HEllooooo - Introduction

[kindlebooks]

My name is George.
I used to have a great job at Cern doing low level stuff- I am not a nuclear physicist.
Made redundant.
Silver lining is I have time to sail. (I liveaboard now- needs must).
I see a lot of people here are practical. If I am allowed (tell me if not), please have a look at my website and buy a few simple anti-burglar devices. A mate and I put it together.
I cannot sleep, hence this silly time of the morning. I was tinkering with my website (built with template). What do you think?
www.emergencyvhf.co.uk

I tried to sell a few bits to a yacht chandler t'other day and he said it was no good because his customers would not be able to solder. I told him I could do it for him, but then he wanted pretty packaging too. These devices are designed to be placed where the OWNER wants them, so it is daft to have them in little black boxes. 3 LEDS poking out of your cockpit would be unobtrusive. My boat has never been broken into even when I have been abroad for weeks on end. Small deterrents seem to work. Thieves look for easy pickings

Maybe practical types will see the benefit?
Any nay sayers?

 

[rob2]

A nice selection of simple circuits and accessories. It seems that most boat owners today know how to make money but not a solder joint! (Captains of industry - that's why industry is farked) It is good to bookmark your site as it replaces a number of modular circuits that used to be readily available, but trying to source components on a domestic scale is becoming harder year-by-year. Radioshack is long gone and Maplins are a bad joke.

Rob.

 

[prv]

trying to source components on a domestic scale is becoming harder year-by-year. Radioshack is long gone and Maplins are a bad joke.

RS have always done fine for me. Sure, the postage means that buying a single diode isn't economic, but if you're buying all the parts for a project at once it's ok. At my workplace people sometimes offer to club together to make one big order and split the postage.

Pete

 

[Giblets]

Greetings, George.

You have some simple but clever bits of kit there. Site bookmarked.

As a thought might be worth offering suitable waterproof boxes as extras.

As an aside, No 1 son is at CERN at the moment on the Atlas detector hunting for the HB but as yet no luck. He finishes up there in September and then off to LBL in California.

 

[Steve Clayton]

I used to work for PPARC

 

[bikedaft]

some good stuff there

i used to fit flashing LED's to cars for beer vouchers, when car alarms were coming in. (i used to fit alarms too)

your latch alarm - is it a motion sensor? we got a load of these circuits once, sold them to paragliders - expensive kit on roofracks. still got some somewhere i think

enjoy the sailing

 

[kindlebooks]

Greetings, George.

You have some simple but clever bits of kit there. Site bookmarked.

As a thought might be worth offering suitable waterproof boxes as extras.

As an aside, No 1 son is at CERN at the moment on the Atlas detector hunting for the HB but as yet no luck. He finishes up there in September and then off to LBL in California.

Yes, good point. Trouble is, truly waterproof containers cost silly money. I could offer to sell the liquid that can be painted over electics (insulates and is waterproof and adheres very well) - wonderful stuff but slightly pricey (about £12 for a small can with brush (from vague memory) - I have a spray can of the stuff too.

Wish you son well - interesting workplace.

 

[kindlebooks]

some good stuff there

i used to fit flashing LED's to cars for beer vouchers, when car alarms were coming in. (i used to fit alarms too)

your latch alarm - is it a motion sensor? we got a load of these circuits once, sold them to paragliders - expensive kit on roofracks. still got some somewhere i think

enjoy the sailing

At the moment, it is a physical latch type switch. But I have replaced the 'latch' with a peizo crystal (few pennies) on glass windows and if a toe rag taps (let alone breaks) the glass, he is in for a deafening blast (and hopefully a nosy neighbour to see him on his way)