Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 01:56 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 12:53 PM
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
Today, 12:51 PM
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Re: 3300µF 450V caps...
ah yes, the self charging cap thing.
i have noticed that, i dont think it's "static"
you get the same effect from nimh batteries.
what do they have in common?
a long electrode rolled up.
i...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Audio Equipment
Today, 09:48 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
Today, 08:51 AM
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Re: Xbox 1.6 Motherboards and Polymer Capacitors
not chimp - you need something that supports TITAN.
https://github.com/gaasedelen/titan
https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/
btw, make a new ribbon cable using ATA133 80pin cable & connectors....
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 04:52 AM
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Re: flourescent ballast resistance
i think it's 9w
but i have lots of spare PL in 7w - 11w, they used to be popular in retrofitted stuff.
i had an idea,
i will short the 2 pins on the ballast,
then connect the mains cable to a...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
Today, 04:48 AM
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Re: Xbox 1.6 Motherboards and Polymer Capacitors
the dvd drives are trash in xboxes,
i used to replace them with modified pc drives.
i cant remember the details right now.
you dont need the drives anymore anyway,
there is pc software that can...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 03:23 AM
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Re: flourescent ballast resistance
you asked for it.
this is the lid of a countertop vending machine
notice how the lamp is between the top housing and a colour filter to illuminate the goods.
ignore the tape and led lights - thats...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 03:19 AM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 03:16 AM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Today, 03:13 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
Today, 03:06 AM
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Re: Xbox 1.6 Motherboards and Polymer Capacitors
thats electrically fine, does the diameter match the pads on the board?
btw, you got these consoles in a bad way - do they boot and run?
if not then dont go mad on them till they do - just...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
Today, 02:53 AM
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Re: 3300µF 450V caps...
make an electric chair for communists - that uses a stored charge to not overload a domestic supply!
:D
dont forget to include inrush limiting.
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: flourescent ballast resistance
it's a philips PL tube,
totally dead - maybe it's a bad lampholder or broken wire.
the problem is it fits into a tight housing - and the light is used in all directions.
so no room to use an...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 03:15 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 03:08 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 19
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flourescent ballast resistance
what should a 13w magnetic ballast look like?
i have a setup playing dead here - ballast is reading 148ohms
that seems high but i have no other ballasts to compare against anymore!
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Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
Yesterday, 11:18 AM
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Re: ESR meter upgrades
not seen those before,
the ones i refered to are all one colour.
i think the blue has splines on the shaft, the light green has the half-moon shaft type.
i call it that anyway :D
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 11:16 AM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 05:44 AM
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Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
Yesterday, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 128
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 02:10 AM
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