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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Forum - Recent Threads</title><link>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:51:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum" /><item><title>Question on CamdenBoss Components? Ask the Expert!</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/13923?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:51:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:db01e2a6-b477-434d-b96f-280fc4b4bcde</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/13923?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/13923/question-on-camdenboss-components-ask-the-expert/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you need help on anything technical relating to CamdenBoss components, please post your question here!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;Don&amp;#39;t forget to sign up for email notifications under the &amp;quot;Actions&amp;quot; box so you&amp;#39;ll see when Michael answers your question.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/120x107/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/28/1207.contentimage_5F00_18785.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/discussions/components/files/28/1207.contentimage_18785.jpg-120x107.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=9xx%2B0XysauGlACP6FdYe7MAlW6QTt8cJ5d06l3Wv444%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-08-24T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=QAVh54FuXj6wo2ney4ZvxA==" style="max-height: 107px;max-width: 120px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael Bridge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;Product Specialist for Components at CamdenBoss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:#fefceb;width:320px;height:130px;border:#4054be 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:#4054be 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"&gt;If not already, you&amp;#39;ll need to&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.e-14.com/community/login.jspa" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/300x300/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/28/5430.contentimage_5F00_2208.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/discussions/components/files/28/5430.contentimage_2208.png-300x300.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=igyxIQBqpNVTaxrh9qpXkf2dRrOhwVhOdK%2B%2Fhn%2Boo%2Bo%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-08-24T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=6XBfy9ejR0H1SuH7upo03A==" style="max-height: 300px;max-width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="margin-top:15px;display:block;font-size:18pt;float:left;"&gt; or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.e-14.com/community/create-account.jspa" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/300x300/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/28/1220.contentimage_5F00_2252.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/discussions/components/files/28/1220.contentimage_2252.png-300x300.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=zvXxlga8yjydjBlm0lYwiIs3qWIp2YWYf8xOC8a%2FtuE%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-08-24T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=PCbkXZB+ANIbmVjfdi9OwQ==" style="max-height: 300px;max-width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"&gt;to ask your question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"&gt;Otherwise, click reply below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Enclosures</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/40752?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:45:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:04dac741-67d4-48e6-b546-22100106c755</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/40752?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/40752/enclosures/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Hi Dan, can you tell me what material the 2000 series is made of and whether this is flame retardant?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>How do you rapid prototype in DIN rail environment?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/13907?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:22:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:47fa5e67-8928-48bd-97e8-1cdfa7dc38f2</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/13907?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/13907/how-do-you-rapid-prototype-in-din-rail-environment/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Suppose you are working on a an electrical installation which is DIN rail mounted, how do you modify and adapt it? Could be tricky.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;CamdenBoss has a simple enclosure called CVB225 (Camden Vertical Box, 22.5mm wide) which now has a tailor-made prototyping board available:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;DIN Rail prototyping made easy with CamdenBoss enclosure CVB225&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;CVB225 and CVB450 are vertically mounting DIN rail enclosures from CamdenBoss, the UK’s leading supplier of electromechanical components and enclosures.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;CVB225 is a slim 22.5mm enclosure, CVB450 offers a deeper solution at 45mm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/450x337/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/28/contentimage_5F00_6837.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/discussions/components/files/28/contentimage_6837.jpg-450x337.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=HMM8sc0iqfTcDWCBTmVNvd%2FNqRspKFRl8lJvHcnTCMQ%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-08-24T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=qXzc1EvkfyhN1TjMudi4Gw==" style="max-height: 337px;max-width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;CamdenBoss has opened this product range to the world of rapid prototyping with the&amp;nbsp; introduction of a purpose built prototyping PCB, part number CVBMSC.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;Electronic components can be mounted on the main area of the board on array of 748 holes of 1mm diameter at 2.54mm, making connections by hard wire.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;Serving the three openings on the box, two 8-way and one 12-way rows - spaced at 5mm pitch - can accommodate connectors such as PCB- and pluggable terminal blocks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/450x317/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/28/contentimage_5F00_6838.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/discussions/components/files/28/contentimage_6838.jpg-450x317.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=B883kKv1DCPgd1fxuX%2BA02gIpiSZ7xhGFZg3EXsJL2k%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-08-24T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=fdz0LLNkJQ2hrsCNImh9RA==" style="max-height: 317px;max-width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;Included with the CVB225 and CVB450 is a set of blanking plates which allow unused apertures to be closed off as required.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;Ideal for use with the CVB225 and CVB450 is CamdenBoss’s pluggable terminal block system. CTB9350/8 for example is an 8-way, 5mm pitch, 90 degree header rated at 12A and 320V. This can be mated with a female plug such as CTB92VG/8S. This provides a simple method of connecting and disconnecting up to 8 poles to two sides and 12 poles to the third.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;"&gt;The CVB225 kit is available to order with or without prototyping PCB CVBMSC so that once the PCB design has been established, PCBs can be manufactured separately.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;To order CVB225 with blanking plates and the CVBMSC use part number CVB225/KIT/PCB.&lt;br /&gt;To order the enclosure without the PCB use CVB225/KIT.&lt;br /&gt;To order additional PCBs use CVBMSC .&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin:24pt 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%;color:#365f91;font-size:20pt;font-family:Calibri;"&gt;DIN Rail prototyping made easy with CamdenBoss enclosure CVB225&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;CVB225 and CVB450 are vertically mounting DIN rail enclosures from CamdenBoss, the UK’s leading supplier of electromechanical components and enclosures. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;CVB225 is a slim 22.5mm enclosure, CVB450 offers a deeper solution at 45mm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;CamdenBoss has opened this product range to the world of rapid prototyping with the&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;introduction of a purpose built prototyping PCB, part number CVBMSC. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Electronic components can be mounted on the main area of the board on array of 748 holes of 1mm diameter at 2.54mm, making connections by hard wire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Serving the three openings on the box, two 8-way and one 12-way rows - spaced at 5mm pitch - can accommodate connectors such as PCB- and pluggable terminal blocks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/450x337/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/28/contentimage_5F00_6839.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/discussions/components/files/28/contentimage_6839.jpg-450x337.jpg?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=gDp4tOH9tiwRrRhSy9vZD7c2ZmUmc1kyrmdzhG9FoeQ%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-08-24T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=VizNhlvS9ZO5F3Y3c/bhig==" style="max-height: 337px;max-width: 450px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Included with the CVB225 and CVB450 is a set of blanking plates which allow unused apertures to be closed off as required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;Ideal for use with the CVB225 and CVB450 is CamdenBoss’s pluggable terminal block system. CTB9350/8 for example is an 8-way, 5mm pitch, 90 degree header rated at 12A and 320V. This can be mated with a female plug such as CTB92VG/8S. This provides a simple method of connecting and disconnecting up to 8 poles to two sides and 12 poles to the third.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;"&gt;The CVB225 kit is available to order with or without prototyping PCB CVBMSC so that once the PCB design has been established, PCBs can be manufactured separately. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;To order CVB225 with blanking plates and the CVBMSC use part number CVB225/KIT/PCB.&lt;br /&gt;To order the enclosure without the PCB use CVB225/KIT.&lt;br /&gt;To order additional PCBs use CVBMSC .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Are you seeing signs of a recovery?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/40771?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:57:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1d84845c-cd3f-4d5f-b8c1-92907da6e82e</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/40771?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/40771/are-you-seeing-signs-of-a-recovery/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;I just wanted to get the views of you, the people we deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;From my point of view things are very different to how they were in 2008. I don&amp;#39;t even work for the same company, but I can tell the UK electronic components industry has taken a fair hammering. Anecdotes from my colleagues now talk of how very large orders were commonplace, the likes of which we rarely see now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;The distributors seem to be doing OK, some better than others, but is that because manufacturers have stopped buying direct (because they can&amp;#39;t) and turned to distis instead?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Or am I just being pessimistic?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Will we stay like this for a while? Will we stay like this forever? Are some of the trends (e.g. moving production to the Far East) irreversible? Is the market just adjusting itself for good?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;As an economist, I find this all quite interesting, though I would rather watch a speedy recovery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Steatite or Porcelain?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/12191?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:42:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f5a9ff66-4d78-47f4-aa39-d85c477814d5</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/12191?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/12191/steatite-or-porcelain/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;CamdenBoss supplies a range of high temperature resistant terminal blocks called the CHTB range. In the marketplace there are two material types, Steatite and porcelain. CamdenBoss’s are porcelain, but what are the differences?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;border:1px solid #f0f8ff;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:0px solid black;border:1px solid #f0f8ff;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Porcelain is a naturally occurring ceramic, Steatite is man-made. &lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Steatite has a higher power density and is easier to form than porcelain. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Porcelain has a higher working temperature at 350°C versus Steatite’s 200°C. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Porcelain is it is better suited in outdoor applications.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:0px solid black;border:1px solid #f0f8ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.camdenelec.com/images/P3944mini.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="http://www.camdenelec.com/images/P3944mini.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://www.camdenelec.com/images/P3944mini.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;padding:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="" style="margin:0;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;For more details of CamdenBoss’s CHTB series please visit:&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.camdenelec.com/electronics/product-subcategory.asp?Category=INTERCONNECTION&amp;amp;Sub=High%20Temperature%20Resistant%20Connection%20Blocks" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.camdenelec.com/electronics/product-subcategory.asp?Category=INTERCONNECTION&amp;amp;Sub=High Temperature Resistant Connection Blocks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Battery balancer road test</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/12189?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:07:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9dc96f40-9ab3-482c-9704-5deef70b0338</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/12189?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/12189/battery-balancer-road-test/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;"&gt;Background&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Many electrically powered vehicles, such as golf buggies, mobility scooters and go-carts use two or more batteries connected in series and it is important to charge the batteries equally for optimum performance and extended life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Using the CamdenBoss CEQ12A prevents mismatched voltages at which batteries stabilise when charged in series. Without a balancer (or equaliser), one battery will be undercharged while the other is overcharged. The CEQ12A ensures that each battery in a pair receives the same voltage by measuring the total charging voltage, calculating its middle value and adjusting the voltage to each battery to be equal within 0.1V.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;We tested it in an electric go-cart which has five batteries connected in series, supplying 60V to the motor. This system is charged by a 72V supply (14.4V x 5).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"&gt;Charging without balancer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;When charging the batteries as normal with a 72V/20A charger the final voltages on each battery were checked. The five final voltages were: 13.9 + 14.5 + 14.3 + 14.8 + 14.5 = 72V. There are clear differences in the charged voltages meaning that there will also be differences in the state of charge of each battery. The overall capacity of the system is determined by the capacity of the battery with the lowest charge. If one of the batteries becomes fully discharged, there will be a significant drop in voltage and the system will operate poorly. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;When charged without balancers, the go-kart ran at full speed for six minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"&gt;Charging with balancer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Using the same charger with CEQ12 battery balancers resulted in the following final voltages:&lt;br /&gt;14.3 + 14.4 + 14.4 + 14.5 + 14.4 = 72V. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Charged with balancers the go-cart ran for 10.5 minutes at full speed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"&gt;How and why&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Two or more batteries connected in series never charge equally. One always accepts a lower terminal voltage than the other. As a consequence, both (or all) batteries will have shorter lives with undercharged batteries suffering from build up of sulphate while the electrolyte will tend to dry up in overcharged batteries. Both conditions reduce the lifetime of the batteries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The CEQ12A balancer measures the total charging voltage for a pair of batteries, calculates its middle value and adjusts the voltage to each of the two batteries to be equal within 0.1V. This ensures even charging. The maximum current that will flow is approx. 1A. This results in increased starting current due to the balance of charging and extended battery life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;border:1px solid #f0f8ff;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid #f0f8ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.camdenelec.com/images/Bat-Bal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="http://www.camdenelec.com/images/Bat-Bal.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://www.camdenelec.com/images/Bat-Bal.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid #f0f8ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;For more details visit: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.camdenelec.com/electronics/product-subcategory.asp?Category=BATTERIES&amp;amp;Sub=Battery%20Balancer" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;http://www.camdenelec.com/electronics/product-subcategory.asp?Category=BATTERIES&amp;amp;Sub=Battery Balancer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Custom Design Enclosure - ithlete iphone dongle</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/12188?ContentTypeID=0</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:13:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:aae2b75c-2d76-492b-9db5-de159231be46</guid><dc:creator>M_B</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://community.element14.com/thread/12188?ContentTypeID=0</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/camdenboss/f/forum/12188/custom-design-enclosure---ithlete-iphone-dongle/rss?ContentTypeId=0</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zo3svwkW7c"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>