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Have you seen this? While I don't agree with everything he's done, it still works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrlvqib94xQ

One of my students made one of these, he cut the secondary off with a hacksaw being careful not to cut the primary. He wound the secondary with 2 turns of #6 thhn and it worked perfectly for his needs. He had to tie the secondary in place with wire ties to keep it tight with the core.I think the ope...

[quote="dacflyer"]i have this older laptop (DELL Latitude with a attitude problem) that we use at work for older programs.. it got strange issues.. the keys z,x,c,m,<,> and enter key have major delays on them. i can hold down the key and it will be several seconds delay before it responds.. not is n...

"The LEDs can glow with only microamps of current. One message in the linked forum post indicated that just touching some piece of metal to the input of these LED lights can make them glow from close-by AC voltages. The only question I have now is why it's intermittent." You say there is voltage acr...

You have my attention also.. I've worked on a few, none successfully though !

What kind of soldering iron? How many watts ? Is the tip of the iron clean ? A dirty soldering iron tip will not transfer the heat needed to melt the solder. An adjustable one, with the temp turned way down won't work either. When you try it again, try adding a little new solder to it to help make i...

Last year I bought rf frequency counter from ebay. range is from 30hz to 2.5 Ghz, it also displays PL or DPL tones if any. The device has 1 button on it and comes with no instructions. Just press the button, key up a radio next to it and you have th TX freq with PL/DPL tones, auto shut off. even cam...

We had a lot more traffic when Chris Smith was a member. He would have arguments going on in 2-3 different threads at once. Had to look up his name, saw that he had 4325 posts, he left in '07. That being said, I do not miss him !!

"Side kick: Ever notice the 'soldering experts' on YouTube, they melt and smear. Probably became certified through a training session at Sam's Drywall Finishing School!" I've noticed that also, and when my students see it they want to know why the youtuber can do it that way, and not them. I tell th...

Where I used to work we built large air conditioners. Our specs for the longest read "Length 42' +- 2mm". The bad part was our inspectors were only equipped with 6" dial calipers and a calibrated 16' tape measure. I asked an inspector once how he knew the length was ok, he said if all the covers fit...

Had a problem with my phones a few years back, I also have DSL. Phones were dead, no dial tone, but computers worked. Opened interface box and found that I have 2 pairs running to house, one voice, the other data. Called phone co.(we're on a co-op) and they were there within an hour. told him what I...

There's one near me in a small college town, only thing they sell is cell phones according to my students....

I'm surprised they wasted a screw on that wire.. I've seen plastic appliances with a 3 wire cord and the ground was just cut off inside.

Good find !! Dontcha love it when a plan comes together !!

We get phone, tv, internet from our phone co-op. They won't connect you for just tv or internet, you must get a landline. We had fiber installed when it became available last year, runs pretty good.. My wife pays the bills so I don't remember exactly what it all costs, seems like $140 or so.