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Restek powered studio monitors
Owner of local high-end hifi store that I do some service work for, bought these in with the surrounds rotted away on the bass drivers. Apparently, these things were 8 grand apiece 12 years ago when...
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JVC DR MH20SEK HDD DVD recorder
Ticking smps , caused by failing hot side electro on the supply V for the switching ic driver. Uprated and smps is stable putting out right sorts of higher DC , according to the schematics. But the LV...
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Technics dv-280 stereo system -cassette dead
Picked this up a few months back and just hauled it out. The units power up, and lights come on but the cassette deck stubbornly remains dead. This is a 'pseudo-separates' affair, where each box is...
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Using the proper technical terms ... :-)
Just in. A combo, the job ticket on which says "Low volume. Sounds like shit." There's hope for the lads behind the counter, yet. How nice to get one with a perfect owner's description of the problem,...
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SMPS capacitor test question
I noticed the lithium battery for my nikon camera was acting as it it had a bad cell. It would charge, but just not last very long. The battery is "smart" with a third terminal that the camera talks...
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Fender Concert amp
Bad splitter-driver plate/anode 100K resistor, what goes bad with them? Causing rustle noise in output. Partial crack? or something chemical. I may as well replace the 82K while I'm at it , but is...
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Video projector lamps
The inkjet printer syndrome. Why pay for a new set of inks when a whole new printer costs only a little more than that. Another thrown out video projector, all that clever technology , just because a...
 
Isopropyl Alcohol for Cleaning Flux
In one of the posts about solder, somebody mentioned CVS Drug Store for 91% isopropyl alcohol. I just called a CVS, it's $2.79 for 16 ounces and $2.99 for 32 ounces. That's 20 cents more for double...
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Question for the Brits here, what do you call a Belling-Lee connector?
What do you call a Belling-Lee connector? I know in the US they call them PAL connectors because PAL TVs sold by grey market importers in the 1980s used them. As a joke I have referred to the ones on...
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Westinghouse LTV-32w6
Found in dumpster [w/remote]. Perfect picture. Only reason for tossing seems to be failure of tuner [which is part of the main board]. I can use fine in conjunction with a spare VCR as the tuner but...
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HP Deskjet 1280 error
Hi good Pals, I'm working on an HP Deskjet 1280 printer the problem with it is, after initializing, it I can (in most case) print a test page from the printer but after the first print the cartridge...
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Revox B225
I have a Revox B225 which plays excellently for about four minutes, then the sound stops and the CD spins up very fast and then stops. The track display switches all the dots on, and although I can...
 
TO92 marked F422 = BF422 ?
I'm aware that in some situations TO92 transistors marked C556 mean BC556 (not 2SC556), can the same be for BF...? I have a board with dozens of BF422, HV transistors on. These agree with the...
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MHC-GNZ333D
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microprocesser
mp8085- basic instruction
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