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Desoldering a Tuning Fork Can

I have a tuning fork can sealed with solder. Similar to a sealed crystal can. My 200W soldering gun doesn't even seem t...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by christopher.maness
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by christopher.maness

Sony TV

Hi! I have a Sony Projection TV, it tries to turn on then blinks, I have high enough B+. and the stanby is there, I hav...
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posted by vmschmitt
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video processor VDP3116B line sync failure

[repeat post for a new thread, i.e. without mistaken references] Hello! A ten year old color TV set of mine with vacuum...
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posted by clicliclic
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by clicliclic

High-pressure sodium vapor lamp failing

I am trying to troubleshoot a high-pressure sodium vapor lamp which does not light, in spite of there being 120V AC ava...
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posted by db5151
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by db5151

Digital TV blinking

I've been observing a phenomenon that's puzzling me. I have an analog TV connected to a DTV settop converter (Zenith DT...
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posted by nobody
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Toshiba portable DVD player

Hi, A friend dropped off a Toshiba SD-P1900 portable DVD player for me to look at. No mechanical sign of life -- power...
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posted by not.going.to.be
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by not.going.to.be

USB Cable with Aluminum Shield Braid

I was fixing a mutilated cable for a friend's portable music/video player with a weird connector at the device end. So...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by wb_wildbill
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Tek TDS420 help?

This scope has the famous "FAIL ++ Acq" error which points to the infamous failed (and leaking) SMD caps on the acquisi...
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posted by invalid
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by invalid

Faulty dehumidifier

I have a portable dehumidifier (Wickes own brand; I think it's a compressor model?) about 18 months old which has stopp...
17 comments posted 16yrs
posted by davidlobsterpot601
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by davidlobsterpot601

Re: Cassette tape speed adjustment

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posted by diverse
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by diverse