Thanks to the Ohm’s Law Calculator Website for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a useful Resistor Color Chart Mug to the winner. The site provides an Ohm’s Law Calculator, Ohm’s Law Wheel, E24 Resistor Sizes, Resistor Color Chart, LED Resistor Calculator, AWG Wire Sizes and mcd to Lumens Converterinformation. This site is sure to be useful when you are designing your next circuit, might even be a good idea to bookmark the site now instead of hunting for it when you need it!
This contest will run for one week (Sept 19 – 25, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it.
Please do not give the answer in the comments.
Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the subject, and the message body consisting of:
- The name of the item in the above picture
- An example of what the item pictured above can be used for
- Website or other documentation showing the device purpose
The winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.
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Added October 7, 2009
The item to guess was the Slide-Type Wire-Wound Power Resistors
The winner is Will K. (There were 187 entries)
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Below is a picture of the the prize product.
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let a *** go *** or *** a ***.
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It looks like a prehistoric version of this pencil sharpener (rated R):
http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/BloodhoundBlog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/Realtor.com%20Pencil%20Sharpener.jpg
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Hi Raphael,
Thanks for participating but please use the email shown and don’t post any hints.
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I like the prize. My brother is getting started in electronics and is always drinking coffee. This would be perfect for him!
I used to have one of the items we’re guessing on (different model though). They’re hard to find these days.
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sweet prize!
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The mug would be neat if they didn’t pimp their website all over it. A cheat sheet is pretty useful for those resistors we don’t use that often. It’s a pricey cheat sheet at $13.75 though!
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Winner announced.