Weird usb battery charger circuit.
This is the circuitry inside a cheap USB two cell charger. Before I opened it I tried to guess what…
How to free a stuck sim card adapter / adaptor.
Having switched to a new phone that required the micro SIM cards (My local phone provider just used a hand…
The cheapest pink shoe warmers of death.
This is a different style of shoe warmer. Most notable features of this pair are the complete lack of an…
Led panel from retro computer prop.
This is one of many panels I made for the pilot of a kids show many years ago (2003). Back…
Inside a usb rechargeable bicycle warning light.
This item came up in a search on ebay for LIR2032 which is a rechargeable lithium cell. I bought it…
How to mould glow in the dark pebbles.
This project was inspired by a small pack of glow in the dark pebbles I added to an ebay order.…
Inside pink shoe/boot dryers/warmers with uv sterilisation.
There's nothing colder than wet steel-toecap boots at sub-zero temperatures. So I went online to see if I could find…
Generic led lamps old and new comparison.
This style of lamp is very common on ebay. It's been around for a while, so I thought I'd get…
A look inside an 8 filament led lamp.
Yet another LED filament lamp to add to the rapidly growing pile of dismembered lamps. This one is an 8…
Reverse engineering of a mains power controller.
Test and investigation of a phase angle control motor speed controller from China. There are two components on this PCB…