Really old and very heavy slate elevator controller.
This is a vintage slate lift (elevator) controller that I salvaged out of a skip (dumpster) when it was being…
Vintage 1981 animated led benson hedges advertising panel.
What makes this LED display panel rather special is its age. It was commonly used in newsagents and tobacconists on…
How to use the free pcb layouts on my website. horrible audio
Sorry for the horrible audio. Something in the laptop is crushing the audio with walkie-talkie grade audio bandwidth. I've now…
A look inside some ebay panel indicators. with led based rectifier!
Continuing the theme of industrial control panel products from China I bought a selection of control panel indicators including standard…
A look inside the cliff quicktest mains connection unit.
The Quicktest unit has been around for a long time, and is used in electrical and electronic workshops to safely…
Teardown of an electrode heated muff / hot water bottle.
An electrode water heating device that is relatively safe for a change (although it relies on a single thermal switch).…
Inside two tornado party/disco lights.
A look inside some common ebay home disco or party tornado lights. These lights have 48 individually controlled red, green…
Chocolate coated sausages ‘n’ stuff… because.
Just in case the chocolate coated cheddar wasn't lowering the standards of global cuisine enough, here's the sausage version with…
Inside an e1-06 ee power bar first model recalled .
This Power Bar is the first one that was recalled after some fire incidents. Subsequently ALL the Power Bars were…
Inside a solar usb power bank with short circuit feature.
I was sent this solar powered USB power bank by someone who had been disappointed by its seemingly poor capacity.…