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Re: Best electronic contact CLEaner

Contact cleaners - a moving target. When my wife and I were working in Saudi Arabia, I purchased Cramolin Red in the el...
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posted by peterwieck33
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IBM Model M Keyboards

1. If you spill coffee into one while it's powered and it stops working forever, is there any hope of repair? 2. What's...
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posted by bashley101
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High Speed USB 3.0 port repair

Picked up a portable hard drive. Header ripped off flopping around. Can this be reattached, easily, by someone skilled...
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posted by foster.jon.m
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component ID help

Hi folks, I'm looking to identify what I think is a transistor, in a TO-72 package (TO-18 with four leads), in an old V...
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posted by mcguire
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Raindrops creating electricity?

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 5:09:49 AM UTC-4, Commander Kinsey wrote in alt.home.repair: > Raindrops creating electr...
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posted by bruce1.9bowser
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Toyota map DVD can't be read.

DVD can't be read, what to do? Toyota Solara with Navigation, which means map DVD. Two or 3 years ago, occasionally I'd...
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posted by NONONOmisc07
29 comments posted 3yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

LG LED TV white spots

Anyone with experience or helpful advice on this - 2 ~ bright / white spots have appeared on the screen of our 42 inch...
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posted by hubops
17 comments posted 3yrs posted by hubops

Sonybond removal suggestions

I am about to start repairs on a Kenwood ham radio that originally used Sonybond to secure several of its VCOs. The mai...
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posted by none
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by none

Re: Zip-cord in Britain?

From: Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:47:18 +0100 > Single insulated cable like t...
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posted by peter
0 comments posted 3yrs posted by peter

Old Capacitors Reading Too Good!

Hi all, Is it advisable to change old electrolytics which are reading a capacitance considerably higher than their stat...
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posted by dhg99908
6 comments posted 3yrs posted by dhg99908

Dash illumination in 1990 Honda Civic SR.

Hi, Dashboard illumination in my 1990 Honda Civic Si 2-door hatchback has failed. The transmission range indicator stil...
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posted by peter
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