Coin payout hopper teardown
I got this to take apart for our entertainment. It's a serially controlled coin payout hopper that uses the CCtalk…
Poundland harry potter style floating candles
These turned out to be pretty good. Initially when I saw the box I thought they were just floating tealights,…
Fixing a dead digital thermostat
Checking out a faulty thermostat sent by Roger for our exploration.For simple power faults like this one has it does…
Experimental electronic petal dropping prop
A project inspired by a friend in the theatre industry who was asking about the technicalities of creating a prop…
The case of the mysterious cable arcing
Reece sent this plug-in thermostat and extension cable after an incident when he plugged it in and the cable immediately…
20 year old design vs the current version (with schematics)
It's impressive when a product designed in 199 is still being made.This confirms my suspicion that the new units do…
Fly chopping electric toadstool
Yet another glorious piece of mass produced landfill for exploration.The listing claims:-Catches mosquitos - The biting ones are actually attracted…
Exploring an Otis Elevator button interface PCB
This is an RS14 module which is connected to a shaft or car network on an Elevator. It has four…
Vintage Bally slot machine payout counter
A short video showing the counting mechanism from an old Bally pull-handle slot machine (fruit machine). This module counts the…
Teardown of the new MK screwless socket
It's not aluminium! I just wanted to clarify that, if you don't watch the whole video.The earth busbar appears to…