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- Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dec 2005 issue
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10473
Re: Dec 2005 issue
January issue of Nuts and Volts came today. 12 27 2005 Greybie
- Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Non Existent Items
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8248
Re: Non Existent Items
Machine operator needed some easy way to separate thin brass washers from aluminum washers. The aluminum was a backing to be able to punch the very thin brass washers without burrs. Someone sent him to get a brass magnet.
Greybie
Greybie
- Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dec 2005 issue
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10473
Re: Dec 2005 issue
Mine came today 12 12 2005 Central Illinois.
Greybie
Greybie
- Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fusing AC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2581
Re: Fusing AC
I've seen a couple of instances in which a non-polarized plug could be plugged into an outlet on a contraption which would leave that item with the electronics still hot unless both lines were fuzed in case of a short.<p>I also had a basement in a house I'd bought that had the wires ran in conduit i...
- Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Radio Shack getting out of parts supply
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10736
Re: Radio Shack getting out of parts supply
Hi Guys, Those mini Engineer's notebooks are still available through the Nuts&Volts bookstore by mail order. A little more pricy than at Radio Shack who doesn't carry them. But they are the full line of all the thiner ones in thicker ones. Inow have the full set of 4 of them and lots of good inf...
- Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On Target: In the Trenches, July 05
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1759
Re: On Target: In the Trenches, July 05
Hi Paul, Some of those articles (In The Trenchs) are good. While I worked at a high tech place I wasn't associated with the electronics end but the sheetmetal mechanical end. Stuff the electronics gets installed on. I dealt with the engineers but not their superiors. I was in quality control as an i...
- Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Diode data tables
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2158
Diode data tables
Where do I find a book of Diode data tables. I have searched this site and google and found nothing. Greybie
- Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Solar Cells need help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3023
Re: Solar Cells need help
Update #2 Regardless of what the information sheet from Goldmine stated it takes a fair amount of heat to do a good solder job. I soldered a few more and redid the one with the red wire on the negative so that it is red on the positive. And I dug out my old Archer VOM to make it easier to read the o...
- Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Solar Cells need help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3023
Re: Solar Cells need help
An update, Soldered two 4" leads to a broken photo cell. However I assumed the top (light sensitive area) was the positive pole but it turned out to be negative so I will solder the black wire to the top in the future.It took several tries to get the solder to stick. I had to use rosin solder f...
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Solar Cells need help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3023
Solar Cells need help
Got interested in solar cells so I ordered some from Electronic Goldmine. You know, the assortment of broken ones. The instructions to solder leads to them state to use #26 stranded wire which I haven't found but did find some #24 solid wire at Lowe's (telephone wire 4 wires in a plastic cover (red,...
- Mon May 30, 2005 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Books on Op-Amps
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4382
Re: Books on Op-Amps
Hi John, Go to www.half.com to check out the used books. A lot of the popular authors of electronic books have wrote about OPAMPS. Give the author's name and check what is listed under that name for the books. Prices are such that yoiu can have quite a library of books on OPAMPS for $70.00. Often a ...
- Sun May 22, 2005 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10227
Re: Tips and Techniques
AA BATTERIES A hint to keep them under control when you need to take spare batteries with youi for you camera or radio or whatever. A soft plastic cassette case (some call them mailing cases) will hold 9 AA batteries, Nicad or regular, and keep them in one place. You will need to put a couple of rub...
- Sun May 15, 2005 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Irritant venting
- Replies: 65
- Views: 24198
Re: Irritant venting
Back in 1947-1948 I attended a Junior College and it was manditory you take a course in English your first year of studies. And one of the textbooks was "Writer's Guide and Index to English". That was your Bible to the course. Every week you had to write a paper of such length and it had t...
- Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ear Buds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3735
Re: Ear Buds
I wish to apologize> I had a 4 or 5 way bypass operation back in Oct 2002 and to do the bypass the surgeon had to stop my heart. The 4 hour operation ended up exceeding 7 hrs. And since they tested me for memory loss because of that I do know that the few months preceeding the operation are spotting...
- Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ear Buds
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3735
Ear Buds
This concerns the ear plugs (ear buds) that some use to listen privately to various types of radios. For sake of simplicity I am referring to the monaural (single ear) type.<p>I have seen them listed as dynamic, crystal and ceramic and I presume that they are different. The dynamic I presume are the...