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Any landing you walk away from...
"Jamie" = Maynard A. Philbrook, radio ham KA1LPH and total fuckwit ** Wot absurd craplogy. .... Phil
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Panasonic SA-HT70 rear speakers not working
I've checked connections numerous times, so I know its not the wiring. I switched out the speakers and still nothing so its not the speakers. I'm assuming maybe its a capacitor. any help?
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Unknown device "3B" on motor drive boards.
Greeetings, group. Lately I've been repairing motor drive boards for variable-frequency 3-phase AC motors. (These typically use a diode bridge to rectify 120VAC to 160VDC, then feed the 160VDC into a...
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Ever felt stupid ... ?
I had a Hartke combo on the bench today. Owner is a keyboard player, and reckons that he blows the tweeter fuse regularly, and as a result, the fuseholder was getting slack and intermittent, so could...
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EIA-198-D capacitance codes
I'm sorry if the following is common knowledge, but I was recently deciphering the marking codes on an smd tantalum capacitor and I chanced upon this datasheet: Page 3 tabulates the EIA-198D two-digit...
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Tutorial - how to locate the basic test points of an unfamiliar HDD PCB
This tutorial in intended to show how one may determine the test points for the onboard DC-DC converters, spindle motor, voice coil motor (VCM), and preamp supply rails of an unfamiliar HDD PCB. We...
 
HDD TVS diode FAQ
The purpose of this FAQ is to address a question that pops up on a regular basis at various storage forums. The usual scenario is that a hard drive has been overvolted, either as a consequence of a...
 
CRT TV repair, power supply defect.
I have a phillips 29 inch tv(model PT4423) which lost power suddenly. After replacing a shorted chopper transistor in the switching circuit and two open resistors the TV came back to live with another...
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Harma 6L6GCSTR valve problem
So called Superior Grade Cryo Work ok and test ok but in use and the tester there is low insertion/extraction force in the sockets. Dragon's teeth hold them in place ok, so will not fall out....
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Can someone help to identify this prewar capacitor?
Probably used for telephone devices or similar, seems to be a MP metal paper design, from 1936? It is rated at 650V and has a 0.25uF capacity (still, just tested). I have not found out who the...
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Panasonic KX-TG210AL-B 2.4GHz phone service manual
Could anyone point me to a free service manual for a Panasonic KX-TG210AL-B 2.4GHz cordless telephone? Anything similar to KX-TG210 will probably do, eg TG200, TG210A, TG210B, TG210C, maybe even...
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Can't find datasheet or pinout for this IC
"360-2002B" 16-DIP. Google shows surplus inventory and e-Pain shows: (Yes, I PM'd them and no, they don't know what it is...) Funny, so many are willing to sell them to you but can't tell you what it...
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Anyone have experience with Element Electronics? 40 inch Monitor?
Anyone have experience with the 40 inch screen from Element Electronics? ELGFT401, or such I can't seem to find much about this company. Where made? Reliability? Regards, Robert
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unkown power supply
Hi all, I have found an old SMPS I'd like to revive. It is marked as triumph-adler model CTNA (100-240V AC input). It doesn't seem to start, maybe it needs an external connection to start, it has a...
 
TL064 in PV 212 Deuce, VT Series, 1980
TI IC marked SN99661 and 70400604 and 604 on the schematic A number of people (out there) enquiring about work-around of replacement with 4016 or 4066 but no reports found of reported success. The...
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