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How to convert a Fluke 77 IV average responding multimeter into a True RMS model 177 for 10 cents. *Plus calibration gear Should also work for converting a Fluke 83V to 87V True RMS measurement vs Average Responding And how to calibrate a Fluke multimeter. Fluke 87V service manual with …

Finance and life advice time. How to build wealth, it’s not rocket science. 00:00 – How to build wealth 01:29 – The Wealth Equation 02:41 – Investing is NOT the way to get wealthy! 03:35 – The #1 way to build wealth is… 04:11 – Different forms of income 05:01 …

Why are Fluke multimeters so expensive? PART 2 A teardown of the Fluke 70/170 series vs the Brymen BM786. Is there any design and construction difference that justifies 2-3 times the price? 00:00 – Fluke vs Brymen 01:07 – The Yellow Peer Pressure 01:57 – Fluke 77/177 vs Brymen BM786 …

Analog Watt Hour energy meters are fascinating! How they work, teardown, and experiments. Thanks to Max Button for sending this in to the mailbag. 00:00 – Watt Hour Energy Meters 02:11 – Teardown 05:13 – What’s to stop it taking off? 06:40 – Does it work? Testing with a load. …

How to simulate a x1 oscilloscope probe in LTSPICE. And how to use the lossy transmission line model in practice with the spice directive. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1445-how-to-simulate-an-oscilloscope-probe-in-ltspice/ Podcast: Download

8 industry reasons why Fluke meters are so expensive, and why people still buy them. You might be surprised by some of the reasons and have not encountered this thinking before in the industry. NOT sponsored by Fluke. In fact you should buy my BM786 for 20% off using the …

XMAS Mailbag featuring Mrs EEVblog, Sagan, and Huxley! Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1444-xmas-mailbag/ SPOILERS: Badge https://bit.ly/3m3t4Yj RF Antenna DigitalCool PCB Coaster: https://www.tindie.com/stores/digitalcool/ Neon photos from a future Indian EE Casio OH-7000G overhead projector calculator Trevor’s Bench https://www.youtube.com/c/TrevorsBench Circuit Mess Nibble STEM kit: https://circuitmess.com/nibble/ kWh meter Spotty solder paste dispenser: https://avdweb.nl/tech-tips/pcb/solder-paste-dispenser 1980’s Appliance control …

A follow-up video to the Electrodynamic Shaker, showing you the critical importance of Coherence measurement. Something you’ll only get taught in the school of hard knocks! Using the Ling Electrodynamic shaker, a measurement accelerometer, and a Dynamic Signal Analyser to set up a vibration test system. 00:00 – Electrodynamic Shaker …

An innocent TO-220 regulator gets tortured using a mystery device from the bunker. The art of environmental PCB testing. 00:00 – What is this thing? 01:00 – I used to use these all the time 02:40 – Electrodynamic Shaker 03:56 – How PCB’s are vibration tested 07:00 – Teardown 08:10 …

Repsonding to Adam Something’s video claiming that electric buses are a scam. Lets analyse his claims and look at what’s really happening with the cost benefit anlysis of electric buses vs diesel and electric trolley buses. Adam’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHsXv7Umvw 00:00 – Electric buses are a scam 01:20 – The claims …

Teardown of a mid 90’s vintage Pentax IQZoomEZY film camera. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1440-pentax-film-camera-teardown/ Podcast: Download

Dave analyses Veritasium’s video “The Big Misconception About Electricity” and how energy flows in the Poynting vector in the electromagnetic field OUTSIDE the wire instead of inside the wire. 00:00 – Veritasium’s video “The Big Misconception About Electricity” 00:32 – Rection to the points in the video 01:11 – This …

Dave looks at his TOP 5 (plus change) Jellybean Voltage Regulators and References, and explains why you need to know them. 00:00 – Jellybean Voltage Regulator & References 01:52 – 78xx Linear Voltage Regulator 08:01 – Adjustable Voltage Regulator 13:52 – 1117 Low Dropout Regulator 15:21 – LDO Stability 20:01 …

How does an Electric Car charger work? A teardown of the Myenergi Zappi 7kW EVSE and experiments demonstrating how the car detection system and charge mode works. 00:00 – Zappi 7kW Single Phase EVSE Charger 02:46 – Type 2 Charging Standards 08:30 – Teardown 17:32 – Power Up 20:56 – …

Youtube just announced they are removing the public Thumbs Down count site wide, and only allowing Thumbs Up counts, to “protect” the creators of course. They then proceeded to get OWNED in the comments! LOL It’s now a free rein for scams, dodgy videos, corporate shill accounts, and the woke …