November 29, 2014

Name the Thing Contest – 261
Contests

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    The prize this week is the thing you are guessing. 🙂 There are always a few entries where the guess is the prize, this week all of those entries will be correct!  This contest will run for one week (Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2014). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please note

Mechanical Light Switch Timer Teardown and Repair
Repair

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  Ever wonder what marvelous things were inside a Mechanical Light Switch Timer? Me neither, but I had one go bad on me and I was curious what caused the failure. Turned out a tiny piece of plastic cause the failure. This could have been built just the tiniest bit beefier and it would still be working. To see the below pictures in hi-res click here.