586 RSW Auto Darkening Welding Helmet REPAIRED
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2022
- I could have shortened this to show only the actual repair. But there is often
much to be learned from the failures. Enjoy!
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I started muttering REMOTE BATTERY HOLDER as soon as you said welded in. Thanks for showing it.
Persaverance is a treasure. I have the same Weller gun, had it for over 45 years, my favorite too. Keep on smiling.
The Worlds Finest Mandolin Maker solves another of life's little problems!
Elegant design fix! You’re hired!
@2:07, reference to Brown Recluse Spider: I read somewhere that the BRS has very short fangs for a spider its size. They can barely break the skin of a human, which renders them fairly harmless, in terms of the danger of being BITTEN by one. But, if a person crushes one against their skin, in a way that drives the fangs deeper into the skin than the spider can otherwise bite, and simultaneously releases the venom, that's when the poison gets into the skin to enough depth that causes great harm. The resulting necrosis of skin and other tissue, around the initial bite, can take months to heal. I'm glad you're immune, Jerry. I just thought your viewers would want to have this new info. Great repair video!! All the best.
I have chucked a few helmets, when I saw the tape come out I knew you were my kinda pro...lol....great idea I am as bad as you about fixing things
Thank you! I have 6 auto darkening welding shields that have dead batteries. Now I know what to do with them. You just made my day! Thanks!
See if you can find a battery holder with a cover, to be sure
the battery don't pop out, if you drop it.
Good job literally thinking outside the box!
Good morning 🌄
I was thinking the same as you were talking on the battery placement.
I started to type a comment about taking the battery out of the case, but then I saw you had the same idea. This is why I watch this channel. We think alike! So glad it worked!
Ive been using the same Jackson passive helmet for 40+ years.
Jerry, I'm Really glad it worked for you because, if it hadn't, you would have been blinded.
The safe way to test one of those is to turn it to the lowest setting and then look toward
a bright light or toward (not directly at) the sun.
Hello Jerry, one short trick: Use a small piece from an aspirine pill...as flux (you met it in the surface with your soldering gun) when you need to solder tricky materials... Just brake the pill in small pieces and chose an aprox 2mm by 2mm (yes I'm from europe).
You can solder even a chrome plated needle like this, I promis you, just clean with alchool after this... is a quite strong acid in that pill right there.
I just squint with my eyes very tightly closed together it's not much of a problem
Liked the fiddle back spider joke.
Sometimes, you just gotta think outside the box :)
My problem is keeping my thinking Inside the box. 😵💫🤪
Got to hate planned obselesence.(doubt if i spelled that right). Great job.
I had the same problem and solution.
I knew it was a scam from the day I bought the auto shield because the salesman told me, "You will have to throw the shield away when the battery dies, that's how they make em".
I'm in Oz so it's the same around the world.
I’m betting. “If it’s a video, he probably fixed it.” You are the wizard. Tin explanation was appropriate and timely.
Did you notice, the title says "REPAIRED" ?
I had a car fob that had a similar arrangement. As I recall, there were batteries sold with the tab already soldered on. Good job innovating by the way.
Not a cheap alternative but MG Chemicals makes a silver conductive epoxy. Have used it for years on situations like this.
Interesting video. Necessity is the mother of invention.
VICTORY!
I finally watched one of your videos on pc and can comment lol I have a very old solder gun identical to that and have used it nearly every day for more years than I can remember, very reliable and gets hot in a hurry!
On electronic parts, the faster you can heat the solder spot, the better.
That way, the heat has less time to spread, to where you don't want it to go.
A small piece of conductive Copper tape to hold the contacts on.
Hi Jerry!
My wife and I really enjoy your channel. I just subscribed to your channel and also be liking your videos for support. From one musician to another keep up the great work. God Bless you!
Thank you my friend welcome aboard
@@RosaStringWorks You’re very welcome. My wife and I were watching all of the Mandolins that you have built since 1984. Those Mandolins are beautiful and they all have that great Rosa sound. I would love to meet you sometime and just do some jamming and have some good ole fellowship.
God Bless you!
Weld done Jerry(sorry!)👏😁
Great video Jerry I always like a happy ending lol
Nice repair and improvement!
The Rosameister can fix anything!!!
well done ,i hate when they sell battery products which are non changeable great fix JERRY
Similar issue with the Front Gate opener, batteries tack welded. Took it to Batteries Plus and they pried out the old battery and tack welded the new battery in with a small arc welder device.
Just like so much junk made today not made here for sure. Made to last just long enough in many cases to pass warranty if that. Not being able to change that battery is deliberate by the engineers & is unacceptable. Glad you conquered the problem. Typical planned obsolescence so you keep buying more so companies reap additional profits.Its a big issue today....Most of us cant fix things like you Jerry unfortunately so they buy a new one .. Great video for those are a little bit handy.....
A man for all seasons.
That’s the same junky helmet that I bought from Amazon about three years ago. The thing came in a plain cardboard box with NO manual or documentation and the shade control knob was missing. Two red flags right there. Battery still shows 3 volts but no auto darken. Dumpster bound. I will go to HF and get one, at least I can swap it out in one day if it is defective.
Great that's the way to do it! (UK Seaside line).
Mine has replaceable AAA batteries but the headband broke. Glue won't take so a temporary repair with a random piece of plastic & pop/blind rivets seems almost permanent.
Nice job!
Glad it worked out in the end but I wonder if using a bit of aluminum tape to stick the contacts to the battery would have worked?
Another possibility would have been to solder some thin disks to the leads and cut an access hole on the plastic.
So many different ways to approach this. Glad you got it working. 👍
You can buy a button battery holder with wires. So solder the wires to the circuit board and place the battery outside the board where its... HA! stole my idea as I was typing... LOL
Unfortunately..Super Glue is exceptionally quick to whet metal. It is also acrylic based and a VERY good insulator. Which means it'll quickly spread over the wire strands and effectively do sort of an "enamel coating's" that you'd see on motor windings. In fact I will use it (infrequently) where I need to insulate wires somewhere that other methods can't get to.
I bought a very expensive welding hood a few years ago and kept it in the original box. Good idea -- NO. They would not replace it with only 6 months old. I should have let it be exposed to light to keep the battery up. It was potted and could not be replaced. OPTREL was about $500. Only used a few times. DON'T KEEP THEM FROM LIGHT!
Great minds, I was going to suggest externally mounting the battery. Aren't we smart.
That is a great solution and it should've been done that way from the factory
In a commercial or industrial setting, those helmets get tossed around a lot.
in a mounting, like Jerry has, the battery could pop out.
But, yes, the battery should be replaceable.
I don't know the voltage of the battery. But there is holders for aaa batteries that you can mount on the outside of it. just solder the cables to the batery connectors.
Me hero.
I didn't see you mention orienting the positive and negative terminals but I'm sure that's just second nature to you : 😉
He did mention it, though without his usual detailed explanation.
i did mention it briefly
@@RosaStringWorks my bad...you did indeed.
God final solution Jerry. With the case fitting so tightly, couldn't you have just taped the leads to the battery and let it be sandwiched tightly in the case? The external battery holder is a better long-term solution, though.
Recycle. Reuse. Reclaim.
Hey Jerry, did you use Flux with the heat to clean the oxidation off, sand paper may not work with that solder. You should get some electronics solder for doing that kind of stuff, has acid core and smokes when you heat it. I used to Fix/Repair/build Satellite receivers for a living.
If you watch the high speed carefully, you will see that I did apply flux. That was in addition to the flux core solder.
@@RosaStringWorks Ah, likely as you said not enough heat to get the solder to flow...
Cool repair!!! where did you find the outside battery holder???????
ebay
I'm old school Jerry, Just change a lens on occasion.
Reminds me too much of me .
I purchased a spare unit when I purchased the helmet saves trying to replace batteries.
What about adding longer wires to the +/- leads and attaching a battery holder for AAA or AA batteries?
My visor caseling has a pocket about the right size for such.
So what size battery is it?
I think I would have soldered leads to it and then mount a battery holder up in the helmet. It's only half way thru the video so the outcome is still a mystery.
Darn, you stole my idea.
Jerry, you probably know this but I’m going to say it anyway…..GET A SMALLER SOLDERING PENCIL….like 25 watts. It will save you on smaller soldering jobs.
I don't feel the need.
Hmmm. You know, I'll bet there are only a few companies (all in China) that sell those complete insert package that fits a standardized 4x 4-1/2 helmet opening.
That way whoever sells the completed helmet can have their helmets branded with their logo, or design or whatever.
The difference between a cheap helmet and a high dollar one is probably that package.
The biggest difference in price is the graphics, painted on the outside.
Why don't you solder wires to the print and then lead them out to an external battery box?
Apparently, you did not watch, before commenting.
DID YOU TRY HOT GLUE
Jerry, I suspect and hope, you know better than to use acid flux, on electronics.
That was the first thing I learned about soldering electronics, followed by "be quick about it".
Yes I know
HURRAY !!!🌿
Duct Tape!
Did you know: "Duct tape" was a marketing name. What we have called duct tape, for so many
years, was originally called Duck tape, when it was created, for the military, because it was water proof.
Jerry why do Americans call it solder when the English is called sollder
Why do they call a hood a bonnet?
If you asked an Englishman he'd say "you blokes get it wrong all the time, and you can't spell either its colour and parlour" lol 😊.
Because if Brits said it like Americans, they might sound like they're cursing. 😆
@@markdesjardins3153 Correct! We invented the Language, hence the name 'English' I suspect you yanks either don't notice, or can't pronounce the letter 'L' in Solder? (there's only one L in solder Thomas! we just pronounce it properly ;-) )
need flux
If you watch the high speed carefully, you will see that I did apply flux. That was in addition to the flux core solder.
@@RosaStringWorks I must have missed that, thanks.