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    Material choice for water pump impeller

    Hey Guys, I have been tasked with replacing the damaged impellers of a group of water/slurry pumps that are used in the mining industry. They do see a fair bit of nasty fluids including sea water. The impellers are currently cast iron, and the failure mode is the impeller blades wear away. I...
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    Dyno Installation

    I found this writeup just after we installed our second dyno test cell and found it interesting and partly informative. http://www.theoldone.com/articles/Dyno_Room/building_a_dyno_roomfinal.htm
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    Strain Gauge Setup

    Hello Everyone.. I would like to use a few strain gauges to measure applied load to some steering/suspension components and it has been a long time since I played with a Wheatstone bridge :) I have done a little research today and have come up with this.. Strain Gauges compensated for mild...
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    What cable for remote mouting FM radio antenna?

    Hello everybody, At our workshop we get real bad radio reception, I think this is probably due to the shop being a closed tin shed.. what would be the right cable to use mount the antenna outside the earthed metallic structure that we work in? Thanks heaps
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    12v 40 amp power supply

    Hello everybody, I am looking for a power supply to drive a petrol drum pump that claims a rating of 35 amps. Currently we are using a lead acid truck battery for the job which charging all the time is a painful experience. I have only managed to find lab power supplies, I would rather a steel...
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    Extending USB cables

    Thanks everybody, USB extenders are on the way :)
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    Extending USB cables

    I am trying to extend a usb cable link approx 20m and I understand this may not possible with just a normal usb cable, that boosters should be used. Is this correct and does anyone know of a good brand of usb cable booster? Thankyou
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    Simple amperage requirement calculations

    Hello all, I am currently building a cabnet that has quite a few eletrical devices built into it (computer monitors, computers, Plasma screen) And it has been a along while since I got through the one electrial subject at uni :) So I am having trouble remembering how to work out how many amps...
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    Cable Selection for serial data transfer

    Thanks for the replies, I am using the RS232 Interface and unfortunately I am also working in what I guess would be a rather noisy environment, (Motorsport pit area, where there is heaps of electrical equipment) How do I determine if a cable has a low capacitance? Is that something that should...
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    Cable Selection for serial data transfer

    Hello, I am looking to extend the cable length between a radio modem and the serial port of a copmputer to about 30m, What type of data cable is suitable for this application? I have had a quick browse through the RS catalouge but there is many different cable options which has made the choice...

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