Finished it up, I definitely recommend it for a cheap entry to a Lego Porsche and the Gulf colors. The actual Lego Porsche is a bit pricey, but also a step above in quality.
Our nearly 5 year old treadmill was stalling out so I opened it up. I think I found the problem.
Why anyone would design a treadmill that has a conveyor belt dumping dust and debris into its guts is beyond me. I think there was enough fluff insulating the motor that it was over heating.
@Ron_E said:
Our nearly 5 year old treadmill was stalling out so I opened it up. I think I found the problem.
Why anyone would design a treadmill that has a conveyor belt dumping dust and debris into its guts is beyond me. I think there was enough fluff insulating the motor that it was over heating.
That looks familiar. We had a couple of treadmills that eventually succumbed to belt friction. Four cats are bad enough without these things shedding rubber and who knows what all over. The exercise area now holds a recumbent bike and an elliptical. Way fewer points of friction and wear. There's always sidewalks, at least in our neighborhood.
Reminds me of my days of working in the oil-patch in Alberta. I worked in -55 degrees, -80 with the wind-chill. We finally had to shut it down. Nothing was working properly, especially the rig's hydraulics. Good old Entwistle, Alberta. Brrrrrrrrr!
I remember programming old Cisco 1700s. I found it too easy to accidentally overwrite the recovery location if you got your commands mixed up when trying to reset to defaults.. bricking the unit.
This is an Elliott project 101 amplifier that is cobbled together for testing. I bought the boards and mosfets from Craig "PWRRYD". Thanks again Craig.
@ugly_woofer said:
This is an Elliott project 101 amplifier that is cobbled together for testing. I bought the boards and mosfets from Craig "PWRRYD". Thanks again Craig.
Ah, yes still have mine sitting around. Though I was 'bad' and fabbed my own boards after building the purchased pcb's back in 2007-8. But now the one i have is the last of boards made. Not skilled at detailed measurements to know if my boards introduced deficiencies from original layout, but it's straightforward circuit.
Those modushop looking sinks wont even break a sweat. What voltage rails approx?
I'm running roughly 56v rails, and you're correct the heatsinks aren't even close to hot. I'm thinking of raising the bias, most of my amps run way hotter than this guy.
Glad the boards and lateral MosFETs worked out. I really wanted to build that amp project but I have so many amps already and glorious speaker projects planned it just wasn't in the cards as they say. I would like to hear that amp in Indy or Iowa sometime.
I dislike smart phones due to my poor vision and tiny keyboard on screen.
Having successfully avoided these 'toys' in favor of laptops and desktop PC using a mouse for the past 35+ years I am now finding some apps that I need to use the damn iPhone for.
I need a functional stylus for simple navigation instead of my finger tips.
Having read myriad reviews that all say they are junk I have almost given up so here I am asking for help in selecting a reliable product from this group (MWAC).
The Australian F1 Grand Prix this year was, for a change, a fascinating race, largely due to to Melbourne's 'four seasons in one day' weather. 34C on Saturday for practice, then 16C and pouring rain on race day. Three cars, including last year's winner, were out before the first lap had finished.
As the race progressed, the weather improved, then got worse, so there were tyre changes aplenty and various spins, trips into the scenery etc: for once, it wasn't like watching slot cars.
Local favourite Oscar Piastri was a close second until he put a wheel onto a white road line and ended up in the grass slippery dip.
Ironically, non-championship races were held at Albert Park in the 1950s and featured names like Moss, Brabham and Behra, but were banned on noise grounds due to the presence of a nearby hospital. Today's cars are much louder....
I was at the 1958 event, although I can't remember it at all, but my uncle took some great shots of 250Fs, Coopers and other great cars charging around the lake. Safety features consisted of a few hay bales placed at some corners.
Starting three cars were Brabham, Moss and Stan Jones, father of 1980 F1 World Champion Alan Jones. The convertible in the photo is a Ford Zephyr, which was a very flash car for 1958.
Finally got a dedicated CD player. Tried the SMSL PL100 since it was little and inexpensive. Just came in today after a few months backorder. The remote doesn't work. Well I can tell the remote is working via phone camera. So the IR receiver doesn't work. yay
Doesn't look super easy to open up, but I wonder if the IR receiver is just bent away from the peephole. I might try it if return/replacement is going to be months.
I popped one CD in and played a track with the buttons on the front of the unit. Load/eject is loud but it is nice n quiet while playing. The little display is pretty nice. Connected with toslink to my Denon DRA-800h so just using the mechanicals/interface currently. The potential is there to be a sweet bit-o-kit for the price if it all works properly.
I opened it up and managed to get it to respond to the remote a few times testing as I screwed it back together. But, by the time I got a CD in it was back to the original problem. No amount of messing with it after that got any further success. Damn.
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Finished it up, I definitely recommend it for a cheap entry to a Lego Porsche and the Gulf colors. The actual Lego Porsche is a bit pricey, but also a step above in quality.
Our nearly 5 year old treadmill was stalling out so I opened it up. I think I found the problem.
Why anyone would design a treadmill that has a conveyor belt dumping dust and debris into its guts is beyond me. I think there was enough fluff insulating the motor that it was over heating.
I bet it outlasted the warranty.
It did and it's been running fine since I cleaned it.
That looks familiar. We had a couple of treadmills that eventually succumbed to belt friction. Four cats are bad enough without these things shedding rubber and who knows what all over. The exercise area now holds a recumbent bike and an elliptical. Way fewer points of friction and wear. There's always sidewalks, at least in our neighborhood.
Reminds me of my days of working in the oil-patch in Alberta. I worked in -55 degrees, -80 with the wind-chill. We finally had to shut it down. Nothing was working properly, especially the rig's hydraulics. Good old Entwistle, Alberta. Brrrrrrrrr!
Now I'm in the tubes.
I remember programming old Cisco 1700s. I found it too easy to accidentally overwrite the recovery location if you got your commands mixed up when trying to reset to defaults.. bricking the unit.
Just melt into it
Disassembled some projects projects to make some room. As a silver lining I reclaimed probably over 50% of my ultratouch.
This is an Elliott project 101 amplifier that is cobbled together for testing. I bought the boards and mosfets from Craig "PWRRYD". Thanks again Craig.
Hmmm, guess need to find place for veneer. Only bought from here once before and was happy with the paper backed walnut rustic. https://www.veneersupplies.com/site-notice.php
Ah, yes still have mine sitting around. Though I was 'bad' and fabbed my own boards after building the purchased pcb's back in 2007-8. But now the one i have is the last of boards made. Not skilled at detailed measurements to know if my boards introduced deficiencies from original layout, but it's straightforward circuit.
Those modushop looking sinks wont even break a sweat. What voltage rails approx?
I'm running roughly 56v rails, and you're correct the heatsinks aren't even close to hot. I'm thinking of raising the bias, most of my amps run way hotter than this guy.
Glad the boards and lateral MosFETs worked out. I really wanted to build that amp project but I have so many amps already and glorious speaker projects planned it just wasn't in the cards as they say. I would like to hear that amp in Indy or Iowa sometime.
iPhone SE (2022) STYLUS - Experienced recommendation(s) please . . .
I dislike smart phones due to my poor vision and tiny keyboard on screen.
Having successfully avoided these 'toys' in favor of laptops and desktop PC using a mouse for the past 35+ years I am now finding some apps that I need to use the damn iPhone for.
I need a functional stylus for simple navigation instead of my finger tips.
Having read myriad reviews that all say they are junk I have almost given up so here I am asking for help in selecting a reliable product from this group (MWAC).
Can you assist? (TIA).
They are cheap enough that you could snap up a few and experiment.
Bought Onn brand stylus today and they work just fine.
All the on-line product complaints seem to be from less than stellar individuals . . . I won't elaborate/speculate further . . .
I saw this and was impressed
RIP AudioSource.
Audiosource amp100? It would probably be a good housing and power supply for a gain clone.
Poof
This wasn't the Pamp was it?
Yeppers. Let out the magic smoke lol.
Just Toolin' around, huh?
The Australian F1 Grand Prix this year was, for a change, a fascinating race, largely due to to Melbourne's 'four seasons in one day' weather. 34C on Saturday for practice, then 16C and pouring rain on race day. Three cars, including last year's winner, were out before the first lap had finished.
As the race progressed, the weather improved, then got worse, so there were tyre changes aplenty and various spins, trips into the scenery etc: for once, it wasn't like watching slot cars.
Local favourite Oscar Piastri was a close second until he put a wheel onto a white road line and ended up in the grass slippery dip.
Ironically, non-championship races were held at Albert Park in the 1950s and featured names like Moss, Brabham and Behra, but were banned on noise grounds due to the presence of a nearby hospital. Today's cars are much louder....
I was at the 1958 event, although I can't remember it at all, but my uncle took some great shots of 250Fs, Coopers and other great cars charging around the lake. Safety features consisted of a few hay bales placed at some corners.
Starting three cars were Brabham, Moss and Stan Jones, father of 1980 F1 World Champion Alan Jones. The convertible in the photo is a Ford Zephyr, which was a very flash car for 1958.
Geoff
Damn, I'm sorry. Have you opened it up to see what component let out the magic smoke?
No, not going to worry about it.
Finally got a dedicated CD player. Tried the SMSL PL100 since it was little and inexpensive. Just came in today after a few months backorder. The remote doesn't work. Well I can tell the remote is working via phone camera. So the IR receiver doesn't work. yay
Doesn't look super easy to open up, but I wonder if the IR receiver is just bent away from the peephole. I might try it if return/replacement is going to be months.
I popped one CD in and played a track with the buttons on the front of the unit. Load/eject is loud but it is nice n quiet while playing. The little display is pretty nice. Connected with toslink to my Denon DRA-800h so just using the mechanicals/interface currently. The potential is there to be a sweet bit-o-kit for the price if it all works properly.
I opened it up and managed to get it to respond to the remote a few times testing as I screwed it back together. But, by the time I got a CD in it was back to the original problem. No amount of messing with it after that got any further success. Damn.