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MED6753 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:03 pm It's +15V coming in from the mainframe at pin 18. The +5V is the error. It should read +15V.

Thats what I was saying, but kind of badly

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Finally got some time to troubleshoot this plug-in. The defect with this plug-in was staring me right in the face. The Main Triggering Mode/Coupling/Source switches are supposed to light up. DS1 and DS3 on attached schematic. Verified that there's no +5V to the lamps. So in the process of tracking ...

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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/924/2UHslt.jpg This Sangamo Type F portable watt hour meter was the main item I was interested in though. It'll count up to 20 kWh. It's limited to 5 Amps though so that limits what kind of device testing you can do with it. Higher powered appliances li...

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How about a seasonal cat picture?

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18Gft6139t/

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MED6753 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:43 am
Specmaster wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:50 pm Seasonal cat picture.

cat and tree.jpg
Ain't that the truth. Harley has already broken several.

Arh, yes, but he's still a young kitten at heart, give him a couple of years and that will be a thing of the past.

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Seasonal cat picture.

cat and tree.jpg

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I think that Ginger would have a bit of a problem with a TV these days.

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I was just over on "the other place"----No, not the Australian Senate Chamber, but EEVBlog. In their "Projects" section, there is a seriously weird guy called "artbyrobot" , who purports to be building a humanoid robot. His methods are very unlikely to be successful, h...

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OK gang, I opened up the assembly and I found the problem. And my hunch was totally correct. As proof, the unit on the bench and measuring the 9MEG resistor. NFG. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/zsm4Gm.jpg I opened it up with a dremel. That large resistor clearly says 9MEG/0.1%. https:/...

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Ha! See post by me at top of previous page involving PS Waverley :) I think that was what prompted me to post. That reminds me of a test equipment enthusiast who vanished some years ago, possibly now deceased. He was known as Archivist on IRC and he had a self-hosted website cataloguing his collect...

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From what I know of the Soviet defence sector, the persistence of the things is because they had regulatory requirement to be able to be self-sufficient as a nation and they had a lot of stock left lying around. On top of that the cost was much lower than newer technology. Suitable meme cJpvQY1.jpe...

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Just did my 7150 a couple of weeks back. I bought a new filter from Mouser which was fine. They sell new ones. Yes they aren't short of £30 but it's that or burn the house down so I figured it was a good trade off. I did use the genuine correct HP LED parts, which are still sold by Broadcom now (!)...

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Cerebus wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 11:13 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clink

I used to have an office just the other side of the river, in Queen Street but never found the time to visit the Clink, shame.

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The Russians captured the low-end functional market for several types of items in that era, because the stuff was cheap and solid. Anybody remember Zenit SLR cameras? Yes, I do, I had one for many years (it was a Dixons Prinz badged one, poorly done, a plastic badge stuck over the Zenit logo, but i...

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So bored and drunk after an extremely profitable couple of days "digging people out of the shit thanks to Crowdstrike" This is interesting, a bit over my head to sort it out, but if this what he is saying is correct, then once you know what to look for then it should be easy to resolve. I...

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So bored and drunk after an extremely profitable couple of days "digging people out of the shit thanks to Crowdstrike" This is interesting, a bit over my head to sort it out, but if this what he is saying is correct, then once you know what to look for then it should be easy to resolve. h...

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Not even surprised. The keyboards I kill least are the chiclet ones which are low travel. Both the Cherry SX and Apple Magic keyboards seem to last the longest (12-18 months each). I usually kill the switches not the keytops though. If they are cherry switches, then you can get replacement switches...

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I am much more worried aboot a watch being exposed to dwagon-sweat than I am a little mostly-inert water while swimming or showering. mnem stainless steel... often isn't. True, dwagon-sweat and normal sweat is salty. Stainless Steel as in Citizen watches most certainly is stainless steel unless it'...

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Not even surprised. The keyboards I kill least are the chiclet ones which are low travel. Both the Cherry SX and Apple Magic keyboards seem to last the longest (12-18 months each). I usually kill the switches not the keytops though. If they are cherry switches, then you can get replacement switches...

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So are my Citizen watches, but I would never like to put them to the test, but a proper true diver's watch, well that's different. Not really. Depends to what standards they comply with or is it just marketing. Your other point from the earlier post is quite frankly wrong. Treating a device with re...

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tggzzz wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 10:57 am
synx508 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:12 am
... some very nice Chemtronics desolder braid (bought at the rally, have you seen how much this stuff costs new now?!)...
I bought what I thought would be a lifetime's supply. Then TEA struck
Simples, just get yourself a nice desoldering gun, I've never regretting mine.

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I've seen some weird things. My parents 1850 house had its mains cable emerge in the centre of the property. The next owners discovered it was a 3 phase supply! The round-pin 13 amp wall sockets were all disconnected; just as well since the vulcanised rubber insulation had disintegrated. Their prev...

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I've seen some weird things. My parents 1850 house had its mains cable emerge in the centre of the property. The next owners discovered it was a 3 phase supply! The round-pin 13 amp wall sockets were all disconnected; just as well since the vulcanised rubber insulation had disintegrated. Their prev...

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My Fitbit Versas (Gurrgle/Android) are water-resistant and advertised as safe for full-immersion/swimming safe to 30 meters; newer models are advertised the same to 50 meters, having a "swimming mode" which engages automatically by means of a barometric sensor. I know this because I've ha...

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