A teardown of a Migatronic Pilot 1800, a combined TIG & stick welder. TIG is short for Tungsten Inert Gas and refers to the tip of the welding handle, which is made out of tungsten. A inert gas comes from the handle, to surround the tip and ensure no air is near the welding bath.
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The previous owner of this Danish vintage oscilloscope had tried to plug it in and the only result was smoke! I was asked if I wanted it for repair or it would be thrown out. The Radiometer Copenhagen OSG 42b was repaired and saved! Radiometer is a Danish company from 1935, started by the engineers
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The ALTIVAR 58 (ATV58) family of adjustable frequency AC drive controllers is used for controlling three-phase asynchronous motors. This controller in from the range of: 1–75 hp (0.75–55 kW) constant torque (100 hp variable torque), 400/460 V, three-phase input. In this teardown, I am giving you an overview of how its built, non-destructively as the
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A pulse discharge with a peak current of 50,000 Ampere is send through a Samsung Galaxy Google Nexus mobile phone. The Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) is a Android smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung Electronics. It is the third smartphone in the Google Nexus series. It received good reviews as the best Android phone in 2011
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A pulse discharge with a peak current of 50,000 Ampere is send through a Samsung S4 Mini mobile phone. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is an Android smartphone and I have no excuse for blowing it up. Maybe except the broken screen. This pulse discharge video is a part of a series of explosive videos
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A pulse discharge with a peak current of 50,000 Ampere is send through a Sonos Connect. If your audio keeps skipping, stopping or generally playing up, you could have an issue with wireless interference from other devices in your home. One way to reduce this interference is to switch 90MW of energy through your Sonos
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A pulse discharge with a peak current of 50,000 Ampere is send through a HTC Snap mobile phone. A Windows phone with a built-in trackball. Almost too cute to blow up. But after trying to take a photo with it, there was not a single regret sending this old phone to hot plasma heaven! This
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A pulse discharge with a peak current of 50,000 Ampere is send through a Siemens Simatic S5-110 PLC CPU. The S5 series was released in 1979 with the 110 CPU being in the middle of the CPU range. I have spent countless hours on factory floors with my Siemens laptop, the FIELD PG, troubleshooting and
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