User contributions for Philip
4 January 2023
- 11:5211:52, 4 January 2023 diff hist +200 Sticky Stuff →Stretch-release adhesive current
- 09:4309:43, 4 January 2023 diff hist +235 Sticky Stuff →Summary
- 09:3909:39, 4 January 2023 diff hist +801 Sticky Stuff →Sticky Tapes
2 January 2023
- 17:0417:04, 2 January 2023 diff hist +356 The Connector Menagerie No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:3916:39, 2 January 2023 diff hist +57 The Connector Menagerie →Audio Connectors
18 December 2022
- 16:5816:58, 18 December 2022 diff hist +88 Main Page No edit summary current
- 16:5616:56, 18 December 2022 diff hist +20 m Conductors and Insulators →Practical Application current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:5116:51, 18 December 2022 diff hist 0 m Conductors and Insulators →Insulators Tag: Visual edit
17 December 2022
- 22:2722:27, 17 December 2022 diff hist +123 Conductors and Insulators Links added. Tag: Visual edit
- 22:1722:17, 17 December 2022 diff hist +844 Conductors and Insulators No edit summary
- 21:5121:51, 17 December 2022 diff hist +4,186 N Conductors and Insulators Initial draft
7 December 2022
- 20:4620:46, 7 December 2022 diff hist +1 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary current
- 16:4616:46, 7 December 2022 diff hist +240 Watch batteries WIP →Removing and replacing watch backs
- 16:4116:41, 7 December 2022 diff hist +535 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary
- 10:4510:45, 7 December 2022 diff hist +17 m How to drive screws like a pro →Electric screwdrivers current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:4510:45, 7 December 2022 diff hist +208 How to drive screws like a pro →Electric screwdrivers: Added small electric screwdriver. Tag: Visual edit
6 December 2022
- 11:5311:53, 6 December 2022 diff hist +124 How to change watch batteries and straps →Replacing watch glasses current
23 November 2022
- 20:2220:22, 23 November 2022 diff hist +588 Talk:Linux migration No edit summary current
21 November 2022
- 12:0212:02, 21 November 2022 diff hist +37 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary
19 November 2022
- 20:2320:23, 19 November 2022 diff hist +11 How to change watch batteries and straps →Replacing the battery
- 20:1720:17, 19 November 2022 diff hist +120 Sandbox →Play Area Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 20:0720:07, 19 November 2022 diff hist +115 How to change watch batteries and straps →Removing the back
- 20:0220:02, 19 November 2022 diff hist +236 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary
- 17:2317:23, 19 November 2022 diff hist +17 Main Page No edit summary
- 17:1817:18, 19 November 2022 diff hist +22 Main Page →Household appliances
- 17:1717:17, 19 November 2022 diff hist +59 N Talk:How to change watch batteries Philip moved page Talk:How to change watch batteries to Talk:How to change watch batteries and straps current Tag: New redirect
- 17:1717:17, 19 November 2022 diff hist 0 m Talk:How to change watch batteries and straps Philip moved page Talk:How to change watch batteries to Talk:How to change watch batteries and straps current
- 17:1717:17, 19 November 2022 diff hist +54 N How to change watch batteries Philip moved page How to change watch batteries to How to change watch batteries and straps current Tag: New redirect
- 17:1717:17, 19 November 2022 diff hist 0 m How to change watch batteries and straps Philip moved page How to change watch batteries to How to change watch batteries and straps
- 17:1517:15, 19 November 2022 diff hist +4,655 How to change watch batteries and straps New section on screw-on watch backs and watch glasses, and reorganisation.
- 17:1117:11, 19 November 2022 diff hist +371 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary
- 16:5116:51, 19 November 2022 diff hist +122 Watch batteries WIP →Additional pics:
- 16:5016:50, 19 November 2022 diff hist +82 N File:Watch glass replacements.jpg A set of replacement watch glasses. current
- 16:4816:48, 19 November 2022 diff hist +69 N File:Watch glass grabber.jpg A watch glass grabber. current
- 16:4216:42, 19 November 2022 diff hist +29 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary
- 16:3316:33, 19 November 2022 diff hist +808 Watch batteries WIP →Screwed-on watch backs
- 16:1716:17, 19 November 2022 diff hist +95 N File:Watch battery compartment open.jpeg A watch with a simple battery compartment, open. current
- 16:1516:15, 19 November 2022 diff hist +89 N File:Watch battery compartment.jpeg A watch with a simple battery compartment. current
- 16:1316:13, 19 November 2022 diff hist +71 N File:Screwed-on watch back.jpeg A screwed-on watch back. current
- 16:0116:01, 19 November 2022 diff hist −52 Watch batteries WIP →Additional pics:
- 15:5815:58, 19 November 2022 diff hist +104 Watch batteries WIP →Screw-on watch backs
- 15:5315:53, 19 November 2022 diff hist +60 Watch batteries WIP →Tools and consumables
- 13:1413:14, 19 November 2022 diff hist +70 Watch batteries WIP →Tools and consumables
- 13:0813:08, 19 November 2022 diff hist +318 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary
- 13:0213:02, 19 November 2022 diff hist +83 N File:3-point watch back remover in use.jpg A 3-point watch back remover in use. current
- 12:4012:40, 19 November 2022 diff hist +147 N File:Screw-on watch back.jpg A screw-on watch back. Note the 6 indentations around the circumference, 2 obscured by the bracelet. current
- 11:2011:20, 19 November 2022 diff hist +710 Watch batteries WIP →Twist-on watch backs Tag: Visual edit: Switched
16 November 2022
- 17:1717:17, 16 November 2022 diff hist −3 Glossary:Own No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 17:1117:11, 16 November 2022 diff hist +65 Glossary:Pwn No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
15 November 2022
- 11:2011:20, 15 November 2022 diff hist +65 Glossary:Tolerance No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
14 November 2022
- 17:3717:37, 14 November 2022 diff hist +271 Watch batteries WIP →Replacing watch glasses Tag: Visual edit
- 17:3317:33, 14 November 2022 diff hist −39 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary
- 17:1517:15, 14 November 2022 diff hist +158 Watch batteries WIP →Snap-on watch backs Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 17:0517:05, 14 November 2022 diff hist +9 Watch batteries WIP →Tools
- 17:0317:03, 14 November 2022 diff hist +72 Watch batteries WIP →Tools Tag: Visual edit
- 17:0117:01, 14 November 2022 diff hist +647 Watch batteries WIP →Tools Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 17:0117:01, 14 November 2022 diff hist +1 Magnifiers and Inspection Aids →Inspection Lights current
- 17:0017:00, 14 November 2022 diff hist +33 N File:Img 1199a.jpg Philip moved page File:Img 1199a.jpg to File:Head torch.jpg current Tag: New redirect
- 17:0017:00, 14 November 2022 diff hist 0 m File:Head torch.jpg Philip moved page File:Img 1199a.jpg to File:Head torch.jpg current
- 16:5316:53, 14 November 2022 diff hist +43 N File:Img 1194a.jpg Philip moved page File:Img 1194a.jpg to File:Jeweller's eye loupe.jpg current Tag: New redirect
- 16:5316:53, 14 November 2022 diff hist 0 m File:Jeweller's eye loupe.jpg Philip moved page File:Img 1194a.jpg to File:Jeweller's eye loupe.jpg current
- 16:3516:35, 14 November 2022 diff hist +68 N File:Watch strap holder.jpg A watch strap holder. current
- 16:3316:33, 14 November 2022 diff hist +68 N File:Spring bar remover.jpg A spring bar remover. current
- 16:3116:31, 14 November 2022 diff hist +92 N File:Link remover.jpg A watch strap link remover, and a manual one. current
- 16:2916:29, 14 November 2022 diff hist +69 N File:3-point case opener.jpg A 3-point case opener. current
- 16:2716:27, 14 November 2022 diff hist +74 N File:Case-opening knife.jpg A watch case opening knife. current
- 16:2616:26, 14 November 2022 diff hist +62 N File:Nylon mallet.jpg A nylon mallet. current
- 16:2516:25, 14 November 2022 diff hist +61 N File:Watch holder.jpg A watch holder current
- 16:2416:24, 14 November 2022 diff hist +76 N File:Straight and angled.jpg Straight and angled tweezers. current
- 16:1916:19, 14 November 2022 diff hist +60 N File:Magnetiser.jpg A magnetiser. current
- 16:1716:17, 14 November 2022 diff hist +122 N File:Precision screwdrivers.jpg A set of precision screwdrivers and a few separate jeweller's screwdrivers. current
- 16:1516:15, 14 November 2022 diff hist +78 N File:Dust puffer.jpg A puffer for blowing away dust. current
- 10:1110:11, 14 November 2022 diff hist −342 Watch batteries WIP →Removing and replacing watch backs
13 November 2022
- 22:2722:27, 13 November 2022 diff hist +345 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary
- 22:1522:15, 13 November 2022 diff hist +982 Watch batteries WIP No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
12 November 2022
- 11:4211:42, 12 November 2022 diff hist +5,560 N Watch batteries WIP This is a working version of the page which may not be presentable
- 10:4410:44, 12 November 2022 diff hist +1 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug No edit summary current
- 09:1809:18, 12 November 2022 diff hist +78 m Main Page Reverted edits by Marcos-Vinicius (talk) to last revision by Philip Tags: Rollback Reverted
- 09:1609:16, 12 November 2022 diff hist +1,588 m Talk:Main Page Reverted edits by Marcos-Vinicius (talk) to last revision by Ruth1 Tags: Rollback Reverted
11 November 2022
- 17:2917:29, 11 November 2022 diff hist 0 Sticky Stuff →Other Sticky Stuff
- 17:2717:27, 11 November 2022 diff hist +535 Sticky Stuff →Milliput
- 09:5909:59, 11 November 2022 diff hist +138 Sticky Stuff →Thermoplastics Tag: Visual edit
8 November 2022
- 09:4609:46, 8 November 2022 diff hist −124 Restarter Safety Guidelines No edit summary current
1 November 2022
- 22:3922:39, 1 November 2022 diff hist +34 Clocks →Fault-finding and repair current Tag: Visual edit
- 17:1517:15, 1 November 2022 diff hist +264 How to change watch batteries and straps →Main section Tag: Visual edit
- 12:3512:35, 1 November 2022 diff hist −159 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 12:3012:30, 1 November 2022 diff hist −96 Main Page →Household appliances
- 11:3611:36, 1 November 2022 diff hist +234 How to change watch batteries and straps →Removing the back
- 11:3111:31, 1 November 2022 diff hist +30 How to change watch batteries and straps →Removing the back
- 11:2011:20, 1 November 2022 diff hist +18 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary
- 10:5310:53, 1 November 2022 diff hist −15 How to change watch batteries and straps Formatting Tag: Visual edit
- 10:4910:49, 1 November 2022 diff hist +74 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 10:4110:41, 1 November 2022 diff hist −51 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
28 October 2022
- 19:3319:33, 28 October 2022 diff hist +1,618 m How to change watch batteries and straps Reverted edits by Philip (talk) to last revision by Boyd-Goldie Tag: Rollback
- 19:3219:32, 28 October 2022 diff hist −1,618 How to change watch batteries and straps No edit summary Tags: Reverted Visual edit
27 October 2022
- 21:0221:02, 27 October 2022 diff hist +595 N The Connector Menagerie Created page with "This page will help you identify many common types of connector. <div class="showtoc"> __TOC__ </div> ==Summary== There are many types of connector, which can be confusing. This page will help you identify many of them, and in some cases, indicate whether a simple adapter will enable you to connect one type to another. ===Safety=== 30px|left ::Always make sure that a connector is fully engaged. Never force it, and never pull it by the wire to unp..."
- 21:0121:01, 27 October 2022 diff hist +37 Prototype page No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 20:3120:31, 27 October 2022 diff hist +78 Main Page No edit summary
- 20:2320:23, 27 October 2022 diff hist +297 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug →How NOT to do it!
- 20:0620:06, 27 October 2022 diff hist −5 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug →How NOT to do it! Tag: Visual edit
- 20:0420:04, 27 October 2022 diff hist −27 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug →How NOT to do it! Tag: Visual edit
- 20:0320:03, 27 October 2022 diff hist +75 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug →How NOT to do it!
- 20:0120:01, 27 October 2022 diff hist +64 N File:BadPlug-8.jpg Nicked insulation current
- 20:0020:00, 27 October 2022 diff hist +62 N File:BadPlug-7.jpg Wrongly clamped current
- 19:5919:59, 27 October 2022 diff hist +68 N File:BadPlug-6.jpg Uncontrolled whiskers current
- 19:5819:58, 27 October 2022 diff hist +56 N File:BadPlug-5.jpg Bare wire current
- 19:5719:57, 27 October 2022 diff hist +58 N File:BadPlug-4.jpg Loose screw current
- 19:5719:57, 27 October 2022 diff hist +71 N File:BadPlug-3.jpg Live and neutral swapped current
- 19:5619:56, 27 October 2022 diff hist +54 N File:BadPlug-2.jpg No fuse current
- 19:5519:55, 27 October 2022 diff hist +59 N File:BadPlug-1.jpg Broken shell current
- 19:4119:41, 27 October 2022 diff hist 0 File:BadPlug.jpg Philip uploaded a new version of File:BadPlug.jpg current
- 17:0817:08, 27 October 2022 diff hist +4 How to change watch batteries and straps →Removing the back: Left-justifying alternate images Tag: Visual edit
26 October 2022
- 20:5720:57, 26 October 2022 diff hist +246 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug No edit summary
- 20:3120:31, 26 October 2022 diff hist −1 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug →How NOT to do it!
- 20:3020:30, 26 October 2022 diff hist −78 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 20:2820:28, 26 October 2022 diff hist +2,112 How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug →Ho NOT to do it!
- 16:1416:14, 26 October 2022 diff hist +522 N How NOT to wire a (UK) mains plug Created page with "This page illustrates a number of different faults in wiring a mains plug, , all of them dangerous. ==Summary== Wiring a mains plug is not hard, and most of the ptfalls are easy to recognise. Retaining the basic structure, replace all the text of this page with your own content. ===Safety=== 30px|left ::A badly or incorrectly wired mains plug can create a risk of electric shock or fire. ==Ho NOT to do it!== File:BadPlug.jpg|600px|A mains plu..."
- 15:5515:55, 26 October 2022 diff hist +8 File:BadPlug.jpg →Summary
- 15:3815:38, 26 October 2022 diff hist +17 File:BadPlug.jpg →Summary Tag: Visual edit
- 15:3715:37, 26 October 2022 diff hist +77 N File:BadPlug.jpg A UK mains plug with 8 faults.
24 October 2022
- 21:0821:08, 24 October 2022 diff hist +55 Audio equipment →Record Players and Cassette Decks current Tag: Visual edit
- 19:3819:38, 24 October 2022 diff hist −92 Sewing machines →Bobbin and bobbin case and needle current
- 19:3719:37, 24 October 2022 diff hist −1 Sandbox →Play Area Tag: Visual edit
- 19:3619:36, 24 October 2022 diff hist +15 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:2219:22, 24 October 2022 diff hist −17 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:2019:20, 24 October 2022 diff hist −3 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:2019:20, 24 October 2022 diff hist +14 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:1719:17, 24 October 2022 diff hist +39 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:1419:14, 24 October 2022 diff hist +45 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
22 October 2022
- 16:2016:20, 22 October 2022 diff hist +64 Glossary →Glossary of Terms current
- 16:1716:17, 22 October 2022 diff hist +301 N Glossary:Back EMF Created page with "Any electric motor functions equally as a dynamo, and when it's running, the dynamo effect generates a voltage known as the back EMF. This always opposes the voltage applied to drive the motor. The electrical work done in opposing the back EMF is what turns up as mechanical work on the motor spindle." current
- 16:0716:07, 22 October 2022 diff hist +92 Glossary:EMF No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
19 October 2022
- 21:2521:25, 19 October 2022 diff hist 0 m Glossary:AWG No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:2421:24, 19 October 2022 diff hist +50 Glossary →Glossary of Terms
- 21:2321:23, 19 October 2022 diff hist +161 N Glossary:AWG Created page with "AWG or American Wire Guage is a standard for specifying wire diameters, mainly used in North America. In the UK, SWG (Standard Wire Guage) is more commonly used."
- 21:1021:10, 19 October 2022 diff hist +389 Glossary →Glossary of Terms
- 21:0521:05, 19 October 2022 diff hist +52 Glossary:Condenser microphone No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0421:04, 19 October 2022 diff hist +211 N Glossary:Magnetic induction Created page with "Magnetic induction is the effect discovered by Michael Faraday, by which a voltage is induced in a conductor subjected to a varying magnetic field. This is the principal on which all dynamos and generators rely." current
- 20:5820:58, 19 October 2022 diff hist +211 N Glossary:Dynamic microphone Created page with "A dynamic microphone contains a permanent magnet and a coil which vibrates in sympathy with the sound, inducing a small voltage in the coil by the principle of magnetic induction." current
- 20:5120:51, 19 October 2022 diff hist +295 N Glossary:Condenser microphone Created page with "A condenser microphone (typically a high quality or professional one) contains a thin conducting diaphragm exposed to the sound and a fixed metal plate behind it. When charged to a relatively high voltage, the varying capacitance between them generates a varying output."
- 20:3220:32, 19 October 2022 diff hist +284 N Glossary:Electret microphone Created page with "An electret microphone is one containing an electret material (having a built-in electric charge) to convert the sound into a varying electric charge. An FET is always incorporated in it requiring a supply of a few volts, to convert the charge into a varying voltage." current
- 20:1520:15, 19 October 2022 diff hist +311 Glossary No edit summary
- 20:1020:10, 19 October 2022 diff hist +93 N Glossary:Thunderbolt Created page with "Thunderbolt is a high speed data interface mainly used for storage and video display devices." current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:0020:00, 19 October 2022 diff hist +112 N Glossary:Firewire Created page with "Firewire (also known as IEEE 1394) is a high speed data interface mainly used for video and external hard disks." current Tag: Visual edit
- 19:4719:47, 19 October 2022 diff hist +286 N Glossary:Lightning (connector) Created page with "Lightning is an Apple-proprietary connector used on Apple iPods, iPhones and iPads since 2012. It can be inserted either way up and can be used for charging, sync and accessories. It contains an authentication chip making it difficult for 3rd parties to produce compatible accessories." current Tag: Visual edit
- 19:2219:22, 19 October 2022 diff hist +7 Glossary:Tolerance No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 19:2019:20, 19 October 2022 diff hist +173 N Glossary:Tolerance Created page with "Tolerance is an indication of the accuracy of a device specification. For example, a 10 resistor with a tolerance of 5% may in fact have a value anywhere between 95 and 105."
- 14:2014:20, 19 October 2022 diff hist +1 m Portable radios →DAB radios current
16 October 2022
- 15:0815:08, 16 October 2022 diff hist +219 Portable radios →DAB radios Tag: Visual edit
- 14:5714:57, 16 October 2022 diff hist +245 Kettles, electric urns and rice boilers →Fault finding and fixing current Tag: Visual edit
15 October 2022
- 10:3510:35, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Vacuum cleaners No edit summary current
- 10:3510:35, 15 October 2022 diff hist +41 Table lamps No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Steam Irons No edit summary current
- 10:3410:34, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Sewing machines No edit summary
- 10:0510:05, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Digital weighing scales No edit summary current
- 10:0410:04, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Clocks No edit summary
- 10:0410:04, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Carbon-based gadgets No edit summary current
- 10:0310:03, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Toasters No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Mixers, blenders and coffee grinders No edit summary current
- 10:0210:02, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Kettles, electric urns and rice boilers No edit summary
- 10:0110:01, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Microwave Ovens No edit summary current
- 10:0110:01, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Small cooking appliances No edit summary current
- 10:0010:00, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 VHS Recorders No edit summary current
- 09:5909:59, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Portable radios No edit summary
- 09:5809:58, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 CD and DVD players No edit summary current
- 09:5809:58, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Audio equipment No edit summary
- 09:5709:57, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Quadcopters and drones No edit summary current
- 09:5709:57, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Compact cameras No edit summary current
- 09:5609:56, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Headphones No edit summary current
- 09:4709:47, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Summary iPhone iPad and iPod repair No edit summary current
- 09:4609:46, 15 October 2022 diff hist +37 Custom ROMs No edit summary current
- 09:4509:45, 15 October 2022 diff hist +38 Android Tips and Tricks No edit summary current
14 October 2022
- 09:4209:42, 14 October 2022 diff hist −57 Resources Added Lessons in Electric Circuits current Tag: Visual edit
11 October 2022
- 10:2010:20, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Paper shredders No edit summary current
- 10:1910:19, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Flat screen TVs and monitors No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Document scanners No edit summary current
- 10:1710:17, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Projectors No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Inkjet printers No edit summary current
- 10:1610:16, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 SSD Migration and Troubleshooting No edit summary
- 10:1510:15, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Advanced hard disk tools No edit summary current
- 10:1410:14, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Laptop power problems No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Yes, you can fix your laptop! No edit summary current
- 10:1310:13, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 UEFI and GPT No edit summary current
- 10:1110:11, 11 October 2022 diff hist +176 m Disk Wipe Utilities No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:5909:59, 11 October 2022 diff hist +417 Disk Wipe Utilities No edit summary
- 09:3309:33, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Linux migration No edit summary
- 09:3209:32, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Apple miscellaneous No edit summary current
- 09:3209:32, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Slow OS X computer No edit summary current
- 09:3109:31, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Be Your Own Security Expert No edit summary current
- 09:2909:29, 11 October 2022 diff hist +37 Slow laptop No edit summary current
9 October 2022
- 21:3721:37, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 All about SSDs No edit summary current
- 21:3621:36, 9 October 2022 diff hist +114 How flip clocks work No edit summary current
- 21:3621:36, 9 October 2022 diff hist +152 How radios work No edit summary current
- 21:3521:35, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Power supplies No edit summary current
- 21:3521:35, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Electric motors No edit summary current
- 21:3421:34, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Light bulbs No edit summary current
- 21:3421:34, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Batteries No edit summary current
- 21:3321:33, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Protection components No edit summary current
- 21:3221:32, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Passive components No edit summary current
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- 21:3121:31, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Basic electronic components No edit summary current
- 21:3021:30, 9 October 2022 diff hist 0 Electric circuits, volts amps watts and ohms No edit summary current
- 21:2921:29, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 PAT testing No edit summary current
- 21:2821:28, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Sticky Stuff No edit summary
- 21:2721:27, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Connecting and joining wires No edit summary current
- 21:2721:27, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Connectors No edit summary current
- 21:2621:26, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Surface mount soldering No edit summary current
- 21:2421:24, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Cleaning No edit summary current
- 21:2221:22, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 How to use a multimeter No edit summary current
- 21:2121:21, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 How to drive screws like a pro No edit summary
- 21:1921:19, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Case Studies No edit summary current
- 21:1821:18, 9 October 2022 diff hist +37 Spare parts No edit summary current
- 21:1521:15, 9 October 2022 diff hist +36 The Absolute Basics No edit summary current
8 October 2022
- 11:3711:37, 8 October 2022 diff hist 0 m Glossary:Polyfuse Philip moved page Glossary/Polyfuse to Glossary:Polyfuse without leaving a redirect current
- 11:3611:36, 8 October 2022 diff hist +36 Glossary:Polyfuse No edit summary
- 11:3411:34, 8 October 2022 diff hist +485 N Glossary:Polyfuse Created page with "A polyfuse or polyswitch or polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) device is an alternative to a conventional fuse for protection against a dangerously large current flow in a fault condition. It consists of a polymer loaded with carbon particles. An excessive current causes it to heat up and the polymer to expand so that the carbon particles are no longer in contact. As a result, the current can no longer flow until it's allowed to cool down. See Polyfuses in..."
7 October 2022
- 21:0221:02, 7 October 2022 diff hist +188 Glossary →Glossary of Terms
- 20:5920:59, 7 October 2022 diff hist 0 m Glossary:SDR Philip moved page Glossary:SDF to Glossary:SDR without leaving a redirect current
- 20:5220:52, 7 October 2022 diff hist +89 m Glossary:SDR No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 20:4520:45, 7 October 2022 diff hist +384 N Glossary:GPS Created page with "GPS or Global Positioning System is a satelite navigation system allowing receivers to determine their geographical position by comparing the delays in time of arrival of signals from a minimum of 4 satellites. The US, Russia, the EU and other countries each have their own systems but a suitable GPS receiver can combine the results from more than one system to improve its accuracy." current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:0320:03, 7 October 2022 diff hist +412 N Glossary:SDR Created page with "An SDR or Software Defined Radio is a radio where the wanted signal is extracted by software, or in the case of a transmitter, the signal is generated by software. Thus, one radio can perform many different functions just by changing the software, whether it be sound or television broadcast, or data such as WiFi, Bluetooth or GPS." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:2416:24, 7 October 2022 diff hist +63 m Glossary:Hum No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
6 October 2022
- 14:4814:48, 6 October 2022 diff hist +361 Main Page No edit summary
- 14:4214:42, 6 October 2022 diff hist +791 N Radio controlled toys Created page with "This is currently a skeleton page. Please help by adding your contributions either here or in the associated Discussion page. This page will cover radio controlled model cars, boats and similar items. ==Summary== These items all contain a battery, radio receiver, electronic controller and one or more motors. Your first task may be to determine which of those needs attention. ===Safety=== 30px|left ::These devices usually contain a lithium batter..." current
- 14:4214:42, 6 October 2022 diff hist +1,027 N Personal e-transport Created page with "This is currently a skeleton page. Please help by adding your contributions either here or in the associated Discussion page. This page will cover e-bikes, e-scooters, hoverboards and similar battery-powered personal transport devices. ==Summary== These devices all contain a battery, controls and/or sensors, control electronics, charging electronics and a motor. Your first task may be to determine which of those needs attention. ===Safety=== File:Warning03.png|30px|..." current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
28 September 2022
- 15:4215:42, 28 September 2022 diff hist +37 All about SSDs No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
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27 September 2022
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- 13:5213:52, 27 September 2022 diff hist −38 Stuff/fr Created page with "Ceci est une page sur des bidules - comment ça marche et comment y remédier."
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- 10:5710:57, 27 September 2022 diff hist +298 N Talk:Coffee makers Created page with "'''This is the How to drive screws like a pro Discussion page.''' You are encouraged to leave any comments or queries below. Please sign all contributions by appending 2 hyphens and 4 tildes (<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>), which will be automatically expanded into your user name and a time stamp. ----"
15 September 2022
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- 09:3209:32, 15 September 2022 diff hist +166 N Glossary:Source, Gate, Drain Created page with "The source, gate and drain are the three terminals of a field-effect transistor (FET). See Transistors in the Wiki." current
- 09:2809:28, 15 September 2022 diff hist +63 Glossary:Emitter, Base, Collector No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 09:2409:24, 15 September 2022 diff hist +125 N Glossary:Emitter, Base, Collector Created page with "The emitter, base and collector are the three terminals of a junction or bipolar transistor."
- 09:1309:13, 15 September 2022 diff hist +214 Glossary →Glossary of Terms
- 09:1109:11, 15 September 2022 diff hist +334 N Glossary:Saturation (magnetic) Created page with "A magnetic material such as iron is said to be saturated when it cannot be magnetised any more. This is undesirable in a transformer or an inductor as its performance is then reduced. But in digital magnetic recording (in a hard disk or a digital tape) the surface is deliberately saturated in order to reliably record ones and zeros." current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:0409:04, 15 September 2022 diff hist +54 Glossary:Saturation (transistor) No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 08:5908:59, 15 September 2022 diff hist +368 N Glossary:Saturation (transistor) Created page with "When a junction transistor used as a switch in a digital circuit is turned on as hard as it will go it is said to be saturated. In this condition there is excess charge in the collector region, and this has to drain away before the transistor will switch off again. This limits the speed at which it can switch, and so saturation is a condition designers try to avoid."
- 08:5308:53, 15 September 2022 diff hist +443 Glossary →Glossary of Terms
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14 September 2022
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- 21:3421:34, 14 September 2022 diff hist +562 N Glossary:Saturation (colour) Created page with "The saturation of a colour is its purity. This can be used together with the chrominance (the hue) and the luminance (the brightness) as an alternative to specifying the red, green and blue (RGB) components. This is useful because the eye perceives variations of chrominance and saturation across an image much less sharply than variations of luminance. Hence these latter can be presented at lower definition..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3121:31, 14 September 2022 diff hist +524 N Glossary:Chrominance Created page with "Chrominance is the hue of a colour. This can be used together with the luminance (the brightness) and the saturation (the purity of the colour) as an alternative to specifying the red, green and blue (RGB) components. This is useful because the eye perceives variations of chrominance and saturation across an image much less sharply than variations of luminance. Hence these latter can be presented at lower definition with no visible degradation in the ima..." Tag: Visual edit
- 21:3021:30, 14 September 2022 diff hist −88 Glossary:Luminance No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 21:2521:25, 14 September 2022 diff hist +612 N Glossary:Luminance Created page with "A colour in an image or video can most simply be defined by its red, green and blue (RGB) components, but in principle any 3 independant properties can be used. Another way is by specifying its luminance (brightness), its chrominance (the hue of the colour) and its saturation (the pureness of the colour). This is useful because the eye perceives variations in luminance across an image much more sharply than variations of chrominance or saturation. Hence..." Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 21:1121:11, 14 September 2022 diff hist +18 Glossary:CMY No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:1121:11, 14 September 2022 diff hist +253 N Glossary:CMYK Created page with "Rather than the primary colours red, green and blue, printers use the complementary colours cyan, magenta and yellow (referred to as CMY) but also black to darken a pixel as required. This is then referred to as CMYK." current Tag: Visual edit
- 21:0621:06, 14 September 2022 diff hist +543 N Glossary:CMY Created page with "A colour image or video can be represented by the red, greeen and blue (RGB) primary colours added together in appropriate proportions, but this doesn't work for printing, since each colour ink subtracts a range of colours from the incident white light rather than adding anything. So printers use the complementary colours Cyan (green + blue, absorbing red light), Magenta (blue + red, absorbing green light) and Yellow (red + green, absorbing blue light). In practice, prin..." Tag: Visual edit
- 20:5520:55, 14 September 2022 diff hist +85 N Glossary:RGB Created page with "RGB refers to the separate red, green and blue components of a colour image or video." current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:5320:53, 14 September 2022 diff hist +43 Glossary:NIC No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 20:5220:52, 14 September 2022 diff hist +360 N Glossary:NIC Created page with "A NIC or Network Interface Controller is the part of a computer or router that connects it to a network. Formerly it was often a separate add-on card but nowadays it's nearly always buit-in to the computer unless an extra one is needed. A computer connected to more than one network or a router has a NIC for each network, and each must have its own IPAddress."
12 September 2022
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- 11:5811:58, 12 September 2022 diff hist +267 Glossary:USB No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
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- 09:1409:14, 12 September 2022 diff hist 0 m Glossary:DVI Philip moved page DVI to Glossary:DVI without leaving a redirect current
- 09:0909:09, 12 September 2022 diff hist +285 N Glossary:DisplayPort Created page with "DisplayPort is a standard for carrying digital video from a source such as a computer to a display. It can also carry digital audio, USB and other types of data. The connectors are rectangular but with one corner shaved off. There are also mini and micro versions." current Tag: Visual edit
- 08:5708:57, 12 September 2022 diff hist +43 m Glossary:DVI No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 08:5508:55, 12 September 2022 diff hist +437 N Glossary:DVI Created page with "DVI is a standard for carrying analogue and/or digital video from a source (most commonly a computer) to a display device. It uses a connector which is almost rectangular, but with two corners on the same long edge slightly rounded. The connectors can accommodate 3 rows of 8 pins plus an extra 4 in a separate group for analogue video, but the number actually present varies according to the type and number of video channels supported."
- 08:4208:42, 12 September 2022 diff hist +299 N Glossary:HDMI Created page with "HDMI is a standard for carrying digital video and audio from a source such as a computer or a TV tuner to a display device such as a flat screen monitor or a projector. It uses a connector in standard, mini and micro sizes, all shaped as a rectangle with two chamfered corners on the same long edge." current
- 08:2908:29, 12 September 2022 diff hist +279 N Glossary:VGA Created page with "VGA (or Video Graphics Adapter) the the oldest, yet still very widely used standard for connecting a video monitor to a computer. It uses a 15 pin D-shaped connector carrying separate analogue signals representing the red, green and blue picture components." current
- 08:2108:21, 12 September 2022 diff hist +12 m Glossary:ESP No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
11 September 2022
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- 21:2621:26, 11 September 2022 diff hist +276 N Glossary:USB Created page with "USB or Universal Serial Bus is a method of connecting a wide range of peripheral devices to a computer, such as keyboards and mice, storage devices and many more. Several revisions of the standard from USB 1.0 to USB 4 have successively increased its data transfer capability."
- 18:5718:57, 11 September 2022 diff hist +65 Glossary No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 18:5518:55, 11 September 2022 diff hist +124 N Glossary:Electret Created page with "An electret is a material having a permanent built-in electric charge, like the electrical equivalent of a permanent magnet." current Tag: Visual edit
10 September 2022
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9 September 2022
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- 17:1917:19, 9 September 2022 diff hist +377 N Glossary:Memory effect Created page with "The memory effect is the property of some types or rechargeable batteries to "remember" if they have frequently been only partially discharged. They can then become reluctant to deliver more charge in future. The cure is to fully dischage then fully recharge them periodically. NiCd batteries are particularly prone, and NiMH rather less so." current Tag: Visual edit
- 17:0217:02, 9 September 2022 diff hist +1 Glossary:VSWR No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 17:0017:00, 9 September 2022 diff hist +40 Glossary:Fibre Optics No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:4316:43, 9 September 2022 diff hist +563 N Glossary:Fibre Optics Created page with "If you feed light into the end of a thin glass or transparent plastic fibre, it will be constrained to the fibre by total internal reflection and emerge at the far end, even if the fibre is many miles long. Furthermore, with high quality fibre the losses can be much less than with an electrical cable, and light can carry vastly more data than an electrical signal. Fibre optics is the application of this principle, together with the ancilliary lasers or Glossary:LED|LED..." Tag: Visual edit
- 16:2716:27, 9 September 2022 diff hist +537 N Glossary:Waveguide Created page with "At the highest frequencies (GHz and above), every bit of wire acts like an aerial, so you can no longer rely on sending a signal down a wire and expecting it to get to the other end. So why not let it do its thing? Feed it into an aerial at the end of a copper pipe and it'll bounce all the way down the inside and come out at the far end. This is what a waveguide is. A microwave oven contains a waveguide to feed the energy from the..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 16:1416:14, 9 September 2022 diff hist +677 N Glossary:Quantum Computer Created page with "Don't worry, you may never have to fix one of these. One of the predictions of Quantum Mechanics is that sub-atomic particles can effectively be in more than one state at a time. In theory, you should be able to use this property to build a computer that explores many possible solutions to a problem simultaneously rather than trying them one by one, as a normal computer would. This could be really neat for cracking cryptographic codes, or w..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:5415:54, 9 September 2022 diff hist +322 N Glossary:Quantum Mechanics Created page with "Quantum Mechanics (or QM for short) is the counter-intuitive theory of how things behave at the atomic and sub-atomic levels. It has passed every test physiscists have thrown at it, yet nobody understands it, only how to use its predictions to design lasers and silicon chips and al the modern gadgets that depend on them." current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:4215:42, 9 September 2022 diff hist +739 N Glossary:VSWR Created page with "If you connect a transmitter to an aerial via a long cable, at any discontinuity in the cable, some of the energy will be reflected back towards the transmitter instead of reaching the aerial. At some points between the transmitter and the discontinuity, the phases of the reflected and outgoing waves will reinforce and at other points they will partially cancel, creating "standing waves". The Voltage Standing Wave Ratio or VSWR is the ratio of the highest to the lowest v..." Tag: Visual edit
- 15:1815:18, 9 September 2022 diff hist +324 Glossary:Kirchoff's Laws No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 15:0415:04, 9 September 2022 diff hist +291 N Glossary:Kirchoff's Laws Created page with "You can calculate the voltages and currents in a simple circuit with Ohm's Law, but not for more complex circuits (such as a decorative net curtain of LEDs). Kirchoff's Laws allow you to write down a series of simultaneous equations which you can solve to find all the voltages and currents."
- 14:5914:59, 9 September 2022 diff hist +292 N Glossary:Black Box Created page with "Often, a complex system can be broken down into several subsystems. So long as you know the inputs and the outputs of a sybsystem and how they're related, you can understand the whole system by regarding that subsystem as a "black box", without considering, or even knowing what's inside it." current
- 12:3312:33, 9 September 2022 diff hist +310 N Glossary:Collet Created page with "A collet is a device for holding a spindle or a rotary tool such as a drill. It consists of a hollow metal cylinder with several slits along part of its length. It is sized so that the tool is a sliding fit inside it. The slits then allow it to be squeezed by some mechanism in order to securely grip the tool." current
- 12:2212:22, 9 September 2022 diff hist +53 Glossary No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 12:2012:20, 9 September 2022 diff hist +146 Glossary:SMPS No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 12:1612:16, 9 September 2022 diff hist +218 N Glossary:SMPS Created page with "A Switch-mode power supply is a power supply which uses a switch-mode regulator, generally in conjunction with a small ferrite-core transformer, rather than a heavy and bulky iron-core transformer and linear regulator."
- 11:3411:34, 9 September 2022 diff hist +153 Glossary No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 11:2911:29, 9 September 2022 diff hist +377 N Glossary:VoIP Created page with "VoIP or Voice over IP refers to the use of the Internet and Internet protocols (principally UDP) to implement traditional telephony in a much more flexible way. Your normal telephone handset can be replaced by an IP phone connected to your home router, or an app on your computer." current Tag: Visual edit
- 11:2011:20, 9 September 2022 diff hist +9 m Glossary:TCP No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 11:1911:19, 9 September 2022 diff hist +513 N Glossary:TCP Created page with "TCP or Transmission Control Protocol is an Internet protocol which provides a bidirectional data stream between two Internet-connected devices. It uses IP to transmit the data as a series of packets, keeping track of them so as to request retransmission of any that get lost and re-ordering any that arrive out of sequence. It is used where it's vital that all the data arrives exactly as sent even though that migh..." Tag: Visual edit
- 11:1911:19, 9 September 2022 diff hist +481 N Glossary:UDP Created page with "UDP or User Datagram Protocol is an Internet protocol which uses IP to provide for rapid and low overhead transmission of packets of data from one Internet-connected device to another. It is used in applications such as audio or video streaming where the loss of an occasional packet would be much less noticeable than the stuttering that would result from possibly multiple retransmission att..." current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:5310:53, 9 September 2022 diff hist 0 m Glossary:IPAddress No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:5210:52, 9 September 2022 diff hist +174 Glossary No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- 10:4410:44, 9 September 2022 diff hist +511 N Glossary:IPAddress Created page with "An IPaddress is the equivalent of a telephone number on the Internet, and is used for routing data from one device to another anywhere in the world. IP version 4 addresses consist of 4 decimal numbers separated by dots (e.g. 192.168.2.1), whereas in IP version 6 they consist of up to 8 hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. One or more consecutive zero fields are represented by a double..." Tag: Visual edit
- 10:3010:30, 9 September 2022 diff hist +403 N Glossary:IPv6 Created page with "IP version 6 (IPv6) is a later version of the Internet Protocol using 128 bit addresses and designed to overcome the limited addressing capabilities of the older IPv4. Although supported by virtually all current networked devices, its adoption has been slow as interworking with IPv4 is far from transparent." current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:2910:29, 9 September 2022 diff hist +286 N Glossary:IPv4 Created page with "IP version 4 (IPv4) is the version of the Internet Protocol predominantly in use on the Internet today. It uses 32 bit addresses which has proved insufficient as the reach of the Internet has become universal." current Tag: Visual edit
- 10:0910:09, 9 September 2022 diff hist −128 Glossary:IP No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:5009:50, 9 September 2022 diff hist +9 m Glossary:FTP No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
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- 09:2409:24, 9 September 2022 diff hist +109 Glossary No edit summary
8 September 2022
- 20:5520:55, 8 September 2022 diff hist +29 Sandbox No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
- 16:2716:27, 8 September 2022 diff hist +436 N Glossary:TOR Created page with "TOR (The Onion Router) is a method of hiding your location as you browse the Internet. Your data is encrypted with several successive layers of encryption and then passed through a series of routers. Each router peels off one layer of encryption (like layers of an onion) using an encryption key known only to itself. Thus, each router only knows its predecessor and successor, and the final destination cannot determine the originator." current
- 16:1516:15, 8 September 2022 diff hist +237 N Glossary:FTP Created page with "FTP (or File Transfer Protcol) is an insecure method of transferring files from one computer to another, such as from your computer to your own website hosting provider. Secure alternatives SFTP or FTPS are strongly strongly recommended."
- 16:0716:07, 8 September 2022 diff hist +387 N Glossary:Cookie Created page with "A cookie is a small parcel of data passed back to your browser when you visit a website. When you return to the site or navigate to another page on it, your browser will return the cookie with your request. This enables the website to recognise that it's you coming back and so save you having to login or choose your preferences or select the items in your shopping cart all over again." current
- 15:4615:46, 8 September 2022 diff hist +174 Glossary →Glossary of Terms
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- 09:5409:54, 8 September 2022 diff hist +38 N Talk:The Least You Need To Know Philip moved page Talk:The Least You Need To Know to Talk:The Absolute Basics: Better title current Tag: New redirect
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- 09:5409:54, 8 September 2022 diff hist +33 N The Least You Need To Know Philip moved page The Least You Need To Know to The Absolute Basics: Better title current Tag: New redirect
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7 September 2022
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6 September 2022
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5 September 2022
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- 16:0116:01, 5 September 2022 diff hist +503 Electric motors No edit summary
- 15:2915:29, 5 September 2022 diff hist +1 m Glossary:Sicilian screwdriver No edit summary current
- 15:1015:10, 5 September 2022 diff hist +382 Glossary No edit summary
- 15:0015:00, 5 September 2022 diff hist +202 N Glossary:Rotor Created page with "The rotor in an electric motor is the part that rotates, as opposed to the stator, which is the part that doesn't. More generally, a rotor can be any part..." current
- 15:0015:00, 5 September 2022 diff hist +94 Glossary:Stator No edit summary current
- 14:5414:54, 5 September 2022 diff hist +137 N Glossary:Stator Created page with "The stator of an electric motor is the part that doesn't move, as opposed to the rotor which is the part that rotates."
- 14:5114:51, 5 September 2022 diff hist +23 Glossary:Reluctance motor Previous definition misconceived. current
- 14:4514:45, 5 September 2022 diff hist −56 Glossary:Magnetic Reluctance Previous definition was misconceived. current
4 September 2022
- 21:3721:37, 4 September 2022 diff hist +3 Glossary:Reluctance motor No edit summary
- 21:3521:35, 4 September 2022 diff hist +276 N Glossary:Reluctance motor Created page with "A reluctance motor is one in which coils in the stator produce a rotating magnetic field which drags a magnetic Glossary:Ro..."
- 21:2721:27, 4 September 2022 diff hist +407 N Glossary:Magnetic Reluctance Created page with "Magnetic reluctance is a measure of the reluctance of a magnetic material to change its state of magnetisation. Permanent magnets are made of materials with high reluctance, w..."
- 16:1516:15, 4 September 2022 diff hist 0 Electric circuits, volts amps watts and ohms Undo revision 6518 by Philip (talk) Tag: Undo
- 16:0916:09, 4 September 2022 diff hist 0 Electric circuits, volts amps watts and ohms →Amps - go with the flow
- 16:0516:05, 4 September 2022 diff hist 0 File:Tap-dribble.gif Philip uploaded a new version of File:Tap-dribble.gif current
3 September 2022
- 21:4421:44, 3 September 2022 diff hist +396 Electric motors →Synchronous Motors
1 September 2022
- 21:2221:22, 1 September 2022 diff hist +98 N File:Tap-dribble.gif A dribble of water from a tap - a very small flow.
29 August 2022
28 August 2022
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27 August 2022
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6 August 2022
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- 09:4309:43, 6 August 2022 diff hist +601 N Talk:How to change watch batteries and straps Created page with "'''This is the Discussion page for How to change watch batteries.''' You are encouraged to leave any comments or queries below. Please sign all contributions by appending 2 h..."
5 August 2022
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3 August 2022
- 21:2521:25, 3 August 2022 diff hist +49 Digital weighing scales →Summary
- 11:1711:17, 3 August 2022 diff hist +122 Linux migration →Summary of distros
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2 August 2022
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- 21:4021:40, 2 August 2022 diff hist +67 N File:RaspberryPiDesktop.png Raspberry Pi Desktop current
1 August 2022
- 20:3620:36, 1 August 2022 diff hist +4 m Clocks →Fault-finding and repair
- 20:3120:31, 1 August 2022 diff hist +48 Clocks →Digital Displays: Corrected the impression that a VFD uses blueish-green electrons.
- 20:1620:16, 1 August 2022 diff hist +6 Clocks →Pulsars
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31 July 2022
30 July 2022
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23 July 2022
- 08:1808:18, 23 July 2022 diff hist +6 m All about SSDs →Problems and Solutions
22 July 2022
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19 July 2022
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18 July 2022
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- 16:0716:07, 18 July 2022 diff hist +2,195 N VHS Recorders Created page with "You may have a stack of VHS tapes, but find that your VHS machine no longer works. This page sets out a few things you can try. ==Summary== Although VHS recorders have long s..."
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17 July 2022
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16 July 2022
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15 July 2022
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13 July 2022
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12 July 2022
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7 July 2022
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- 14:0014:00, 7 July 2022 diff hist +479 N Glossary:Murphy's Law Created page with "Murphy's Law states that if anything can possibly go wrong, it will, generally causing the maximum frustration and inconvenience. A well known example is that if you drop a sl..." current
5 July 2022
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2 July 2022
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28 June 2022
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18 June 2022
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- 08:4808:48, 18 June 2022 diff hist +1,211 N Cleaning Created page with "This page dscusses the various cleaning methods and materials for a range of different situations. ==Summary== A significant number of faults are simply due to dirt, dust or..."
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17 June 2022
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15 June 2022
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14 June 2022
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- 09:2909:29, 14 June 2022 diff hist +963 N The Absolute Basics Created page with "Never think you don't know enough to start fixing - the bar is probably lower than you think! ==Summary== Even though they may be handy at DIY, many people are hesitant to ge..."
7 June 2022
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6 June 2022
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4 June 2022
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27 May 2022
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