thanks for your help. I had the same problem and didnt know what to do. since im retired i thought" i'll bet theres something on you tube." Voila! here comes your clip. I/m not as good as you on small electronics. I think i'll just mount it on my desk and cut all wires.. you are a true 'trekkie"." beam me up scotty, there no decently made ornaments here".
Hey Nancy, too bad you can't get it operating. Of course you could just play the audio nowadays on your phone, LOL! I found that powering the old Hallmark ornaments is harder than soldering a new capacitor. I've got a video where I kept plugging additional ornaments into one light string, and as the voltage dropped, I'd replace bulbs with shorts [ th-cam.com/video/hwu9drz5hBI/w-d-xo.html ]. That's even more technically challenging.
Just saw this update after viewing your original video with the smaller capacity capacitor. Can you please recommend a capacitor you think would work? Giving a source would be even better, if you have the time. I opened mine up this evening and also tested the switch with a continuity tester. The switch was fine. You have motivated me to attempt this fix. I want my "City on the Edge of Forever" working! It's problems like this that make me wish I had been an electrical engineer instead of a structural engineer! Maybe I can find a plastic case to fit a large capacitor that could attach to the rear base of the ornament and be "out of view". Thank you for the outstanding video. Ken, Auburn, WA.
I just searched eBay and found a 50V 1000uF capacitor for $5: www.ebay.com/itm/285972207024 That's the same spec as I used. They sell these things by the dozens or hundreds, and they're only a few cents each. But of course you only need one! I'm no EE either...Industrial Engineer. Good luck on your upgrade!
@@sengsational Thanks for the tip on the capacitor. I am going to first try a 25V 1000uf (10mmx17mm) one that is smaller and might fit inside the ornament. It is on Amazon. If that does not work I will come back with the 50V 1000uf you used, but it will have to be external.
thanks for your help. I had the same problem and didnt know what to do. since im retired i thought" i'll bet theres something on you tube." Voila! here comes your clip. I/m not as good as you on small electronics. I think i'll just mount it on my desk and cut all wires..
you are a true 'trekkie"." beam me up scotty, there no decently made ornaments here".
Hey Nancy, too bad you can't get it operating. Of course you could just play the audio nowadays on your phone, LOL! I found that powering the old Hallmark ornaments is harder than soldering a new capacitor. I've got a video where I kept plugging additional ornaments into one light string, and as the voltage dropped, I'd replace bulbs with shorts [ th-cam.com/video/hwu9drz5hBI/w-d-xo.html ]. That's even more technically challenging.
Just saw this update after viewing your original video with the smaller capacity capacitor. Can you please recommend a capacitor you think would work? Giving a source would be even better, if you have the time. I opened mine up this evening and also tested the switch with a continuity tester. The switch was fine. You have motivated me to attempt this fix. I want my "City on the Edge of Forever" working! It's problems like this that make me wish I had been an electrical engineer instead of a structural engineer! Maybe I can find a plastic case to fit a large capacitor that could attach to the rear base of the ornament and be "out of view". Thank you for the outstanding video. Ken, Auburn, WA.
I just searched eBay and found a 50V 1000uF capacitor for $5: www.ebay.com/itm/285972207024 That's the same spec as I used. They sell these things by the dozens or hundreds, and they're only a few cents each. But of course you only need one! I'm no EE either...Industrial Engineer. Good luck on your upgrade!
@@sengsational Thanks for the tip on the capacitor. I am going to first try a 25V 1000uf (10mmx17mm) one that is smaller and might fit inside the ornament. It is on Amazon. If that does not work I will come back with the 50V 1000uf you used, but it will have to be external.