EP#32: Erroneous Enclosures of Enormous Energy

Podcast Notes

• Stephen brewed a batch of beer over the last weekend with his new electric brewing setup. It is not complete yet but it does work. Stephen converted his brew kettle to include a 4500W heating element bought from  lowes. It runs on 220 volts. At full blast it pulls ~20A.
• The enclosure for Stephen's brew rig is currently a USPS box. See Figure 1 and 2.
• Parker is working on an  Audio Amp for Spooky Pinball. It is going to be based on the Gainclone. Instead of the LM3875, Parker is going to use the LM1875 as he does not need 56W per channel.
• For Tone control, Parker found these dirt cheap potentiometers on  Ebay. Seem to work fine...
• EMC FASTPASS has a great article ever product engineer should read. PCB Cost Reduction and EMC – A Cautionary Tale. The article is about redesigning a product to lower its cost and the trials of the FCC/CE certification.
• Awesome click bait title from Hackaday.  Top Ten Reasons Not To Buy A Fake MacBook Charger. Number Eight Will Shock You.

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro theme!