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Quick look: Arlec/Jaycar power/energy meter
Many years ago, I was looking for a plug-in style power meter to monitor the power consumption of various devices in my house. A quick search around for such a gadget at the time led me to the Arlec PC222 ‘Energy Cost Meter’ which I acquired from Bunnings. Jaycar also sell the same device just…
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Repair: Ducky Shine 7 backlight
While packing my bag for work one morning, I accidently knocked my vacuum flask over and spilt some water on my desk. Some water had gotten on my keyboard, but it wasn’t until I got back did I realise that something was wrong when a random number of LEDs were stuck on. In this blog…
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Repair: B&O Beolab 3 speaker
After 16 years of near daily use, one of my Beolab 3 speakers finally bit the dust. The right speaker suddenly stopped playing and when I went over to have a look its power LED had extinguished. There were no signs of life – it was time to open it up.