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Andy Dingley

10/01/2004 6:13 PM

De-rusting electrolysis - new PSU source

Just noticed that my local supplier of cheap electronic toys (Maplin
- like Radio Shack, but in the UK) is offering digital camera PSUs.
These are the typical adjustable voltage wall-warts, but they can
supply up to 2A, which is usable for de-rusting. Cost is £15, which
is expensive for a cheapskate recycler like myself, but cheaper than
the $50 someone recently quoted.

Mind you, I think £15 must be nearly $50 by now, with the way the
dollar is collapsing.


This topic has 18 replies

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 8:55 PM

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:13:28 GMT, [email protected] (Valentine
Smith) brought forth from the murky depths:

>> That's not grokkable for far too many here. Pity.
>>
>Unfortunately, neither is this. Dammed loss of classical edumakashun
>
>/vic

Right you are, Michael.

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Larry Jaques

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 6:34 AM

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 03:48:32 GMT, Reyd Dorakeen <[email protected]> brought
forth from the murky depths:

>in article [email protected], Andy Dingley at
>[email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 10:13 AM:
>
>> Just noticed that my local supplier of cheap electronic toys (Maplin
>> - like Radio Shack, but in the UK) is offering digital camera PSUs.
>> These are the typical adjustable voltage wall-warts, but they can
>> supply up to 2A, which is usable for de-rusting. Cost is £15, which
>> is expensive for a cheapskate recycler like myself, but cheaper than
>> the $50 someone recently quoted.
>>
>> Mind you, I think £15 must be nearly $50 by now, with the way the
>> dollar is collapsing.
>>
>whats a PSU

A wall wart, or DC power supply unit.

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Silvan

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

16/01/2004 11:16 AM

Larry Jaques wrote:

>>Oh well. We'll have to try to piss each other off some other day.
>
> Count on it, pissant. (or today?) <bseg>

I mixed up some poly and I'm going to use it on all the cherry/walnut
mahogany stuff I've been building. After I stain it "light natural"
Minwhacks.

Nyah.

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RD

Reyd Dorakeen

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 3:48 AM

in article [email protected], Andy Dingley at
[email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 10:13 AM:

> Just noticed that my local supplier of cheap electronic toys (Maplin
> - like Radio Shack, but in the UK) is offering digital camera PSUs.
> These are the typical adjustable voltage wall-warts, but they can
> supply up to 2A, which is usable for de-rusting. Cost is £15, which
> is expensive for a cheapskate recycler like myself, but cheaper than
> the $50 someone recently quoted.
>
> Mind you, I think £15 must be nearly $50 by now, with the way the
> dollar is collapsing.
>
whats a PSU
?

RD

Reyd Dorakeen

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 6:42 AM

I said I was stoopid:P

in article [email protected], Silvan at
[email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 10:14 PM:

> Reyd Dorakeen wrote:
>
>> whats a PSU
>
> Pakistani Symbiotic Umbrella. Duh.
>
> What, did you think it meant Power Supply Unit or something?

rV

[email protected] (Valentine Smith)

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 8:13 PM

In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> says...
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:05:02 -0500, Silvan
> <[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>
> >Larry Jaques wrote:
> >> Vidi, Vici, Veni
> >
> >LMAO!
>
> That's not grokkable for far too many here. Pity.
>
Unfortunately, neither is this. Dammed loss of classical edumakashun

/vic

Sd

Silvan

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

14/01/2004 6:13 PM

Larry Jaques wrote:

>>BTW, I must have missed the thread. I can't believe you didn't have
>>something nasty to say about the caloric content of nuts after I provoked
>>you so blatantly.
>
> I probably did, but I don't recall what I said.

Oh well. We'll have to try to piss each other off some other day.

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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

12/01/2004 12:35 AM

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:31:30 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>BTW, I must have missed the thread. I can't believe you didn't have
>something nasty to say about the caloric content of nuts after I provoked
>you so blatantly.

I probably did, but I don't recall what I said.

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Silvan

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 7:32 PM

Larry Jaques wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:13:28 GMT, [email protected] (Valentine
> Smith) brought forth from the murky depths:
>
>>> That's not grokkable for far too many here. Pity.
>>>
>>Unfortunately, neither is this. Dammed loss of classical edumakashun
>>
>>/vic
>
> Right you are, Michael.

Hey, that's *my* name. Or it almost was. I was a gnat's hair away from
being named Valentine Michael instead of David Michael.

As far as classical education, well, I hafta admit I wouldn't be where I am
today without Latin. I met SWMBO in Latin 101.

I can't read Latin worth a damn now though. I don't think I could conjugate
a verb in more than a couple of tenses or decline my way out of a wet paper
bag.

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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 4:59 PM

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:14:46 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>Reyd Dorakeen wrote:
>
>> whats a PSU
>
>Pakistani Symbiotic Umbrella. Duh.

Hey, you're getting those interestingly worded emails, too?

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Mike Patterson

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

10/01/2004 1:34 PM

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:13:33 +0000, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Just noticed that my local supplier of cheap electronic toys (Maplin
>- like Radio Shack, but in the UK) is offering digital camera PSUs.
>These are the typical adjustable voltage wall-warts, but they can
>supply up to 2A, which is usable for de-rusting. Cost is £15, which
>is expensive for a cheapskate recycler like myself, but cheaper than
>the $50 someone recently quoted.
>
>Mind you, I think £15 must be nearly $50 by now, with the way the
>dollar is collapsing.


Ouch...thanks a lot!
actually it's $27.54

Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.

gG

in reply to Mike Patterson on 10/01/2004 1:34 PM

10/01/2004 7:03 PM

I'm still not sure why the PS problem is so daunting. Radio Shack sells
transformers pretty cheap although any low voltage unit should do if it has the
amps and a full wave rectifier isn't much either. I figure $10 US should do it.
I also wonder why an old PC supply wouldn't work. (lots of them will start "no
load") I haven't had a chance to try this but I hope to soon.

MR

Mark

in reply to Mike Patterson on 10/01/2004 1:34 PM

10/01/2004 8:40 PM



Greg wrote:

> I'm still not sure why the PS problem is so daunting. Radio Shack sells
> transformers pretty cheap although any low voltage unit should do if it has the
> amps and a full wave rectifier isn't much either.



I put my old battery trickle charger on the tub (this electrolysis is
neat stuff!)


I put my true RMS meter on it and read 3.5 AC on top of 9.5v DC.

Amperage has dropped off but I feel this is due to the lawn mower blade
I cut to make 2 electrodes needs cleaning. Plus is could probably use
some fresh solution.

I'm going to try an old power supply I have someplace around here. I
should get my old P5/100 power supply and see what it does, I doubt it's
shot fan bearings will make a difference, at least in the beginning.



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A.K.A. Mark Twain)

When in doubt hit the throttle. It may not help but it sure ends the
suspense. (Gaz, r.moto)

Sd

Silvan

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 12:31 PM

Larry Jaques wrote:

>>Pakistani Symbiotic Umbrella. Duh.
>
> Hey, you're getting those interestingly worded emails, too?

Yeah. Those are encrypted porn, BTW. I knew all about it once, but I've
forgotten. Some encryption algorithm that reduces a binary to a series of
pseudo-logical sentences. I had a decoder once, I think, and it was indeed
porn.

BTW, I must have missed the thread. I can't believe you didn't have
something nasty to say about the caloric content of nuts after I provoked
you so blatantly.

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Sd

Silvan

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 1:14 AM

Reyd Dorakeen wrote:

> whats a PSU

Pakistani Symbiotic Umbrella. Duh.

What, did you think it meant Power Supply Unit or something?

--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 5:00 PM

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 02:05:02 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> Vidi, Vici, Veni
>
>LMAO!

That's not grokkable for far too many here. Pity.

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Larry Jaques

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

15/01/2004 6:22 AM

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:13:47 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>>>BTW, I must have missed the thread. I can't believe you didn't have
>>>something nasty to say about the caloric content of nuts after I provoked
>>>you so blatantly.
>>
>> I probably did, but I don't recall what I said.
>
>Oh well. We'll have to try to piss each other off some other day.

Count on it, pissant. (or today?) <bseg>


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Silvan

in reply to Andy Dingley on 10/01/2004 6:13 PM

11/01/2004 2:05 AM

Larry Jaques wrote:
> Vidi, Vici, Veni

LMAO!

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