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There recently was another thread on this subject.
One idea was to get the "One Way" perforated sign decal stuff applied to the outside of the windows, probably not a cheap option but you could get...

Thanks, all good now, I just have to get out of the habit of moving the cursor to a safe place after every click.
Graham

We carry on about recycling today, the bottle-o (licensed marine collector) would come and collect your empty beer bottles & leave a few cents on the back step, a pleasant surprise when you got home...

She does not have a license, panicked every time she went for the test.
The 10 year old boy would love to give it a crack, he drives his Hyundai Excel worse than if it was stolen, the rev limiter is...

The "distilled" water from Coles is demineralised water, it is cheaper in a 4 litre especially when you need 15 litres in the system, the Coles stores I have been to have a maximum of 6x 4l on the...

Demineralised water is what they sell as distilled water, it has the minerals removed through reverse osmosis, a physical process. Pretty much it is pure water.
50/50 with the right coolant is the...

Water has an amazing thermal mass, and it absorbs extra latent heat when things get too hot.
It just sucks that it is corrosive.
Graham

It wouldn't even need to be a couple of ohms, 0.01 ohms at 50 amps would give 25 watts of heat which is about the same a soldering iron, enough to melt the plastic, at 70 amps 49 watts.
Graham

Have you checked the connection at the crimp & screw, a high resistance will cause it to get hot.
Graham

I think what makes them funny is that we all have a little bit of Russell Coight in us, who hasn't done something stupid on a trip?
Graham

I will start by saying my welding skills are pretty much nonexistent, I blame this on a career in electronics where sparks are bad & are to avoided.
I remember reading about using the 2x batteries...

I got some when I had an addition put on the house, you could always call them and ask if they will sell you some, or stalk an installer on a building site. We had some fine brass mesh at work, I...

Mechanical: Remove the belt, put it on only when you need it,
Electrical: Alternator will unload when the battery is charged or open the field winding, some losses in belt & bearings.
Graham

PWM: Pulse Width Modulator, a DC motor speed controller that maintains torque, like when you run a cordless drill at low speed you can hear a high pitched whine from the PWM.
Gain:The fan speed for...

I was thinking of running a PWM controller for radiator fans on speedway car, a bit more elegant than the bang on bang off of a relay.
Would need a bit of tuning to get gain, derivative & integral...