Greatest Electrical Game Changers

[Mikegh]

RCD

Voltstick

Led lighting

PIR detector

 

[stevethesparks]

I used to work out the back of a Volvo estate. Getting a decent van and racking it out along with a Rhino tube, and making a cable rack, made going to work and finding things a lot more pleasurable.

 

[Mikegh]

Cordless power tools
Wagos
Quinetic switches
LED head-torch

Game changers for me, not really for the electrical industry as a whole, but these have made my life a lot better

Good call on the cordless and the headlamps

Revutionised electrical installation work from s practical perspective

 

[Mikegh]

There's one that hasn't been mentioned yet

Massive game changer in terms of installation work

 

[LastManOnline]

Good luck with that welder the few we tried blew all the 13 amp plug top fuses we had and tripped 32 amp mcb many times, lets hope they have improved since then

Got some good news for you. The thing actually works very well. Its hardly bigger than a cigarette pack. Only downsides are the instructions all in Chinese, but some excellent reviews on the banggood website that explain it clearly. They could have left the two welding cables a few inches longer. And lastly I would advise buying the next model up from mine (I bought the cheapest for 47 euro). The next model up gives 9 different welding strengths (mine has 4). It's hard to believe that technology has moved so far ahead in such a short space of time. It's A GAME CHANGER

 

[Lucien Nunes]

It's a game changer for people who want to spot-weld small items at low cost.

The EF50 was a game changer for people who wanted to watch TV or defeat the Nazis.

EF50 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[freddo]

Useful valves, but you cant see the insides glowing!

 

[Lucien Nunes]

You're supposed to watch the CRT, not the IF strip!

 

[freddo]

You're supposed to watch the CRT, not the IF strip!

The electronics are way more interesting than what's on TV.

And with a CRT like this I can watch the program and the electronics at the same time...

Well, maybe in the future when it's working again. I hope the CRT doesn't turn out to be faulty, it's currently stored safely out of harms way.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Ok, game changer: Flyback EHT.
But we're straying somewhat from the original intent of the thread.
And yes, don't let anyone bend that picture valve.

 

[Mikegh]

In terms of electrical installation work

1. RCD

Differential trip, you can never depend on it but it may save your life or the installation

2. Voltstick/Single point contact testing

Never depend on a 2-wire tester

3. Headlamps/Cordless

Revolutionised electrical installation work

4. Kango Hammer

Wider picture , I dunno

Incandescent lightbulb, generators, motors ,pvc cables, valves

 

[pc1966]

And with a CRT like this I can watch the program and the electronics at the same time...

Oh, I also have one of those Bush radios, sadly with a failed dropper resistor and the issue of asbestos lining around it. Still it is a marvellous example of how compact an octal valve radio could be made.

If talking about major RF milestones, I would go back before the EF50 to 1919 and raise you the superhet system:

Superheterodyne receiver - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[jackhammerJIM]

DownLights with push fit terminaLs

RJ45 pass through

54v cordLess sds

risk assesments and method statements

The L on my keyboard no Longer works it is boody annoying

 

[DPG]

Good call on the pass-through RJ45 connectors.

 

[Pretty Mouth]

The Ring Final Circuit: When needs must, ---- the rule book and find a pragmatic solution. Still very much the standard circuit for socket outlets nearly 80 years on.

 

[Mikegh]

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