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Since I try to get things cheaper or free and repair them I wondered if I could get a cheaper big 4K TV. After posting a search for “broken 4K TV” on craigslist I eventually found someone selling theirs.
Continue reading “Vizio M65-C1 Won’t Turn On – Repaired with $.47 of parts. Bargain 4k TV”
Has the screen on your Macbook pro or air started to wobble and you can tell something is loose? Well, the issue is most likely 2 or 3 loose screws. Some are easy to get to and tighten up. Others take a little bit more effort to get to but it is still all they need is to be tightened.
Is your Instant Pot not working? I’ll show you how you may be able to repair it. My wife picked up a broken unit that was not heating and thankfully, it is an easy fix. If you have one with no power at all, it is also possibly an easy fix.
In some cases the reason why the Instant Pot fails to heat up is because of a single failed solder connection on the bottom side of the circuit board. This failed connection just happens to be on the output terminal of the main electrical relay (think switch) that sends electricity to the heating element. And when there is no electricity, there is no heat (though the brains of the unit doesn’t realize it!).
Continue reading “How to Repair Instant Pot not Heating or Working”My wife was on a local Facebook group and heard of someone getting rid of a broken 60″ led tv. She asked me if I wanted it. Because I like to fix everything or at least figure out how it works, I immediately said, “Yes!” So in not too short of time I had a Vizio E601i-A3 opened up for inspection.
The common problem on these models is that the T-con (timing control) board goes bad which results in a blank screen (no picture) but yet there is sound. The backlight is on but since the Timing Control board has a problem it can not send the proper signal to the pixels on the lcd panel.
Since I know this is a common failure on the E601i-A3, I took it out to take a closer look. The internet tells me to test one particular transistor on that board and guess what, that transistor is fried. So I ordered a new one, it cost $.54. After soldering in the new part the TV fired up great and has been working great since.
If you want to watch the video and see exactly how I did all of this for under a $1 check it out here:
So one day I was looking through the free section on craigslist and saw someone giving away a broken electric lawn mower. Oddly enough, I noticed the address as the neighbor to one of my friends. So I texted him and he walked over and snagged it for me.
I actually first wanted it so I could harvest the motor for another project but then I realized that I could fix it! I had never worked on one before but I did some research and realized there aren’t many parts in these things and typically what breaks is the bridge rectifier.
One night we went to get some ice cream and instead of getting the normal cold solid cream there was a liquid mess. Something was wrong with our fridge/freezer (Model GSH25JSXNSS) !
So I ripped open the back on the freezer (take shelves off, remove light cover, take off two screws, take off the grounding clip and remove the white cover) to find this:
Continue reading “Repair Broken GE Freezer – Replace Defrost Heater GSH25JSXNSS”
Has your plasma stopped turning on and the red light is flashing on you (8 Blinks)? It may be the SS board with a bad set of capacitors. At least it was for me. I ordered similarly rated capacitors from China. Here is a link to similar ones that I ordered. (Available on Ebay*: “Film capacitors CBB22 305J 3uF ±5% 250V P=27mm“) After they arrive I soldered out the old ones and got the new ones in and the TV works great!
If you are up for repairing it yourself you’ll need to solder the old capacitors out and solder the new ones in. So to begin (use extreme caution when working with plasma tv’s!):
Continue reading “Repair Panasonic TC-P65S1 (8 Blinks) Plasma TV”