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• swizzlestick@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I loved that TV tuner cartridge.

  Had a pair of NiCad battery packs in the end - folks got sick of buying the ‘good’ alkaline batteries for it. Always had one on boil while the other was draining.

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  • directive0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “one on boil” is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.

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    • swizzlestick@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      See Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)

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