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On/Off Switch: Why Six Pins?
Automobile dash cam failed. I am pretty sure it's the On/Off switch, so the workaround will be to hard-wire the thing to "On".... No loss because it's always turned "On" anyhow. But this thing is just...
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Make up a 24V Li 6x 18650 Drill battery?
This is for a 24v (Ni-Cd originally) fairly powerful hammer drill. The original 2 batteries it came with are shot and Iv been through the replacing cells stage but have reached the end of the line...
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Cable TV signal merging with antenna signal.
Cable TV signal merging with antenna signal. Would an antenna amp be uni-directional and keep a cable TV signal from getting to the antenna even if there were a multiplexer or splitter connecting the...
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rear view vehicle cameras rear view vehicle cameras /
what is the difference ? the front view is not waterproofed ? and/or is there a perspective difference ?
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Adhesive to hold Speaker crossover components
I'm replacing a couple of capacitors in speaker crossover. The parts have a glue that holds them tight to the PCB, the glue is still a little bit rubbery after 33 years. (Pioneer HPM-700) What can I...
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Daewoo SD3500P VCR+DVD player, 2004
Supposed to be just changing the tray drive belt. Press DVD select button on the front panel, and DVD legend appears in the display, but no sled,tray movement or laser. ovrlay 12V line for 5V VR,...
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Crank up antenna tower question
I just bought a three section 60 ft crank up tower from a guy for 200.00. I plan on cranking this up to about 45 feet and hanging an Alpha Delta inver ted V dipole, (80 through 6 meters) on it. The...
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Does Max mean max signal or max attenuation?
I have a Radio Shack signal Attenuator with F connections on each side. It also says Min and Max and different ends of its rotation. Does Max mean max signal or max attenuation? Testing doesn't seem...
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Repairing a 5 VDC adapter
Uniden BC-GPSK Serial GPS Receiver plugs into the serial port of my Ham Radio. It uses a power adapter built into a 12 Volt lighter plug, that converts 12 Volts DC into 5 Volts DC 1 Ampere. It has a...
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test - ignore
Not seeing any messages the past few days. Not sure why. Mark Z. -- "I can't die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver."
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x-tronic 4000 hot air station replacement heating element
I have an X-tronic 4000 that burned out it's hot air element (lasted three years, not bad). It shipped with a spare heater which is nice but I'd like to keep one in stock in case this one craps. There...
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USB Flash drive repair
I have a Sandisk 32G USB flash drive that someone has given me in the hope that I might be able to salvage some data off it. Looks like it was in a laptop and jammed against a wall, resulting in...
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Ye canne fix what ye canne test
** Hi all, one thing repair techs dread is being presented with an item for repair that cannot be put under test while in the workshop. Usually, this is because the item requires a missing accessory...
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Clavia Nord Electro 2, keyboard of 2007
Will not reliably switch or stay latched in piano or synth mode via the select switch. I suspect the light action switch is too light. Easy enough to remove the keycover and inspect the phosphor...
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old HP1740A o'scope problem
Hi, Anyone have a list of "usual suspects" with this HP1740A scope when there is no display at all? Front panel lights seem working, but that is all I find so far. Have not opened the case yet,...
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