDL 47uf 25v 5...
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posted by Cretian
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Transformer question; safety

I'm trying to get a better intuitive understanding of transformers. One text I have explains that an increase of curren...
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posted by cgonz
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a circuit to switch a relay by a alarm clock

I want to construct a circuit which switch a relay by a alarm clock. Know anyone where I can find a plan in the internet...
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posted by Tommi-Vogel
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battery amperes matching

If a camera draws 1 amp.,and I connect it to a battery that can supply 10A,will it do any harm to the camera ,IF the vol...
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posted by hartlyuk
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PUT Oscillator?

The schematic I am studying comes from page 116 of Mims' Timer, Op Amp & Optoelectronic Circuits & Projects book. The c...
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posted by slave
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MPLinker confusion

I have been gradually building a program for a PIC16F877 and debuging it as I went. All of a sudden I am getting an err...
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posted by gashmore
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Help please choosing transmitter/reciever pair

Greetings Group, This question may be better placed on the radio group and I'll post there too. The question: I am look...
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posted by etpm
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Taping Off of The Radio?

I just soldered in parallel a couple of leads to the speaker in my clock radio so I can tape the music without worrying...
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posted by notat
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Solid State Harddisk

I would like to have opinion about Solid State Harddisk. It would be great if my notebook computer is using this. thank...
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posted by padmow_69
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