NO! It's all gone horribly wrong! 😱
The top of the chair has gone wobbly. The top is held on by your weight. By relieving the pressure with the bit of PVC pipe, there is nothing stopping the central pillar falling down from the seat. Maybe I overdid the refurbish with two much WD40 lubricant?
Looks like I'll have to go route 2 and put my hand in my pocket and buy a 3/4" jubilee clip and some Duck Tape. The Law of Unforseen Consequences. 😡
Crest XR-20 rackmount mixer. The stupid thing has had VERY intermittent pad and bus switches for years now, but I've been able to ignore it because I don't use them all that often, and I can make it work for what I use this thing for.
Then the switching power supply booked a flight to Hawaii, which meant the whole stupid thing had to come apart so I could replace the ultra-cheap caps that Peavey decided were appropriate (I'm just going to blame all my suffering from this project on Peavey). Of course, once it's open you end up fixing everything else that's screwed up... so I've spent about the last six hours pulling modules and cleaning switches. It's SUPER entertaining...
Then the switching power supply booked a flight to Hawaii, which meant the whole stupid thing had to come apart so I could replace the ultra-cheap caps that Peavey decided were appropriate (I'm just going to blame all my suffering from this project on Peavey). Of course, once it's open you end up fixing everything else that's screwed up... so I've spent about the last six hours pulling modules and cleaning switches. It's SUPER entertaining...
1.Sony Ta-ax295 amp.
Recapped it - it hummed - but did not fail. uPC1342 has current protect , this 30 YO amp survived. Sounds good after Nichicon recap.
2. Yamaha AV66 amp , what a POS. Besides Bad Caps - bad design. Upgraded
the aux supplies. SIP op amp failed , made amp read 12Vdc. So many jumpers,
what a sloppy layout. works now , sony sounds better.
3. Used polk 10" sub (20$) ... New anteK toroid to replace the "Good cheers" EI trafo , recap 2X 6800@63V.
I might keep this one and put a peerless 10" sub in it.
Good for my PC but does not have much <40hz response.
Amazing what they sell to consumers today(or yesterday) 😕 .
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Recapped it - it hummed - but did not fail. uPC1342 has current protect , this 30 YO amp survived. Sounds good after Nichicon recap.
2. Yamaha AV66 amp , what a POS. Besides Bad Caps - bad design. Upgraded
the aux supplies. SIP op amp failed , made amp read 12Vdc. So many jumpers,
what a sloppy layout. works now , sony sounds better.
3. Used polk 10" sub (20$) ... New anteK toroid to replace the "Good cheers" EI trafo , recap 2X 6800@63V.
I might keep this one and put a peerless 10" sub in it.
Good for my PC but does not have much <40hz response.
Amazing what they sell to consumers today(or yesterday) 😕 .
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I must agree, I've seen some pretty awful stuff recently from some big names that should know better.
I took that personally. My reputation in tatters. 🙁
THE SAGGING CHAIR IS FIXED!!!! 😀
Stupid Internet ideas:
1) Spray WD40 on thin shaft. Didn't do a thing.
2) Fit PVC pipe collar underneath the seat. Chair went wobbly and about to collapse.
3) Fit Jubilee clip and rubber sleeve under chair. Slowly sank and then disintegrated.
How hard can it be?
4) system puts thinking hat on. Improvise a spacer with washers and an unused 21mm socket head.
IT WORKED!!! 😎
(Lawyer talk: 5 minute guarantee applies...)
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Given all the time and energy you've spent on that, it better be a seriously amazing chair...
Not a single repair lately but a little neglect can go a long way when it comes to breaking something 😛
TBH, I probably have overdone the washers:
Feels a bit high. But adjustable.
But happily, serendipity (good fortune by chance) usually rewards the hard workers. This is why the RAF motto is: "Per Ardua, ad Astra".
While digging around for an engineering solution to my chair, I found some heatsink compound.
What does it mean? Merely that I can now upgrade my 4 core AMD Athlon 630 to a 6 core AMD FX-6300. 50% faster. 🙂
EXCELLENT!
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Wow. My phone is about the same speed as an AMD FX-6300! My how tech has progressed!
Your upgrade seems to be about 25% faster, not 50% 🙁 UserBenchmark: AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs FX-6300
Your upgrade seems to be about 25% faster, not 50% 🙁 UserBenchmark: AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs FX-6300
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A big one over the last 2 days. The main fridge. Changed what the internet considers the likely culprit, the defrost temp sensor and at same time verified ventilator fan was OK. No luck.
More Googling suggested that with those 2 out of the way, the likely culprit was the defrost control board. However, that was discontinued by OEM, none of the local suppliers had old stock, and ebay prices were too rich for me.
So took it apart, was surprised to find that it was an SMD microcontroller board. Only thing that looked amiss was a bulging 1000 uF 10V cap. Replaced that with a pull from an old PC PS board and sure enough that did the trick! One little failed cap had brought the whole fridge to its knees. My guess is that the cap is the filter cap for the low voltage supply for the microcontroller.
More Googling suggested that with those 2 out of the way, the likely culprit was the defrost control board. However, that was discontinued by OEM, none of the local suppliers had old stock, and ebay prices were too rich for me.
So took it apart, was surprised to find that it was an SMD microcontroller board. Only thing that looked amiss was a bulging 1000 uF 10V cap. Replaced that with a pull from an old PC PS board and sure enough that did the trick! One little failed cap had brought the whole fridge to its knees. My guess is that the cap is the filter cap for the low voltage supply for the microcontroller.
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hi
I had among the things to repair an HP 204D ... bought for 10 euros broken ... repaired in a day
I had among the things to repair an HP 204D ... bought for 10 euros broken ... repaired in a day
What was supposed to be a simple dishwasher replacement turned into a plumbing repair, electrical job, and minor woodwork job yesterday.
The dishwasher shutoff valve under the sink failed half way through the job, so I scrambled to shut the hot water valve off under the sink. That got the water stopped, but then later when I turned it back on that valve started spraying and I had to resort to shutting off the house water main. Got a new o-ring for the hot water valve, a whole new ball valve for the dishwasher shut-off, and replaced it all.
The new (Bosch) dishwasher is not set up for hard-wired power (it comes with a standard plug). They sell a hard-wiring kit for $29 which is basically a plastic junction box to connect the existing house wiring and a Bosch power cable to plug into the dishwasher. Instead, I bought $6 worth of proper electrical parts (junction box, lid, etc) cut the plug off the end of the Bosch power cable, and connected it all up in the junction box.
The woodwork job is difficult to explain. Suffice it to say the dishwasher was about 1/4" too tall (at it's lowest setting) and I had to chisel out some of the flooring where the front feet sit in order to shoe-horn the bugger in there. I also had to use my tin-snips to remove about 1/2" from the bottom kick plate in order for it to fit properly.
So the job took me 3 hours instead of one, but it is in now and looks good enough (we are planning to gut and replace the entire kitchen within the next year or so).
Holy crap is this dishwasher quiet. Honestly we are amazed.
The dishwasher shutoff valve under the sink failed half way through the job, so I scrambled to shut the hot water valve off under the sink. That got the water stopped, but then later when I turned it back on that valve started spraying and I had to resort to shutting off the house water main. Got a new o-ring for the hot water valve, a whole new ball valve for the dishwasher shut-off, and replaced it all.
The new (Bosch) dishwasher is not set up for hard-wired power (it comes with a standard plug). They sell a hard-wiring kit for $29 which is basically a plastic junction box to connect the existing house wiring and a Bosch power cable to plug into the dishwasher. Instead, I bought $6 worth of proper electrical parts (junction box, lid, etc) cut the plug off the end of the Bosch power cable, and connected it all up in the junction box.
The woodwork job is difficult to explain. Suffice it to say the dishwasher was about 1/4" too tall (at it's lowest setting) and I had to chisel out some of the flooring where the front feet sit in order to shoe-horn the bugger in there. I also had to use my tin-snips to remove about 1/2" from the bottom kick plate in order for it to fit properly.
So the job took me 3 hours instead of one, but it is in now and looks good enough (we are planning to gut and replace the entire kitchen within the next year or so).
Holy crap is this dishwasher quiet. Honestly we are amazed.
Quiet comes with a 2 hour cycle, doesn't it? LOL My best friend swears by his old Maytag. Loud as a train but "the new ones don't f*cking work" in his opinion lol
He still has a toilet that looks like it's going to overflow while it uses like 30L of water to flush a tissue.
Honestly, I would have just wired in a receptacle and plugged it in instead. It seems like less work.
He still has a toilet that looks like it's going to overflow while it uses like 30L of water to flush a tissue.
Honestly, I would have just wired in a receptacle and plugged it in instead. It seems like less work.