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  1. How to explain Barcelona apart from the political tensions of recent years

    A few weeks ago, David Uclés spoke at the CCCB about Mercè Rodoreda with such ignorance that, with…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Barcelona #apart #explain #from #how #of #political #recent #tensions #the #to #years
    europesays.com/spain/2590/

  2. One of the many weird things my dad left me was his #Fluke digital #multimeter. It's decades old, but Fluke is know for its high quality and it's still worth a small fortune. It was however incredibly dirty and in need of a thorough cleaning. Naturally I took it #apart, chugged some of it in the dishwasher, cleaned the rest by hand, relubed what need to be lubed and put the whole thing back together. With great #success, I might add. Feelt a bit like hanging out with my #dad again. Good times.

    #electronics #repair

  3. But that's when I learned about the new-new kind of motor that (at least my) furnaces use.

    They call it an "#ECM" motor, but that is just an acronym for Electronically #Commutated Motor, which just means it doesn't have motor #brushes - just like a DC #brushless motor.

    What they actually are is #fiendishly more #complicated. And so, of course, they're #expensive.

    I paid about $1300 to replace it. I took the old one #apart to figure out how it #worked and why it's so expensive.

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