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by solar3000
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Nuts & Volts Magazine Discussions
Topic: Nut & Volts Magazine Publication Rate
Replies: 1
Views: 40581

Re: Nut & Volts Magazine Publication Rate

It's dead.

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by solar3000
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?
Replies: 114
Views: 3655198

Re: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?

4.5 years later.....
by solar3000
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cable tv service
Replies: 7
Views: 538

Re: cable tv service

It looks like you are able to post on a forum on the internet. Therefore, you have internet service. Why not just skip the dinosaur teevee? I watch many old and new movies on youtube, etc... You can choose free or paid stuff to watch. What's on the legacy device that you want to watch that's not alr...
by solar3000
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HD Radio
Replies: 10
Views: 835

Re: HD Radio

A long time ago, a few years after HD radios went in cars, I was looking for HD radios of any kind at all. I found nothing. Years later, I found huge desktop HD radios, just a few. Today, many years later, I just looked on amazon and I only found three models from Sangean and pretty much nobody else...
by solar3000
Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: USB C at 240 watts, how?
Replies: 5
Views: 92993

USB C at 240 watts, how?

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Bio-Braide ... 0C4FDJ8F7/

How is that possible?
240 watts thru a USB C cable?
I routinely charge my laptop at about 60 watts (measured). I charge my power drill battery, etc...
All USB C.
As we know, the wires inside are 33 - 30 awg.
by solar3000
Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Simple power supply, modular design
Replies: 9
Views: 87917

Re: Simple power supply, modular design

well, anyway, everything is working out fine.
thanks all.
Been drawing 14 amps. works well.
by solar3000
Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Simple power supply, modular design
Replies: 9
Views: 87917

Re: Simple power supply, modular design

Purchased from digikey couple of months ago.

From my invoice, here's the actual transformer.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... V18/455436
by solar3000
Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Simple power supply, modular design
Replies: 9
Views: 87917

Re: Simple power supply, modular design

Oh, yeah, two caps 10000 uF + 10000 uF.

Like I said, the transformer alone blows the fuse sometimes.
by solar3000
Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Simple power supply, modular design
Replies: 9
Views: 87917

Simple power supply, modular design

I've built a power supply, but I decided to keep it modular so that I can change it often. So far it's like this. In box 1: [AC 125V]--[fuse ¿what size? ¿slow blow or fast?]--[switch]--[transformer, hammond 165v18, 18v 20a, new from digikey]--[banana plugs] Box 2: [terminals, wires to box 1]--[4xdio...
by solar3000
Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: All Electronics shutters it's doors..........
Replies: 7
Views: 88889

Re: All Electronics shutters it's doors..........

I used to order their odd surplus. Too bad. I'm on the east coast and I've never saw what their store looked like.
by solar3000
Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?
Replies: 114
Views: 3655198

Re: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?

So, its dead now?
I checked my account and I have plenty of issues remaining, but the magazine's last issue was 2022.
So, NV is now dead
I don't want a refund. I only wish you good luck.
by solar3000
Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wall plug electrical pop noise from switch, motor, fridge, etc...
Replies: 9
Views: 51305

Re: Wall plug electrical pop noise from switch, motor, fridge, etc...

thanks all, but I already fixed it. varactor in powerstrip worked.
thanks again.
by solar3000
Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wall plug electrical pop noise from switch, motor, fridge, etc...
Replies: 9
Views: 51305

Re: Wall plug electrical pop noise from switch, motor, fridge, etc...

Interesting takes. I tried a simple experiment. I have a cheap paper shredder. Whenever I shred anything, an enormous pop is sent to all amplifiers. I noticed that when I used any cheap surge protector, the pop is very well reduced. Varactor? Of course, I cannot go around knocking on people's doors ...
by solar3000
Wed Aug 31, 2022 6:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Historic off topic...
Replies: 18
Views: 71722

Re: Historic off topic...

Oh, wow. I remember the "forums" where you would snail mail a letter to the publisher. Months later, if you are lucky, it will get published in the next magazine. Now, that's slow.
by solar3000
Wed Aug 31, 2022 6:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wall plug electrical pop noise from switch, motor, fridge, etc...
Replies: 9
Views: 51305

Wall plug electrical pop noise from switch, motor, fridge, etc...

I live in a building. When someone's refrigerator compressor goes on or off, sometimes my audio amplifier pops.

How can you tell if it's in the 120VAC wires or is it RF in the air?