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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Building an electronic test box for the body cords we use in fencing, as well as testing the wiring of the weapons themselves.
Three sockets, one red and on green LED, one 1/4w 650 ohm resister, a 9V battery, a box to mount all of it in, and a half hour with a soldering gun should do it. Most fencing supply companies sell these already made for about $30. I bought the parts for one today for less than $4...
When I finish, I'll go get my health-food drink.
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Originally Posted by trichobezoar
That's great, Stitchawl! 'Wish I could do something like that. *nods* The most I do is... rebuild old school laptops and repair/install Windows XP or Windows 7 on PCs.
Let us know how your project goes! : )
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Went good... and not so good.
I tried making two of them at once, one large (about the side of a deck of cards and just a bit thicker,) and one miniature, about half the size, as these were two plastic boxes I happened to have. The large one works perfectly, but I must have burned out something in the small one, or crossed wires somewhere trying to push it all down into the little box and still leave room for a 9v battery. I'll take it apart when I get home from the fencing salle and try again. Worse comes to worse, I'll have to spend two more dollars for a couple of new LEDs and a resistor. The three sockets are OK, and so is the box. It's not a difficult build, nor is it confusing even for an amateur like me. I just screwed up somewhere along the line on the little one. No problem. I'll just do it again.
'Failure' only happens when you stop trying.
Stitchawl