In college, everyone used use a coil heater you put inside a bucket of water, to get hot water for bathing. And people constantly found them no longer working and threw them out. My parents wouldn't give me money to buy a heater. So I would father all the broken ones, and open them up. 90% of the time, one of the wires would be cut because of all the random twisting. I would take it out and reattach it. And I would have a free working heater. I had free hot water for entire college life....
As a kid, I loved taking apart all the electronic gadgets I got as presents, probably more than actually playing with them, and I agree that the trickiest part is indeed putting them back together properly.
I got one back in 2005 ish. Great mixer, I love it. A while ago speed 1 and 2 quit, then a plastic gear. Got it online for $7, re-soldered transistor leg and it runs like new, two years now. Great video!
The human body has capacitance. Even if he only touched the live wire alone, he'd get a shock. Perhaps there's a power strip with an on/off button out of view on the floor he switched..? :)
At least it was actually broken before she bought a new one. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen someone buy a new something to replace the “broken” one only to find out it was user error.
CDP135Z : My wife’s parents bought a new microwave oven because their old one wouldn’t come on. Then a worker was repairing something in their kitchen, and he said “Do you want me to plug your microwave back in for you?” It turned out the old one worked fine when it was plugged in.
@@censusgary A (poor) friend of mine was gaming with a PS2 on a black&white TV for years. One day we were playing some San Andreas and I noticed that this TV shouldn't be black and white, it had SCART port on the back and it just seemed too modern to only support B&W. So I found an universal remote at home, brought it over (because their remote was long gone) and reset the saturation level to "normal". Suddenly, there was color. Never underestimate the power of user error.
Mathias! I think it would be really cool if you could do some basic rundowns on how household electronics work (circuitboards etc..) I think they would also get a decent amount of views and hopefully keep some tools out of the landfill.
A blender is a perfect father’s day present. Give your brother the old blender. Nicely wrapped in the new box. Always a buffet of stuff on your channel. I was worried the blender was part of a new mouse trap you were building. Phew.
It makes for some nice stuff at the street for the garbage men though. Problem is things this small are in the garbage can so can't be seen and in the dump they go, sadly. Most people lack the knowledge of self repair these days (heck, a lot of people can't even spell their own names now).
Not enough companies make products that are a) expensive/sophisticated enough so it makes sense to repair it b) repairable at all. Like sealed smartphones that will never seal again after being taken apart. Or Battery Management systems that die forever if the connection to the battery is lost. (Happened with the early Bosch E-Bike packs) c) not produced in the far east with practically no documentation available and hack jobs from the factory
A dab of silicone (if not silastic) would prevent the vibration from breaking any of the leads again. I’d suggest hot glue if it wasn’t likely to get hot enough to potentially melt it.
This was almost a textbook example of how to do a quick repair on an appliance. One thing I might have additionally done is to stabilize the transistor with a tiny amount of hot glue, etc. Nice touch on the "touch", excellent entertainment and a great way to get the squints' panties in a bunch.. :D
Hi Matthias ! I Have a modell with 500 Watts. What kind of motor is in this device... has it brushes? because when torqe is needed it fails , stops goes on... maybe do you have an answer?
I replaced three capacitors in my monitors after they failed nearly exactly 2 years after the purchase. Now they are running since 8 years... Nice video Matthias, thanks.
I enjoy watching you do your thing! I would like to tell you how to really make your wife happy! Get her a ,"Kitchen Aid" Mixer! I got my wife one and it worked wonders for me! LOL
Would there be a way to fix the design fault while you were at it? I thought of hot glue, but it seems that's not a good idea for power transistors as they would melt the glue when they get hot. Epoxy maybe?
There are a variety of materials used for this purpose. Probably they should have used electronics grade silicone at the factory. Just a small dab to dampen out vibration and support the transistor a bit. At home I would not use silicone because most hardware store silicone is very corrosive. So you might have to just use hot glue. Epoxy will make it impossible to repair in the future. Hot glue probably won't melt at heatsink temperatures. And it can be removed with rubbing alcohol. The terms used in industry are "silastic" and in China they often just call it "white glue" when it is translated into English.
Some manufacturers actually cover their PCBs with silicone or epoxy resin and I can tell ya it makes for a fun repair ;) Its far easier to replace or resolder the component every 10 or 20 years than to fiddle about with any kind of snot. But its for this (amongst others) reason that tool manufacturers pot their electronics. And also because it makes them basically impossible to fix. They even make Heatsinks that get soldered to the PCB for extra stability, but I guess they really cheaped out on this one.
the problem started with the design, heavy parts like a heatsinks needs mechanical fixing if the leg hadn't failed the solder joints or the pcb would have failed instead
I have bought this mixer but have done a mistake 🤦♀️ i put the hexagon shaped whisk in the circle ⭕️ shaped whisk and have got stuck my whisk.it’s not coming out now 😭 can you guide me what i should now
I bought the same mixer as your new replacement one. Something that I noticed about its speed control is how the lowest speed setting is still quite a bit of a jump from off. Any idea as to how to even that out? It's a great mixer so far, a year or two now.
Just as hard as it was for you to use a question mark (?) instead of that period at the end of this sentence that looks like it might be a question other than that, haha.
@@Afraithe: You worded it in question form, so other than the missing mark, it's a question. Want a statement? Then arrange the sentence into that order. :-)
@@Afraithe: I wasn't arguing grammar, duh. We were talking about punctuation, which is a different part of language than grammar (sentence structure) is. Besides, it's not about whether it's here on the TH-cam or somewhere else. If you want to make sense anywhere, you do your best to say things in a way that _makes_ sense, do you not? Sure, if you don't want to make sense, then you can go ahead and say gibberish and possibly achieve your goal, or if you don't know that you're saying something that doesn't make sense, then regardless of where that is, it might be a good idea to be grateful for the help someone else gives you _to_ make sense, instead of being a butt-hurt ass about it for no good reason. Huh?
If that transistor with it's heatsink is flapping around in the breeze with no support then no wonder it failed. Sure it looks like there's some tabs or whatever in the handle near where the heatsink goes but I don't think that's a snug fit i.e. there's nothing to stop the vibrations from oscillating that heatsink back and forth. If you want to make it last a bit longer (assuming you even want to open it again..) add something to support that heatsink. Strategically placed hot snot might do the trick and relatively easy to remove if need be.
Yes, but it would only work about a week. Solder has very low mechanical strength and creeps under stress, avoid relying on it for mechanical strength.
I wonder how long Matthias got that mixer, his father probably bougth it back than and it still go's after an easy fix.... We got the same one in germany, if the new one holds aslong as this one???
I have exactly the same symptoms in my Fiat's air-conditioning blower. A connector for a resistor pack that sets the speed, after 12 years, has started corroding and going high impedance. But my cruise control, ABS and some other things are starting to go. New car time in short order :-/
@@welshman100: Actually, you're wrong about the dots. An ellipsis is 3 dots, but then if there's a period after it, you of course have 4 in a row. OK, so now that you know that "Mrs." stands for "missus," try this: In less effort in the number of clicks it would take to type out some weird, stubborn reply about why not to do it, you can edit it! :-) Hover over the old reply and your 3-dot menu will show up. Then click on it and then "edit," and then it lets you back in where you'd then replace the errant e with the u and then resave. (See, a lot less clicks to do that than to reply with "I don't want to because... blah, blah, blahh.) And then we'll erase our no-longer-applicable replies. :-)
@@P004ME2LicensePlate After a small bit of research, it would appear the act of putting a full stop (yes I'm from the UK) at the end of a sentence which has finished with an ellipsis, is in fact a matter of debate. Who knew? Though I suspect it might be due to the differing evolution of our mother tongues (assuming you are across the pond). You're right, it would have been less effort to just go back and change the mistake, which is something I usually do once I've noticed it, however if I had done so, then we would not have had this delightful encounter and never found out about the linguistic debate to be had about a series of dots. Which in my humble opinion would appear to be the pinnacle of all internet encounters. I for one cherish our little encounter and wouldn't delete it for the world! Hope your weekend is going well, regards.
Well, @@welshman100 , here's the thing: You guys may have invented English... but here "across the pond," we --perfected-- _improved_ it! Haha, just kidding! :-D OK, about the full stop right after an ellipsis: I can understand why it might be up for debate. After all, the rule for full stops right where there's a dot at the end of an abbreviation is to combine them. So some of you might ask, "Why do something different for full stops and ellipses?" Right? Actually, had you gone back and edited your main post after my suggestion of it, then yes, we still would have had this encounter and the research; the "record book" just wouldn't show it, though. Erasing evidence doesn't erase the action. But if one of your concerns is that it's "important" to keep the evidence of our discussion in this case, then I guess that may be somewhat understandable for some reason, although I don't think this kind of thing is the "pinnacle of all internet encounters," haha. Thanks for cherishing it. :-) You're one of the nice guys who don't get all butt-hurt over something that's silly to get butt-hurt over, so thanks! Another thing I suggest -- and of course, you can take it or leave it -- is that if you're going to insert a line-space between paragraphs like this (which is good for reading ease), then just one per break is sufficient. More than one just stretches things out unnecessarily. Yeah, my weekend that week was nice enough, if I remember right. I hope yours was too.
That's thinking - but I suspect his brother or Rachel already suggested that (but is it the same brand and exact model revision for if not once in there to his elbows he'll find a dozen different failure modes besetting his mind).
Matthias that is a horrable way to solder to the middle leg of a transistor , this transistor is in a to220 package witxh means the metal tab is connected to the middle lead i suggest you to silder the wire ro that one because soldering to what is left of the middle lead is just bad and it causes short cirquits trust me that was the reason my soldering statuon failed twice, because of my botched fix
That's a good way to clean out the pinholes with the help of a wire, at 1:26. I've had trouble with replacing circuitry before, your way will probably be easier. I've also tried using some solder wick, but it doesn't get in the pinhole as good as I needed it to.
There is an inexpensive tool that does an OK job of it called a solder sucker. Teflon nozzle with spring loaded plunger. You heat up the solder on one side of the hole with the iron, and suck it out the other side with the solder sucker. Just google it. Or look on amazon or ali-baba.
@@mckenziekeith7434 when I did board rework we'd heat the pad and slap the board on the edge of the workbench. All the molten solder would fly out of the hole leaving it nice and clear. You have to do it really fast though. It's called heat it and beat it.
@@mckenziekeith7434 It makes sense if you think about it. Lead is heavy stuff so it really likes to fly when it is liquid. If the hole doesn't clear fill it with fresh solder and hit it again. Which is counterintuitive but often adding more solder is the answer in rework. Especially when it comes to removing solder. Heat it and beat it is the opposite of keeping stuff still when you're soldering it. Move it fast to desolder it.
@@1pcfred yeah, same applies to solder sucker. If the hole doesn't clear completely on the first try, it is best to load it up with solder again before trying again. Also maybe add a touch of flux.
Can anyone explain to me what the topmost setting is for? The one above 0 where the mixer goes max speed? I got it on mine too labeled "M" and I could never figure out why you would want an extra position for somethings thats already there.
Maybe they saw a cheaper triac with a "heatsink" was cheaper than a better one. Thats not a heatsink, thats just a piece of metal, not even aliminium, the disipation in that thing is minimal compared to having nothing at all. Most probably you could run it without it or maybe they added it because they saw it was too near the limit and would burn too often when starting already hot.
“It’s a problem for Rachel because she doesn’t like mixing things that fast.” I’m guessing you don’t do a lot of cooking, eh, Matthias? There are various things you HAVE to mix slowly, or they don’t work. There are also liquids that will splatter everywhere if the mixer speed is too high.
Any idea whether this error was left in the product by “accident” or not? I’m sure that any trained electronics engineer would not leave a wire exposed to vibrations like that.
@@1isten2me Planned obsolescence is a thing, so I guess it was a case of it being cheaper to leave it like that instead of switching to a different package and the whole thing lasting through the warranty period anyway.
Stupid design, the heatsink should be soldered to the PCB, which would prevent stress fractures on the component leads. The lead prepping also looked extremely aggressive, way too sharp of a bend.
On this episode of Matthias random stuff
: Matthias embraces his inner ElectroBOOM.
Haha, yeah, except doesn't do the startle thing!
I love repairing basic houshold items.
Nothing more enjoyable then small fixes to give stuff a longer life.
ryokita frankendrill nostalgia
In college, everyone used use a coil heater you put inside a bucket of water, to get hot water for bathing.
And people constantly found them no longer working and threw them out.
My parents wouldn't give me money to buy a heater.
So I would father all the broken ones, and open them up.
90% of the time, one of the wires would be cut because of all the random twisting.
I would take it out and reattach it. And I would have a free working heater.
I had free hot water for entire college life....
As a kid, I loved taking apart all the electronic gadgets I got as presents, probably more than actually playing with them, and I agree that the trickiest part is indeed putting them back together properly.
I have to be really careful not to touch this wire.
*touches to demonstrate*
Haha, oh shoot, you beat me to it!
Matthias in one sentence.
@@marioocupaf: Hmmm... well, there's more to him than just that, that one sentence could be written to describe.
It’s always good to show what we should never do.
@@censusgary ... by doing it
So now YOU have a new multispeed paint mixer for the shop.....
ramosel Good point!
Somehow he's going to turn it into a bandsaw.
I got one back in 2005 ish. Great mixer, I love it. A while ago speed 1 and 2 quit, then a plastic gear. Got it online for $7, re-soldered transistor leg and it runs like new, two years now. Great video!
"i have to be careful not to touch this wire *taps wire* or this wire *taps wire too*"
not to touch them simoultaneously
And that's how you freak out the safety police
The human body has capacitance. Even if he only touched the live wire alone, he'd get a shock. Perhaps there's a power strip with an on/off button out of view on the floor he switched..? :)
*"I have to be careful not to touch this wire or this wire becausZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"*
He did it on purpose
She's got two hands, she can dual-wield
You’re still Rachel’s hero! As well as those that, realize the possibility of repair.
You are all-rounder because your wood working video as well as electronics related videos are awesome with easily understandable manner.
At least it was actually broken before she bought a new one. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen someone buy a new something to replace the “broken” one only to find out it was user error.
CDP135Z : My wife’s parents bought a new microwave oven because their old one wouldn’t come on. Then a worker was repairing something in their kitchen, and he said “Do you want me to plug your microwave back in for you?” It turned out the old one worked fine when it was plugged in.
@@censusgary A (poor) friend of mine was gaming with a PS2 on a black&white TV for years. One day we were playing some San Andreas and I noticed that this TV shouldn't be black and white, it had SCART port on the back and it just seemed too modern to only support B&W.
So I found an universal remote at home, brought it over (because their remote was long gone) and reset the saturation level to "normal". Suddenly, there was color.
Never underestimate the power of user error.
Your HEROIC efforts all done for nothing! I get that a LOT!
actually, Rachel now wants to return the new one.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 alas, I spoke too soon, sorry about that.
When you become useful, it's a good feeling. Job well done.
I always do my repairs with it plugged in. Keeps you sharp and honest
Mathias! I think it would be really cool if you could do some basic rundowns on how household electronics work (circuitboards etc..) I think they would also get a decent amount of views and hopefully keep some tools out of the landfill.
I guess you could return the new one
A blender is a perfect father’s day present. Give your brother the old blender. Nicely wrapped in the new box.
Always a buffet of stuff on your channel. I was worried the blender was part of a new mouse trap you were building. Phew.
not enough people fix stuff anymore
It makes for some nice stuff at the street for the garbage men though. Problem is things this small are in the garbage can so can't be seen and in the dump they go, sadly. Most people lack the knowledge of self repair these days (heck, a lot of people can't even spell their own names now).
@@thebeststooge lawn equipments my favorite to fix and sell
@J P Mine is any computer equipment including monitors because if it is LCD I bet you an electrolytic cap, or two, is at fault.
Not enough companies make products that are
a) expensive/sophisticated enough so it makes sense to repair it
b) repairable at all. Like sealed smartphones that will never seal again after being taken apart. Or Battery Management systems that die forever if the connection to the battery is lost. (Happened with the early Bosch E-Bike packs)
c) not produced in the far east with practically no documentation available and hack jobs from the factory
Try to fix a newer consumer item and you'll likely find a PCB inside a plastic thing that it's impossible to disassemble without breaking it.
rachel (almost) found you more useful than a credit card today
A dab of silicone (if not silastic) would prevent the vibration from breaking any of the leads again. I’d suggest hot glue if it wasn’t likely to get hot enough to potentially melt it.
Great, following your video I repaired my mixer, thank you very much!
The deadpan troll is so good
This was almost a textbook example of how to do a quick repair on an appliance. One thing I might have additionally done is to stabilize the transistor with a tiny amount of hot glue, etc. Nice touch on the "touch", excellent entertainment and a great way to get the squints' panties in a bunch.. :D
Hi Matthias ! I Have a modell with 500 Watts. What kind of motor is in this device... has it brushes? because when torqe is needed it fails , stops goes on... maybe do you have an answer?
Ik zoek de Hakmolen en de staafmixer onder de handmixer Braun MultiMix5. Waar koop ik die in Nederland?
Any idea how to replace a nut that got stripped on a kitchen aid blender's jar? I hate these expensive blenders that become useless!
You didn't put hot glue under the transistor or something to stop it from failing again?
I replaced three capacitors in my monitors after they failed nearly exactly 2 years after the purchase. Now they are running since 8 years... Nice video Matthias, thanks.
Just thinking my wife would have binned it by now, then he says too late Rachel already bought a new one.
I enjoy watching you do your thing! I would like to tell you how to really make your wife happy! Get her a ,"Kitchen Aid" Mixer! I got my wife one and it worked wonders for me! LOL
Would there be a way to fix the design fault while you were at it? I thought of hot glue, but it seems that's not a good idea for power transistors as they would melt the glue when they get hot. Epoxy maybe?
There are a variety of materials used for this purpose. Probably they should have used electronics grade silicone at the factory. Just a small dab to dampen out vibration and support the transistor a bit. At home I would not use silicone because most hardware store silicone is very corrosive. So you might have to just use hot glue. Epoxy will make it impossible to repair in the future. Hot glue probably won't melt at heatsink temperatures. And it can be removed with rubbing alcohol. The terms used in industry are "silastic" and in China they often just call it "white glue" when it is translated into English.
I'm surprised you didn't add any "hot snot" to mitigate future problems.
Some manufacturers actually cover their PCBs with silicone or epoxy resin and I can tell ya it makes for a fun repair ;)
Its far easier to replace or resolder the component every 10 or 20 years than to fiddle about with any kind of snot. But its for this (amongst others) reason that tool manufacturers pot their electronics. And also because it makes them basically impossible to fix.
They even make Heatsinks that get soldered to the PCB for extra stability, but I guess they really cheaped out on this one.
No point, with the flexible 3rd leg, it can't break anymore. The problem is the lever action that occurs when the leg is offset.
the problem started with the design, heavy parts like a heatsinks needs mechanical fixing if the leg hadn't failed the solder joints or the pcb would have failed instead
@@aserta copper work hardens.
Starting up the mixer at 2:53 sounds like a trio vocalizing at the start of a song
Haha, yeah!
I have bought this mixer but have done a mistake 🤦♀️ i put the hexagon shaped whisk in the circle ⭕️ shaped whisk and have got stuck my whisk.it’s not coming out now 😭 can you guide me what i should now
OMG, he has a brother that’s just like him!
I can't help but feel he is mega Wandel who doesn't even have time for a TH-cam channel. Matthias, can you shed some light on the matter?
congratulations Matthias you are an excellent woodworking but I see that you are a touch have everything thank you for the video
HA! Weld on! Well done!
Me, I just replaced an old dried out drive belt in a 4 track cassette deck this after noon.
Fixing stuff is rewarding.:D
Which Transistor is in there ?
my Triac is brocken so i can't read the type from it?
My Mixer work only in - 1 position, on 1 2 and 3 not. What's happened? Thank you
I bought the same mixer as your new replacement one. Something that I noticed about its speed control is how the lowest speed setting is still quite a bit of a jump from off. Any idea as to how to even that out? It's a great mixer so far, a year or two now.
Probably on purpose. running it slow and at high torque means there isn't enough RPM on the cooling fan.
Built to fail, how hard would it be for them to add some goo there so things don't move around.
Just as hard as it was for you to use a question mark (?) instead of that period at the end of this sentence that looks like it might be a question other than that, haha.
It was not really a question, more of a statement.
@@Afraithe: You worded it in question form, so other than the missing mark, it's a question. Want a statement? Then arrange the sentence into that order. :-)
Arguing grammar in youtube comments, you must be a busy person.
@@Afraithe: I wasn't arguing grammar, duh. We were talking about punctuation, which is a different part of language than grammar (sentence structure) is. Besides, it's not about whether it's here on the TH-cam or somewhere else. If you want to make sense anywhere, you do your best to say things in a way that _makes_ sense, do you not?
Sure, if you don't want to make sense, then you can go ahead and say gibberish and possibly achieve your goal, or if you don't know that you're saying something that doesn't make sense, then regardless of where that is, it might be a good idea to be grateful for the help someone else gives you _to_ make sense, instead of being a butt-hurt ass about it for no good reason. Huh?
Maybe add some silicone or some hot melt glue to protect from vibration?
Silicone Carney!
Nice repair Matthias. Is your brother also running some youtube channel???
My parents had that same mixer for ~25 years. Last time I went home they had replaced it. I wonder if it was the same problem.
If that transistor with it's heatsink is flapping around in the breeze with no support then no wonder it failed. Sure it looks like there's some tabs or whatever in the handle near where the heatsink goes but I don't think that's a snug fit i.e. there's nothing to stop the vibrations from oscillating that heatsink back and forth. If you want to make it last a bit longer (assuming you even want to open it again..) add something to support that heatsink. Strategically placed hot snot might do the trick and relatively easy to remove if need be.
Thank you this solved my problem.
Your doing that scary touching wire thing for the clicks?
Glad to see your immunity to angry pixies is still strong! :-)
Triacs are used to switch AC. It's a part of a phase-fired controller circuit, they are very simple but elegant circuits
The Braun company has now joined Dewalt as Matthias' whipping boy
Would it be possible just to add solder just to the broken connector?
Yes, but it would only work about a week.
Solder has very low mechanical strength and creeps under stress, avoid relying on it for mechanical strength.
I'm confused. Why isn't the mixer made of scrap wood and painted green?
Why would a leg of a transistor break?
Why didn't you reinforce the transistor with a pocket hole, I mean a glob of hot glue?
I wonder how long Matthias got that mixer, his father probably bougth it back than and it still go's after an easy fix....
We got the same one in germany, if the new one holds aslong as this one???
Your channel is like a box of chocolates.
Do Canadians put tools back together the same day they took them apart?
ask AvE.
Would you like to fix mine next? Damn things. Same problem.
"Not to touch this wire AND this wire" he meant.
...At the same time, yeah.
I have exactly the same symptoms in my Fiat's air-conditioning blower. A connector for a resistor pack that sets the speed, after 12 years, has started corroding and going high impedance. But my cruise control, ABS and some other things are starting to go. New car time in short order :-/
A Brilliant video ! , quick solution found , sped up re-assembly and easy to watch in a rush [ short video ] ! 🧐👍🏻🇬🇧❤️🤝🤝🤝🤓🤓🤓
Ahh the plot thickens, you just weren't fast enough at fixing it before the misses had enough of asking. Amiright? :p
Well, missUs....
@@P004ME2LicensePlate Thanks for pulling me up on that, I stand corrected. Also, technically its "..." not "....". Have a great day my friend!
@@welshman100: Actually, you're wrong about the dots. An ellipsis is 3 dots, but then if there's a period after it, you of course have 4 in a row.
OK, so now that you know that "Mrs." stands for "missus," try this: In less effort in the number of clicks it would take to type out some weird, stubborn reply about why not to do it, you can edit it! :-) Hover over the old reply and your 3-dot menu will show up. Then click on it and then "edit," and then it lets you back in where you'd then replace the errant e with the u and then resave. (See, a lot less clicks to do that than to reply with "I don't want to because... blah, blah, blahh.) And then we'll erase our no-longer-applicable replies. :-)
@@P004ME2LicensePlate After a small bit of research, it would appear the act of putting a full stop (yes I'm from the UK) at the end of a sentence which has finished with an ellipsis, is in fact a matter of debate. Who knew? Though I suspect it might be due to the differing evolution of our mother tongues (assuming you are across the pond).
You're right, it would have been less effort to just go back and change the mistake, which is something I usually do once I've noticed it, however if I had done so, then we would not have had this delightful encounter and never found out about the linguistic debate to be had about a series of dots. Which in my humble opinion would appear to be the pinnacle of all internet encounters.
I for one cherish our little encounter and wouldn't delete it for the world!
Hope your weekend is going well, regards.
Well, @@welshman100 , here's the thing: You guys may have invented English... but here "across the pond," we --perfected-- _improved_ it!
Haha, just kidding! :-D
OK, about the full stop right after an ellipsis: I can understand why it might be up for debate. After all, the rule for full stops right where there's a dot at the end of an abbreviation is to combine them. So some of you might ask, "Why do something different for full stops and ellipses?" Right?
Actually, had you gone back and edited your main post after my suggestion of it, then yes, we still would have had this encounter and the research; the "record book" just wouldn't show it, though. Erasing evidence doesn't erase the action. But if one of your concerns is that it's "important" to keep the evidence of our discussion in this case, then I guess that may be somewhat understandable for some reason, although I don't think this kind of thing is the "pinnacle of all internet encounters," haha. Thanks for cherishing it. :-) You're one of the nice guys who don't get all butt-hurt over something that's silly to get butt-hurt over, so thanks!
Another thing I suggest -- and of course, you can take it or leave it -- is that if you're going to insert a line-space between paragraphs like this (which is good for reading ease), then just one per break is sufficient. More than one just stretches things out unnecessarily.
Yeah, my weekend that week was nice enough, if I remember right. I hope yours was too.
Mixed reviews are coming in... In my opinion I find this video hard to beat. Thank you for another "must see TV" episode. Cheers
Maybe open the new one and check if it has the same pcb design flaw and add a dab of hot glue to avoid the problem in the future?
That's thinking - but I suspect his brother or Rachel already suggested that (but is it the same brand and exact model revision for if not once in there to his elbows he'll find a dozen different failure modes besetting his mind).
Well that's good to know when/if my Braun mixer gets the same issue. It's only a couple of years old.
99.9% certainty. It's a bad design that has only one outcome.
thanks for mixing up the content.
Haha, yeah!
That was puntastic. What a great way to stir the pot
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Matthias that is a horrable way to solder to the middle leg of a transistor , this transistor is in a to220 package witxh means the metal tab is connected to the middle lead i suggest you to silder the wire ro that one because soldering to what is left of the middle lead is just bad and it causes short cirquits trust me that was the reason my soldering statuon failed twice, because of my botched fix
I was so sure the final sentence was going to be: "And my wife did the same thing Rachel did." ^.^
The new one is not officially part of the household. You haven't sat on it yet... 😉😂
That's a good way to clean out the pinholes with the help of a wire, at 1:26. I've had trouble with replacing circuitry before, your way will probably be easier. I've also tried using some solder wick, but it doesn't get in the pinhole as good as I needed it to.
There is an inexpensive tool that does an OK job of it called a solder sucker. Teflon nozzle with spring loaded plunger. You heat up the solder on one side of the hole with the iron, and suck it out the other side with the solder sucker. Just google it. Or look on amazon or ali-baba.
@@mckenziekeith7434 when I did board rework we'd heat the pad and slap the board on the edge of the workbench. All the molten solder would fly out of the hole leaving it nice and clear. You have to do it really fast though. It's called heat it and beat it.
@@1pcfred that is a new one for me. Thanks!
@@mckenziekeith7434 It makes sense if you think about it. Lead is heavy stuff so it really likes to fly when it is liquid. If the hole doesn't clear fill it with fresh solder and hit it again. Which is counterintuitive but often adding more solder is the answer in rework. Especially when it comes to removing solder. Heat it and beat it is the opposite of keeping stuff still when you're soldering it. Move it fast to desolder it.
@@1pcfred yeah, same applies to solder sucker. If the hole doesn't clear completely on the first try, it is best to load it up with solder again before trying again. Also maybe add a touch of flux.
Rachel probably ran top speed to the store so she didn't end up with a wooden mixer made from IKEA furniture!
lucky, now you have a new paint mixer
I use a sewing needle to clean out the holes heat the solder then push the needle through and wiggle it around solder doesn`t stick to the needle
you don't own the new one yet, you haven't taken it apart ;)
Can anyone explain to me what the topmost setting is for? The one above 0 where the mixer goes max speed?
I got it on mine too labeled "M" and I could never figure out why you would want an extra position for somethings thats already there.
Usually it's reverse.
It's for pulses.
I love this because it describes me. I could buy a new one, but why would I do that when I could just fix it with a soldering iron?
Fingers burnt to stumpy nubs (but he has a great channel too).
Any use to add silastic or hot glue to help with the strain relief in the future?
Btw that's a triac, isn't it?
When I played this video it started out with a Gorilla glue commercial that looked like a Matthias video.
Dear Rachel: Kitchen Aid Artisan series... ;-)
At least you have a spare, or the start of a new variable speed projectile launcher.
You sure thats a transistor and not a triac? I see a bridge rectifier but id guess theyd use a dimmer for the speed control.
Maybe they saw a cheaper triac with a "heatsink" was cheaper than a better one. Thats not a heatsink, thats just a piece of metal, not even aliminium, the disipation in that thing is minimal compared to having nothing at all. Most probably you could run it without it or maybe they added it because they saw it was too near the limit and would burn too often when starting already hot.
@@Leadvest why not?
Out of curiosity, did you not know that Rachel all ready bought a new mixer? 😆
This is what I’m here for.
Where does one learn about these sorts of things? What kind of course covers it?
TH-cam
@@conradvink Would never have thought to look there, thanks.
@@namelessgarrett3052 no problem, happy to help
I have an electrical engineering degree. We never studied soldering or repair or troubleshooting as an academic topic. You learn all that on the job.
@@mckenziekeith7434 Oh, so it's electrical engineering. Thank you.
Clean/open the board holes with a stainless pick. Heat the solder and stuck the pick in.
This happens all the time, it's the few cents that are donated towards the CEO's Mercedes fund that gets these unsupported transistors to break.
Happy wife, happy life!
Maybe you could cram a little piece of rubber in there to damp the vibrations....
Solche Videos mag ich. Danke fürs zeigen.
For me:
Wife - this electric stuff is broken
me - Ill fix it..
wife -Suuure..
me *actually fixing it*
wife: ...
Me: Cant belive that worked.
Return the new mixer?
Transistor left 'flapping around in the breeze' inside electromechanical device… Hmm… what could go wrong…?
On this episode, mattias works on a live referenced-to-mains circuit by keeping his fingers out of the way... using an uninsulated metal tool.
“It’s a problem for Rachel because she doesn’t like mixing things that fast.” I’m guessing you don’t do a lot of cooking, eh, Matthias? There are various things you HAVE to mix slowly, or they don’t work. There are also liquids that will splatter everywhere if the mixer speed is too high.
How does a wire on that just "break"?
Probably from vibration and the metal aging during movement.
it was 90% broke form when it was bent at such a sharp angle when it was made
Any idea whether this error was left in the product by “accident” or not? I’m sure that any trained electronics engineer would not leave a wire exposed to vibrations like that.
@@1isten2me Planned obsolescence is a thing, so I guess it was a case of it being cheaper to leave it like that instead of switching to a different package and the whole thing lasting through the warranty period anyway.
Number 1 problem I see in my electronics shop is broken solder. Second is switches, pots.
Damn, where's your brother's youtube channel?
hmm glue mixer in the workshop?
Stupid design, the heatsink should be soldered to the PCB, which would prevent stress fractures on the component leads. The lead prepping also looked extremely aggressive, way too sharp of a bend.