Cable Forum - What have you just bought?

Went to Costco and bought tray of mince. Chicken fillets. Tetley T Bags and 20 cans of beer. 12 large fruit and icing buns . If I get the Sprits in we could have a party

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35799486)

All depends....

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:D

Brilliant T. Pot

Osem	22-09-2015 14:39

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35799431)

A pack of 50 cool white 5mm LEDs from Amazon for £1.79.

I need to repair a couple of my patio solar rocks that seem to have some failing LEDs ( gone dim ) and are flaking out early. Looks like they were static damaged during manufacture or just poor quality. :(

They have 4 LEDs mounted on a small printed circuit board fixed with some silicon rubber to the rear of the reflector so repair should be straight forward. I'll probably upgrade the solar cell at the same time seeing as I have a few and the originals are going misty.

Hope you'll be posting copious pics and methodology here

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Originally Posted by nashville (Post 35799487)

Looks about as much use as a chocolate teap... to me. :D

heero_yuy

22-09-2015 14:56

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35799490)

Hope you'll be posting copious pics and methodology here

I've opened it up and yes there's a dud LED, draws a lot of current but don't really light up. Another one had a dry joint. Found I had a white LED in the bitsa box so I've fitted it.

Got to get some fresh clear silicon sealer to put it all back together. Pix taken, I'll write it up when all done.

denphone

22-09-2015 15:05

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35799486)

All depends....

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2015/09/5.jpg

:D

No that's not quite like the one we bought.:D

heero_yuy

22-09-2015 16:14

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A tube of clear silicon sealant at B & Q to put the rock back together.

GrimUpNorth

22-09-2015 16:53

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A trip to Iceland in November to try and see the northern lights.

Cheers

Grim

Hugh	22-09-2015 17:10

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Nice!

Ignitionnet

22-09-2015 17:46

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A trip to Iceland in November to try and see the northern lights.

Cheers

Grim

Excellent. If you're flying Iceland Air see how much it'll cost to go Saga Class if you aren't already booked on it.

I love that country and the aurora is, in the literal sense of the word, awesome.

GrimUpNorth

22-09-2015 20:15

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35799529)

Excellent. If you're flying Iceland Air see how much it'll cost to go Saga Class if you aren't already booked on it.

I love that country and the aurora is, in the literal sense of the word, awesome.

We are flying Iceland Air but not Saga Class. It's a package they do - flights, hotel, excursions so there was no option to upgrade. However, economy on Iceland Air sounds so much better than Easyjet so not complaining.

Cheers

Grim

Hugh	22-09-2015 21:23

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Tickets to go Whale Watching off Cape Cod in October.

mrmistoffelees

22-09-2015 22:08

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 35799554)

Grim if you don't mind me asking, how much?

GrimUpNorth

22-09-2015 22:29

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 35799586)

Grim if you don't mind me asking, how much?

Don't mind at all.

We started with the basic trip from here then added some extras, ending up with three nights flying from Manchester staying at the Hilton for £1034 all in.

Might see you on the plane!

Cheers

Grim

essjay

23-09-2015 00:14

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New Motherboard, CPU, Memory, PCie SSD and Graphics card

denphone

23-09-2015 04:40

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35799577)

Tickets to go Whale Watching off Cape Cod in October.

That's going to be a sight and a half one imagines.

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