Unearthed / ungrounded mains adapter.
I bought a soldering station from an ebay supplier and as recommended by various online resources I did an earth/ground…
Teardown of an led plug-in night light.
A full autopsy of a generic plug-in nightlight. I was kinda expecting it to have a little capacitive dropper inside,…
Analysis of a 100 led string of wire lights .
This style of LED string used to be quite expensive, but it's clear that it lends itself to mass production…
Teardown of an led window sign.
I saw this "OPEN" sign in an asian outlet and couldn't resist buying one to take to bits. Notable badness…
An independent review of the cubot p6 android phone. 2014
I noticed that most of the reviews of the Cubot P6 phone on YouTube are just adverts for the sellers,…
A look inside a desiccant dehumidifier.
A look inside a Meaco DD8L desiccant dehumidifier. (Which is actually a rebadged You Long YL-208A) These dehumidifiers are much…
How a snow machine works.
This is a quick look at the inside of a standard foam style snow machine. These machines work by blowing…
Smoke and snow machine pump maintenance.
Many of the generic Chinese effects machine brands like Antari and Soundlab use a standard solenoid pump to feed the…
The hammock incident.
An attempt to string a hammock between braced flightcases goes horribly wrong.
Power to led voltage oddity.
While testing the actual power draw (primitively) of different colours of 3W LED GU10 lamps using a standard plug-in power…