Electronics Forum / Electronics / February 2005

Hi all, not sure if this has been asked before but I'll ask it again
and you can moan if it has :)
I'm looking to place a remote metering device approximately 25 miles
from my house - the only wireless method of data comms i can find is

  Does anyone know what would cause this to happen :
   In my apt, I've got my monitor set up so that it's in my living
room, theres a 'window' to the kitchen where I have my Microwave. They
are around 5' apart. When I turn my microwave on I get a noticable

The remote for my Panasonic DVD-S27 is the first I've seen that won't
bounce off walls or even mirrors to control the unit. I'd like it to do
that because it's set up behind the viewing couch next to a projector
for a short cable run. The batteries are brand new. Could its

I've got a problem with a projection system. The setup is like
this:
PC TV out --> video amp --> approx 30m RG59 --> projector
On certain images, the image gets unstable and rolls. It's not a

I am looking for some reasonably priced pliers and diagonal cutters that are
NOT made in China. Anyone got any brands and suppliers they can suggest?
Charles L

Greetings group.
I just posted a problem about random no sound in Panasonic TX80P300A
chassis EURO7.
I said I hoped to have a schematic soon.

Wall jack, 4 foot cord, internal modem, 4 foot cord, telephone.
If it is a "newer" phone, the 6 ounce plastic pushbutton kind,
I pick up the handset, dial 1 and listen there is LOUD crosstalk.
If I unplug that and go dig out my ancient old ITT bell rotary 3 pound

Microsoft are recalling 14.1 million X-Box power cords!
http://www.xboxworld.com.au/news/leading.php?idNews=893
Dave :)

I have a device that I built that has a one momentary switch to
activate different functions. Since I need to control this device from
across the room, I have a wire running from the device to another part
of the room with the momentary switch on the other end. I would like to

Looking to drive a white superbright led (1-4) from 1.5v to 2.5v
battery, led requires 3.3v @ 20ma, is there a suitable small circuit, or
single chip device
TIA

I am really baffled now and need some Pro advise.
Plugged the AC charger in and it blew the capacitor sky high after
10sec. of power.
Got a new capacitor and blew that even higher into the sky after 10sec

I have a Fisher & Paykel model DD603SS dishwasher, the one with the 2
separate drawers.
The top drawer has stopped working altogether, it won't even power up while
the lower unit sill works fine.

A friend wants to run a laptop and video camera off one of the cheap Jaycar
inverters - I'm guessing the switchmode power supplies should be OK with the
non-sine wave output, although I have no idea of the power factor issues
with these supplies. Does anyone have any experience with ...

Does anyone make any ribbon with between 2 to 20 wires that will work
with the .1" spacing on the solderless breadboards?  That would be
really handy for hooking the BCD output of one chip to the input of
another.  Also it would be nice to have some kind of ribbon cable with a

I found this in a news group and decided to try it. A little while
back, I was browsing through
news groups, just like you are now and came across a message just like
this, that said you