mostlywoot wrote:Finally, I have a way to prove to that girl, I am a cop... if I run my lights in my house, maybe she will move faster... Woot can you sell a USB siren?

Just get a .wav file!

spd2base wrote:Quick Question. Do other sites besides woot and woot happy hour offer BOCs? I haven't seen kids.woot, shirt.woot or wine.woot offer BOCs ever. Do they?

Since when is there a woot happy hour?!?! whaaaa? how did I not know about this? is it just a twitter thing?

scorp21103 wrote:And you too are mostly correct. You got the specs for USB pretty well, but to say that the car adapter could not possibly output what USB can is ludicrous! Most vehicles have a 10A fuse on the cigarette lighter/power outlet. You could comfortably draw 8A without blowing the fuse. A stock 5 volt linear voltage regulator, like the LM7805, can accept up to 35V as input and provide regulated 5V at 1 amp. Well within the USB battery charge spec and even higher than device draw spec. With a special circuit arrangement called a "crowbar" or "current bucking" arrangement you could get about 3A safely out of that LM7805 1Amp regulator (still at 5 volts regulated). Put a good heatsink on that regulator and you could probably get 5A out without risk. The total part count is about 3 parts stock arrangement (2 capacitors, 1 regulator), 8 parts for the crowbar arrangement (3 cap, 1 reg, 1 power transistor, 2 power resistors, 1 high current silicon diode). No gimmicks here, just electronics know how.

I'm not Mr. Wizard, but I know how to engineer electronics.

Nice. Can I transfer one of my Quality Posts to you? Hell, take two or three.

DANG IT!!!

Why couldn't these have sold out right away. I made it through the impulse to buy time period. You know that 5 minutes where you go "oh look at how fun those are" and then realize there is no use for them at your house.

But there they sat just staring at me, calling to me "Buy Me, Buy Me, Buy me".

I got up walked around said "I don't need you, flashing red and blue woot lights".

Came back and they were still there calling out, "You haven't bought anything from this Woot-off, you should buy me, Buy Me, BUY ME!"

So now i will be receiving 3 in the next 5 to 10 days....

Buyers Remorse... I think not. I will find a good use for these, that is my challenge.

xenon9 wrote:They are rated for 500ma, and the yellow ones pull more than that (tried one of these thats made for house power at 500ma) and it runs and stops (flashes), so no luck there.

The Black and Decker portable power units from the April Fools wootoff two years ago will run them fine.

mjc613 wrote:Most likely, if you did not change the address, it did not go through. Check "My account" on the top of the page. It will tell you which woots you have bought by their reckoning.

Woot only ships within the US. Shirt.woot will ship to other countries. Wine.woot only ships to those states in the US that will allow wine to be sold on the internet.

Thank you.

chrisfranz wrote:Since when is there a woot happy hour?!?! whaaaa? how did I not know about this? is it just a twitter thing?

Yes.

when there is a way to make the lights come on automatically when a woot-off begins, i'll spend $10 on a pair...

This isn’t the end. I just got intel from a Woot worker.

dontwantaname wrote:It is just a picture of the dog in his signature line. He isn't on probation.

Thank you.

wutblosgoats wrote:Nice!

Buy a vowel?

wutblosgoats wrote:Zang! Gotta link?

I sent you a pm...



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scorp21103 wrote:And you too are mostly correct. You got the specs for USB pretty well, but to say that the car adapter could not possibly output what USB can is ludicrous! Most vehicles have a 10A fuse on the cigarette lighter/power outlet. You could comfortably draw 8A without blowing the fuse. A stock 5 volt linear voltage regulator, like the LM7805, can accept up to 35V as input and provide regulated 5V at 1 amp. Well within the USB battery charge spec and even higher than device draw spec. With a special circuit arrangement called a "crowbar" or "current bucking" arrangement you could get about 3A safely out of that LM7805 1Amp regulator (still at 5 volts regulated). Put a good heatsink on that regulator and you could probably get 5A out without risk. The total part count is about 3 parts stock arrangement (2 capacitors, 1 regulator), 8 parts for the crowbar arrangement (3 cap, 1 reg, 1 power transistor, 2 power resistors, 1 high current silicon diode). No gimmicks here, just electronics know how.

I'm not Mr. Wizard, but I know how to engineer electronics.

Sure sounds like wizardry to me "Not Mr. Wizard"

willnott wrote:Buy a vowel?

I

cinoclav wrote:Nice. Can I transfer one of my Quality Posts to you? Hell, take two or three.

Heck yeah! Maybe that will bring me enough luck to get a bandoleer of carrots next time.

andrewkl wrote:Monkeys: Most people collect them: I do... They fly like a slingshot and scream like a sonofabitch..

You...you, pulled the tab?!?

kayboss wrote:I sent you a pm...but it is www.swingermyspace.com (this is an ADULT site) Please no one under 18

Enjoy!! You can find me under AdminsWife

I feel like the site needs an added bonus... a bag of toys to go with the interesting times!

twes wrote:YES

May I suggest you stop your signature list today...before it's too late.

scorp21103 wrote:Heck yeah! Maybe that will bring me enough luck to get a bandoleer of carrots next time.

Don't count on it. I've been here since 7/08. I've gotten one. Just one. And it had two High School Musical alarm clocks in it. They almost made the Sansa not worth it.

Weird - earlier in the thread, the word ski ttles came through unfiltered.
But now it's being filtered as pork rinds.

This site is so wacky - I love it!

I bought a pair of the normal orange Woot lights during the last Woot-Off. They are pretty bright, but the orange light covering for each light in the pair I got was weirdly scratched (like someone had scraped a hot soldering iron across the sides.) The motors are noticeable but not terribly loud, just enough to let you know they are running.

All in all, this is a fun item, and the laughs and stares it gets at the office are definitely worth the small price.

P.S. These work nicely with an Apple iPod/iPhone USB power adapter cube if you don't want to tie up a USB adapter on your computer.

bmelnyk0 wrote:second woot off in a row without any monkeys, so depressing.

actuallu its the third

themdg wrote:May I suggest you stop your signature list today...before it's too late.

?

These are going to look sweet plugged into my PS3 stacked on my speakers. Totally in for one!

m159267 wrote:no no! the lights!

Dunno - can't see all the way around 'cause the headlights are so big.

themdg wrote:May I suggest you stop your signature list today...before it's too late.

What signature... just being nosy?

bagels or crepes!
bacon salt!
flying monkeys!
Woot lights!
Sansas!
God help me, I'm addicted to Woot!

I didn't think anyone would give a quality post (this is a quality post). In for 3.

DennisG2010 wrote:bagels or crepes!
bacon salt!
flying monkeys!
Woot lights!
Sansas!
God help me, I'm addicted to Woot!

and I haven't even bought anything yet!

Are tye as noisy as the amber ones I already have?

how many of these things do they have

"Hey, what's up with the lights on your monitor?"

WOOT! You fool, WOOT!

"Is that supposed to mean something?"

It means I'm having fun and you're not... move along.

"Fine, but where can I get some of those lights?"

WOOT! You fool, WOOT!

DennisG2010 wrote:and I haven't even bought anything yet!

An addict that doesn't use...hmmmmmmmmm???

DennisG2010 wrote:and I haven't even bought anything yet!

dude, replying to ur own post is NOT quality.

i'm surprised these aren't gone yet

Woot, I could be getting some tail now, but instead I am addicted to F5... help move the bar please!

RabidPuma wrote:These are going to look sweet plugged into my PS3 stacked on my speakers. Totally in for one!

they will too work on your Ps3, I know I have mine turned on right now while the woot off is still going on through my Ps3. I have the old school yellow ones. I also really hope that I won't get the YLOD (yellow light of death) on my old school phat Ps3.

Every one.

TBIRDLVR wrote:Then you can go.

(flush) - Ah - thanks for the permission.

If only I had the money...
I would so dig this...