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Oh, and I set a desk alight in my first year of secondary school. It was a spirit burner, which I knocked over and woof, up it went. Kinda scary when you're 11...

The number of times the fuses flipped, there's little chance of a fire.

... And I have recounted the incident involving a dead cow to a few, but thats best told over beer :-) Does that mean I have to wait 2 years? Edit - remembered something else I did. It involved a toaster. Picture this. The toaster has just gone ping (or whatever noise it actually makes), and young ...

There's the obvious incidents with mains electricity, the occasional minor soldering iron burn...

Then there tends to be errors in my speaker building - having an entire panel sticking out a mm or so is very difficult to get rid of...

Yep.

They had been banged together a couple of times previously though...

I suppose they need to be powerful - try getting the arm to travel from one side to another in around 10mS, with a tolerance of (I think) 0.1mm.

I got some of those magnets out once.

Mine were 3-pole, and so vicious that they shattered themselves upon being placed near each other.

Mike H wrote: Honest they was all English! Which is even more bizarre

Ahem.

Sounds like you've got a plan.

If it's the same one as we have, it reads over ~45 degree cone, in which case, holding it as close as possible is best (of course, unless it's hot enough to melt the thermometer).

Chris

After talking to parents (should've posted this a while ago), it would appear that I won't be able to attend anyway. Something about more assignments and things...?? Ho-hum. I expect that next year will be Ok though (they did mention once a year seems about right - they don't want me to get dragged ...

I expect that a piece of heatsink (think a letter T, upside down), bolted to the chassis (must be painted black...) would absorb the radiated heat, and conduct away.

pre65 wrote: My pension only covers basics.

Beer... Speakers... What else do you need? I mean, if push comes to shove, your neighbour isn't likely to notice an extension lead through the window...

Yeah, I saw that bit, it's just that PV solar simply isn't a good idea in Britain, as they take longer to pay back than the manufacturer's product lifetime specification. This was according to a recent green energy meeting thing that I attended (seem to remember 15 years payback, 10 years lifetime s...

The initial question is confusing to me... Using solar panels to convert DC to AC? We've got a solar hot water thingy made with reflectors (empty tins opened out to the right shape), and that (about 1 square metre) can heat a medium sized hot water tank to 50 degrees C on a good day. Even when it's ...

I've had Firefox 3.6 for some time and it's done no such thing...