A look at a bag of IGBTs and MOSFETs that I quickly salvaged from industrial electronics. Found in induction cookers, solar inverters, welding machines, car and battery charges. It can also be other common high power electronics with switching inverters. Discussion of salvaging IGBTs/MOSFETs: https://highvoltageforum.net/index.php?topic=2117.0 These TO-247 IGBTs can be used in a DRSSTC Tesla […]
Old electronics and expensive RF parts often contain a large amount of gold and other precious materials. For an introduction to how and where all this was collected and see what different parts it was, check out Computer Gold Scrap Money WITHOUT Chemicals or Mechanical Processing (Part 1 of 2) Prediction before shipping goods off
Old electronics and expensive RF parts often contain a large amount of gold and other precious materials. I have seen a lot of Computer Gold Scrap recovery videos on youtube. I assume that you have seen the same. Some are handling everything correct, but truth is, with the dangerous and hazardous nature of the dust
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Teardown of a Sirio 10000P solar inverter designed in Italy and made in Taiwan. A extremely heavy and well built power house. Full of TO-264 sized IGBTs and a giant single PCB layout for the inverters. To watch more teardown videos with articles full of high resolution pictures, check out the complete list of equipment
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I lost my washing machine to the flooding of the basement. I wanted to indulge in the famous Photonicinduction experiment of throwing a large rock into a running washing machine and let it dance for the internet to enjoy. It did not exactly go like that. The motor controller and driver is a Bitron Electrolux
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This Sedecal SHF-330, with HF meaning High Frequency, was originally a 37.5 kW x-ray high voltage generator. It later received an upgrade, to a Sedecal SHF-530, which is a 50 kW 500mA x-ray high voltage generator. This x-ray generator comes in 3 different versions. Line powered drawing all power directly from mains, 20-50 kW. Capacitor
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Comparison of my DIY Arduino Uno DHT22 temperature and humidity IOT sensor with ESP8266 WiFi module. Up against the commercial Airthings View Plus sensor hub which can do radon, temperature, humidity, pressure, VOC, PM and CO2. This video is also a complete walkthrough of how I built the Arduino solution and how to setup the
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A guide on how to make the, Artesyn 7001138 IBM 24R2730, server power supply run outside of its server enclosure. It might not be a complete teardown, but I do give a quick rundown on how the circuit works, in functions. To learn how to hack other server power supplies, check out these articles. Server
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