EEVblog 1642 – Can I Resurrect My First Digital Multimeter?

Can I resurrect my first digital multimeter? A Soar ME-533 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1641-can-i-resurrect-my-first-digital-multimeter/ 00:00 – My first digital and analog multimeters, Soar ME-533 + Micronta 22-201U 03:20 – Battery terminal corrosion, of course 05:13 – My first pair of pliers and screwdriver 06:11 – Teardown 08:10 – Removing the LCD 10:24 …

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EEVblog 1641 – How DC Solar Isolators Work (TEARDOWN)

How DC Solar Isolators Work (TEARDOWN) 00:00 – Teardown of Benedict LS25 Solar True DC Isolator Switch 04:29 – How the contacts work 06:02 – How arc chutes and arc barriers work 12:11 – 5000V arc testing Datasheet: https://www.benedict.at/files/documents/6617533-DC-Switch-Disconnector-D946E.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1641-how-dc-solar-isolators-work-(teardown)/ Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1640 – Mailbag: 4k Microscope, Panaplex Displays, Piezo Singing, RF magic

More interesting mailbag! 00:00 – Forest M Mimms Make: Maverick Scientist: My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist https://amzn.to/4e7fSup Signed copies: https://www.makershed.com/products/maverick-scientist-hardcover Engineers Mini Notebook are still available! https://amzn.to/3zvSkjJ https://amzn.to/3XLRJnn https://amzn.to/3XLMHY7 https://amzn.to/4dd9cJQ In the Lab with Jay Jay: https://www.youtube.com/@InTheLabWithJayJay 03:30 – Unmanaged615 https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAmpHour/ 04:40 – Piezo tranducer sensor thing + singing …

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EEVblog 1639 – Keysight InfiniiVision HD3 Oscilloscope Teardown

Teardown of the new Keysight InfiniiVision HD3 14bit Megazoom V ASIC oscilloscope https://www.keysight.com/us/en/products/oscilloscopes/infiniivision-2-4-channel-digital-oscilloscopes/infiniivision-hd3-series-oscilloscopes.html Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1639-keysight-hd3-oscilloscope-teardown/ Podcast: Download

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EEVblog 1637: Solar Freakin’ Space Mirrors! – Reflect Orbital DEBUNKED

Reflect Orbital wants to put reflecting mirrors in space to sell sunlight to solar farms after dark. The numbers work out exactly as you expect them to. It’s Solar Freakin’ Space Mirror time! https://www.reflectorbital.com/ BenNBuilds balloon test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUNCtDTIZc First Principles interview with Ben Nowack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDV3v0Xb4ow S3 Interview video with …

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EEVblog 1636 – Ultimate Multimeter Beginners Guide

The ultimate beginners guide to multimeters. What are they, how to choose one, and how to use them to measure electrical things. EEVblog meters: https://eevblog.store/ Cheap $20 meter AN8008 Fluke 101 for $50 Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1636-ultimate-multimeter-beginners-guide/ 00:00 – The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Multimeters 00:35 – Display Counts Explained 01:17 – …

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EEVblog 1634 – 15kWh AERL LFP Home Storage Battery Install

Installing a 15kWh AERL Life2 LiFePo4 solar home storage battery to my Deye inverter. Thanks to Peter Watkinson from AERL, one of my long time viewers! AERL were the first to invent and patent the Maximum Power Point Tracker MPPT used in all modern solar systems. Analysis video that was …

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EEVblog 1633 Part 2 – WAVJA Patent, 300kW Solar Balls?

The WAVJA Photon Energy System is supposed to generate up to 60x the output of regular solar panels using balls made of magical patented woo-woo material. A 60mm ball can generate 300kW in one second! Let’s bust that claim by looking at the Patent in this Part 2 video. Part …

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Solar Power Install FAIL #3 !

The solar installers screwed up the job a THIRD time! AND they tried to cover it up, literally! This time it’s my Deye inverter when they came back to fix the 2nd problem as shown in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mztgHWnDkHo

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EEVblog 1632 – WHY sell 2CH Oscilloscopes? + Test Engineering

Why do companies still sell 2CH oscilloscopes? Plus a massive tangent into test and production engineering showing one of my old test engineering projects. LCR meter and Transmission Line Tester design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs2MfTW4o_Q Relay Matrix IR Measurement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mavHYV-H6o PC104 Embedded DOS PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ad0KP5EvpU Linus Tech Tips Test Rack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3x28s61q3c Test rack …

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