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Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread
bd139:
--- Quote from: Robert763 on July 15, 2022, 06:09:21 pm ---Just done something really stupid and no it wasn't a TE purchase.
Went into workshop to continue work on a project. I had "borrowed" the IEC lead from the METCAL to power something last night because it was handy. So today I plugged it in and then went to change the bit, It had been off all night so I didn't bother with the silicone pad. Yes, the damm power button was in and the bits get hot very quick. I now have 1" long blisters on my thumb and forefinger and a 1/4" one on the second finger :palm:
Yes, correct first aid and aloe vera gel was applied but I still feel like a right twit and it still hurts...
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Still have discolouration on my arm from doing something similar about 30 years ago :-DD
Hope you heal up soon
bd139:
--- Quote from: Zoli on July 15, 2022, 06:28:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: BU508A on July 15, 2022, 06:11:52 pm ---Amazon has them. Not cheap, 12 Euro for 10 sheets.
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Sheets-Quality-Printable-Adhesive-Stickers/dp/B07945322R
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In NA you can get them as stationary supply from Avery; AFAIK, they're present worldwide.
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Thanks all for the links. I’ll buy some Avery ones once I’ve moved and expense ‘em :-DD
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 08:01:39 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 07:01:11 am ---Have opened a case with the seller of the original part now. Their service and communications are terrible so I’m just claiming it back via eBay now. They’re disinterested in dealing with it or sending another part out and are pushing back asking to give it another couple of days after it has been missing for two weeks now on a RM 24h delivery I paid for. So screw them. User test-equip forget it. Shame because they have a lot of tek and HP parts.
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Replying to self - eBay decided in favour of me almost instantly. Refund on the way. Good job as always :-+
Discovered recently that due to the chip shortage, the availability of shit Arduino clones is pretty bad and the prices have gone through the roof. Considering buying the last decent "on device programmable microcontroller and electric swiss army knife" at the moment, the BBC Micro :-DD. That and the user and printer ports give you a 6522 VIA worth of IO to play with, BASIC, assembly support and decent documentation...
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Plenty of STM32F401 Black Pill boards around at around the £5 mark.
bd139:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 15, 2022, 06:56:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 08:01:39 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 15, 2022, 07:01:11 am ---Have opened a case with the seller of the original part now. Their service and communications are terrible so I’m just claiming it back via eBay now. They’re disinterested in dealing with it or sending another part out and are pushing back asking to give it another couple of days after it has been missing for two weeks now on a RM 24h delivery I paid for. So screw them. User test-equip forget it. Shame because they have a lot of tek and HP parts.
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Replying to self - eBay decided in favour of me almost instantly. Refund on the way. Good job as always :-+
Discovered recently that due to the chip shortage, the availability of shit Arduino clones is pretty bad and the prices have gone through the roof. Considering buying the last decent "on device programmable microcontroller and electric swiss army knife" at the moment, the BBC Micro :-DD. That and the user and printer ports give you a 6522 VIA worth of IO to play with, BASIC, assembly support and decent documentation...
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Plenty of STM32F401 Black Pill boards around at around the £5 mark.
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Yeah but I’m not inclined to punch myself in the balls arguing with the tool chain for them :-DD
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 15, 2022, 08:02:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 14, 2022, 05:57:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: Robert763 on July 14, 2022, 05:20:55 pm ---There is 3 phase in the street but not in the house. If I could get an extension lead from two neigbours I'd be set though ::)
EV's and non-gas heating is driving three phase supplies for some new build housing though.
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You might need quite long extensions, from what I can make out (from observing single phase power failures) the phases down my street change about every six houses.
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From observing the telephone poles, in my road they change every house, and every house could easily tap all three phases.
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Yes, but you're in country bumpkin territory whereas in civilisation those phases are buried under tarmac, concrete, and the like. :)
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