Had friend contact me today with an unusual request, can I solder a wire to a pin in a phonograph head? Turns out I can. Now all he needs is a needle and he can play records again.
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What electronics have YOU fixed lately?
- Thread starter Robb
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I had to fix my canon SX60HS camera. Somehow bumped the lens. Had to follow the ifixit teardown to get to the lens section then a youtube where someone took that apart and inside the front lens was held by a small plastic ring which snaps in place so I was able to just put it back in place and all back together. Still took several days, there are a lot of tiny screws and parts in there.
Dak x
D&A Phantom triple stage
D&A Phantom Dual
Donkey Stomper 2 x 6
Donkey Stomper 4 x 12
Mod on a Madison removing clock & installing frequency Counter
Stryker 955
President Washington
Grant XL
Grant Lt
Royce 655 ?
Robyn 520D
Robyn 510 mobile
8 position remote coaxial switch box
Ranger 2950
Stryker 947HP
100 watt Guitar Amp
PALOMAR 300 BASE AMP
RCI99N2
BUILT A COAXIAL TRANSFERE REMOTE SWITCH TO BYPASS AN AMP WHEN TESTING ANOTHER AMP ON THE BENCH.
This is a list just for the last 5 weeks while working another full time job. The list isn't complete there were more just can't remember them off hand.
D&A Phantom triple stage
D&A Phantom Dual
Donkey Stomper 2 x 6
Donkey Stomper 4 x 12
Mod on a Madison removing clock & installing frequency Counter
Stryker 955
President Washington
Grant XL
Grant Lt
Royce 655 ?
Robyn 520D
Robyn 510 mobile
8 position remote coaxial switch box
Ranger 2950
Stryker 947HP
100 watt Guitar Amp
PALOMAR 300 BASE AMP
RCI99N2
BUILT A COAXIAL TRANSFERE REMOTE SWITCH TO BYPASS AN AMP WHEN TESTING ANOTHER AMP ON THE BENCH.
This is a list just for the last 5 weeks while working another full time job. The list isn't complete there were more just can't remember them off hand.
A Peavey KB-400 amp head/mixer.
A large box fan.
Courier Classic IV CB radio.
9:1 balun for an end fed halfwave antenna.
A large box fan.
Courier Classic IV CB radio.
9:1 balun for an end fed halfwave antenna.
I havent really fixed anything in a while, but I did fail to fix something recently.
My grandparents had a lightning strike take out most of the stuff in their house a while back. I thought I would try fixing their denon A/V system. Power supplies seemed to be working but it was unresponsive up front. There was an unusual voltage on the standby led circuit and that traced directly back to an fpga chip. Denon doesnt share their programming so I didnt even bother looking for a replacement chip. Its a $1000 paperweight now.
This is why we need to hang on to analog stuff as long as we can. All the fancy features like dsp, waterfalls, small size dont mean crap if a cosmic ray can flip a bit and brick your shit.
My grandparents had a lightning strike take out most of the stuff in their house a while back. I thought I would try fixing their denon A/V system. Power supplies seemed to be working but it was unresponsive up front. There was an unusual voltage on the standby led circuit and that traced directly back to an fpga chip. Denon doesnt share their programming so I didnt even bother looking for a replacement chip. Its a $1000 paperweight now.
This is why we need to hang on to analog stuff as long as we can. All the fancy features like dsp, waterfalls, small size dont mean crap if a cosmic ray can flip a bit and brick your shit.
My fixen thigs are basically over. But the last has been repairing an Alphadelta coax lightning/surge protector.
I turned on my Kenwood radio and every band was dead??? I checked continuity at the antenna I found the coax shorted at the radio. I took my meter to the protector on the ground bus bar and disconnected the coax going inside to the radio That was clean I checked the protector with antenna coax disconnected and that was where the problem was. I took the gas protector out and the resistance was inside the Alpha protector with out the gas pill in. I took it apart and found moisture inside. Once it dried out the continuity was gone. I put it back in line and rx came back FANTASTIC !! More rain the next night and again in the morning No Rx again. I went to the dang protector and it was shorted again moisture inside. I am now using a NONAME protector waitingfor a rain storm to see if water gets inside it.
Well a new storm came to visit and again with noname protector in series. But this time the gas pill in the dipole center piece was shorted BURNT badly. Repacing that I'm finally ready for the next storm.
At least I'm not inside the Ts 590S........Yet.
I turned on my Kenwood radio and every band was dead??? I checked continuity at the antenna I found the coax shorted at the radio. I took my meter to the protector on the ground bus bar and disconnected the coax going inside to the radio That was clean I checked the protector with antenna coax disconnected and that was where the problem was. I took the gas protector out and the resistance was inside the Alpha protector with out the gas pill in. I took it apart and found moisture inside. Once it dried out the continuity was gone. I put it back in line and rx came back FANTASTIC !! More rain the next night and again in the morning No Rx again. I went to the dang protector and it was shorted again moisture inside. I am now using a NONAME protector waitingfor a rain storm to see if water gets inside it.
Well a new storm came to visit and again with noname protector in series. But this time the gas pill in the dipole center piece was shorted BURNT badly. Repacing that I'm finally ready for the next storm.
At least I'm not inside the Ts 590S........Yet.