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Brother PT-E300 Industrial Label Machine Teardown

Posted on February 22, 2018 The Engineer

Here a tape is installed in the printer. This unit can handle tape widths up to 18mm. The pinch rollers are operated by the white lever at the top of the image, which engages with the back cover. This printer is supplied with a rechargeable battery pack, but AA cells

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Fire Angel CO-9D Carbon Monoxide Detector Teardown

Posted on December 2, 2015 The Engineer

This detector has now been retired from service since it’s a fair bit out of date. So here’s the teardown! Unlike older detectors, this unit has a built in battery that never needs replacing during the life of the sensor, so once the unit reaches it’s expiry date it’s just

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Maplin LED Torch Charger Replacement

Posted on October 7, 2015 The Engineer

In my previous post, I mentioned I’d be replacing the factory supplied charging gear with something that actually charges lithium chemistry cells correctly. Here’s the base as supplied, with an indicator LED on the right hand side. This LED indicates nothing other than power being applied to the charging base.

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Maplin 3W LED Torch Charger Fail

Posted on October 7, 2015 The Engineer

A member of the family recently bought one of these torches from Maplin electronics, and the included chargers for the 18650 lithium-ion cells leave a lot to be desired. Here’s what’s supplied. The torch itself is OK – very bright, and a good size. Me being cynical of overpriced Chinese

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Pringles Speaker Modifications

Posted on August 18, 2013 The Engineer

These speakers are available free from Pringles, with two packs bought. Normally running on 3x AAA cells, I have made modifications to include a high capacity Li-Ion battery & USB charging. New battery is 3x 18650 Li-Ion cells in parallel, providing ~6600mAh of capacity. These are hot glued inside the

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Co-Op Bank Card Reader

Posted on October 20, 2010 The Engineer

This is a little security measure you get with Internet Banking with the Co-Op, generates codes to confirm your identity using your bank card. About the size of a pocket calculator, this is the keypad & screen. The rear of the unit, the card slots into the top, manufactured by

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