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kruser495

  • Date Joined:Jan 15, 2007
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I am currently interested in modifying electric scooters and have upgraded mine to go up to 35 mph. i enjoy building fireworks and putting on displays for my family. Anything that involves HV sparks my attention and have built coil guns and van de graff generators over the years. Basically anything with chemistry and electronics.
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Age: 18
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Dec 2, 2008. 8:14 PMDJ Radio says:
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Dec 29, 2008. 2:19 PMwhatsisface says:
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Dec 29, 2008. 4:45 PMDJ Radio says:
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Jan 31, 2009. 6:58 PMWasagi says:
He doesn't seem like that kind of guy, do you think that he was hacked?
Jan 31, 2009. 7:02 PMWasagi says:
If you scan his comments, they seem normal for a 15 year old feller, what made him suddenley get banned? I think that he was hacked...
Jan 31, 2009. 7:23 PMDJ Radio says:
hmm, I would think the admins have thought about this possibility, and locked the account to prevent future logins from this hacker.
Jul 3, 2009. 8:27 PMReCreate says:
Yeah that could have been it, He looks like someone who would understand the be nice policy, and someone who knows that they should follow it, with no desire to disobey it...He was probably hacked, maybe a weak password?
Jul 28, 2008. 8:01 PMGjdj3 says:
Hey. Do you have a moola account? I think I just played you.
Jul 29, 2008. 6:23 AMGjdj3 says:
Haha, I think we played for like, 8 cents and you won by a lot. I've got 80 cents overall.
Jun 1, 2008. 3:29 PMGorillazMiko says:
Can I see a picture of your Instructables leatherman? :P (It's okay if you say no, I was just looking through forum topics (forgot what I was searching for) and I saw the results of the Launch It! Challenge. Happy extremely late congratulations!)
Apr 14, 2008. 2:54 PMLithium Rain says:
Thanks for voting for my cake! Do you like spongebob?
Mar 17, 2008. 12:17 PMchooseausername says:
Feb 14, 2008. 5:29 PMGorillazMiko says:
You won. Nice job.
Feb 12, 2008. 7:48 PMGorillazMiko says:
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Feb 12, 2008. 9:14 PMGorillazMiko says:
Oh. I just greet any members without greetings. Sorry! :-)
Jan 30, 2008. 9:40 AMDravenm4 says:
This is the Monster Cap's there are two of them
Jan 30, 2008. 4:55 PMDravenm4 says:
Yeah it's a power supply for a phone box, from Bell Atlantic up here. Here are the outputs
Jan 30, 2008. 9:41 AMDravenm4 says:
Also the I don't know if it is clear but that is a quarter on top the cap
Jan 4, 2008. 10:10 PMguyfrom7up says:
here's a schematic for the most basic powersupply I can't right notes on it for some reason, so here it goes: The left side of the transformer are 2 black wires (no yellow). There's an optional fuse and a switch. Merely connect this to AC in your house. On the right side of the transformer there's 2 black wires and a yellow wire. yellow wire will be ground. attach the diodes like so to the 2 black wires, the black line on the diode symbol is the silver strip on the diode. the filter capacitor should be somewhere between 1000uF and 2000uF. You can just connect 2 1000uF capacitors in parallel. Make sure you get polarity right and voltage ratings.
Jan 8, 2008. 8:26 AMBaron A says:
Xbox 360 overated ?? (gasp) Give your opinion at my new forum topic.
Jan 4, 2008. 10:19 PMguyfrom7up says:
in ac there really isn't a positive or a negative, you can hook it up anyway to the wall and it won't matter. The thing inbetween the 2 diodes is the yellow wire. The radioshack transformer is a centertap transformer, and it's normally 25.2 volts at 2 amps, but when you configure it like this, you get 12.6 volts at 4 amps. The symbol attached to the wire is called ground, where basically it's the negative, but not really. The 12.6 volts is relative to the ground (0 volts) so you could have 15 volts, and -15 volts, but the opnly thing making the negative negative and the posistive positive is what it's relative to, which is ground. Lets say on a AA battery, usually people use the negative terminal as ground, and the + terminal is 1.5 volts relative to ground.
Jan 5, 2008. 9:56 AMguyfrom7up says:
well look at it the way, as if this was a battery. The yellow wire would be the negative terminal, and 2 black wires combined are the positive terminal. This transformer willgive off 12.6 volts at 4 amPs because this is called center tap full wave rectification. Just follow the schematics and it'll all work out
Jan 5, 2008. 1:46 PMguyfrom7up says:
Just look at it as a battery. The egative terminal Is called ground. In all schematics you see the ground symbol so that there's less wires on the schematics. You don't connect the ground to anything. If you look at it like a battery, the yellow wire is the negative terminal, and the wire from the diodes is the positive terminal.
Jan 5, 2008. 2:21 PMguyfrom7up says:
do u have aim? Pm me with your screen name and top be easier to explain
Sep 27, 2007. 8:21 PMTeacherOfTheWays says:
CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THE LAUNCH IT CHALLENGE!!! That rocket was pretty cool and great job! ............*(sigh)*...........oh well, maybe I may win another contest.......
Oct 5, 2007. 9:54 AMpudi.dk says:
Got your stuff yet? I got mine, and I must admit I like it :)
Oct 6, 2007. 6:17 AMpudi.dk says:
Mine is an orange S2 as well with name and username on it :) Yeah, the flat screw drivers are kinda hard to get out, but I'll have to live with that.
Sep 28, 2007. 6:42 PMTeacherOfTheWays says:
thanks.
Aug 15, 2007. 12:25 AMT3h_Muffinator says:
Blam... You Stole My Name! -Josh
Apr 21, 2007. 3:21 PMxxMasterSlayerxx says:
Yea but i was at Kroger , and they have these q tips that are blue , well the sticks are blue and theyre plastic but hollow in the middle so i was thinking just hotglue the cone to the top and hotglue a squier to the inside and cut the q tip and pit the hollow end in the squier until the cotton shreads off
Apr 14, 2007. 12:44 PMxxMasterSlayerxx says:
Hi, i was reading you Axe Rocket Launcher and i was amazed at the results i got with mine but i seem to have a problem> whenever i launch the rocket , the soft part of the q tip be comes messud up and i am unable to fire another time with the same rocket. If you have any suggestions or if you know how to solve my problem please send my a message
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