Electronics Repair

How to choose an appropriate LED

I have one of those costly animated outdoor Christmas displays with white LED lights on it. A few of the LEDs are dead....

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posted by oldschool

5 comments posted 8yrs posted by oldschool

Merry Christmas to All You Fine Folks

I hope everyone is/was having a good Christmas or otherwise winter fiesta. Please excuse my lab-scents -- bin neglectin...

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posted by newgene.mcmensaREMOVE

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crt TV OSD channel

Hi all, wierd thing of the day: the channel number (OSD overlay) on an old 14" CRT TV is never disappearing. I've never...

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posted by frank

5 comments posted 8yrs posted by frank

yellow 5th band R

Hi all, sorry for the dumb question, but I'm not finding any good info on the net it seems. I often see in old (CRT) TV...

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posted by frank

9 comments posted 8yrs posted by frank

[Poetry] The day before Christmas

T'was the Day before Christmas by Jeff Liebermann 12/23/2011 The day before Christmas, and all through the shop, all wa...

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posted by jeffl

0 comments posted 8yrs posted by jeffl

Firmware Update

Where can I find Panasonic dmr-ez27 firmware update download ?

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posted by Needy

1 comments posted 8yrs posted by Needy

Helpful tip with Laptop charging systems.

If you ever get a laptop with a battery that will not charge, one would first assume the battery is bad, which in most...

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posted by jamie_ka1lpa

0 comments posted 8yrs posted by jamie_ka1lpa

LED bulbs with illuminated switch

We have a half bathroom where the light switch is not quite behind the door when it's open but not readily visible when...

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posted by Nobody

9 comments posted 8yrs posted by Nobody

Bad laser in the Bose?

I have an old Bose Wave Radio with the built in CD player. Model AWRC-1P. It is starting to have trouble playing certai...

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posted by etpm

14 comments posted 8yrs posted by etpm

OT: Weird car electrical problem solved.

I have a 2010 Toyota Corolla. At first, it would occassionally kick out of cruise control. Later the VSC and ABS lights...

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posted by chuck

25 comments posted 8yrs posted by chuck

Re: Fake Apple USB Chargers

Followup: I have gone inside the very convincing fake Applee A1385 cube: http://repairfaq.cis.upenn.edu/Misc/audiofaq.h...

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posted by sam

3 comments posted 8yrs posted by sam

OT Speaker Cabinet Repair

Infinity RS4 cabinets (two). Replacing speakers (two each = four). The front screen is broken. Screen is the cloth cove...

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posted by SpeakerOfMyHouse

6 comments posted 8yrs posted by SpeakerOfMyHouse

Honeywell surround heater won't keep running

I have a Honeywell small electric space "surrounding heat" heater that I use for zonal heating of a single room in the...

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posted by JBI

23 comments posted 8yrs posted by JBI

Not sure how to look up Diode number

I'm replacing the obsolete generator on one of my farm tractors with a Delco Remy (Chevy) alternator. This is a 3 wire...

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posted by oldschool

11 comments posted 8yrs posted by oldschool

Need specs on 8" speakers.

Searched but could not find specs. Looks like an Infinity speaker. Need the specs on this 8" speaker. Frequency response...

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posted by freeMan

5 comments posted 8yrs posted by freeMan