Category: Electronics
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JBL Charge 4 Adapter Specs
The JBL Charge 4 does not come with an AC adapter. But you can recharge it with just about any standard full-power USB 2 adapter. Plus, we found that the adapter that came with our Charge 3, also works well on the JBL Charge 4, and so we give the specs for that one here.…
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JBL Charge 4 Charger Adapter Specs
The JBL Charge 4 does not come with an AC power adapter. But you can recharge it with just about any standard full-power USB 2 adapter. Plus, we found that the charger adapter that came with our Charge 3, also works well here. So we give the JBL Charge 4 Charger Adapter Specs for that…
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Radio Shack Composite AB Selector Switch 15 312 15312 Review
Our Radio Shack Composite AB Selector Switch 15 312 15312 Review follows. Now we bought this for our television as we added more video sources to our home theater, because it allows switching between a Comcast cable box and DVD player, as viewing video and audio sources on a single television. So we installed and…
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Radio Shack 15 312 AB Switch Box Review
Our Radio Shack 15 312 AB Switch Box Review follows. Now we bought this for our television, because it allows switching between a Comcast cable box and DVD player, as viewing video and audio sources on a single television. So we installed and looked at this two-input A/V switch a lot. We found that after…
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Fixing Blowing Fuse on ATP5
Love these amplified speakers. But after a decade, they started blowing their internal 1.6A slow-blow fuse. And, given how sweet these units sound, we couldn’t bear throwing them out. Not without at least taking a stab at fixing the blowing fuse problem in this Altec Lansing ATP5 speaker set. Fixing Blowing Fuse on ATP5: Step…
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Fixing Blowing Fuse in Altec Lansing ATP5
Love these amplified speakers. But after a decade, they started blowing their internal 1.6A slow-blow fuse. And, given how sweet these units sound, we couldn’t bear throwing them out. Not without at least taking a stab at fixing the blowing fuse problem in this Altec Lansing ATP5 speaker set. Fixing Blowing Fuse in Altec Lansing…
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APC Smart UPS Battery Replacement Instructions
This week’s tinker project: Running through the APC Smart UPS Battery Replacement Instructions for this older but tank-like UPS. Now we rescued two of these from a junk pile bound wagon last week in Pittsburgh. Both showed their APC replace battery light still on, even after left to run for several hours. We inferred thus,…
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APC Smart UPS Battery Replacement SU1400NET
This week’s tinker project: An APC SU1400NET Smart UPS battery backup system battery replacement. Now we rescued two of these from a junk pile bound wagon last week in Pittsburgh. Both showed their APC replace battery light still on, even after left to run for several hours. We inferred thus, that the batteries had indeed…
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Google Chromecast Audio Receiver USB Power Adapter Specs
The power adapter shipped with the Google Chromecast Audio receiver is a typical medium-current USB AC adapter, and we give its specs here. So it has a female A style USB port, as we see in the next picture. Google Chromecast Audio Receiver USB Power Adapter Specs: The Details The US version of Chromecast Audio…
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Chromecast Audio Power Supply Specs
The power supply shipped with the Google Chromecast Audio receiver is a typical medium-current USB AC adapter. So it has a female A style USB port, as we see in the next picture. Chromecast Audio Power Supply Specs The US version of Chromecast Audio AC adapter sports a standard 120v two prong, non polarized plug. …