[sdiy] THAT 2155 on sale

[john slee]

Also interested in this, as I, too, have a bunch of unsorted single-cell
vactrols. Possibly from my last (successful) Goldmine order!

John

On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 15:38, Laughing Man <laughingman647 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This might be off topic, but I've been trying to test photocells myself
> recently in order to make up some vactrols for a 208. What kind of circuit
> would you use to test to the spec of the datasheet? Putting 10mA through a
> resistance of 1 megohm produces a ridiculous voltage drop, so I'm not sure
> how I'm supposed to 'bias' the photocell so I can test if it's response
> matches the datasheet.
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 8:18 PM Crys <crystals at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> yeah, me too. i got quite a few hundred, then i bought a box of envelopes
>> and tested out a big pile of them and made envelopes full of matching units.
>>
>> crystal chris
>> On 4/9/2020 8:22 PM, Kylee Kennedy wrote:
>>
>> Post came through fine.
>> Interesting I'll have to find that Vactrol. Electronic Goldmine is well
>> know for selling out of spec Vactrols in the past. A lot of the stuff here
>> is surplus from manufacturers that's why they can sell them so cheaply. I
>> still have a few hundred dual leg Vactrols from their blow out sales...All
>> with different responses.
>>
>> Kylee
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, April 9, 2020, Laughing Man <laughingman647 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> First time posting, so I'm not sure if I'm sending this out right, but I
>>> also stumbled across a 3-lead photocell on their site as well. Sounds like
>>> an easy way to make some home-baked 5c3/2's.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 2:27 PM john slee <indigoid at oldcorollas.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting. I tried to order some. Unfortunately their payment
>>>> processor is rejecting my cards due to (incorrectly) failing AVS checks,
>>>> and they inexplicably don't allow Paypal for Australia. Infuriating.
>>>>
>>>> They need to bring their site forward at least 20 years. Limiting
>>>> people to 10-character passwords is awful (see: NIST guidelines) and also
>>>> while I don't have proof of this, based on the way their form flow works, I
>>>> suspect they're being very naughty and storing credit card CVV info. This
>>>> is absolutely not allowed
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the heads-up, anyway.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 01:44, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey SDIY Team,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Electronic Goldmine has a stash of THAT 2155 VCAs on sale for $1.99
>>>>> each, if you’re interested.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave Dixon
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