What the heck did I just buy?
I went in RS the other day to pick up a cheap FM dipole for a receiver that I'd picked up at Goodwill to make an office stereo... found that the last operating RS in my area is going out of business, and there are no dipoles to be found... gotta make one I guess, except they didn't have any 300 ohm antenna wire either, so that's a bust.
I did, however, suck up a bunch of stuff that looked useful as it was on clearance, and cheaper than even monoprice at their prices. Couple HDMIs, couple USB 2.0 and 3.0 cables, couple headphone cables, etc. No speaker wire as the heaviest they had was 18AWG, and really nothing else left in the store that looked of any interest (except for a can of Deoxit Gold and a VHS-C to VHS adapter because hey, for a buck, I may need it someday.) All "junk box" stuff nothing I really needed.
I also grabbed two cells marked "3.6V AA Lithium by Tadiran" figuring they were 14500s. they were cheap too.
But I get them home and look at them and I'm glad I read the packaging because on the back it says "This is not a rechargeable battery."
I'm assuming that means I just wasted $4, what the heck are these things used for? (I guess that's why they were still there...)
I went in RS the other day to pick up a cheap FM dipole for a receiver that I'd picked up at Goodwill to make an office stereo... found that the last operating RS in my area is going out of business, and there are no dipoles to be found... gotta make one I guess, except they didn't have any 300 ohm antenna wire either, so that's a bust.
I did, however, suck up a bunch of stuff that looked useful as it was on clearance, and cheaper than even monoprice at their prices. Couple HDMIs, couple USB 2.0 and 3.0 cables, couple headphone cables, etc. No speaker wire as the heaviest they had was 18AWG, and really nothing else left in the store that looked of any interest (except for a can of Deoxit Gold and a VHS-C to VHS adapter because hey, for a buck, I may need it someday.) All "junk box" stuff nothing I really needed.
I also grabbed two cells marked "3.6V AA Lithium by Tadiran" figuring they were 14500s. they were cheap too.
But I get them home and look at them and I'm glad I read the packaging because on the back it says "This is not a rechargeable battery."
I'm assuming that means I just wasted $4, what the heck are these things used for? (I guess that's why they were still there...)