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Hi All. Squires, that famous supplier of model railway stuff? Present at many shows? Or they used to be??I am not that patient . And I have found an old catalogue, featuring an item that I am looking for. It is aPlastic ABS Potting Box ( nothing to do with Pots?) They say “Ideal for Housing Circuits and Mounting Switches, but, when I googled it, I couldn’t find anything like it. Does any Modeller know if they are still available ??
Best wishes. Kevin
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Cheers
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Google potting box
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Manifestly it is better to use simple tools expertly than to possess a bewildering assortment of complicated gadgets and either neglect or use them incompetently. ( L.T.C.Rolt)
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I had the same problem ever since Radio Shack went under. Over here they are called electronic project boxes. I went and got some blue plastic electrical junction boxes from the hardware store that have knockout holes for cables on the sides and sliding covers. Works a treat. Keeps the circuit board protected and mounts switches firmly. I used small blocks of styrene as spacers. The knockout holes also allow good ventilation and wiring access, important if you have heat sinks on the circuit board. See my sugar mill layout topic for pictures.
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Oh well back to the asylum
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Hi Kevin,Hi Nigel. Thank you for your reply. The most obvious route is the simplest. Off thread comment, I had over 150 tabs open on my iPad, simply because I didn’t know about deleting them until I read the instructions. I thought that “ Heat Sinks “ were to do with soldering? I will take a look at your Sugar Mill Layout. Best wishes Kevin
High output power transistors/bridges/chips have heat sinks to dissipate the heat generated. In my case the PWM board has a large finned one on top of the power transistor. Any circuit board which powers something or has a shooting high cycles usually benefits from a cooling fan. They are cheap enough new or recycle the one in the computer.
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Hi Simon . Thank you for your reply. It is only my opinion? But I don’t purchase any eBay bargains now.Best wishes Kevin
If you pay by Paypal, you are protected and as some do, they only have sufficient funds in the bank account that Paypal accesses to cover what they are going to purchase. Sometimes that is the only way one can get goods.
Almost becoming a cashless society as Sweden is finding out.
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eBay bargains? Oxymoron these days. I just had a look at On30 for sale here on ebay.There were 3,972 for sale, 348 on auction, most with ridiculous starting bids. The majority of the locomotives and rolling stock can be bought retail for less from the larger box shifters.
I only link my CC to PayPal. That way you get double protection (plus the CC travel points). I now use Amazon Prime for most non-railway stock items, free postage and returns. And usually much cheaper than eBay. If you use a bank account keep just the funds required and no more as Ron states. Ideal scenario is to sell a few items and build up the PayPal account. That way it never uses the CC or bank account. Many retailers also take PayPal. Often essential for many overseas transactions.
Many specialist groups have gone over to social media groups for sales and wants, having got fed-up with eBay.
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