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EEVblog 1489 – Mystery Teardown!

Teardown of a bizarre looking Banshee 343 Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector Thumbs up this video and pinned comment if you want to see a countdown timer refit project! Datasheet: https://www.instrumart.com/assets/Net-Safety-Banshee343-datasheet.pdf Manual: https://www.instrumart.com/assets/Net-Safety-Banshee343-manual.pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1489-mystery-teardown/ Youtube: Odysee:

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EEVblog 1487 – Do Solar Micro Inverters Take Power at Night?

How much power do Enphase and other solar micro inverters draw at night time when switched off? It’s actually a very interesting question involving real and apparent/reactive power, the system topology, and whether your storage battery is on-grid or off-grid, and also its efficiency curve. Let’s measure it, do some …

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EEVblog 1485 – PedalCell CadenceX Bike Generator LOL FAIL!

The failed PedalCell CadenceX Bike Generator from the previous mailbag video is tested, torn down, analysed, hilrariously laughed at, and dodgily repaired. https://pedalcell.com/ 00:00 – Failed Pedalcell generator – getting the pinout 02:00 – The PCB 02:40 – Oscilloscope rotation test 03:45 – Dremel speed Captain! 04:22 – Generator teardown …

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EEVblog 1483 – Holy Mailbag Bomb Batman!

Bumper Mailbag! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1483-holy-mailbag-bomb-batman/ SPOILERS: 00:00 – Contact Harald Covid Bluetooth Tracing 04:24 – Kaba Mas X09 High Security Electronic Tumbler Lock Teardown 16:53 – Failed PedalCell CadenceX Bike USB Power Generator 18:00 – Odysee vs Patreon for supporting creators 19:06 – PedalCell CadenceX Teardown 26:54 – TikStation Breadboard USB …

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EEVblog 1482 – Mains Capacitor Zener Regulator Circuit

A follow up to the previous video on repairing the heater. A viewer asked how the capacitor diode rectifier gave a 24V output. The key is in the zener regulator, so this vidoe looks at how mains powered zener voltage regulators work, and their limitations. X class capacitor and self …

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EEVblog 1481 – Dodgy Dangerous Heater REPAIR

A heater that doesn’t heat up should be an easy and quick repair, right? RIGHT? This Arlec space heater also has a rather dodgy and product recall worthy dangerous construction! 00:00 – Arlec space heater 03:20 – PRODUCT RECALL TIME! 05:12 – Heater element measurement 07:31 – PCB inspection 11:31 …

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EEVblog 1480 – Lightyear Zero Solar Powered Electric Car

Are solar powered electric cars viable? Let’s look at the Lightyear Zero solar powered electric car and examine the claims. Can you get a useless extended range by adding solar panels to an electric car? Dave just so happens to drive a solar powered electric car, so let’s find out! …

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EEVblog 1479 – Is Your Calculator WRONG?

Is your calculator WRONG? It could be! Looking at the issue of implied multiplication and how it can affect your calculations. Why do some Casio and TI calculators give a different result to others? And why do they differ from your phone calculator, google calculator, or Wolfram Alpha? How Order …

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