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I am tired of these cheap thin cables that tear off at the ends. I went so far to make my own with soldering but that also got a short somewhere from twisting and bending. Can anyone recommend good quality but not going to break the bank RCA to 3,5mm cable? I use it to plug my cellphone earphone...

Good day all Please find attached circuit diagram of a DIY amplifier I build many years ago. It came as a pre assembled board and I needed to only buy or wind a transformer and construct a enclosure. This was a project I bought and did when I was still a student. Used it, stored it, redid the...

Hi I am currently using WinAMP for playing back all of my music when sitting in front of the laptop. Is there any better players or will WinAmp do the job just fine. Curious to know if there are software that might give better quality/detail results. Must be free as I am still experimenting.

Hi all Does anyone know where I can get locally these spare parts used by some soldering irons? Overseas obviously readily available but I am struggling to find locally.

Hi All With reference to the picture. I have received this sub for free. I connected the LINE LEVEL input to a cellphone to test and it works fine. Now before I blow up anything, how is the rest used. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all I have a loose soldering iron and then also a soldering station. I am looking for one of those soldering iron stands to pair up with the loose soldering iron. It is always sliding around and begging to touch the power cord. I looked around and found from very cheap and flimsy Chinese ones...

Hi all I have a work colleague who has a 5Kw petrol generator. Used it on the farm when doing work in the fields. I haven't seen it yet but he is bringing it tomorrow to my house. We have had in the last 3 months 2 transformer explosions causing blackouts of between 40 and 50 hours. I put in a...

Morning all I am going to take a look at a NAD 3020 series 20 amplifier this morning. Is there anything I must look out for please? Please see attached of the inside. I am little concerned about the white residue around the heat sink parts. Is this just that paste that is used on these chips or...

Hi all If this was discussed before apologies. So I got my hands on a decent 10 year old laptop. Struggled to get Windows loaded as it doesn't pick up the key I decided to go the Linux route to try something new. My first question to the Linux experts is if I am OK loading Ubuntu Linux. There...

Hi all My friend bought this Pandora's box arcade game thing. You plug it in onto the TV with an HDMI cable and then play the usual MAME games most of us played in the arcade. Luckily before I decided to buy one myself I let my 2 children take it for a test run when we were there for a braai. I...

I am riding motorcycle to work every day and i am getting very annoyed with the visor fogging up on the inside during winter. I tried polishing it with Meguiars plasticX to see if it will solve it. It made the fogging up even worse. The plastic is however now very clean looking like a new visor...

Hi all Just curious how this works. Maybe someone knows. I want to figure out power consumption on my cooker hood. The specs say 96W. It contains two 3w LED bulbs and 3 fan speed settings. Is it safe to assume each fan setting is 30W for the fan?

Hi all I am looking at the following but need advice as the market is flooded with different things: * 120W 5A solar panel. * PWM intelligent solar charger for the solar panel. My question is how effective are solar panels. Do they even give the 4 to 5A they put on the specifications. This...

Hi all I live in Bloemfontein. Our load shedding schedule for now is 2 to 3 hours whenever there is load shedding. So I finally got fed up with it especially when we get home from work and we don't have lights. As I understand fridges and freezers if you are careful can go for many hours. Geyser...

Hello all I was busy adjusting the bias of my Rotel RA-935BX amplifier which was never done since its construction. It should be 6mV according to the manual. It was hovering at 7 to 8 on both channels. My concern is I am struggling to get it to 6mV precise which is obviously normal due to it...

Hi all As usual I must ask for advice on this forum as I have seen in the past that very good advice is given. Some might know that the wife and I are to renovate/redo the kitchen. Our biggest obstacle at this stage now is the flooring. We must decide between the following: 1. Tiles. 2...

Hi all Amplifier in question is Pioneer SX410 It still has original coupling capacitors. Capacitors at power supply have been replaced by a technician and 1 or 2 others. It had a hum and one channel was distorting and fuzzy sounding. I don't know if full tests were done but his view is if the...

Hi all Please find a link below to some ""Studio Headphones"". https://www.stationvibration.co.za/collections/studio-headphones With a very tight budget due to the Corona virus I can't pay to much for a nice pair of headphones. My wife started to complain more and more about my taste in music...

As subject says. If I get a reply or hand up I will post my easy question.

Hi all I am planning on doing a complete kitchen overhaul sometime next year. I told the wife that the next project will have to be the geyser to try and save money with electricity. 2 of my friends installed gas geysers at their homes and are very happy with the savings and convenience of hot...