Recent content by John Caswell

Hi Mark, Consider this sold. PM on the way John

After Xmas bump up

Apple XR now sold

For sale from deceased estate Apple XR white c/w box psu, power cable and unused earphones etc Very little use, in vgc Bought from Apple 2020 so unlocked 64GB, iOS 17.1.1, Battery 94%, 100% full £150 plus delivery, collect from Wokingham, Berks area Alcatel “flip” phone, type 3082x, 64GB dark...

For sale from deceased estate Property of avid photographer Fuji X100S, c/w lens cover. Shutter count 2500, in excellent condition 9/10. C/w manual, software CD, 8GB Sandisk, battery, charger, power lead, box Probably 3-4 years old at most but shows no signs of wear and tear £ 600.00 plus...

ORA watches Rose Street Wokingham, had a couple of my watches serviced/repaired there came back as good as new and accurate John

I will happily second John Lewis, their building and contents is unlimited, after all a decent new fitted carpet for the living is now in the region of £3K John

My hi fi is on a spur from the DB using 6mm TWE but the earth is not connected at the wall socket end. Instead I run the earth using a separate 10mm from the wall socket back through the DB to the company earth block. This has removed pretty well all splats and bangs. This is what we used to do...

A piece of thin stiff card dipped in IPA and then carefully inserted between the contacts and moved back and forth will clean the contacts nicely. You can then repeat the exercise with a new bit of card with either contact cleaning fluid or a thin smear of silicone grease. Personally don't like...

Just had look at these, not much use to valve/tube aficionados as they are low voltage and surface mount. Apart from that they do look interesting. John

I have always thought raptors were very photogenic birds but these pics are b****y fantastic. Very envious John

I must admit to liking relay switched attenuators but the clackety clack drives me potty. VTL did a very nice quiet reed relay version, but screened reed relays are somewhat expensive and do take up more space that standard relays. John

I have always used 50/50 or 75/25 white spirit/varnish as a sealer. John

Had my first AZ jab, 3 days later felt cold and a bit achy, next day OK. Ladywife had her AZ jab, just a sore arm, eldest daughter (54) had her AZ jab next day felt cold and grim, mostly OK day after. Different strokes for different folks. John

The 33k wire wound resistor only feeds the neon strobe lamp and nothing else. Is the voltage selector screw fitted and tight? If so, you will need to remove the voltage selector screw, remove the bottom cover over the motor winding/voltage selector terminals check that none of the wires have...