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Sourcing an obscure potentiometer

A friend of mine (no electronics expertise) is trying to source this potentiometer (which incorporates a push switch to...
9 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tim.downie
9 comments posted 4yrs posted by tim.downie

always said this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQT7nSBX0A&t=0s&ab_channel=KYMCOGlobal always said that swopable batteries were the on...
78 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
78 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Dwarf jems

So why can't they just call Midget jems Dwarf jems...or would the woke still complain ?
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

that royal punter

What is the big problem of him shagging a 17 year old I was shagging 16 year olds at 16 and I am sure it wasn't against...
76 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
76 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Celotex on wooden garage doors

I spend quite a lot of time in my workshop cum garage that is attched to the house. I wanted to make it warmer in the w...
27 comments posted 4yrs
posted by letshaveit
27 comments posted 4yrs posted by letshaveit

Statues

Based on Colson and the BBC statue would it be ok to go and smash up the nearest Volkswagen ? ....
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

power factor

Can anybody explain power factor when it comes to 3w and 5w led bulbs and why a smart meter will charge you the same for...
37 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
37 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

SOT (as not DIY): car question

I am the proud owner of a Nissan Micra (K12 era). The rear section of the heatshield has fallen off. The garage say the...
33 comments posted 4yrs
posted by newsgroups
33 comments posted 4yrs posted by newsgroups

Towels

What ever happened to those spring loaded towel machines you used to see everwhere .....?
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Corned Beef

and it took this long to find out there is no corn in corned beef, and yet you think you know the answers to all our ill...
51 comments posted 4yrs
posted by dennis.gange
51 comments posted 4yrs posted by dennis.gange

Corn Beef

I was recently distressed to find there is no corn in corn beef
48 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
48 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

VERY red sky in UK, from Galapagos volcano?

I just saw the reddest ever sky this evening, when I went outside it was like walking into a room containing only red l...
29 comments posted 4yrs
posted by CK1
29 comments posted 4yrs posted by CK1