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Tree Green Energy Egg

Has anyone had experience with using the Energy Egg? Blair
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posted by Darrach
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city vs private sector

Okay guys.. I need some advice from experts.. :-) I have an offer from the Fire Dept as an assistant electrical enginee...
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posted by mr.carlos.cifuentes
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Pin type insulator threads

Specifically those old style glass telegraph line type insulators. The threads they fit on (usually on wood pins back i...
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posted by paul
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UPS serial port communication

I hope this group is somewhat appropriate. I didn't find a better group for this question. We just got an APC UPS (Smar...
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posted by anonymous
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One Motion Sensor Light Turns On Other Lights

I had a situation the other day where three motion sensor lights were all wired to the same circuit, and when one light...
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posted by persistentone
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Laptop Power Bricks and Grounding (Earthing)

I hope this is the right group for this question. On my Apple MagSafe AC adapter, it can take 100 to 240v AC 50/60 cycl...
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posted by justin
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Need to generate a TTL signal from a footswitch

I have an optical shutter controller which drives a shutter using either a TTL-level pulse or a footswitch. Unfortunate...
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posted by mgklein
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inductive sensing relay ?

Looking to have a relay close when current passes through a wire that I'm NOT allowed to cut into, or probe. Basically...
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posted by hooper1
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IDC 40-pin connector for 80-conductor cable?

Looking for IDC male connector, 40-pin for 80-conductor ribbon cable. This is used on IDE hard drives. Or an 80-conduct...
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posted by invalid
21 comments posted 15yrs posted by invalid

aluminium gland plates

do aluminium gland plates need to be slotted
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posted by claymiller
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Supercaps and ESR

Trying to find a replacement for a 1F/2.5V supercap. Original: I can find local replacements rated 1F/5V but the ESR is...
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posted by invalid
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by invalid

Temporary power generation

Following a local cut in supply, UK Power Networks installed a temporary generator (about half the size of a large cont...
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posted by jmlayman
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by jmlayman