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    Ralink 3070L adapter not responding.

    How expensive is the antenna. I'd try to buy a replacement or borrow one to test from someone else. At least then you'd know if the antenna circuit is damaged, or if you've got a PC USB problem.
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    Stereo keep on poping a fuse dont know why?

    My thinking is along the lines of Tha fios agaibh. The big electrolytic capacitors are the first to go in older amps, but that may have caused domino effect damage to a semiconductor. With six fuses, I'm suspecting you have power fuse or fuses, and fuses for each of the OUTPUT channels. Input...
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    PCB Prototype solderless breadboard questions

    It seems like you're using standard bread-board sized contact points. In that case I 3rd chopnhack's recommendation. Buy a bunch of small boards and mount them on a large back-board to get the 5424 (or more) contacts you want. You gotta be one gung-ho guy to build one of these things yourself...
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    PCB Prototype solderless breadboard questions

    Where are you looking for your breadboard, how big do you expect the board to be? The prices on most breadboards seem pretty reasonably priced to me, and I shudder to think of how much time it would take to build my own. Are we talking about a breadboard that accepts standard DIP (dual in-line...
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    Help, Newbie Question - Wall Dimmer to LED Driver

    I didn't research this, but I'll give you some trivia. There are several types of wall dimmer switches available. The early versions used triacs to switch and didn't work right with those newer curly-que fluorescent bulbs. I don't know what dimmers are being sold right now, nor the effect of...
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    Motor circuitry and parts help

    I hear your overall plan, but a lot of specific questions pop into my mind. Can you provide some more specific information about your project? For example, I understand you want to switch motor direction using batteries. Is this a low-power application, or are you switching high voltage...
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    Motor circuitry and parts help

    Remote controlled switches are readily available commercially (alarm systems, garage door openers, etc,...) Is this something you're trying to build yourself from scratch?
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    Lumped elements values for mmwave

    Google ARRL (American Radio Relay League) website and references. They are amateur radio people and speak this language.
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    Microphone inside car.

    Tha fios agaibh gives you good guidance for electrical noise. My experience with your issue, is the ambient noise inside a car itself when driving. (Which I think is your primary bugaboo) I can't think of a good way to shield from this if you're expecting to pick-up several people in different...
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    Need help with heating element

    It's going to have to be one heck of a powerful battery (that probably isn't going to have a very long use-life). I'm assuming you want it portable. I'd be checking into these e-Cig type vaporizers already on the market.
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    Maytag Neptune PCB R18 value

    Galen, the solid-state stuff burned out, .... THAT's what fried the resistors (not the other way around).
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    Question regarding electromechanical piano wiring

    Also my input. When you build this, be especially careful about planning to prevent the introduction of 'noise' into your circuit.
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    electric motor

    I'm thinking like Minder in that it could be something simple. The problem is a lot of these power hand-tools are not well-known brands and replacement parts acquisition can be a problem. It COULD be the motor, but the odds are the on/off trigger switch is bad, a wire disconnect as described by...
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    Motor wiring help

    Adam-t, we're not being critical. I suggested checking with an electrician because as Tha fios agaibh observed, your purchase may have a problem in it's used condition, and somebody familiar with that motor should look at it before applying power. We're happy to help when we can, but this is...
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    What component is this?

    Trivia. The component number-value system davenn explained is the result of some international convention agreement that was reached between nations years ago. However, you will find a lot of older numbering systems that were used before the international agreement, in those older schematics...
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    Motor wiring help

    We're not ignoring you, we're hesitant to give a newbie advice in wiring-up high voltage. As far as I know, we haven't let anybody kill themselves, and we'd like to continue with that track record. Talk to an electrician who can look at what you've got. Do NOT let your handyman neighbor do it.
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    need HELP!! with a Singer electronic transmitter switch

    You should have tried donating it to the Smithsonian.
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    Power requirements for Proto-Board PB-503

    Thanks pb-503 owner. Yes. When I Google information I frequently am routed to electronicspoint for the answer. I, too, often update my posts when I have the answer (sometimes years later) that I was looking for, specifically to help anybody else who has the same problem in the future. Your...
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    Panic Alarm Project advice

    I agree with AnalogKid.. What exactly is your application? HaraldKapp's got good info for a complicated application, and AnalogKid's got a good one for quick and simple. We need to know what this is for, to help you best.
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    cuckoo clock disappointment

    My guess is that the little proprietary integrated circuit, which is probably a little black blob on the electrical circuit board is a manufacturer defect. I'd go with the return to the store suggestion.
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