interesting kits -- automotive app

[Tom Cloud]

I received the following response about Ramsey Electronics
(who has the kits I posted) -- so BEWARE  !!  (I've never traded
with them)


>I would consider the below as a 'bag of parts' (and not very good parts at 
>that).  I needed a motor speed controller and bought their kit, thinking I would 
>save some time.  Their circuit, using two 555s and an IRF510 mosfet, would not, 
>and could not power the motor at 100% (full on).  The parts didn't fit the 
>board, and the instructions said things like "insert either the 10 uf or 16 uf 
>cap in position C13".  In other words, they sent you what ever they had, and let 
>ytou know about it.  I also made the mistake of buying ther $150 6m transceiver 
>kit.  Same complaints.  The ceramic caps were the cheapest quality I've ever 
>seen, and when put in the PCB (with the spacing too far apart) would crack the 
>caps.  I was aware of the quality when I bought it, though.  I had intended on 
>buying it as a 'bag of parts' and hevily modifing it to suit my needs.  Well, I 
>lost the sch., and they would not send me another one!!  "We cant just send you 
>one without you paying for it, you will have to send $5 for another manual".  I 
>tried to explain that trancevier manuals cost $10, not $5, and when you buy one 
>(like I did alreay) you don't even get the sch.  She didn't understand that I 
>already had two manuals that I paid for and no sch, and I'd be damned if I was 
>going to buy a third.  
>  Well, with that off my chest, I'm not recomending that you don't buy the kit 
>below, just be forwarned.  I've ordered kits in the past, and I'm sure I'll 
>order kits in the future.  Oh, and they will sell manuals for $5, with the $5 
>refundable if you buy the kit.  I've bought a lot of manuals (just to see how 
>things work) and will probably buy more in the future.
>
>
>> 
>> check out
>> 
>>         http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/prod07.htm
>> 
>> 
>> they have some clever electronic kits .... among them:
>> 
>>      "personal speed radar" kit that lets you clock the
>>         speed of objects -- has a hand-held "gun" ($100)
>> 
>>    and the one I'm interested in:
>>      "microwave motion detector" so I can pitch those
>>         danged IR motion sensors that control some of
>>         my outside lights ($20)
Tom Cloud

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