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Wow – where have I been
Well I know exact where I have been, too busy with life to really do any Christmas lights. But with our recent move from Baulkham Hills to the outskirts of Nowra( about 2 hours south ( providing there is no … Continue reading
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Is Islam a religion of tolerance – or one of discord and prejudice?
Read a really good article relevant to today! Highlights include: “But if Islam does stand for freedom of faith and coexistence, why is it that so many people who call themselves Muslims are in so much conflict, not just with … Continue reading
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YAEL (Yet and Other Electronic Load)
I stumbled on to Kerry Wong web blog when I searched for some ideas on an electronic load. Kerry also references a tutorial on an Electronic Load for testing batteries by Dave of EEBlog. Kerry uses a lm324 to drive … Continue reading
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EBAY 10Watt LED Flood Light Retrofit
My 20Watt Roll your own RGB Flood Lights take a lot of effort to build. I purchased some 10Watt LED Spot lights from EBAY. They are reasonably made and very compact. I also purchased some LED Constant Driver boards from … Continue reading
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Out with the Old, and – What was I thinking?
Going trough display items, making sure they still work, replace the odd LED where needed etc, I very soon realised I still needed a SSR base controller. the old control centre had two such controllers, one my first design, a … Continue reading
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Out with the Old, In with the New
This year I am upgrading my control center. Gone is the IBM ThinkCentre, the 192 Channel DC DMX sub-rack, the Grinch Dimmer, the USB DMX adapters and the couple of modified PC power supplies. The new Cabinet contains 3x 350Watt … Continue reading
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Temperature controlled Fan
I finally finished one of the outdoor Power Supply Boxes. It contains 2x 350W SMPSs in it and will be situated in the garden. The cabinet currently has a 12v computer fan to push air out of the box. Like … Continue reading
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Press Bender
Being an avid DIYer, I always find the need to bend up brackets, even if it is a simple 90 degree bend bar. Quite often a trip to the local hardware store will reveal suitable substitute brackets. I stumbled on … Continue reading
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Fuse sizing
Math alert: My spiral trees have 42 pixels. That means 42 x3 =126 LEDs per tree. 2 trees are connect each controller. That means controllers have 252 leds. So if we allow 20mA per LED. That comes to a total … Continue reading
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