Electronics Repair

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A sign of dirty connectors?

Greetings All, One of my CNC mills has a problem. The machine, a Fadal 15XT, built in 1998, (I think), keeps showing an...
10 comments posted 12yrs
posted by etpm
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

DVD dies

DVD player occasionally would go white screen but after cool off a few min, came back. Now went slow, froze, then on re...
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posted by vjp2.at
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by vjp2.at

OT anybody know the 'light bulb' in this microwave?

Got a 900W microwave from Oster, purchased at Walmart. Model OGG1E903R SN G1R1026E00697 built Sept 2012 The light bulb...
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posted by robert.a.macy
22 comments posted 12yrs posted by robert.a.macy

Line6 amp repair, Spider 111 30, 2006

Speaker hiss so the TDA2050 ok, +/-20V. +/-9V and 3.3V for the digital all there. No front LEDs lit There was some thro...
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posted by diverse
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by diverse

Audio cassette alignment revisited

I've recently been resurrecting some of my old Audio cassette recorders. Th ey are all high quality machines and work v...
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posted by captainvideo462009
45 comments posted 12yrs posted by captainvideo462009

Remote controls aftermarket/legacy/grey market

I found a very reasonably priced UK supplier of a rare r/c, previous Googling just showed one apparent OEM device in th...
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posted by diverse
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by diverse

Looking for cable, 2 coax with overall 3rd shield

I'm looking to buy cable that has two wires, each in a shield, then this whole thing is in another shield. Flexibility i...
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posted by nojunk
29 comments posted 12yrs posted by nojunk

Need a special cable

I need a cable 5 to 6 ft long that has a 3.5mm plug on each end. The plug n eeds to have 4 connections, (three segments...
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posted by captainvideo462009
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by captainvideo462009

Lenmar MSCAA battery charger. (2025 Update)

This Lenmar MSCAA battery charger has a capacity of up to 4 AA or AAA NiMH batteries. Recently, the red charging l.e.d....
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posted by farberbear.unspam
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by farberbear.unspam

Dusty power switch in HP LaserJet 4

Hello all! Short version: Cleaning dust out of a printer power switch makes it work better. Long version: Last night, a...
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posted by mroberds
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by mroberds

OT: aide memoire/ interlock?

I run a series of public talks where the speaker uses their laptop coupled via external monitor to my video projector....
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posted by diverse
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by diverse

Highly Shielded Audio Cable

Hi, I need a cable (ideally about 20ft), stereo 3.5mm male/male, highly shielded to connect my audio source to a transm...
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posted by not
39 comments posted 12yrs posted by not

iPhone ring "repair"

One of my customers bribed me into doing a service call on a weekend. The main task was to deal with a rather creative...
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posted by jeffl
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by jeffl