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NickPGSmith at 16:23, 1 September 2023

2023-09-01T16:23:11Z

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	\|Arcam Alpha 2 ~~Amplidier~~		\|Arcam Alpha 2 Amplifier
	\|Eratic tape switch		\|Eratic tape switch
	\|Dissemble switch, clean		\|Dissemble switch, clean
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	\|Arcam Alpha 2 Amplidier		\|Arcam Alpha 2 Amplidier
	\|Noise on left channel		\|Noise on left channel
	\|Dissemble headphone socket: clean and glue		\|Dissemble headphone socket: clean and glue (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wczW5-IV0PQ&t=68s here])
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NickPGSmith at 16:21, 1 September 2023

2023-09-01T16:21:48Z

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	\|Eratic tape switch		\|Eratic tape switch
	\|Dissemble switch, clean		\|Dissemble switch, clean
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			\|Noise on left channel
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NickPGSmith at 15:57, 30 July 2023

2023-07-30T15:57:37Z

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			Arcam Alpha 2 Amplidier
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NickPGSmith at 15:12, 25 July 2023

2023-07-25T15:12:19Z

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	\|Cleaned pots, switches, replaced some capacitors (see [https://youtu.be/pTg-NL3LcPI here])		\|Cleaned pots, switches, replaced some capacitors (see [https://youtu.be/pTg-NL3LcPI here])
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			Pioneer F99X Tuner
			\|Eratic signal strength
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NickPGSmith at 14:25, 30 March 2023

2023-03-30T14:25:51Z

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	\|Remade bad solder connections, cleaned pots, replaced first valve (see [https://youtu.be/tDK7048iRSc here])		\|Remade bad solder connections, cleaned pots, replaced first valve (see [https://youtu.be/tDK7048iRSc here])
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			\|Pioneer SA-620 Amplifier
			\|Noisy, distrorted audio
			\|Cleaned pots, switches, replaced some capacitors (see [https://youtu.be/pTg-NL3LcPI here])
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NickPGSmith: 1 revision imported

2023-02-17T21:02:13Z

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NickPGSmith at 13:08, 30 January 2023

2023-01-30T13:08:54Z

New page

Some things I have repaired:

{| class="wikitable"
!Device
!Problem
!Solution

|-
|Aiwa ADF-640 Tape Deck
|Thermally induced system logic fault
|Remove solder short inside Osc can
|-
|Clock Radio
|Dead
|Replaced broken power cable at case entry
|-
|Pioneer F99X Tuner
|Memory buttons erratic
|Remove disintegrating pads behind buttons and bridge gap with epoxy
|-
|Pioneer F99X Tuner
|Change-frequency muting too long
|Reduce capacitor in muting gate
|-
|Indesit T12 B/W TV
|Raster, no video
|Re-soldered dry joint in tuner unit
|-
|ITT Featherlight B/W TV
|Dead
|Replaced CRT, replaced transistor and re-bias push-pull O/P
|-
|Sony ICF 7600 Radio
|Erratic volume and tuning
|Replaced electrolytic capacitor in DC-DC converter
|-
|Sony 14" TV
|No power
|Dry joints around line output transformer resoldered.
|-
|Sony 14" TV
|Raster OK, no signal, just noise.
|Dry joint in UHF tuner can resoldered.
|-
|Sony 14" TV
|Intermittent audio from SCART.
|Re-soldered SCART socket to PCB.
|-
|Sony Playstation 2 Console
|Won't Open
|Cleaned and lubricated
|-
|Celestion DL4 Series II Speaker
|Damaged bass driver
|Replaced driver
|-
|Dyson DC07 Animal Vaccum CLeaner
|Overheating and cutting out after a few mins
|Complete clean of cyclones and replacement of motor
|-
|Senheiser Noise Cancelling Headphones
|Wires disconnected from audio processor
|Traced and resoldered
|-
|Tandberg Solvsuper 12C Receiver
|Intermittent audio
|Resoldered speaker sockets
|-
|Electronic Timer
|LCD all elements on.
|Replaced internal NiCd backup battery.
|-
|Dell C640 Laptop
|Case fracturing. No Video out.
|Completely disembled, glued case. Resoldered D-type connector.
|-
|Cambridge Audio A500 Amplifier
|Left channel dead
|Replaced output darlington pair
|-
|Kef Cantor Speaker
|Damaged Tweeter
|Replaced
|-
|Digital Radio
|No display backlight
|Replaced pair of white LEDs
|-
|Apple iPhone 4 Phone
|Broken Screen
|Screen Replaced
|-
|ITT Tiny 320 Radio
|Distorted sound
|Replaced loudspeaker
|-
|Matsui Fridge
|No light
|Clean contacts on door switch
|-
|Philips Food Mixer
|No motor operation
|Soldered blown fuse replaced with in-line fuse/holder
|-
|Rear Surround globe Speaker
|Broken connector
|Re-soldered new connectors
|-
|Flymo EV650 Blower
|Motor starts for a few seconds and stutters
|Bent corroded spring holding carbon brushes in place into new shape. Lubricated motor bearing.
|-
|Fujitsu Laptop
|Dead after liquid ingress
|Dissembled, cleaned, rebuilt
|-
|Sony Vaio Laptop
|Slow, intermittent freezes and noisy
|Replaced CPU fan, upgraded disk and RAM
|-
|Lenovo T60 Laptop
|Noisy, occasionally won't boot with fan error
|Replaced CPU fan
|-
|Electrolux Z1050 Vacuum Cleaner
|Intermittent power failure
|Shortened cable past break, replaced filters
|-
|Black & Decker D684 Lawn Mower
|Progressively failing to turn on
|Dissembled switch, cleaned, lubricated, adjusted contacts
|-
|Black & Decker DNJ454 Hedge Trimmer
|Cable damage
|Shortened and refitted cable
|-
|Interstate Video Game
|Intermittent video
|Dry joints on modulator resoldered
|-
|Sony TA-FB920R Amplifier
|Right channel dead
|Replaced burned out MOSFETs, faulty 2SC5169-FG long-tailed pair
|-
|Pioneer F99X Tuner
|Broken AM loop spring terminals
|Replaced
|-
|Audio Technica ATH-911 Headphones
|Earpads disintegrating
|Replaced earpads
|-
|Audio Technica ATH-911 Headphones
|Buzz in one channel
|Removed spider
|-
|Salter Kitchen Scales
|Not returning to zero
|Reseated platform so it no longer rubs on surround
|-
|Black & Decker BD163V Drill
|Unreliable controller
|Replaced controller (generic replacement)
|-
|Aiwa ADF-640 Tape Deck
|Tape movement stuck
|Replaced drive bands
|-
|Aiwa ADF-640 Tape Deck
|Door mechanism erratic
|Full disassembly, clean, lubricate and make door buffer pads
|-
|Dell 2001FP Monitor
|High Pitched Whistle
|Replaced PSU board
|-
|Apple PowerBook G4 Laptop
|Won't power on
|Replaced DC/Audio board
|-
|Smeg SUK61MFX5 Oven
|One hob won't stay on
|Replaced thermocouple
|-
|Belling Champion 91A Heater
|Old/faulty wiring
|Replaced wiring
|-
|HP Pavillion DM4 Laptop
|Keyboard ""auto-typing""
|Dissembled and reseated keyboard connector
|-
|Chinon Executron 8M Calculator
|<nowiki>+/-</nowiki> Key not working
|Reconstructed bent-wire switch and re-glued daughterboard
|-
|Cambridge Audio Azur 640R CD Player
|Not playing CD
|Replaced motor belt and lubricate
|-
|Arcam Alpha 2 Amplifier
|Noisy, low power output
|Replaced LM7815
|-
|Arcam Alpha 2 Amplifier
|General Improvements
|Removed CD input attenuation. Replaced output inductors with air-core. Replaced C8 (1 μF) with non-electrolytic and C11 (10 μF) with higher grade component.
|-
|Arcam Alpha 7 Amplifier
|Intermittent left channel
|Cleaned source selector switch
|-
|Citizen C300 Navihawk Watch
|Eratic digital display, detected hand
|Reattached, reset
|-
|Casio fx-570 Calculator
|Eratic keys
|Re-carbonised keybads with 4B pencil
|-
|Hair removal tool
|Dead
|Removed battery corrosion from switch and motor connections
|-
|UniCom timer
|Display all lit, because aging NiCD driven with too high a voltage.
|Increase charging resistance and add 3-diode clamp across NiCd
|-
|Citizen C300 Navihawk Watch
|Erratic mode selector
|Cleaned contacts
|-
|Remington hair remover
|Dead
|Glued dislocated power connectors; cleaned
|-
|Nexus 7 Gen 2 Tablet
|Not charging through USB
|Replaced USB board
|-
|Sony TA-FB940R Amplifier
|Noise carbon tracks, running hot.
|Cleaned with contact cleaner. Reduced power stage bias as per service manual.
|-
|Sharp R259 Microwave
|Door not locking
|Repaired plastic hook pulling on door latch spring
|-
|KEF Cantor Speaker
|Buzzing in base unit
|Removed surround from support, re-centred cone, and re-glued
|-
|Rotel Amplifier
|No sound from one channel, other erratic
|Cleaned all switches and pots with contact cleaner
|-
|Dell E7450 Laptop
|Light bleed from light to camera
|Inserted Blue Tack between to stop light
|-
|Commodore 64 Computer
|Erratic Video Quality
|Replaced leaky electrolytic capacitors around colour burst clock generator
|-
|Battery Lantern
|Erratic switch/brightness control
|Replaced switch/potentiometer with push-button switch
|-
|Maplin M-5050E Multimeter
|Erratic zero/ohms controls
|Cleaned potentiometers
|-
|Sony KDL-42W706B TV
|Intermittent reboots
|Resoldered PSU board connections (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StuZFSf24Us here])
|-
|Tandberg Solvsuper 12C Receiver
|Full service
|Full service (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4nUkIe7oVw&t=346s here])
|-

|Satellite Finder
|Broken in transit
|Repair potentiometer connection/PCB
|-
|Microsoft Designer Mouse
|Intermittent stuck left button
|File plastic wedge
|-
|Smeg SUK61MFX5 Oven
|3 igniters failed
|Clean contacts in microswitches
|-
|Sony MDS-JB940 QS Minidisc Deck
|Eject mechanism failed
|Replaced belt (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wLYIFn4zIc&t=1s here])
|-
|Sony Vaio PCG-2A1M Computer
|Disk failed
|Replaced disk, installed [https://www.neverware.com/freedownload CloudReady] OS
|-
|Dell E6400 Laptop
|Shutting Down
|Replaced motherboard
|-
|FitBit Charge 3
|Lines on screen
|Replaced screen
|-
|HP P400 RAID cache battery
|Shutting Down
|Replaced cells (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma_4pTI4PpI here])
|-
|Arcam Alpha 2 Amplifier
|Intermittent Audio
|Contact cleaned tape monitor switch (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E34E94DYdl8&t=5s here])
|-
|Singer 354 Sewing Machine
|Burning smell from foot control
|Replaced suppressor capacitors. Also general clean/lubrication
|-
|Sony KDL-42W706B TV
|Intermittent UI hangs
|Replaced main board 1-889-202-2
|-
|Pioneer F99X Tuner
|Button intermittent, realignment required
|Lubrication, realignments (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyU9YltfxKA&t=7s here])
|-
|TS-100 Soldering Iron
|Dim display
|Replaced [https://www.buydisplay.com/graphic-i2c-0-69-inch-96x16-oled-display-mp3-module-white-on-black OLED Display] (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXufN5MrMqE here])
|-
|Silicon Graphics Octane
|Fan noise, blocked vents. Keyboard faulty. Front light failed.
|Dissembled and cleaned everything. Repaired keyboard. Replaced front lights.
|-
|Bose SoundLink Mini
|Won't turn on, battery takes no charge.
|Replaced battery. (NB: 12V/0.8A PSU)
|-
|Panasonic RQ-SX75 Personal Stereo
|Error when trying to play tape.
|Replaced belts and reattached clutch cap (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3IY_lPHZPo&t=738s here])
|-
|Aiwa XD-S260 DAT Deck
|Won't play; tangles tape.
|Replaced mainboard capacitors, lubricated, replaced belt, replaced brakes (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G71q8fFify0 here])
|-
|Fender Hot Rod Delux 212 Guitar Amp
|Noisy, intermittent pops
|Remade bad solder connections, cleaned pots, replaced first valve (see [https://youtu.be/tDK7048iRSc here])
|-
|}

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