Exploring technical gifts from the Edinburgh meet.

[@TRS-Tech]

I had a flashback when you took the Trafficmaster unit apart. Years ago when Trafficmaster were setting up and putting in all of the infrastructure they were contacted by a good friend of my father's that works for the DTI. Someone discovered that during manufacturing a slight boo boo was made and the wrong frequency was programed into both the transmitters and receivers. This was discovered after well over 1000 sites had been commissioned. The result was that Trafficmaster had to recall and re-program all the kit out on site. OOoopsy !!!! It made me chuckle when your video reminded me of the rather large screw up :-D

[@practicalmedicine4359]

Hi from waterlogged Houston. I've spent the last few days constantly on youtube, since we couldn't do anything else. Wanted to say thanks for the interesting videos. It really helped keep my mind off the disaster around us.

[@simoncee9011]

Great video, I love the fact 5 years later your style hasn't changed. Not sure why I hadn't finished this video at the time but I'm enjoying it now.

[@stridermt2k]

Clive thank you for your dedication to the channel. I can only speak for myself, but you bring the electron - enhanced joy sir!

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Those caps say "NP" on them = non polarised

[@JVerschueren]

Some value/voltage combinations are only available in non-polarized as budget capacitors nowadays. One needs to go to the brand name capacitors for polarized, low ESR models.

[@peteb2]

I recognise the logo on those shitty electrolytics , sold in the local hobby shop. The things are absolute RUBBISH... I've had to do re-repair work when owners bring me gear they say they've fixed days ago but it 'died again'....

[@johnclavis]

mikeselectricstuff P=NP?

[@alexatkin]

No Power might be more fitting.

[@wiplashw642]

Против Глобал non polarized =no problem. because it can be used any way. one does not have to care about the polarity

[@encorespod2135]

Here we see, an artifact from the 21st century alluding to the presence of the "Clive". We believe that the people of early 21st century worshiped the Clive at this sacred alter known as a "you" "Tube" where upon they would sacrifice their time watching adverts in order to honor the ancient Gods.

[@americanrebel413]

LOL! Sounds about right!

[@barfy75]

I thought it was a Big Clive bottle opener.

[@joinedupjon]

I suppose it would be if you applied it with sufficient force

[@pierreuntel1970]

you can use it to smash the bottle open

[@Nucknyan]

I'd buy a bottle opener based on his face tbh

[@schalkespringer]

My Dad was producer of the Nova Scotia Int'l tattoo for many years. That wine bottle assures me crews are similar on both side of the pond! 😄

[@shemp308]

Nice long video! Nice to see people around you support your interesting work. Also will be nice to see you home without the limitations on the road. Safe trip home.

[@Volaths]

That casting looks like something from a fucking burial ground. Honestly, muddy that up a bit, give it some rust and you could probably flog it as an ancient symbol.

[@SenzokuHoshiko]

PlainSailingWeather all hail bigclivedot. He is our lordy savior

[@OAleathaO]

+Kurry QK -- If I were inclined to worship any god I suppose BigClive™ would be a worthy candidate to pay homage to.

[@thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154]

PlainSailingWeather I have a feeling that symbol is going to be appearing everywhere before long

[@Volaths]

ALL HAIL BIGCLIVE

[@johnpossum556]

Klive Kult Karma Kameleon

[@johnclavis]

Clive seems like a good guy

[@772pcs]

The torch, a real Big Clive tear-down... exellent

[@rud]

put LEDs in the eyes of those sculptures :)

[@rud]

Hmm, I think the neon indicators actually would be a better choice.

[@arapigny9885]

Martin J knee in indicatours

[@millomweb]

Does the mouth need to smoke too ?

[@arcadeuk]

Hey Clive, Those capacitors are definitely non-polar. I have a squillion of those exact ones (I think I cleared out Conrad electronics of those a a while back) I use them for amplifier and arcade monitor repairs

[@brainndamage]

arcadeuk yes, and they're definitely not low-esr, which is why they failed in this application. ESR is important in this case and not so much the frequency, as Clive mentioned in the video.

[@Firecul]

The caps, I gave with the circuit are identical to the one that came out. So as you can imagine it hadn't lasted very long before I replaced the cap either. Thanks for the info on them though, I'll make sure to use them somewhere appropriate.

[@gazzathegreat7820]

bigclivedotcom ... I've got 2 things to say BigYin , I just heard you talking about steel works & it brig a tear to my eye ( in a good way ) my Dad worked at Martins in Coatbridge (r.I.p ) great memorys I've got so cheers bigclive for that wee trip down memory lane ..... 2nd thing I must point out YOUR HANDS SHOULD BE THE MOST FAMOUS HANDS IN THE WORLD ..... , they've got a magicians thing/look going on with them keep up your good work

[@arcadeuk]

Got to love the Ultra Fite battery. It's like fake battery inception over in China

[@jamesdavid9977]

arcadeuk Is there a chance you might start uploading again? Your vids were incredibly interesting. No worries if not, just curious/hopeful.

[@daimenworrall]

I have the same flashlight just different branding. They sell them in Aldi from time to time. Sometimes with the barrel jack and sometimes with a micro USB. Definitely worth a look, its a good light.

[@Soruk42]

In addition to "Police" on the sleeve of that torch, the top part also includes the logo of the Communist Party of China!

[@TheMajkla]

I had one such abou a year ago and what a brilliant light it was. Shame that it started blinking and one day simply stopped working. I wanted to swap it for a new one but they don't sell them anymore. At least the refund was quick, straight back to my card. The torch seemed to be identical to this knock off one, providing very powerful beam of light. Maybe it got broken because I used it on my bike sometimes as it fit into the Led Lenser bicycle mount.

[@SirArtikbot]

Oh wow I lost it with the UltroFite cells. Epic, just beyond epic.

[@arjohnson532]

Hi Clive. Love your videos... so laid-back and natural. I've also fallen for some of your diagnostic equipment. I've had a HOPI for several years now, and several multi-meters, most of which are true RMS. I also use Weller temperature-controlled soldering (the one with the Curie-point magnetic tips). I have a 10A 35V variable bench PSU and a digital 'scope etc. One thing I didn't have (until the other day, that is) is a thermal imaging camera. But I've just bought a (slightly used) FLIR ONE for use with iPhone and iPad. I like it a lot, but am aware of its slight limitations. There is an excellent range of diagnostic gizmos from Peak Electronic Design in Buxton, Derbyshire however, none of which I have ever seen amongst your formidable arsenal. I have had one of their DCA55 units for about ten years now and it's brilliant. Well worth a look at their website (www.peakelec.co.uk/). I would think their DCA75 would be right for you. Purchased direct from Peak, their prices are a tad lower than Amazon or eBay. There are several informative videos on the Peak website, which I wholeheartedly recommend. Many thanks for your most entertaining and informative videos.

[@bokkenka]

Somebody should make a bottle opener of the logo for when we want to enjoy our adult beverages.

[@nikf3188]

Ah the 'personalised roadwatch' - a disguised Trafficmaster box based on their Trafficmate product. Served its data on 153.2750 from roadside boxes encoded POCSAG FSK (mainly now those 'blue poles' you see which generate an MD5 hash of the reg number & track journey times between adjacent sites). Their older product with the big display worked similalry but displayed stuff on a big map. That got its data over Vodafones national paging network in POCSAG. Beacons are still fitted, network still works. The data is just now presented on apps on phones instead of dedicated devices. Trafficmaster started out at Marlborough House in Linford Wood, before moving up to a massive building (all theirs) at Cranfield - they now occupy a couple of floors at most I think, rather than the whole building. Madness with their ANPR 'blue pole' network is each pole site has its own dedicated ADSL connection. They used to be dialup with data shipped back every 5 minutes. The modem rack in MK was quite a sight! God i'm a ruddy anorak!

[@bigclivedotcom]

+Nik Fox All good info, and intriguing to know the system has adapted.

[@nikf3188]

May even have changed again since the last time I looked but yep, they live on! Glad the show went well by the way - we've got the BBC Concert Orchestra in my theatre tonight....now, what could possibly go wrong :) haha

[@goose300183]

Great info! I was interested to find out about this network, as I hadn't heard of it before this video.

[@paulsengupta971]

I keep meaning to put some batteries in my receiver to see if it still works! :-) Mine's one of these: www.uglybloke.co.uk/cb/rac%20traffic%20alert%201210.jpg

[@nikf3188]

Niiiiiice! Did the RAC one need an 'information key' chip or not? I had the old Trafficmate doorwedge shaped thing, and the newer flatter one. Still around somewhere I think. Latterly I had the iQ (like an early satnav with a screen) - all of them were 'protected' by one of those keys which only told the unit an expiry date ISTR. Wound up reverse engineering the protocol because, well, I'm just sad like that & at the time I was a radio travel news geek :) All pointless now of course with Inrix (nee Trafficlink & Metro Networks) feeding data into the TMC carrier on Classic FM for your Satnav & Google doing their own traffic probing...and Waze of course. That said, Inrix are still using humans to do the editorial work for the most part. Many a long 12 hour shift doing that in between dialling into BBC Local Radio stations to depress the driving public ha

[@mattploij2673]

Phew, good to hear it fits. Was my main worry.

[@bigclivedotcom]

+Matt Dennis Thanks, I greatly appreciate it. Especially with the Isle of Man being quite stormy.

[@c1neal]

That casting would be a great bottle opener merch for you! You should contract out for it.

[@robertstead8713]

Love the castings!

[@americanrebel413]

The Clive casting! Slightly spooky! Cool video Mr. Clive! Thank you.

[@phoneboi]

I imagine the "Falling Star" is an existing component used when assembling the more traditional firework mortar shells. The individual colors/effects are pressed into similar pellets, and then assembled around a lift charge before getting wrapped. A clever way to expand sales and offer new effects on a smaller scale!

[@djmrhill]

A cool idea would be to create a device from gifts (or parts of gifts) next time you do a meet and receive some

[@spikeydapikey1483]

That is a nice haul of swag dude! Leatherman tools, top quality ☺

[@rich1051414]

I have a couple brass wools that are full of solder. One of these days I am going to do something with them. Thinking about melting out the solder and using it to cast something.

[@Firecul]

Sorry the circuit wasn't in the case Clive but it was a right pain to get out, I should have just desoldered the terminals to get it out in the first place (especially since it appears not to have survived the trip to Edinburgh intact) but this was a good few years ago. It was also myself that gave the mic and "stun gun" module.

[@Tocsin-Bang]

The sculpture kind of reminds me of Saxon archaeological finds.

[@ankdoeslego9731]

I got that exact torch at the South of England show, speaking of the springs I lost both the bearing spring and the large battery / circuit spring. It worked great while it lasted!

[@DJJAKEY2009]

I used to do bronze casting back at my old college, and I made a paperweight shaped like a glass one. I did glass work too.

[@twocvbloke]

The cannon fire at the show was pretty damned good, the pyros did a great job... :)

[@fractal9449]

Saw you around Ingram street the other day mate, fan boyed a wee bit not gonna lie.

[@markd9946]

Clive, have a safe trip. Cheers

[@nlo114]

The LED floodlight case looks like it could be used as a wifi antenna reflector so that you could pick up your home wifi outside in the shed/garage/workshop etc. (just an idea for the robust weatherproof case.)

[@gravitationaleddie5611]

Clive, you know you've made it big time when they put your face on top of the beer tap.

[@TheRealKoltoroc]

I misread the title as "exploding" gifts. Now i am disappointed.

[@himselfe]

You can buy a non-focusable version of that torch without charging support in Home Bargains for around £3. Other than lacking the charging port or ability to focus, it has exactly the same case and same functionality. The home bargains version comes with an adaptor for 3x AAA batteries, but it'll also happily fit a single 18650.

[@toddsweeney9304]

Bend the "soul patch" out a few degrees, and you have a Big Clive bottle opener! Fitting somehow...

[@phonotical]

The hole in the casting makes me think you could turn it into a water feature, or make it smoke😂

[@NeneExists]

The non-parcan 3D printed lantern looks more like a Selecon SPX than a ETC Source 4 - the shape of the handle at the back on a source 4 is two distinct halves, whereas that looks like a full circle. They're both ellipsoidal profiles though, so have a very similar ... uh ... profile, as it were.

[@MichaelMacGyver]

the casting looks like the skull key (copper bones) from The Goonies

[@JohnWatkinsUK]

Exactly what I thought!

[@Firecul]

Someone I was talking to at the meet up did say that too.

[@OAleathaO]

OMG...I'm so glad I wasn't the only one that thought this.

[@A2000MHz]

Saw those falling stars "The Royal Edinburgh Military TATTOO 2017 (Full)" at 1:24:03 One didn't fire! I wonder if that's the one they gave you...

[@hoggif]

Flashlight do not store typically charge for remembering modes. They use software to save the previous mode to eeprom and when it turns on next time it reads the previous mode from eeprom and selects next one. The ones with mode memory usually wait a few seconds before they write the "remembered mode" to eeprom. That way quick on/off swithing changes modes constanly and after it has been on for a while it stores the mode and next time it turns on in that one instead of advancing to the next one. (other software methods exist for this but this is to give you an idea of how it may typically work) Oh, the focusable light with moving led have typically very bad thermal conduction from led to the outer shell. That means they heat up and tend to not last too long untill the led has suffered and dimmed.

[@anthonyshiels9273]

I bought the Brother Label Printer that was demonstrated here and I ordered the HOPI . The HOPI is not here yet and it may be in the Dublin Customs Office. I seem to be charged double VAT for some items from our Ex Member and it is a bit of a pain. I keep the Customs Demand Note and the delivery docket stating that I have paid the United Kingdom VAT.

[@kwakamonkey]

Clive, the driver on the torch may have a memory function. You flick through the modes but half pressing the switch rather than on and off. If it has memory on the driver they normally kick in after a few seconds. So if you switch it off on say the highest brightness it should come on at that setting.

[@Bushougoma]

4:01 yes they are non polarized capacitors they say NP on them :-). They usually have either NP for non polarized or BP for bipolar on them.

[@ahettinger525]

I've got one of those rulers from Digi-key. They're pretty cool!

[@lanntheartist]

Lost-wax (or hard plastic) casting is a lot of fun. :)

[@kellymichaels2557]

Clive, I have a project for one of your fantastic tear downs. I just need to know where to send it. Thanks

[@ErikBongers]

Ah, a Scot Ski Die Ode. We all now that one. Only grows in the highlands if the wind is whiffy enough.

[@dillerboy]

What's the amperage limit of that big clive logo fuse?

[@BladeRunner21577]

BigC that work lamp you have at the end. You say the LED is about 10W but the driver is only about 3W... Would that give the LED a longer life because it isnt being driven so hard?

[@ralphorama]

Excited for the upcoming Clive/MF DOOM collab!

[@Cadwaladr]

So is the cast metal Clive head made of tin/lead/silver/copper/antimony solder type material?

[@PsiQ]

i guess its the stubborn clivemetally type.. with moodvarying melting temperature ;-)

[@papal1ef]

Nice you shared the gifts

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

I thought that the converter would have been a sinusoidal type Royer Oscillator with a centre tapped tuned circuit.

[@UpcycleElectronics]

Well, you've created my research rabbit hole of the day... I barely understand peak and PWM controllers...this will be bad... Thanks ;)

[@douro20]

Do they do a lot of metal casting in the technical department?

[@bigclivedotcom]

That particular theatre's technical department is VERY technical.

[@twotone3070]

Is the room you stayed in going to have a Blue Plaque installed by it? "BIG CLIVE STAYED HERE AUGUST 2017"

[@leventeszommer3048]

OMG Big Clive finally got verified!!!

[@leighbucksey5263]

Vince has a great choice of wine 😁

[@sithompson74]

I've a torch that looks exactly like that, but minus the markings, in my car glove box. It does charge via a 12v car socket. Can't fault it for about £3 off eBay

[@aserta]

I wonder if you could make a cubesat antenna that's self contained by using that spiral PCB method...hm.

[@NicksKnives.]

I have that exact same torch but without the "police" branding on it. I got it in spain a couple years ago for like €5, good torch. I got rid of the PoS 18650 that came with it and bought a proper one with a charger cause there was no way I was gonna plug it in to charge itself haha.

[@karora]

Good NZ Sauvignon there :-)

[@jagardina]

So when are you going outside and lighting the pyrotechnics?

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

I just mounted 2 of those grey security lights to the inside and outside of my woodshed.

[@Rizon1985]

There are abrasive discs for cutting and for grinding. Don't use the wrong one for the job or you get exciting times happening.

[@lloydgarland4667]

Safe journey home mate :)

[@garywheeler7039]

The mouth on the cast meta big clive looks about the right size to open a bottle of beer. Was that deliberate? Have you tried it?

[@Eye_Make]

So weird seeing my artwork in 3D print/scary casting. Awesome!

[@YesterGearPC]

The metal sculpture reminds me of the "Skull Key" from The Goonies.

[@benmarks2471]

haha from the Montgomery! ! I did lighting there once👍

[@edkoga7321]

I think you outta put some crossbone like thing on it but made from a box cutter on one side and a lightning bolt on the other that would make it badass! Or maybe your favorite conductive screwdriver.

[@madichelp0]

Digging that thing down is the only way to truly honor it.

[@SDWNJ]

I have the same ruler. Digi-Key and some other manufacturers make nearly identical ones.

[@robb.c.7407]

What brand was that jacket, I would like to get one.

[@MrJimmyjammmy]

Driza-bone

[@robb.c.7407]

thanks

[@johnsiders7819]

Does Clive live on the isle of Mann ??? interesting they have a motorbike race there .

[@deltalambda3864]

whats the cost of the Student accommodation per week or per month clive. starting uni at napier and the comute is hell thanks.

[@BuggsK100RS]

Well I can vouch for the Coffee and tea at Napier I work for Bewleys they use the Eros Coffee nice stuff :) ( though I could be a little bias )

[@deltalambda3864]

i do enjoy a good cup of coffee.

[@bigclivedotcom]

+Delta Lambda Not sure. It's supplied during the run.

[@joinedupjon]

Yep a lot of places rent out blocks of empty student rooms during the summer holiday - it'll probably be a different rate than they charge to students cos they're aiming at corporate clients, conferences etc.

[@princebatswater]

Villa Maria. Very nice....

[@whitesapphire5865]

Away with ye, Clive. You've got to go a long way to beat the EMTs of the late sixties and early seventies. In my mind, 1968 stands out as probably the best I ever saw, with 1967 being almost as good, but to me, the EMT seemed to lose its way when the practical displays were discontinued. The glory days will always be when the army teams dismantled say, a Mini, or a Land Rover, carried it over a wall, threaded all the bits through a gun loupe, transported the same to the far end of the esplanade, reassembled the vehicle and drove it off the esplanade to much applause. The first to complete the task was the winner. That amongst other displays, and the grand finale with the massed bands, the pipes and drums, and ultimately the lone piper on the rampart. I haven't attended a live performance since about 1972/73, and sadly probably never will be able to again. Some interesting goodies in the bag there! Do you ever watch "Pile of Stuff" channel? He gets regular mailbags of stuff like these, which he takes to bits for our entertainment, or sometimes kits to assemble as we watch. 2017, eh? Feels like a lifetime ago now.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Those army gun challenges have been done on the Tattoo, but were stopped because of safety concerns......

[@whitesapphire5865]

@@bigclivedotcom I remember them well, and particularly at the "Royal Tournament" from Olympia (I think it was) in London, but the Royal Tournament ceased many, many, moons ago. Unfortunately the HSE put a stop to a lot of these kinds of display. I do remember watching a Royal Naval display which featured Navy Cadets in a display on a mocked up three masted rigging. I was getting dizzy just watching them climbing up and out on the masts and yards. I went sick as a sea going parrot when I saw "The Button Boy" climb to the top of the mainmast, and then to stand on top of the 'button' (the small round disc at the top of the mast) with no means of support or safety harness of any kind, and he did this in the dark, with spotlights shining on him. He certainly earned his tot of rum for that!

[@Audio_Simon]

They are non polar I use those ones in audio equipment; multicomp I think. Panasonic SU series ones are better tolerance though. For smps use I haven't found better caps than Panasonic FM series. These have the lowest esr and hence lowest output impedance for the supply. However worth noting that the FC series actually offer longer life.

[@Audio_Simon]

P.s. I thought that was an AvE ruler!

[@SagePatrynXX]

Getting a kick that someone knocked off Ultrafire. Crap batteries as they are. Generally, I risk getting a shock and when my laptop battery goes to crappers I try to tear it apart without a shock and usually get one. But those last way longer than the Ultrafire ones do. What is Ultrafire knocking off. (and yes thanks to you Clive having a 5000 mah light weight li ion batter vs a 2000 heavy weight battery hmmmmm which one is better. Although not always true.. Antec PSU computer grade , that shorted right out off my left hand and out the right foot (ouch) but the old cheapie $20 Logosys PSU's are nearing 13 years old and still rocking. Antec ($80 PSU) says hey 4-5 years is good. Logisys (sp) somehow they last longer. Especially the all black ones. Had an iffy go with one that was half black half olive green. One of the rails fails my PSU tester O_O As for puffed up capacitors. I had to toss a motherboard out when 6 in a row all did that. Mercury PC did that. Long dead company but it worked with ubuntu so I was good to go there. Never shut off right under windows..

[@Petertronic]

What happened to your left thumbnail?

[@pshq]

Don't forget to remove that black dot from the desk, Clive.

[@thomashawker7107]

Did you stay at pollock halls or some other student accommodation?

[@bigclivedotcom]

+Thomas Hawker It was Pollock Hall for the first time.

[@Vildhjuggah]

I rly hope you tried using the metal logo as a bottle opener! :D

[@dandel351]

I'm surprised that cannons designed to fire off pounds of black powder and shot would be affected by firing fireworks out of the barrel. They could just stick a temporary bore liner in the cannon for the show. If this show was based in 'Merica then they would probably be firing black powder blanks. Otherwise great video mate.

[@michaeltempsch5282]

IIRC from the earlier video showing them, they had multiple shots set up on each cannon. Not feasible to have a gun crew on each gun, reloading them. From a distance you probably can't make out if the flame comes from the actual bore or just next to the barrel anyways.

[@HuntersMoon78]

I have one of those LED torches, it says WZAIX h26 on the side

[@bobjones1608]

Does it open beer bottles?

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

My Vodaphone widget! I thought i'd never see one again! My one was easy to fit batteries.

[@peteb2]

Not a bad wine... The SauvBlanc from Villa Maria (as far as New Zealand wines go) being as i am a Kiwi and will always now be referred to as " a bottle of bigclivedotcom's CocknBalls"...

[@KiwiHelpgeek]

Villa Maria Sav Blanc from New Zealand. Vince clearly has taste.

[@Audio_Simon]

How do I message Big Clive? I'd like to recommend you get your hands on an 'Ultra Sonic Peeler' (not for wallpaper, for your face!) and find out of it is actually ultra sonic. My wife had one and I can bloody hear it!! It's supposed to exfoliate your face with ultra sonic vibrations. I started disassembling my wife's one, but she caught me and told me to put it back together.

[@treyquattro]

watching that flashlight being destroyed was distressing...

[@jetteraismabash4186]

That casting looks like it could open bottles

[@OfirWasHere]

Okay guys so i have a question after watching loads of his videos about power banks My question is Which powerbank should i get that is trusted and will last long also that will have big amount of battery

[@CoRDSau]

The metal big clive casting looks like a prop from The Goonies movie