Latest threads in Electronics Repairshow only best voted threads
| Subject | Author | Posted | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
High Speed USB 3.0 port repair
Picked up a portable hard drive. Header ripped off flopping around. Can this be reattached, easily, by someone skilled in this sort of thing or is it a "big deal"? Otherwise, my portable harddrive...
1
|
9 months ago
|
1 | |
|
|
component ID help
Hi folks, I'm looking to identify what I think is a transistor, in a TO-72 package (TO-18 with four leads), in an old Victoreen radiation survey meter. The number is "ITS 30487". It's also marked...
4
|
9 months ago
|
4 | |
|
|
Is it possible to set up a security camera outdoors over wifi for around fifty to a hundred bucks?
Is it possible to set up a security camera outdoors over wifi for around fifty to a hundred bucks? I don't want to spend a lot. But I'd like to have a closed circuit camera. I guess it would be event...
18
|
9 months ago
|
18 | |
|
|
Raindrops creating electricity?
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 5:09:49 AM UTC-4, Commander Kinsey wrote in And don't forget making jet fuel from seawater. -- The cocktail of elements in seawater, including hydrogen, oxygen,...
—
|
9 months ago
|
— | |
|
|
Toyota map DVD can't be read.
DVD can't be read, what to do? Toyota Solara with Navigation, which means map DVD. Two or 3 years ago, occasionally I'd get an error message when car first started so radio first tries to read the...
29
|
9 months ago
|
29 | |
|
|
LG LED TV white spots
Anyone with experience or helpful advice on this - 2 ~ bright / white spots have appeared on the screen of our 42 inch LG LED TV LG 42LF5800 Sept. 2015 Various google and youtube searches < as per...
17
|
9 months ago
|
17 | |
|
|
Sonybond removal suggestions
I am about to start repairs on a Kenwood ham radio that originally used Sonybond to secure several of its VCOs. The main VCO has become unstable and voltage exists within the Sonybond to ground, so it...
3
|
9 months ago
|
3 | |
|
|
Re: Zip-cord in Britain?
From: Andy Burns Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:47:18 +0100 Thanks for the reply Andy. I have cable marked (UL) SVT E56356 60 C 300 V 18AWGX3C FT2 C(UL) SVT 60 C 300 V 3X0.824 mm^2 (18AWG) LF Canada Wire....
—
|
9 months ago
|
— | |
|
|
Sound Technology 1700B meter pegs when measuring distortion <1%
I had two Sound Technology 1700B analyzers. One worked fine. The other, which I gave away to a fellow tech friend, had a problem only when you were trying to make a distortion measurement that was...
—
|
9 months ago
|
— | |
|
|
Old Capacitors Reading Too Good!
Hi all, Is it advisable to change old electrolytics which are reading a capacitance considerably higher than their stated value? I know they vary a lot anyway, but if I have say a 480uF cap which is...
6
|
9 months ago
|
6 | |
|
|
Dash illumination in 1990 Honda Civic SR.
Hi, Dashboard illumination in my 1990 Honda Civic Si 2-door hatchback has failed. The transmission range indicator still works; "2", "D3", "D4" and etc. appear in green. Speedometer, tachometer, fuel...
1
|
9 months ago
|
1 | |
|
|
What do you look for in a portable battery backup for medical devices (like CPAP)?
What do you look for in a portable battery backup for medical devices (like CPAP)? My county is offering a discount/rebate on a Portable Battery Backup <>They offer the following portable battery...
6
|
9 months ago
|
6 | |
|
|
Unusual light fixture, watt limiting and maybe an outlet
I found a pole lamp in a thrift store that was intriguing. It had three lampholder fixtures on the pole, of unusually robust construction, and the cord was thicker and better made than most. There was...
—
|
9 months ago
|
— | |
|
|
Anyone know about WALSCOLUB contact lubricant?
I have hade a tube of WALSCOLUB CONTACT LUBRICANT, but it has come to its end. It was made by WALSCO have (or had?) a plant in Rockford Ill. I used it on volume controls with very good result. But I...
2
|
9 months ago
|
2 | |
|
|
Altimeters vulnerable to G5
Will the old ones be declared obsolete and made available on the surplus market?
—
|
9 months ago
|
— |