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PCB Wall Mosaic
I’ll start re-creating some of my previous post with this one. I had a ton of old computers and other electronics stored that I’ve acquired over the years and decided to scrap most of it. It was all...
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The Arc Flash Incident
This was a very close call and if my timing would have been off by for more than 3 sec I wouldn’t be posting about ittoday. The power generation plant I took care of had two out of the three of these...
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Atwater Kent Model 85 Restoration
I acquired this radio a few years back and have since started the restoration process. This is their second console superheterodyne radio. Due to RCA trying to corner the market on superhets all the...
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Atwater Kent 10C Model 4700
A few years back I had the opportunity to help with an estate liquidation/cleanup that was rather interesting. The deceased was a retired electrical engineer (Caterpillar), and having lived through the...
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Freed Eisemann FE-15
The Freed Eisemann FE-15 was a battery powered TRF (Neutrodyne) AM broadcast band set manufactured in 1925. I’ve done the preliminary work on the chassis and stripped/refinished the case so far. Some...
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PCB Wall Mosaic Finished
Ok, it really is done this time. I added more PC MOBO’s and the boards from a huge pile of vending machine coin mech’s and bill validator’s to the little wall, then added some accent lighting for good...
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I had no clue this project would go this far when I started, but no surprise really, it happens to me all the time. Actually I enjoyed the destructive tear downs, although the scrapping/recycling part...
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Portable Battery Charger/Loading System
I’d started building this a couple years ago and hadn’t finished the project until recently. It’s basically a high amperage battery charger with a small foot print, lot’s easier to move around than...
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Lithium Ion Battery Failures
I’ve had two encounters now with lithium ion batteries that have failed, became thermal runaways, and ended up venting, exploding and catching fire in the process. Believe me, they can release a crap...
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