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Re: Devices to fool the Power Meter

> > ----------------------- >> >> > >> > It simply lowers you RMS current draw. >> >> Can you explain I^2 R for me ? >>...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by presence
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by presence

ADM-3A Wonky Until Warm

I have an ADM-3A dumb terminal and when I first turn it on the display is s quashed and the top line is mangled. After...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tomlake07
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by tomlake07

Favorite electron tube circuit?

I was looking through an old copy of Seely's book. My favorite tube (on the basis of clever design) was the Phantastron....
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by NoEMail
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by NoEMail

Any reason not to wire gen panel this way?

I have a Generac transfer switch sub panel that was made to be used with a an automatic controller. I do not have nor d...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by etpm
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by etpm

Wiring a 480V Single Phase Circuit

On May 15, 2020 12:40PM, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in alt.home.repair: > That's a great question and I'm glad...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by bruce2bowser
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by bruce2bowser

Thermistor Puzzle

Given all this free time, I'm fixing stuff around the house. I have a Brookstone Grill Alert. Stick a probe into a chun...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by paul
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by paul

Component to HDMI converters

I have an old customer who has a 32" Panasonic CRT HD TV he wants to keep. He bought a Roku and discovered the TV doesn...
25 comments posted 6yrs
posted by ohger1s
25 comments posted 6yrs posted by ohger1s

Testing Astec AA21430 power supply

Hello: For a Raspberry Pi 3B+ setup I am working on I would like to use an Astec A A21430 power supply I can get for ~...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by sawbona
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by sawbona

Alternatinve for a 2sd882 npn

Dose anyone know of a common (ie i may find one in some peice of pcb i have in a draw of stuff) chip i could use in plac...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by lmmcams
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by lmmcams

checing capacitors

Today I received one of the roughly $ 20 component testers. Checking it out and comparing capacitors I notices a big di...
9 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rmowery28146
9 comments posted 6yrs posted by rmowery28146

Stops mid bios startup

My BIOS startup screen stops in the middle of the like DEL to Bootup ESC t That's right, doens't finish the "to" If I k...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by vjp2.at
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by vjp2.at

Motion Detector senstitivty

Ever since the quake a few years ago the motion detector switch by my front hall has been too sensitive, causing me to...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by vjp2.at
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by vjp2.at