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  • Animation of an advent calendar opening days 9 to 15.

    Advent Calendar – Week 3

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    MCI this week is delving into the world of Holiday sweets and treats. In the UK we traditionally enjoy figgy pudding or clootie dumpling in Scotland. These fruit rich puddings include spices that have many people thinking of the Holiday season.  UK also enjoys mince pies – originally made with…

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  • Thyristor panel repaired by MCI Electronics.

    Thyristor Panel

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    Another new client has come to MCI Electronics to ask them to look at a ‘dead’ Thyristor speed control drive for a lathe. Our engineers set to work fault finding the obsolete control unit and found multiple faults. After replacing all of the main power components, the panel was tested…

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  • Animation of an advent calendar opening days 2 to 8.

    Advent Calendar – Week 2

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    MCI’s advent calendar pictures this week are reminding people that the Holidays aren’t just about getting presents under the tree, it’s also about giving and caring for others.  MCI is proud of its work with charities and this year is helping a food bank charity in Edinburgh.  We are helping…

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  • Siemens Micromaster communications module showing blown capacitors before and after repair.

    Siemens Micromaster

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    MCI received a Siemens Micromaster communications module from a pharmaceutical distributor.  After our engineers had a look, they found that the capacitors had failed.  After removing and replacing them, the module was back in action.  Another happy customer!  MCI is proud to work for many companies across the UK and…

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  • Animation of an advent calendar opening day 1.

    MCI’s Advent Calendar

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    MCI has decided to show you our beautiful advent calendar this year!  Every Friday we’ll be opening the weeks’ doors to reveal some festive fun to herald in the Holiday period.  As you can see from the calendar, even Santa uses MCI when he has a breakdown!  Our engineers are…

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  • Animation showing a Dutch Schooner and a shot of the helm.

    Autohelm Controller

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    MCI has received this testimonial from another happy new customer: “My boat …[is] an 11metre steel Dutch Schooner. I sailed home to Glencoe from Friesland in 2018…using the ST7000 Autohelm continuously after leaving the Dutch canals…[and, during that time,] it failed on passage to Rathlin Island… I struggled to isolate…

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  • MCI Electronics logo image with a depiction of three stages of human evolution.

    On the Origin of Species

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    Today MCI wants to celebrate that in 1859, On the Origin of Species was published by Charles Darwin.  It isn’t a surprise then, that this day is also celebrated annually as Evolution Day.  Darwin decided to write ‘On the Origin of Species’ after travelling around the Galápagos Islands on the…

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  • A field of poppies under a bright blue sky.

    Remembrance Sunday

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    It is Remembrance Sunday this week.  We at MCI think that, given the terrible conflicts in this world, that it is more poignant than ever to take time to think of everyone affected by the conflicts.

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  • Unimog Railtrack control board repaired by MCI Electronics.

    Unimog Board

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    MCI received a control board for a Unimog Railtrack vehicle.  We set to work fault-finding and discovered damaged tracks and relays.  It was soon repaired and returned to the customer. If you are having any electrical or electronic problems with your vehicle, give MCI a call on 01324 611371 to…

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  • MCI Electronics logo animation showing fireworks in the night sky.

    Remember, Remember

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    MCI is celebrating Bonfire Night (otherwise known as Guy Fawkes Night) this weekend. This celebration only happens in the UK and marks the night that Guy Fawkes and his followers were stopped from blowing up Parliament. Most children in the UK know the rhyme: ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November,Gunpowder,…

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