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I've never heard of Ghostland Observatory but I've been to Grasslands Observatory.

@Scott - Thanks, I hadn't seen that web page. The pictures are useful. I haven't soldered the wires to the board yet, but probably will ahead of time per the instructions. The board is mounted into the chassis by the time you get to this step, so it shouldn't be very hard to solder the wires to the mounted TO-220 packages. @Birgir - Thanks for the tip about putting shrink wrap in them. I'll to that upgrade.

I'm in the process of putting together an Elenco XP-720K bench power supply kit. The kit has 3 ICs and 1 transistor in T0-220 package format. The instructions have the builder bending the legs 90 degrees and then mounting the devices on the heat sink. This seems normal enough. However, to hook wires up to the devices, the instructions instruct the builder to tin the wire and solder it to the correct leg. The instructions are here: Elenco XP-720K manual To me, this approach seems likely to result in a fragile device. Is this a normal thing to do? I assume that there are connectors I could use. Would it be better to use connectors. Or can you suggest yet another approach? All suggestions are appreciated.

Oscar thought it was pretty amusing. He started laughing about halfway through it.

Yep. Two down, four to go. It's actually pretty easy.

Even better then. He gets a set of IEMs that he really loves and money back.

Typhoid Ari?

Reubens are also a good medium for sauerkraut.

Maybe the fact that it sounds better has something to do with the different sound signatures of the 13 vs. the 16. If it sounds so good, I would just enjoy it and not worry about the drivers.

Lovenox, coumadin and diltiazem. Unfortunately this means no alcohol for a while.

Happy Birthday, Jim! :prettyprincess: I hope that you have a great one. Enjoy the day.

Not enough. They are going to have to pay me more than $9.84 to get me to take it.

Andrew, do you have security turned on your wireless network or is it public? If it's the latter, set up security and try again.

Happy Birthday! :prettyprincess:

It kind of reminds me of playing Bejeweled, only this one is more irritating. The Lancia prototype gives the Pontiac Aztek a run for the money in the competition for ugliest car ever created.

Condolences to Todd.

Not yet. I'm pretty much being Sennheiser'ed a la Steve's stand.

Spent 3 hours yesterday in the ER with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. I finally converted (i.e. returned to normal heat beat/rate) while I was sleeping last night. I get an echo cardiogram next week and a meeting with a cardiologist to see where we go from here. This wasn't surprising as the condition is common and runs in my family. Such is life.

Yes, and I may actually get them someday. Maybe not though.

Well, there goes everybody else's chance to win.

I'm interested but have one question. You're not allowing Colin to participate, right?

Happy Birthday, Andrew. :prettyprincess: I hope you had a great one with lots of wonderful things. But remember, friends don't let friends drink Pinotage. So don't drink it.

Happy Birthday Deepak! :prettyprincess:

You should work for the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. You just came up with their new campaign: "Retire in Halifax. It's a great place to die"

Shoot, at this point in my diy career, most BOM entries are this cryptic.