Electronics Repair

Video cassette - topology question

If a tape gets scrunched up and loops once around the pivot, inside the spool, jammed between the hank of tape and the...

17 comments posted 15yrs

posted by diverse

17 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

HAKKO SOLDERING STATION WANTED

Or, similar. Gotta be cheap. Thanks

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posted by jbleaux

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by jbleaux

Challenge of Repairing vs Trashing

Have one of those small aluminum tube LED flashlights, approx 3 inch long. During use on a cold night [40F], it suddenl...

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posted by macy

11 comments posted 15yrs posted by macy

OT: Has anyone tried this product for heat-sink compound?

http://www.permatex.com/products/automotive/automotive_gasketing/gasket_makers/auto_permatex_ultra_copper_maximum_tempe...

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posted by pheeh.zero

28 comments posted 15yrs posted by pheeh.zero

Hi, WOuld some kind soul help me diagnose my switch mode power supplies?

Hi all, I have three identical Headend UHF channelised amplifiers that all use identical switch mode power supplies. On...

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posted by i.want.spam

15 comments posted 15yrs posted by i.want.spam

Fake a PC connection via USB cable mod to fool the iPod Touch 3

I can't charge an iPod Touch 3 via a disconnected, powered USB hub. How could I mod the cable pins of the USB cable to...

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posted by toylet.toylet

12 comments posted 15yrs posted by toylet.toylet

LM386 chip amp picks up radio interference.

Homemade, powered by small 13 vct transformer from an old boom box and LM317T regulator (ps seems capable of 14v clean...

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posted by fatherhaskell

10 comments posted 15yrs posted by fatherhaskell

Problem with Atmel micro in a Kaon TV decoder

I have a Kaon satellite/terrestrial decoder that while starting up it will reboot several times until it works. After a...

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posted by JERONI.PAUL

17 comments posted 15yrs posted by JERONI.PAUL

A specific PCB bad practise, term for it ?

Where holes are drilled for thru-board components but of diameter far too big , thru-hole plated , but no eyelet/insert...

10 comments posted 15yrs

posted by diverse

10 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

Denon DN-A7100 surround preamp

Hello all, I've got a Denon DN-A7100 which came in with a complaint of the front panel volume control (rotary encoder)...

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posted by tim

1 comments posted 15yrs posted by tim

Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405 PCB flux rot

Here's one I haven't seen before: It's the motherboard from a Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405 laptop. The brown crud is...

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posted by jeffl

5 comments posted 15yrs posted by jeffl

42" Panasonic plasma TV model: TH-42PX60U dead

42" Panasonic plasma TV model: TH-42PX60U, year: Nov 2006, no power, no blinking or standby LED lights. The TV was on w...

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posted by sidneybek

3 comments posted 15yrs posted by sidneybek

Really "need to" replace older CATV cables? Would my cable provider really filter my line against my will?

I live in a townhouse. When I first moved in here 6.5 years ago I had cable internet, but I got a much better deal on D...

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posted by JReality

13 comments posted 15yrs posted by JReality

SANYO DC-F165U mini system - low volume - schematic?

I'm currently working on this sanyo DC-F165U stereo. The problem is permanent low volume. It's less than half what it o...

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posted by reverend_rogers

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Annoying Clock on Microwave

From my "I can't believe they'd make it this way" list. Last year I purchased a new Westinghouse Model WST-3501 microwa...

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posted by jwisniaDumpThisPart

36 comments posted 15yrs posted by jwisniaDumpThisPart