Electronics Forum / Repair / May 2004

ABout a week ago, I got pretty soaked in a big rain shower here. So did
the laptop in my bag: I could see water had made its way into the LCD
from the sides, about 1 or 2 cm in.
Now the LCD is dry (no traces of water visible on the picture surface).

This chip Is bad and I don't have the RCA part number. The IC is an
NEC 895-1.
Anyone have an ECG cross number for this or an OEM part number. Also
where is the best place on the web to order RCA parts for TV'S?

Well, after leaving the microwave un-plugged for over a week I decided
to take a look and see if there were any "user servicable parts".
After discharging the high voltage cap(which was alredy discharged)
just to be safe I started checking things. There was one fuse in the

Over this past weekend (when I was away) the electric company came out
here and replaced our digital electric meter with one with the dials
on it. When I came back early Monday morning I noticed that the analog
cable tv was very poor, most of the channels were grainy or distorted.

Hie all,
I have this awesome CD-player which has run flawlessly for more than 4
years.
1) I was reading its manual and they recommended that I do not place

My son's Apex TV volume increases incrementally to an approximate midpoint
on the volume scale.  However, any further on-screen increase on the volume
bars doesn't affect the actual volume.  Would appreciate any suggestions.
Eric

what wood hapin if I put a wrinch on the posatev terinall on my car batery and put the otter end of the wrinch to the car chasses?

I used to be a frequent visitor to this group, and everyone on here was
friendly and helpful to one another.
Until a week or so ago, I hadn't been here for a while, but I needed to put
in a request for help, so whilst I was here, I did my usual, and trawled

Are there (electrically) conductive and non conductive heatsink
compounds?
Need to re-apply to drivers on battery drill after replacement presume
it is electrically conductive as no mica film or fancy washers.

This may be an oxymoron, but is there an inexpensive circuit board
design program out there, one that I wouldn't have to mortgage my home
to purchase? All I need to do is to design some 2-layer circuit boards.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

The turntable to my 1983 Fisher MC-4550 Audio Component System died.
I was told that I need an idler part no. sfm1915a04e, reference 56.
Does anyone know where I can find one?
I have searched online, but no luck.  I am willing to purchase another

When we switch on the A/C (or just the fan), the unit inside the house
comes on but the outside fan does not run. Importantly when the A/C
unit is switched on or off, we can hear the "clicking" sound in the
outside unit. Also power seems to be coming to the outside unit (this

I was given a Commodore 1084S (Philips-built) monitor, that I would
like to get in working order again for my vintage Atari 800XL. It is a
quite versatile monitor, as it has CVBS, L/C, RGB analog and
RGB-digital inputs.

I have got a Yamaha EMX2000 in that had a fried channel.
Replaced all the outputs, then found a dam diode shorted.
I don't have the print yet, so would like a ID on the diode
if anyone has a service manual. Its on the main amp board,

i have the following problem on my vcr.
On the beginning the vcr didn't eject the cassette: when i opened it i found a
label inside but when i removed it the vcr eject the cassette immediately !
Any ideas ?