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  1. tedstruk

    Flourescent light balast...LOA

    Lights of America produces all kinds of lights... UV, flourescent, party lights, and they are fairly cheep. Now here is why. The transformers sit on each end of the bulb. between each transformer and the powerline is a set of these... a 750k resistor and a 15.93nf capacitor. this is what they...
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    Getting Signal Voltage From Source Power

    that might be it.... but thats watts. and I think signal is like 1millivolts@1 watt? or 1 millivolt @ 1kohms? anyway I remember it was millivolts, but I can't remember the other part. signal is generally used as power for circuits like radio sets, comparators and is used as a base for all other...
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    Adding accessories to component systems

    reprisal by rote... When you generate current, you are creating more problems. more resistance, more amperage, more more more.. this problem is a real pain because it jumps back and forth between more and less, and I guess that's the only way to do it right. But all I really need is that extra...
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    Adding accessories to component systems

    motorcycle accessories are all the rave.... so here is my final workup on the overpower tail light problem I have created for myself... Alternator puts out 14v 20amps @ 5000rpm to charge a 12v/20ah battery if I run an accessory of 5 - 27.5w bulbs, which totals to 137.5watts My alternator puts...
  5. tedstruk

    Getting Signal Voltage From Source Power

    I used to know how to make this conversion from source power ie. 12v to signal voltage, but I have forgotten what signal is. its like 1 ohm at 1v or something like that... can anyone help me?(ha ha ha)
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    Ohms law chart from radioshack.. vs ..home made ohms chart

    I got myself an electronics encyclopedia from Radio Shack. It had Ohms law in it... pic looked like this- I was having so much trouble decifering the fancy code box that I tried my own version... pic looked like this- Well my trouble was the wheel in which the law was originally drawn.... like...
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    Capacitor Discharging Question

    I think I am going to cry... Electrobrain has posted a link to the most useful of all internet calculators... that is a great link... that is the best link on the internet... I think I like link.... thanks EB.... I needed that!
  8. tedstruk

    volts, signal and circuits

    I find there is a chip for just about anything... and if you are working with a special set of stuff, there is often a chipset just for that.... If I am working with volts and amps and ohms, just raw electricity, does this include chips and chipsets? or are these signal only, and am I wrong...
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    Arduino Aggregates Eprom Prob

    My RTC is a 1307 v1.0; 4 pin interface(buss) with SDA, SCL 5V and GND, and frankly, I have never used a clock module. The math I was learned to use was supposed to create a "clock" in the circuit, and that wasn't always wanted... so this "plug in a card stuff" is quite overwhelming and I...
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    Arduino Aggregates Eprom Prob

    now here is what I am trying to do... except... I used the tools I was given to learn with... heh heh! I explain then... an digital led driver chip powers a 4 digit 7 segment display+DP, but recieves its signal through a modular RTC real time clock, all the leds are powered by the arduinos...
  11. tedstruk

    Information on wiring a 5vdc fan and a 6vdc pump in a circuit

    pumps draw a sh*t load of current when they start. always use capacitor start pumps or you will fry all your fuses. A fan doesn't draw much current but can spin up and cause a no load situation that is just about backwards to the pump draw current problem... what you need is a circuit to...
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    sad device - no support - no fix

    I pulled 3 wraps from the .03mH and got .02mh how about that?
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    sad device - no support - no fix

    I was using a 12v supply I made out of a spare I had in the shop. I didn't check any voltages, and when I found the busted coil, I just pulled the drive and stuck it in a PC to see if it worked, I suppose I should change the coil, reinstall a drive put it back together and test it again... but...
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    Motorcycle Kill Switch Failure Talk

    Now with research I find that switches are installed in the ground circuit, and resistors are installed in power circuits... wow what a guy can learn by studying.... and hey, the two don't connect together on the wiring diagram... so I will tear it apart, change the wiring and start over...
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    sad device - no support - no fix

    How about a thinner wire .03mh inductor piggy back style on the busted toadstool? looks neat!
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    sad device - no support - no fix

    K. the coil sits on the opposite side, SMD, to a DC-DC buck converter chip.. http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pdf/87873/ANACHIP/AP1507-50D5.html I wonder if the induction changed the operation of the chip and caused it to fail? I know that if I get my finger close to an EPROM that it...
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    sad device - no support - no fix

    A gift to me... A USB "versa drive" external hard drive. This device roars up to abut 7200rpm(I think its a 5400 device) with a whirring buzz that shakes the earth foundations in the desk.... Then it just is a do nothing app, and no drive appears in the drive list, and the entire thing was a...
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    Motorcycle Kill Switch Failure Talk

    One other thing I wanted add to this...! steves gonna love this... My teach said any water and pipe scenarios are reason for failure of the course. yah ha ha ha!
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    Motorcycle Kill Switch Failure Talk

    I was thinking this problem over...I have a 1981 XS1100 cruiser that I had no resistor pack for when I got it. I fixed it all up and it all works. I had to buy an expensive regulator and found one new just by chance.... wow what a find I got it running, and it all worked except the kill switch...
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    Antique Automotive Resistors

    The splice I made looks like something out of frankenstein. Its just like the diagrams say, the resistor pack goes across the leads between the switch terminator, and the source... I don't know what to do? what am I doing wrong?!!
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