[57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries
Hi, Every single one of the CR2032 batteries Iain bought from Pound-Land for the 2U Rackable Opteron 200 servers that I donated to the Space went flat shortly after I fitted them :-( That might explain why the motherboards failed to POST... As you know, I bought ten new 12x13 server motherboards to replace them before realising the Space can't afford the electricity to run them - Never mind, I'm donating them to Tom for his research at UoA. Back to the main topic of my message: I had *NO* idea how widespread fake CR2032's are on eBay/Amazon never mind PoundShop. I'm looking for genuine name-brand CR2032 replacements if anyone has recommendations? Caveat emptor! Tony. -- Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028 Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK) tel. +44(0)19755 63548http://minke-informatics.co.uk mob. +44(0)7985 078324mailto:tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014, at 01:04 PM, Tony Travis wrote: Back to the main topic of my message: I had *NO* idea how widespread fake CR2032's are on eBay/Amazon never mind PoundShop. I'm looking for genuine name-brand CR2032 replacements if anyone has recommendations? I'd probably go with RS. Their batteries come with datasheets of what their capacity should be: http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0394/0900766b80394067.pdf RS are usually not the cheapest but for things where authenticity matters paying a bit more can be worth it for them to worry about the sourcing. Robert -- Robert McWilliam r...@allmail.netwww.ormiret.com Disclaimer: Opinions cited by me are not necessarily my opinions. Facts cited by me are not necessarily facts. ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries
So, as usual, it was Ian? -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/ ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries
On 23/10/14 14:15, Andrea Faulds wrote: So, as usual, it was Ian? Hi, Andrea. Yes, of course, but I had no idea about fake CR2032 batteries either! I must admit that the Pound-Land batteries seemed to good to be true at the time and now we know why ;-) Bye, Tony. -- Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028 Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK) tel. +44(0)19755 63548http://minke-informatics.co.uk mob. +44(0)7985 078324mailto:tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Fake CR2032 batteries
On 23/10/14 13:53, Robert McWilliam wrote: [...] RS are usually not the cheapest but for things where authenticity matters paying a bit more can be worth it for them to worry about the sourcing. Hi, Robert. I took you advice and ordered 25 from RS. Thanks, Tony. -- Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028 Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK) tel. +44(0)19755 63548http://minke-informatics.co.uk mob. +44(0)7985 078324mailto:tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
[57north-discuss] Thursday
Is there a themed Thursday on tonight? ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Thursday
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 03:06:26PM +0100, Noodle wrote: Is there a themed Thursday on tonight? I think themed Thursdays felt abandoned and have left. There does seem to be a serious hacking night planned though. -- Tom @adventureloop adventurist.me :wq ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Thursday
On 23 October 2014 15:13, Tom Jones jo...@sdf.org wrote: I think themed Thursdays felt abandoned and have left. There does seem to be a serious hacking night planned though. I'll be down to tart up the pillar drill / make it safer. Had a similar experience with the poundland 9v batteries used at the last Makeitglo. Not fake per say, but just a very quick voltage drop when you use them for more than a short length of time. Stay away from these also - total crap. Cheers, Ed ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
Re: [57north-discuss] Thursday
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 04:47:07PM +0100, Noodle wrote: I'll add to the list of pound land stuff to avoid: blank CDs and DVDs! Oh, I have used 10 blank CD's from poundland without any trouble. This probably depends a lot on the quality of the burner. -- Tom @adventureloop adventurist.me :wq ___ 57north-discuss mailing list 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss
