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10G SFP+ passive copper cable

I purchased a 1m SFP+ cable to connect my future LLM server to my NAS so I can hopefully store the models and data all in one spot. Curious as to what it contained I pulled it apart to have a look.

Aliexpress cable
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Water meter Modbus

I purchased a water meter off aliexpress advertised as having either Mbus or RS485, which I assumed was Modbus. Trying to get any manuals or information off the seller was unsuccessful. It was advertised as a YNS-25 but what received was marked with LXSY-25E

The slightly accurate LXSY-25E water meter.
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AliExpress rechargeable NiMH battery

I purchased some NiMH batteries from AliExpress and they turned out to have an extreemly low capacity if they worked at all.

The falsely advertised batteries
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Kids break everything

My eldest son requested a coconut and tried opening it by stabbing it with our favorite knife. As can be seen the knife came out second best with the tip being embedded in the husk and the blade snapping further up.

The broken knife and the responsible coconut
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RADIACMETER IM 174 A/PD

I bought myself a Geiger meter for my birthday. It is an Army surplus unit from the 60s.

The RADIACMETER IM 174 A/PD
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CadMouse repair

I found a CadMouse Compact Wireless in the bin with a faulty scroll wheel so thought I would repair it.

The discarded mouse
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V-belt repair

The V-belt on the lawnmower broke the weekend of new year’s and nothing was open. The solution was to try to repair the belt

Snapped V-belt
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LED spotlight tear down

I pulled a 4 LED Mini Work Light out of the bin at work that I thought I could use on my go cart. Unfortunately when power was applied it didn’t work so I thought I would pull it apart to see what was needed to repair it.

TDR08208 THUNDER 4 LED Mini Work Light
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Portable microscope

The kids got a portable microscope each for Christmas of different brands and prices $17-$41, advertised with 120-60X and 200-80X zoom levels. Some may have misrepresented their capabilities.

The 3 different microscopes
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Airline repair technique

I went scavenging through a local machine shops bin and found a perfectly good airline. Except for the split in it.

The flexible coil airline I claimed