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Faulty milk heater/frother autopsy

Another YouTuber (Thomas Nagy) sent his dead milk heater/frother for autopsy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...

Not much choice in lights this year

The pandemic has really limited choice of Poundland stuff on the Isle of Man.  I got some of these lights to see if the design has evolved much over the years.

2021-06-07 03:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post

A better version of the USB vapour unit

This unit is from when I looked at a few others, but didn't want to make too many similar videos at the time.  I'm not sure where it came from, but I have just ordered a common eBay one to che...

IOM meetup announcement

I'm hoping to host a meetup for those of us on the Isle of Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzoAD_W_snE...

Very interesting minimalist circuitry

The best part of this retro light is the way it uses the same component to limit current and also strike the tube.

https://you...

Today's Patreon live stream reminder

I'll be doing a quiet Patreon live stream later today:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiGfpL8qGhU

Bluetooth LED controller

I was looking for 5V 5050 LED tape and it was actually easier to get it with a controller bundled in.

https://youtu.be/uWlzulQ...

Saturday stream link

Here's a link to Saturday's live stream:-

https://youtu.be/BbzRVN4Aono

Quiet mid-week Patreon stream

Here's a link to the Patreon stream later this week:-

https://youtu.be/xiGfpL8qGhU

Another reverse engineer with some math

I've not got one of these lamps here yet, so I've done some computations based on the layout, voltage they were tested at and power that they dissipated.

2021-06-01 02:12:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Scrufdog is exploring with his drone live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkB_2r7dSGc

Ralfy popped over with more duff lights

Ralfy brought more lights for repair, so I turned the camera on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLRZoO3I90 2021-05-28 21:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Deformable lamp with anti-seepage

Anti seepage?  It can't be water ingress....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwF5k3k7VXw

Neat li...

Back to normal with a PIR light

The odd title in the thumbnail is exactly what it says on the product's box.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16...

Saturday's stream link

An early link to next Saturday's stream.

https://youtu.be/UhrQdeGxoOo

Reminder of tonight's Saturday stream

Not just a reminder, but also another whisky distillation video using a posh one supplied by Ralfy.  These are just a momentary clickbait distraction.  Normal technical content will conti...

Saturday's stream link

Here's the link to Saturday's stream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUQNeJR2G0

Stream reminder

A reminder about the mid-week Patreon stream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSS_88A5UdY

Interesting failure of Philips street light module

The failure mode of this is very interesting.

https://youtu.be/cH3OUCabVAY

Nice to know that these expensive lights ...

Quiet mid-week stream (I corrected the spelling.)

Here's a link to the upcoming Patreon-stream:-

https://youtu.be/WSS_88A5UdY

PCB files for Minion added

I've added the Minion ioniser PCB gerber files on my website as a zip file.  You can find a link on the recent Chizhevsky video, along with an openscad script for the diode former.

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It's new, but also very retro

I'm not sure how I managed to refer to the 555 as a microcontroller during this video, but at least it'll encourage the pedants to leave strongly worded comments.

2021-05-18 03:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Saturday stream reminder

Stream starting soon as of posting this message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WuoRO07dDA

Unpotted unit. Let's reverse engineer it

This smaller vehicle-version of a recent item I explored, has an unpotted high voltage section.

https://youtu.be/bqfJaCashNM 2021-05-15 19:13:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Side glow fibre/fiber optic

This stuff has never been very impressive.  It's a lossy fibre optic material that emits light along its length when illuminated at the end.

2021-05-15 18:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Yeah - another ozone video. (Sorry.)

Now I've released at least one non-ozone video I get to do another.  With the ongoing pandemic I've been exploring stuff like this too much, but I'll get over it soon .

2021-05-13 04:06:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Inside a very old RCD/GFCI (no electronics)

This is a teardown of a very simple early RCD/GFCI.  So early that it was still called a current operated ELCB (Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker).

2021-05-13 04:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Saturday's stream

Here's the link to Saturday's stream

https://youtu.be/9WuoRO07dDA

For those wondering where I got the striped hat

Here's an eBay link that will at least be a starting point for a search:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i...

Distilling red wine

The latest episode in my series of hideous soy faces and shameless clickbait for the masses.

https://youtu.be/6F7_7VaPrgY<...