For a while now I’ve been attaching terminals such as Molex KK Dupont, & JST PH to wire ends with a lot of patience & a very fine soldering iron, however this method takes a lot of time, and with terminals like Dupont types, the terminal won’t fit into the
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Here’s a modern LED bulb, that unfortunately decided to disassemble itself within a few minutes of being installed in a light fitting! The base plastic snapped off the main aluminium body at the screw posts! The PCB in the base holds nothing but the input components. Above is the bridge
The Dyson DC16 is one of the older handheld vacuums, before the introduction of the “Digital Motor”. (Marketing obviously didn’t think “Switched Reluctance Motor” sounded quite as good). These vacuums have a very large DC brush motor driving the suction turbine instead, the same as would be found in a
Following on from the teardown & analysis of the charger, here’s the torch itself under the spotlight. Here’s the torch itself, it’s a sturdy device, made of aluminium. Power is provided by a single 18650 Li-Ion cell. Here’s the charging port on the torch, there’s no electronics in here for
I thought I’d detail the process I use to fit an N-Type connector to a coax cable, as I don’t usually solder these connectors. Before stripping, fit the backnut, washer & rubber seal onto the cable. The cable is first stripped back to reveal the shield. This cable has a
Earlier today, one of my neighbours put their dishwasher out for the scrap man. After asking if I could appropriate it in the interest of recycling the Ham Way™, I was told it wasn’t draining. The engineer called out to fix it had claimed it was beyond economical repair. A
After running on handies for all of my Ameteur Radio life, I figured it was time for a new radio, this time a base station/mobile rig, & after some looking around I decided on the Wouxun KG-UV950P. Shown below is the radio as delivered: This radio has the capability to
Progress is finally starting on the power supply unit for the Pi, fitted into the same case style as the Pi itself, this is an 8Ah Li-Poly battery pack with built in voltage regulation. Here are the regulators, fixed to the top of the enclosure. These provide the 12v &
Here is an old type KVM switch, PS/2 & VGA interface. Details Label Top removed from the main body, the cables coming in from the bottom connect to the VGA, keyboard & mouse ports on the slave computers, the connectors at the top connect to the single monitor, keyboard &
This is the internals of a motorised valve for central heating systems. Here the top is removed showing the motor & microswitch. Left side of the valve, showing the gearing under the motor, & the valve body under the powerhead. Right side of the valve, showing the sprung mechanism of