Electronics Repair

What are some car-repair jobs you always wished you could do but have never done?

What are some car-repair jobs you always wished you could do but have never done? Mine are, in this order of "I wish I...

492 comments posted 8yrs

posted by rswood

492 comments posted 8yrs posted by rswood

Ampeg (?) 15" bass speaker 5815026

There's this guy that hangs around recycling in his town and he brings me s tuff to fix. A lot of what he brings in is...

12 comments posted 8yrs

posted by ohger1s

12 comments posted 8yrs posted by ohger1s

On Cold Start Intermittent Horizontal Size Changing: Sylvania 32? / SST4324/ March 2004

Raster is solid. Picture shifts horizontally from normal to oversize then back. Upon power up from a cold state the hor...

3 comments posted 8yrs

posted by jeff.panasuk

3 comments posted 8yrs posted by jeff.panasuk

How do USB players keep track of position.

The devices that plug into the cigarette lighter and play sound from a USB drive through car radio speakers have the ab...

4 comments posted 8yrs

posted by NONONOmisc07

4 comments posted 8yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Does a clock radio use more power in the aux mode than off mode?

Does a clock radio use more power in the aux mode than off mode? I listen to my phone over the stereo speakers from my...

23 comments posted 8yrs

posted by no

23 comments posted 8yrs posted by no

I just found a human skeleton inside a radio

I just found a human skeleton in a radio. All that remains are bones and a cap that says "RCA TUBES". In the bony right...

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posted by Halloween_Spooook

2 comments posted 8yrs posted by Halloween_Spooook

How many decibels does this router radio REALLY output?

How many decibels does the router/radio below really output? ('cuz 26 + 18 is too high) In the before-and-after krack-u...

6 comments posted 8yrs

posted by harry

6 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry

3-Digit Code For Old TV

I have found this old (1990!!) TV that was sold by Montgomery Ward USA. The brand on the TV is "Signature 2000". I also...

17 comments posted 8yrs

posted by nospam

17 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

Motor start capacitor

It's an old Sears garage door opener. The schematic shows a 50 ufd start capacitor. What's in there now is 43-52 ufd. Wh...

4 comments posted 8yrs

posted by waybackNO584SPAM44

4 comments posted 8yrs posted by waybackNO584SPAM44

A Stereo Receiver Question

I have an Insignia IS-HC040917 Stereo Receiver, a 6 channel 5.1 vintage. I use it primarily for FM, playing CD's, and i...

14 comments posted 8yrs

posted by Ken

14 comments posted 8yrs posted by Ken

How to tighten round nut on swtich?

I need to put a momentary on switch in my dashboard, and the one I bought doesn't have a hex nut for the top nut but a...

31 comments posted 8yrs

posted by NONONOmisc07

31 comments posted 8yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Motor clutch slipping on Selectric

Hi all. Recently picked up a selectric. Initially the machine wouldn't turn on, but once I removed the cover and manual...

1 comments posted 8yrs

posted by brewercorey98

1 comments posted 8yrs posted by brewercorey98

OT: refilling a spirit level bubble.

This is on an Abney Level , a simple surveying instrument for taking levels around a site or off a datum. Over time the...

9 comments posted 8yrs

posted by diverse

9 comments posted 8yrs posted by diverse

Axon Axopatch headstage CV-203BU successfully repaired, 200B

See: http://staff.washington.edu/wbeaty/chem_axopatch.html Dead CV203BU headstage gives crazy temperature readings. The...

0 comments posted 8yrs

posted by billb

0 comments posted 8yrs posted by billb

Blocked ink-jet nozzles

2 Canons, MP272 and MP495 Both unused for years, both the same total lack of yellow printing. , either m/c even swappin...

16 comments posted 8yrs

posted by diverse

16 comments posted 8yrs posted by diverse