Electronics Repair

Of battery terminals & grease

There are some members of electronic forums that suggest coating automotive battery posts with grease ("any king--axle,...

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posted by fbt

9 comments posted 11yrs posted by fbt

Electric toothbrush.

The rechargeable battery died on my electric toothbrush - after a few minutes looking at prices online, I reached for t...

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posted by gangprobing.alien

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by gangprobing.alien

Re: Manual head cleaning of HP 6520e printer

> Bob F wrote: >> I have a printer given to me that does not print properly from the >> black print head. There are reg...

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posted by news

2 comments posted 11yrs posted by news

Battery for tablet

The battery's gone wonky on my tablet. It takes a 3000 mah. If I was able to get a battery, like maybe, a 6000 mah, wou...

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posted by lb

17 comments posted 11yrs posted by lb

Cambridge Audio Azur 640T DAB radio,2006

Surprised to see the scematic out there. Symptom: works for a few minutes then backlight starts dipping out, exactly ev...

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posted by diverse

7 comments posted 11yrs posted by diverse

Total Ripoff Pioneer Spares

I'm sick of this s*it. Someone brings me a Pioneer mixer or CDJ to repair, and I need to order spares....

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posted by gareth.magennis

5 comments posted 11yrs posted by gareth.magennis

CATV RF Notch Filter

Hi, I never made a NF (Notch Filter), but I am thinking about making a "stub" (I think that's the term) NF for CATV to...

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posted by jaugustine

10 comments posted 11yrs posted by jaugustine

Nobody Would Ever Figure This One (amp)

This is worse than the adjust vertical height to correct a greyscale proble m. Had this JBL Pro powered sub with a Crow...

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posted by jurb6006

21 comments posted 11yrs posted by jurb6006

Anyone have a trick for getting Husqvarna chainsaw brake kickback spring back on?

A bunch of trees fell down on my neighbor's property during the last pineapple express, and his little Ryobi 8" electri...

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posted by dannydiamico

43 comments posted 11yrs posted by dannydiamico

radios hum

I have several simple table radios, all transistor, made between the 70's and 80's, and 2 or 3 of them hum, even when t...

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posted by NONONOmisc07

19 comments posted 11yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

Re: Car alternator failure -- twice!

> decrease in DC output voltage. No, ONE a shorted diode would cause huge currents in the winding connected to that pha...

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posted by jmelson

3 comments posted 11yrs posted by jmelson

Diode in series with the mains

I use a variac with an AC ammeter in line. I like to heat test kit using a hot air gun on low setting. But for the low...

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posted by diverse

4 comments posted 11yrs posted by diverse

Philips 21GR2350/05b TV turns on then off continuously with no green image

Hi everyone! I have a Philips 21GR2350/05b TV which is very old and served me well up to now. But a few months back, it...

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posted by johnmcandrew66

1 comments posted 11yrs posted by johnmcandrew66

tool Chatter on 3-axis router

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 7:08:42 AM UTC-5, robobass wrote in rec.c rafts.metalworking: > On Friday, February 1...

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posted by mogulah

0 comments posted 11yrs posted by mogulah

Transformer winding direction

I recently came across a YouTube video where a guy rewound a microwave transformer to make a spot welder. In talking ab...

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posted by isw

31 comments posted 11yrs posted by isw