Electronics stuff bought on eBay - some good, some bad.
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DC-AC Inverter 12V to 220V 35W Boost Step UP Power Module #Unbranded http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-AC-Inverter-12V-to-220V-35W-Boost-Step-UP-Power-Module-/351711673602
New MF-110A Electric AC/DC OHM Voltmeter Ammeter Analog Multimeter #Other http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-MF-110A-Electric-AC-DC-OHM-Voltmeter-Ammeter-Analog-Multimeter-/112032851442
Portable Mini Heat Sealing Machine Impulse Sealer Seal Tool Packing Plastic Bag http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Mini-Heat-Sealing-Machine-Impulse-Sealer-Seal-Tool-Packing-Plastic-Bag-/291565688540
5pcs 10SQ045 10A 45V Schottky Rectifiers NEW #UnbrandedGeneric http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/401113013863

By Julian

Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado

11 thoughts on “Julian’s postbag: #67 – inverter, crap meter sealer, schottky diodes”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John USP says:

    I bought one MF-110A for $1 today ๐Ÿ˜‰

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stephen Cook says:

    I've been using one of those sealers for a couple of years, no problem, but I don't read instructions.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John F says:

    Buy it first, then decide what to do with later! ๐Ÿ˜€

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Uni-Byte says:

    A little late with this response, but the way you said "Post bag" made me think you had just been divorced. Joking of course….

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Wayne The Seine says:

    Check your purchase history filter…..likely set on 60 days. Go for the year and you will find your purchases. I ran into this issue recently while looking for a part that I was asked to do a review on. I never received the part and could not find it in the list ….then…..ah ha….the filter……boom…..now, send me my damn part. ๐Ÿ˜›

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DavidArmenPhoto says:

    it was funny watching you try to use that bag sealer haha (: you slowly pull on its side haha

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dredd Wailing says:

    I have one of those cheap meters, it bravely goes where more expensive test equipment fears to tread

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars gravelydon says:

    Some complete rubbish and others pure garbage. ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RIB B says:

    Zero Ohms adjust with leads shorted (Not open)

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Raymond W says:

    Loved your attempt at sealing that bag.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jerry Ericsson says:

    Ah those big diodes take me back, w a y b a c k; to 1973. I had just separated from the US Army at Fort Bliss Texas, the car I had at the time was one I picked up cheap at the El Paso Auto Auction Service, a car dealer that specialized in selling mediocre cares to GI's from the Fort. Oh she was a beauty, all white Buick with bucket seats, chrome wheels, and a hot engine. Problem was, when I took her out on the highway, some weeks after buying her, she would not shift out of 2nd gear; the automatic transmission was shot. So I took her to AAAAAAA something transmission service, who advertised they would tear your transmission down and give you an estimate free of charge! Yep they did, and man were they pissed when I said not to fix it, as the cost was more then I paid for that damn Buick! (hindsight says I should have fixed her!) So as advertised, they did put her back together, however charged me for the new transmission fluid they put in her, guess I can't blame them for that, but at the time it really pissed me off. So being really pissed, I drove the car across the street to another one of the GI car trap centers, and told them up front what was wrong with the car, they traded me for an old Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser that some kid had tried to fix up. Had a Hurst 3 on the floor, the front seat was held in with bailing wire, but had a nice seat cover on it, other then that she looked OK. I checked the back and found no spare tire though, and I was getting out of the Army soon as I said, and needed to drive this outfit 1000 miles home, so I looked around and found a nice spare at a pawn shop. I was not real wise in tires, so I told the broker that I needed it for the year model Olds, and he swore it would fit. So taking him at his word, I picked up the spare (didn't fit by the way), then I needed to have some turning signals since the lever was broken off the steering wheel post. I talked it over with my Project Transition boss, who as an electrical engineer who ran the switching central for William Beaumont Army Hospital, he gave me a couple of those huge diodes to wire up to two toggle switches I wired them up to a home made shift knob I carved out of a 2X4 and we were set to go North! Yep, made it to Denver before those diodes burned up, setting fire to my pine shifting knob and disabling my turn signals! Oh well who needed turn signals in 1973 anyhow, practically nobody North of Denver used them anyhow.

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