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They work really well, very good results.

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Comment by K10D posted on Macro's don't always need to be sharp, do they? at 06/05/2020 - 20:47

Washed and polished the 4x4 today as it was ideal weather. It may be SORNed but it looks well shiny.

Comment by K10D posted on Another pointless thread at 06/05/2020 - 20:46

If we risk overloading a system, we either don't use the system past capacity and suffer the collateral damage or we expand and strengthen the system to cope with extra capacity.

Why can't I see the second option being ever happening?

May the fourth be with you.

Comment by K10D posted on Another pointless thread at 04/05/2020 - 17:01

Batteries follow the laws of nature: more age, less capacity.

Comment by K10D posted on anything is game at 30/04/2020 - 10:36

They do indeed work. Since the vehicles are spending more time dormant and getting four or five weeks to a gallon I decided to use a couple of small solar panels to just keep the batteries topped up. Not that I expect them to go flat without the panels but building the small regulators passed some time.

With so much time available, building the odd circuit or two is a good distraction from the tv etc.

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Comment by K10D posted on anything is game at 29/04/2020 - 08:13

K3_SE with SMC Pentax-A Macro 50mm f/2.8 (one of my favourite pieces of glass).

I'd do my toe nails but I can't bend that far down to get close enough.

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Comment by K10D posted on anything is game at 28/04/2020 - 13:35

JohnX wrote:
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/0717-Metz-Netzgerat-N21-Mains-Power-Unit-/302191711133

That's where I saw the figures a quoted but declined to put the link in as the feedback is 83.3%

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Comment by K10D posted on Wanted : Mains Power Unit for Mecablitz 45CT-1 45 CL-145 CL-4 at 27/04/2020 - 17:03

petrochemist wrote:
I would expect it to be rather hard to track down an original unit, but it should be easy to get a generic power supply of the right output & modify it.

From what I've seen, it needs to be 350v DC at 10mA so not many generic power supplies about. That said, if UK mains is rectified it will give 340v DC but will need safety measures such as a 1:1 isolation transformer.

What about finding another brand adapter and fettling that one?

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Comment by K10D posted on Wanted : Mains Power Unit for Mecablitz 45CT-1 45 CL-145 CL-4 at 27/04/2020 - 14:21

Hardgravity wrote:
The home brew is drinkable...

..no nasty tastes and now pulling clear after last nights sampling..

...of 4 pints.

In another situation back in the late 90's, I was living in a very dry land. On the housing complex lived people that had honed survival skills to a very high standard and passed on their skills that allowed me to successfully re-ferment alcohol free beer that was readily available in the supermarkets there.

When tested, it was coming out at 8% to 10% volume and was some what potent. We even held Octoberfest festivals complete with T shirts, where blind tasting was done to determine the best brew.

I never made the end of an event.

Comment by K10D posted on Another pointless thread at 26/04/2020 - 12:24

Lubbyman wrote:

K10D wrote:
she is to remain inside until at least the 30th June. She has been so since March 16th.

Same here, not on the NHS list but a medical condition that's been getting worse for some time. Only leaving the house for medical appointments and I have to drive. Must now keep out of the sun due to new medication. Due for an op but that's now not going to happen until goodness knows when.

Mustn't complain, though - decent house, decent garden, financially OK, good friends and neighbours, kids keeping an eye on us from afar (and vice versa:wink. And this is all happening at a time when it's so easy to keep in touch with people. Hard to imagine what it would be like if a plague had hit 30 years ago.

Steve

Having the op delayed only adds extra stress.

Thirty years ago was "only" 1990. It's seems so easy to remember what you were doing at the time yet not easy to remember what you did thirty days ago.

Comment by K10D posted on Another pointless thread at 26/04/2020 - 08:38

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