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General Discussion Area / Re: Capacitors
« on: 11 January 2024, 15:22:35 »
Well, partial success.  Swapped out the obviously bad Caps and managed to get it working of sorts.

There are clearly lots of other issues that make it a bin job, but at least retrieved the DVD that was in it before it heads to the tip.


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General Discussion Area / Re: Capacitors
« on: 09 January 2024, 10:03:29 »
Capacitors - particularly Electrolytics - are funny beggars. There are lots of other parameters other than capacitance and voltage that matter - things like ESR and AC cycle current. If at all possible, try to look up the exact specs for the brand of capacitor you are replacing, and use one that matches those specs as closely as possible - ideally the same brand.

Not all 680uF 6V3 caps are equal, and going for the cheapest you can find is rarely a good idea.

Yep, They look to be the same specs, and not overly cheap.  They were cheaper in RS but the delivery cost was stupid

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General Discussion Area / Re: Capacitors
« on: 09 January 2024, 10:02:00 »
following with interest !
for the £7 spent its worth an evenings fun swapping the caps and seeing what happens.  i assume ( other than esr testing ) they had bulged tops which is what led you to them in the first place.

Yep, bulging and leaking in some of them.  Only have a multi-meter to diagnose, so hoping basics is all it is.  It was sat under the TV switched on for years, so likely just well over their expected lifecycle. PSU board looks in good condition other than that, and mercifully, it is well spaced out, so should be easy to desolder the old ones without reflowing other bits  ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Capacitors
« on: 08 January 2024, 09:12:56 »
Thanks for all the replies,  especially LC0112G for the kind offer.

I managed to find an ebay seller with a reasonable shipping fee, ordered the 5, well 15 (they are in packs of 5!) delivered for £7, so worth the gamble.

Just hope after all this faff, it is just the blown caps and not something further down the line :-\

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General Discussion Area / Re: Capacitors
« on: 07 January 2024, 15:35:06 »
Yeah, I can get them from both CPC and RS, but what should be about £3 suddenly turns into £20, and as this is the power supply, I don't know if the rest of the device will work, and can't test any of it without the power.  Not sure I want to spend £20 to see if it works, I could go and buy one for £25!

I thought it would be a fun project on the cheap, seems like not.

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General Discussion Area / Capacitors
« on: 07 January 2024, 15:11:23 »
Hi,

I need five Aluminium electrolytic capacitors to fix an old DVD player.  Now maplins is no more, I can't seem to find anywhere to get them without paying more than 3x the cost in delivery.

All I need is 2 680uf 6.3v, 2 1500uf 16v and 1 680uf 10v.

Anyone know of a good source near to Milton Keynes area?

tia
Merv

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 19 December 2023, 09:37:35 »
Yes, sadly, SKY Q never implemented the ability to stream if the signal was lost, which is why I ditched SKY years ago, large trees use to block the signal as soon as they had leaves on them.
Yes, I can see that being a problem, seeing as you live in the middle of the countryside...   ...oh, hang on a minute ;D.

I guess when the estate was built, they were all little trees, but now 30+ years on, mighty oaks trees have grown all around?

Not quite, it's the trees that line the redway next to the canal.  They planted the wrong type of poplar and they are massive! Rupert wouldn't entertain the idea of putting a second satellite up on the other side, miserable bastard!

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 18 December 2023, 11:40:08 »
SKY

I have Sky Q and all was well yesterday, I had company from lunch time till late, I put the tv on see a message saying I cound not watch tv as there was no signal.

Recorded stuff I have on the HDD isnt affescted, so watched that .

Sundays I catch up with the stuff I had recorded during the week. never tried ringing Sky as I was also busy in the back ground.

Todays scheduled programs failed to record as predicted.

So jobs done, chill time, Logged into Sky, up pops the virtual assistant, ran through the yes/no questions, last one asking if the problem was resolved = NO

Virtual assistant will now only focus on a mobile sim issue - DOH I dont have one with sky.

To me the cable has worn through with all the wind and snapped as they are never fitted properly ro start with.
Sky Q works off the internet as far as I know, so if you're talking about the cable from the dish.......... :-\

Sky Q still uses the dish to receive the broadcast stuff, internet for download/catch up.  Sky Stream/Glass is the one that is all pulled from the internet.
Right, I never realised that. So it works, more or less, the same as SKY+HD box.

If that is what you want, then either use NOW or SKY Stream and forget the dish altogether.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 18 December 2023, 11:39:30 »
Yes, sadly, SKY Q never implemented the ability to stream if the signal was lost, which is why I ditched SKY years ago, large trees use to block the signal as soon as they had leaves on them.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 18 December 2023, 09:27:24 »
SKY

I have Sky Q and all was well yesterday, I had company from lunch time till late, I put the tv on see a message saying I cound not watch tv as there was no signal.

Recorded stuff I have on the HDD isnt affescted, so watched that .

Sundays I catch up with the stuff I had recorded during the week. never tried ringing Sky as I was also busy in the back ground.

Todays scheduled programs failed to record as predicted.

So jobs done, chill time, Logged into Sky, up pops the virtual assistant, ran through the yes/no questions, last one asking if the problem was resolved = NO

Virtual assistant will now only focus on a mobile sim issue - DOH I dont have one with sky.

To me the cable has worn through with all the wind and snapped as they are never fitted properly ro start with.
Sky Q works off the internet as far as I know, so if you're talking about the cable from the dish.......... :-\

Sky Q still uses the dish to receive the broadcast stuff, internet for download/catch up.  Sky Stream/Glass is the one that is all pulled from the internet.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Three Mobile
« on: 24 November 2023, 10:27:22 »
I didn't switch to O2 because their in-store staff at my local branch were a bunch of total cockwombles.

That's true of every phone shop! can't imagine why anyone would need to go into one though :-\

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General Discussion Area / Re: Three Mobile
« on: 24 November 2023, 09:34:16 »
Yep, I have the same, only keep them because of the worldwide roaming, service is shit though, I have to use wifi calling to be able to use the phone at home.

Just spotted O2 black friday deal of Unlimited calls and text, 150gb data and worldwide roaming for £17.99.  Just switched so hopefully this will work out better.  And I get Visual Voicemail

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General Discussion Area / Re: Multi Tool - Advice
« on: 25 October 2023, 15:04:29 »
I have the one you linked, it is good enough for most things that they do.

Had a bosch mains one before, and the cordless is just as good.


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General Discussion Area / Re: Discount Codes
« on: 14 August 2023, 09:09:24 »
Honey works well, it searches all the codes and tries them all for you.  You have to register, but it seems to be ok.

The latest version of MS Edge does a similar thing out of the box assuming you are not a Anti-all-things-Microsoft type.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Changing a shower mixer valve.
« on: 16 June 2023, 08:41:01 »
If you are only changing the valve, you shouldn't need to be worried, just remove electricity from the pump, isolate the water and change it.
20 minute job if the entry points are the same on the new valve.

even if the valves don't quite close properly, removing the power from the pump will stop it turning on, and you will get a dribble of water at worst, but as it is in a shower, who cares!

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