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After about eight years and a similar failure last year, this came as no surprise: It’s a W5W “parking light” in the same fixture as the melty halogen high-beam bulbs (used as daytime running lights at half power), so it gets toasted on those occasions when we drive somewhere. The adhesive holding the LED strip…
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The fourth hole is squeezed between two pin-header sockets, to the extent that no screw in my collection will fit.
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The note written on the sheath reminds both my shop assistant and me which way the cutting happens.
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A few days later my dim consciousness finally took note that the water kept draining down into the pack between sips.
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The case cracks through at the stress raiser formed where the “switch” contacts rest on a sharp inside corner
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Drill out the recess barely larger than the ball: the slight clearance allows the cured rubber to squish out around the ball.
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I’m not averse to applying force majeure to either an unsuspecting LPT cable or the case itself.
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The outer rim of the rivet holding the solder tab in place departed for the distant reaches of the Basement Laboratory.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 