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SMD desoldering tweezers

For simple 2 land devices like Rs and Cs , apply the tweezers across the long axis or short axis? Flat/flat and so good...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by diverse
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

Nuisance fastners - winge

I had occasion to dismantle a cheap pedestal fan the other day (Coles Home Collection). It hadn't failed, but I wanted...
64 comments posted 15yrs
posted by sylvia
64 comments posted 15yrs posted by sylvia

Deoxit on "pots"?

On another list we have been discussing using Caig DeOxit on pots (e.g. Volume, balance, etc controls). Caig has anothe...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by gsm
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by gsm

TV man....

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/762626262/tv-man-the-search-for-the-last-independent-dealer bob
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by sound
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by sound

What is the fifth transistor likely for?

I was junking a moderately priced combo CD, AM/FM/Casette, from 1998, that I got out of the trash and which wouldn't pl...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by NOPSAMmm2005
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

5v laptop hard drives in 3.3v laptops

I don't have an electronics background.. I have read in a number of places, that a 5V 2.5" IDE laptop hard drive, can b...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by gareth5
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by gareth5

Proview 986m 19" monitor

Monitor erupted in much smoke and loud hissing. Video scrambled but stayed up. I lunged for the power cord behind it, a...
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posted by junkjasonrnorth
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by junkjasonrnorth

Sony XR-C5300, car radio -failed tuner block

Owner likes the 2 SW bands, other than find a broken one or related model also with the same tuner TUX-020 , any ideas?...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by diverse
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

Eco - windmills ... (bit OT)

A few weeks ago, there was a professor talking on a UK radio show, about the eco-credentials of the windmills that are...
54 comments posted 15yrs
posted by arfa.daily
54 comments posted 15yrs posted by arfa.daily

Datron 4000 error code 2

Anyone have a copy of a Datron 4000 calibrator manual? Looking for the description of "error code 2". Thanks.
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posted by none
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

molybdenite

http://www.edn.com/article/512552-Molybdenite_touted_as_material_to_revolutionize_electronics_.php bob
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by sound
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by sound

Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200 insufficient blue

I just got an old 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200 CRT monitor. The previous owner said that the picture was "greenish"....
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kpgpbhdw
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by kpgpbhdw