March 28, 2008

Name the Thing Contest - 44
Contests

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  Congratulations to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a new product that we just added to the store. These LED mounting adapter boards let you solder to a small circuit board instead of soldering directly to LED and resistor leads. This contest will run for one week (March 29 – April 3, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the

DIY Solar Power Install on the Cheap
Electronic Hacks

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  So you think that installing solar power in a house has to be expensive? This article shows that it is possible to do it yourself on a small budget. "I put the batteries in their container, and connected the 2 together in series with a #1 Car Battery Cable from Canadian Tire that cost $14. The connectors where already on it that fit the batteries I got them, so