Member postings for Michael Gilligan

Thanks, Ian

I was nervous about doing that, because of stories about USB 3.0 interfering with both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

MichaelG.

I have a rather nice little Motic C-mount camera, but the USB 3.0 cable that came with it is bulky, heavy, and too stiff !

Type A connector for the computer, and the’double-decker’ Type B for the camera … The big problem is the clip-on Ferrite, located on a loop of cable near the camera connector.

First : A question for our Electronics experts … Does the Ferrite need to be located at the camera-end or would it still do its job if located near the mid-point of the cable ?

Second : can anyone suggest a suitable replacement cable ? … Flat and/or Flexible, and preferably without an enormous Ferrite contraption on it.

Thanks

MichaelG.

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Worth a thousand words :

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/10/2023 14:06:09

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Ahh … I remember a fairly convoluted discussion about that in the RSSOC *

Final consensus was that the circumference doesn’t change.

MichaelG.

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Reliant Sabre and Scimitar Owners Club

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Good to see you back, Geoff

MichaelG.

No personal experience, but this sort of question is always interesting:

It might be worth looking at these people: **LINK**

https://www.3dqf.co.uk

… not rock-bottom prices but I like their story.

MichalG.

very gracious of you.

MichaelG.

I have just stumbled across the Zoom search engine

[ no, not the Zoom that got us through Covid]

… hidden in plain sight, on https://www.sizes.com and many others !

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Have a look at this search: **LINK**

https://www.sizes.com/search.php?zoom_sort=0&zoom_query=british+association&zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=0

and then scroll to the bottom of the page, for the explanatory link

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https://www.zoomsearchengine.com/zoom/

This is a modestly-priced localised search engine for your specific site

…Surely what we need here

… I commend it to the developers !!

MichaelG.

It is ‘sad but true’ that the standardisation and mass-production of ‘Metric’ threads has made their use a no-brainer.

The BA series, and the Swiss Thury series which inspired it, were both developed by Scientists, and are scientifically elegant … By contrast, the Metric series is much simplified, for the sake of expediency.

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ This is a convenient entrance to the rabbit-hole :

https://www.sizes.com/tools/thread_thury.htm

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Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/10/2023 07:13:02

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So then there’s only the battery and the alarm to find or make

MichaelG.

… Presumably not …. but why not link it like this : **LINK**

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pwSVxKSOu24M2S6xmMeWBGY7t5yaBgxw/view

to avoid surprising people ?

MichaelG.

I hope so … it’s very much like I suggested

MichaelG.

A quick & dirty solution would be to buy a ‘bag alarm’ as used for luggage, etc. … then attach your chain/wire/string/ whatever to the two parts of that.

MichaelG.

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ferinstance … https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173316446734

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 30/09/2023 15:21:08

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I don’t know whether this will help or not, Maurice … My brother has a system notionally specified at 4.44 kW and it has a Kodak branded battery with a capacity of 5.12 kWh, and a reasonably fancy controller.

The snapshot that he sent me recently [from North West England] showed this :

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Which tells me that he purchased no electricity that day, and exported too little to mention.

What that would mean to any of us, in our own personal circumstances, is for us to work-out.

MichaelG.

Very interesting, and encouraging, Rob … provided the rates move in the right direction.

MichaelG.

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Ref. https://octopus.energy/shell/

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 30/09/2023 12:38:29

Thanks for that, David

MichaelG.

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Ref. https://octopus.energy/smart/outgoing/

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 30/09/2023 08:45:04

Turning to the other side of the coin … I now have a reasonable ‘feel’ for what my modest electricity requirements might be, and it looks like an adequate solar array would fit on the new roof … so I had a look at this [which is what has replaced the Feed In Tariff] : **LINK**

https://www.shellenergy.co.uk/info/terms/smart-export-guarantee/tariff-guide

at 3.5 pence per kWh, paid annually; it seems that there might be better ways to dispose of any surplus electricity produced … perhaps a nice little electro-forming tank for making stuff ?

Does the team have any better ideas ?

MichaelG.

Ron

I have no idea what there Irish operation is like, but I have in the past had excellent service from Richard Austin Alloys … they don’t seem to publish lists on the web, but they do, inevitably, have off-cuts of various materials and I purchased a good off-cut of Aluminium Tooling Plate from the Manchester branch.

I would suggest you give the Dublin branch a call … not ‘bargain basement’ prices, but realistic.

MichaelG.

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**LINK** https://raaltd.com/branch/ireland/

… of Loughborough, no less

[ I did Ergonomics with Human Biology there ]

Still digging for the brochure, but I did find this interesting paper:**LINK**

https://web.archive.org/web/20190427012848id_/https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/Journal-of-Biomedical-Optics/volume-16/issue-6/066005/Comparison-on-different-insects-wing-displacements-using-high-speed-digital/10.1117/1.3586778.pdf

MichaelG.

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Sorry … that should have read Oh well …