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    Those pesky external power supplies....

    A long time ago, power supplies used to be built into electronics products, yes they were big and heavy, but since then we have now moved on and most appliances (except for really high end audio and noise sensitive things that you would not find in your average appliance anyway) now use much...
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    ! Cool Robot Names !

    Someone had a sense of humour back then, I mean can't be a coincidence can it?
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    ! Cool Robot Names !

    Nooooooo...... iRobot :D I guess you need to have seen or at least heard of the film to appreciate that one
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    ! Cool Robot Names !

    If apple made a robot, what would it be called?..... :D
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    Band Pass Filter

    When I started reading this I thought it was a challenge..until I got to the "I need help" bit. I am in agreement with the other members, no one here is going to do your homework for you, especially not me since its been 20 years since I have had to do any calculations regarding filters...
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    Why is the EI- Core most popular for power transformers?

    Well I was going to post a picture of the ones we used to use but image search seems to be broken at the moment, but the gears were enclosed and the turns counter was more like a car odometer.
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    Motors under load..

    Thanks rjenkinsgb, that makes sense.
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    Self-made components

    I have used pencils to make a carbon arc lamp, does that count?
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    Why is the EI- Core most popular for power transformers?

    I used to hand wind bobbins for a living lol They were on ferrite C cores though, there were the occational ones which just had a ferrite rod going through them too. (I say hand wind, we used a mandrel which had a gear ratio of about 1:3, but with a 2500 turn coil, that is still a lot of...
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    Motors under load..

    One thing that has been bugging me is why a motor under load would draw more current. I get WHY it has to draw more current to do more work, but I cant get the mechanism of how. I tried to think of the motor like a transformer with the rotor being the secondary, but then my idea falls apart...
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    Why does a transformer transfer power from the primary to the secondary one?

    I did find the answer thanks, and I sort of understood it, its just a lot to get my head around, so I just accept it lol
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    Why does a transformer transfer power from the primary to the secondary one?

    I have to be honest I have never given the operation of transformers that much thought, electromagnetic induction was as far as my thinking went..however I did do some research to find out why transformers operating at higher frequencies can be made so much smaller. This thread reminds me of...
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    How are you managing with the Covid-19 pandemic?

    It's Ok, I wont, I was being sarcastic.
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    How are you managing with the Covid-19 pandemic?

    Yes, 5G is evil, burn every mast to the ground...who will join me? :D
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    How are you managing with the Covid-19 pandemic?

    Except that would require a macro lens as well, or an extension tube at least, which I don't have and cant afford at the moment. I have been using an 18-200mm lens and I can get to about 50cm of the subject whilst still having a "useful" depth of field. A couple of examples of my lockdown work...

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