Recent content by mopho

Buy as you go but buy nice stuff your old now and if you buy quality stuff it will outlast you. That being said a pair of Klein 9's will do just about everything. They are the duct tape of the electrical world.

Looks like ACME brand to me ..

If you return something that is broken sharpie "broken or missing parts" on the box! Help the next guy out..

This applicable to any type of wire. :shocking:

Should be a backup battery inside the panel. RTFM and see if it's user replaceable.

I would just buy a new free standing desoldering pump or, rig something up not many options here

I'm willing to bet "How did i ever live without this?" comes out of your mouth once you get it.

In my experience you will only become frustrated working with it and, with the results of the connections. I Race R/C and my connections not only have to be durable but, pass very high amperage. That said if you do order that Iron plan on ordering a tip or two the one it comes with is a tiny...

Fyi a quality Iron will be at temp in less than 60 seconds. The issue with a the $7 jobber from homedepot is temp control and recovery. It turns on and just get hotter and hotter untill it burns the tip up and is worthless. A quality soldering station will not only stabilize at the temp you set...

No idea where they make them but these days I can't do anything but love on my klein drivers

Yes the frame was totally rusted out. After it happened we where punching holes in the side of the frame with our fingers. From what I remember the owner was more embarrassed then mad and took the full blame himself. We had to leave it like that overnight so the ins company/ loss prevention...

I was a Tire jockey when I was 17. The guy running the bay next to me had a old Toyota or similar mini pickup fold in half and drop inside the lift arms. Both ends pointing up.. That made for an interesting evening.

First rg8 is a 50ohm cable normally used for RF transmission. 2nd yes, you can do this and it is common to do such a thing if you need to add a 2way splitter to feed your new cable run and your current TV. Most of the newer directv boxes no longer support a coaxial output in that case you...

Keep it as tight as you can. It's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. Plus, you will never know unless you certify it. ( about 5k worth of test gear) Cat 5E speeds (gigabit) are easily attainable and more than sufficient. --FIRST POST:rocker: