Bruk posted:I knew it, they were different valued resistors. 99% of the time the number boards are always powered off the track power. Glad you decided to dig into this and figure it out for sure.
It just annoyed the crap out of me that the appearance was so different. If they were both one intensity, I probably wouldn't have bothered, but since they weren't... Besides, after all the wiring issues, I wanted to look closely at the wire routing inside to see if I was going to have an exploding engine. 
Big Jim posted:John,
How about that "Microscope" review?
I haven't had a chance to actually use mine yet, other than charge it up. I did have a bit of a problem doing that because the two-prong plug was too loose in the AC adapter. While trying to set the 'scope in a secure place to charge, each small movement caused the plug to unseat itself from the AC adapter.
I also noted a lack of good instructions and some way to contact anyone if help is needed...as in getting a proper fitting charging cable.
It looks like this thing will come in handy while trying to cut very small PE parts from their sprue.
Funny thing, I threw that stupid adapter away, plug kept falling out! Anyone need a Euro style power supply? I just found one in my wall wart selection that matched the voltage and had a real plug, that's what I'm using.
I haven't used it in anger yet, but it seems to work OK. I think my biggest beef is the stand is kinda of hard to actually use. I also would like to be able to space it a little farther from the work, but I will experiment some more and see if I can overcome those issues.
