Inside a huge faulty poundland lamp
I traded my brand new huge Poundland lamp with a local friend for his very dead and moist looking one…
Inside a wago connector and a clone
Wago terminals are here to stay. They have a long history, make easy, good connections and avoid issues with over…
Unusual masonlite neon tube psu with schematic
Masonlite was an iconic British supplier of neon equipment when the neon sign industry was at its peak. I think…
Inside a big pink lamp with schematic
I had high hopes that this lamp may actually have used LEDs that had their output colour chosen to match…
Fixing a faulty tachometer
As components get smaller and smaller I'm seeing an increase in a specific failure mode where equipment dies with a…
Beer vs sodastream – will it carbonate?
Now it's time to test if beer can be made even fizzier with the addition of carbon dioxide. Not the…
Inside dolce gusto drink pods
A look inside some of the drink pods of the Dolce Gusto drink making system. The reason the Gusto system…
Ebay keyring phone-killer
This is unfortunate. It's a well designed miniature keyring power bank that has a design flaw that means a simple…
Very nice low-voltage lighting festoon
This is a string of 10 outdoor festoon lights that is designed to run on a 5V power supply. It's…
Cheap aliexpress ballast with schematic
This fluorescent lighting ballast is a very good demonstration of a design that has gradually got so refined that it's…