Reading Time: 2 minutes Problem After replacing a broken kitchen faucet, the “builders’ special” cheap plastic FlowTite water valve began to leak extremely slowly at the annoying rate of about one drop every 5-10 minutes. Discussion A few years ago, another FlowTite valve had a similarly excruciating leak after slight movement during some plumbing work. That leak, so slow that […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Problem Tektronix 465M oscilloscope trace is compressed to the right. Erratic/non-linear motion at slow speeds and the inability to position trace correctly with horizontal position controls. Discussion Purchased this cold-war-era military-grade oscilloscope from eBay to explore the world of electronics. It was sold as “working” but quickly exhibited the above problems. Didn’t expect to have […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Problem After building a makeshift Time Capsule using Debian Linux and parts I had lying around — a Raspberry Pi and Thermaltake BlacX hard drive dock — there were numerous intermittent problems and ultimately misleading error messages like: The identity of the backup disk has changed The backup disk is not available Sparse bundle could […]