Electronics Repair

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What is PORTTHRU

Everytime i use my laptop at a public WIFI, I see PORTTHRU as i refresh my list of available networks. This is everywher...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tubeguy
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by tubeguy

Pot with switch

A standing issue is pots that include on/off switches, lack of availability thereof. Anyone have any suggestions on repa...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tabbypurr
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by tabbypurr

USB Type C question

Nothing I found will answer this simple question >>> Does a usb type c port need something connected to negotiate for th...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by ken1943
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by ken1943

reduce the speed of a single phase induction motor

Hi Comrades, please what is the simplest way to reduce the speed of a single phase induction motor to about 50%? also c...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by fynnashba
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by fynnashba

Old 'Scope inductor and cap help please

Down with water heaters and up with old tube oscilloscopes, that's what I say. Well, I picked up a couple of old scopes...
24 comments posted 6yrs
posted by etpm
24 comments posted 6yrs posted by etpm

Water heater relay moot

Thanks everyone for your replies about the water heater relay. My brother has decided it's all too much trouble because...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by etpm
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by etpm

Here's the deal on that water heater

So I got clarification on the water heater situation. In the past they had an instant on water heater and it was dislik...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by etpm
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by etpm

Does this device exist?

My brother's wife wants a small water heater under the kitchen sink. Not an instant hot water type but one that holds a...
47 comments posted 6yrs
posted by etpm
47 comments posted 6yrs posted by etpm

Help me to identify a transformer.

Hi all out there. I found a transformer in my basement. I don't know if its a audio-output transformer or just a power...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by bo-lennart.karlsson
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by bo-lennart.karlsson

Too new to repair?

Somebody brought in an RCA RLDED5098-D-UHD widescreen TV the other day. Damned if I could find service info or any spar...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by legg
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by legg

Japan S.Korea Feud

"One of those chemicals, known as photoresist, is critical for top-of-the-line products produced by Samsung Electronics...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mogulah
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by mogulah

Smart plug energy monitoring chip

Does anyone recognise this energy monitoring chip? The marking I see is "1852AVH": It's in an Aldi (Medion brand) WiFi s...
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by no.spam
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by no.spam

Thermal Faults

Gentlemen, When inspecting a board for the likely cause of an intermittent fault believed to be induced by warming up o...
32 comments posted 6yrs
posted by curd
32 comments posted 6yrs posted by curd