Month: February 2013

  • My Casio Databank Watch is DEAD

    My Casio Databank Watch is DEAD

    My Old Casio Databank Watch I bought this Casio Databank Watch (LEFT) in 1995 and although it has had several batteries and replacement straps it has lasted 18 years until this week when I noticed the digits had all gone off. A week before I noticed it had reset to a date in 1990. I…

  • Spilling Juice From Cartons or ‘Tetra Paks®’

    Spilling Juice From Cartons or ‘Tetra Paks®’

    Introduction This post contains instructions on how to avoid spilling juice from cartons or Tetra Paks®, with a rectangular cross-section, while opening or lifting them. It’s quite natural to grip cartons by the easiest method (the broad sides) while opening them, or lifting them when they’re still full, causing the contents to pour or squirt out inadvertently. Cartons with a square cross section are indifferent…

  • Tin Whiskers in a Wireless Thermostat Receiver

    Tin Whiskers in a Wireless Thermostat Receiver

    Introduction Tin Whiskers are a crystalline growth made of the element tin. They are in the form of a very thin straight hair with one end attached to the tin from which they are formed. They often form on lead free solder used to fix components to circuit boards now that lead is banned.

  • Dyson Slim DC18 Upright – Undercarriage Repair

    Dyson Slim DC18 Upright – Undercarriage Repair

    Introduction This post gives a detailed description, with photos and reference to a Parts Diagram, of how to replace a Dyson Slim DC18 Undercarriage. The Undercarriage would require changing if part of it broke since parts cannot be obtained individually. I changed mine when the Air Input Changeover Valve Actuator broke. “Since I first published…