A guy brought this machine for repair. When I powered up the machine; while customer still in the shop; the machine was completely dead. I never opened a cash register machine before but since it has to do with power issues, I was more than willing to check it out.
I already took some parts out and more screws to come out; I was able to see what inside this old beat up machine. Read More
A kid next door brought a broken toy to my shop. He lives across the street and when he entered the shop, he went directly to explain the problem right away. I understood later on that this toy was for his little sister and he wanted to get it fixed for her.
The kid explained that when he push the power switch on, this white piece suppose to rotate back and forth. When I pushed the power button, I could hear music coming on but this piece was not rotating. Read More
Received call from a friend that he is having sound problem with his CRT TV. Stating problem that TV’s sound is very low even from remote control volume keeping on high setting there is very low variation is audible.
So while I am way to my office I just drop down to his home for just checking what the symptom is. Now a day OLD TV reception system through antenna is gone and now everybody is using set top box. I have checked the volume control position form both the unit TV as well Set top box there is not much variation is audible it gives effect of only 15% of sound out of 100% which is not enough if person is seating even around 5 Feet area . Read More
A lady and her husband brought this nail dryer to my shop for repair. The lady was so upset about the nail dryer not working. She was assuming too many things about the repair and was concerned. She did not want to lose it because it was an American made and expensive.
This was the external power supply and the moment I measured the voltages coming out I saw 29 volts and then it started to drop indicating a problem in the power supply. Read More
A dead power supply was brought to me by my Pastor. This power supply is used to charge the transmitters and receivers that are used for translation in my church. When I powered up the power supply, the light did not come on indicating a problem in the device.
The output is 12 volts and the amp rate is 5A. The reason for high amp rate because this power supply charges up to about 40 devices at the same time. Read More