Two Dead Nightfox Night Vision Monoculars - 100V And 110R | Can I Fix them?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2023
- I bought two faulty widescreen Night Vision monoculars from eBay. Both were listed as spares or repair and in a not working condition.
One is a Nightfox 100V and the other is a Nightfox 110R.
Let's see if we can figure out what's wrong with them and hopefully repair them!
I'm not an expert, but I do enjoy trying to fix things.
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Your channel was suggested as I watch other repair videos, unlike others you don't have annoying background music which is a plus, keep up the great videos
Background music is often incredibly annoying on videos of all sorts and I too am delighted that BiFi hasn't sunk to using such nonsense.
Awesome, thank you!
I do only occasionally on let's say fast fowarded assembly or microscope work,.otherwise it would just be complete silence. I do try to avoid it though.
@@SlartiMarvinbartfastI always like seeing what's inside things I'll pr never see
"for spares or repairs" has become my favorite saying....My wife doesn't appreciate me saying that about her though.🤣
😂😂😂😂
Now I will have to get my soldering iron out to fix my old stuff. Thank you for your time of showing how you are fixing stuff.
No problem 👍best of luck with your repairs too 🙂
Cool devices and fixes :)
Thanks MrJSV 👍
Nice bargain there Mick, very interesting I thought there’d be more inside them… thanks for the video as always 😊
No worries. Thanks Cucumber Man 👍
They look like fun !....cheers.
Cheers AndyMouse 👍
Sometimes the easier fixes are just as nice as the troublesome ones. To me this is that time.
Thanks 🙂👍
Nice work there. 👍👍
Thanks 👍🙂
Another job well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent fixes 👍👍👍
Cheers 👍
Interesting items, keep up the good work Mick 👍
Thanks Vince, only simple faults on these ones. I'm not sure if you seen the one I repaired a few videos before this one? That one was a little bit more interesting as I had an unknown component...
@@BuyitFixit I don't think I have Mick. I normally try and keep up to date with all your videos. If I have missed it I will certainly watch it. Cheers mate 👍
Thanks Vince 👍
I've recently subscribed to your channel after accidentally coming across one of your fix it videos.
i have no electronics knowledge whatsoever.
I've now watched virtually all of them and have even gone back and re-watched some of them.
I think your troubleshooting method is absolutely fascinating! (Not to mention your patience and persistence.)
I never have any doubt that you will find and fix the problem.
I hope you will be continuing to fix things so i can watch more.
I do have one question...
What's your name and can we see what you look like?
I've only vaguely seen your image in some reflections on your screens.
If not that's ok just keep up the great work.
Thanks 🙂👍I'm just an average bloke getting, on a bit now though. Nothing special to look at. I'm sure people would get much more enjoyment watching me trying to repair things than looking at my probably average looks 😂😂😂 It's Mick btw 👍
Awesome job again Mick. Now you can take 'curtain twitching' to a whole new level 👀
Thanks Marc, I might have a bit of a job doing that, the nearest neighbour I can see is probably at least 1/2 a mile away 😂😂😂
@@BuyitFixit Fair enough Mick. What I heard there is that you're not against the idea, you just need to fix something with Night Vision AND better zoom/magnification? 😜
@marcyd2007 😂😂😂😂
You got a couple easy ones for once!
Yes, the next video is a bloody nightmare 😂😂😂
Good repairs, rather sad that battery terminals fail so easily in those relatively expensive devices. Fingers and sharp pointy things, it's the probes I feel sorry for.
Yes, poor battery terminals on a fairly expensive device 🙁
You are a wizard fantastic
Thanks George 👍Much Appreciated 🙂
Another great vid keep em' coming. Cheers
Thanks 👍
Nice, Dude! Now you have 2 functioning Night Vision units that you got for a steal and they didn't even require replacement parts or anything! I wish I had the knowledge and skills you have, then I could get broke stuff too for a song and repair it! Heck I could have repairs a lot of items that died for no apparent reason when I owned them! Being able to repair the R/C Van my Dad bought me a long time ago would have been so spectacular! I loved that thing. it was so cool and a rare item too, there were only a few of them in Canada at the time, and it stopped working only minutes after beginning to use it, took it back only to find out that there were only a few units in the entire country and they are were sold and they "couldn't be repaired" which means they didn't know what was wrong with it. but that was a long time ago. Technology back then was far bulkier and more susceptible to breaking than it is today. What was required for that Van to operate could all fit into a small circuit now. the components were huge back then! LOL This was the early 80s when it happened. so yeah, a lot of advancement has happened since then.
Thanks 👍I repaired another one a few videos back, and ended up picking up two Bresser units for £10 each which look new (haven't looked at them yet). Shame about your little van. I find older stuff easier to work on. Agree things have moved on so much since then, components are a lot smaller and now you need more specialist equipment than just a soldering iron back in the day...
Nice job bro
Thanks, these were a much easier fix than the other night vision set that I previously looked at.
That were easy fixes, if you know were to look.
Good work.
Thanks Amiga Wolf 👍
So in short the companys engineers haven't put much thought into battery compartments, but a nice fix better than factory no doubt 😁 but keep up the great work
Thanks Morten 👍
Poking fingers with a sharp object is something you realize when you feel it, over and over again 😁.
The same goes for burning fingers with the soldering iron🤣.
Oh yes I've been there many a time over the years with burnt fingers 😂😂😂
try having the iron fall off the workbench and instinctively catching it as it drops - by the hot end, in the palm (not a wise move)
It took months for the marks to fade
@miscbits6399 Ouch! I can imagine...and I bet there was a few other words involved 😂
@@miscbits6399 Hope you can laugh about it now. When I was a kid, I was facinated by melting solder. I took a "big" iron and started melting. The molten solder rolled off the table right on my foot where my socks kept it in place. That's how I learnt my first curse words 😁.
That was two very 'lucky' fixes, very nice. And well done on not poking your fingers with any pointy things. ;-)
Thanks 👍
brilliant. love watching your videos.
Glad you like them!
Nice easy fix, thanks Mick 😃
Thank you too Mike 👍
Great video as always.
Thanks 👍
Fascinating. I use modern night vision that doesn't use an ir illuminator. Those old units do a canny job (I'm in the North East too) for what they are.
I guess the units you are using might be gen 3 which use a photo multiplier tube I think. These units are relatively new, I actually bought another 2 of a different make, as it was too good a deal to pass up. 2 of them (boxed in new condition) for £20. Yes lived in the Northeast for most of my life, but I'm over in Cumbria now 🙂
Nice simple fixes, more sheeps and kitty cats too awww was worth fixing just to see them. I like the way you use/demo the items you fix at the end of your videos and sometimes use the item that you fixed in other viedos. I just ordered myself a silicone mat it is red though not blue so hope that does not jinx my repair attemps even more.
Hmm not sure on red. My mate Vince has a yellow one which I'm not a fan of. I think blue is more of a neutral colour, but that might just be my personal preference.
I wish you had affiliate links as I am not rich but would like to support your channel if I do happen to purchase an item. @@BuyitFixit
Yellow? That would be a little bright for me. Red is better than Yellow right? 😁 @@BuyitFixit
Super cool fix, lucky a easy issue of no power. Really clever 'nudge' to extend reach, wonder if plastic bottle piece used behind contact would work as well, tho, glue won't move.
As to 'Fingers & Pointy things', No comment, pointy things will tell you. haha Love the Critters, Cheers!
Thanks 🙂👍
Just dawned on me, what do you do with all the stuff you fix? Build a bigger shed to keep them all in? (like me, currently at 4 sheds, no 6 if you count the log sheds and a Double Garage)
Ha, no I need to have a clear out. I've got far too much stuff 😂😂😂👍
Easy fixes this time. I'd probably had stuffed rigid spacers behind the battery terminal and threaded a spring through the hole. The sellers could have figured something out by themselves. Do you have a farm with animals?
Yes, and yes 🐑🐑🐑🦆🦆🦆🐕🐺🐐🐓🐓🐓🐴🐴😂
The battery contacts on the first unit were rather dodgey to say the least. Good repairs both.
Thanks Quantum Leap 👍
I'm midway watching and I was thinking of adding a piece of aluminium foil folded up a couple of times into the battery compartment. I sometimes do that. Not sure if alufoil has any electrical resistance though.
Every material has a resistance, I've done it in the past myself. I guess it depends on how much current the device draws.
Special Forces equipment complete. Thanks.
Indeed 👍
Nice easy fixes. You rely on your meter probes - in some situations with your life - so it's best not to use them as tyre levers ;-). The first set you looked at had obviously been apart from the outset - even without the improperly fitted front visor, the rubber plugs covering the two screws would have left the factory flush with the surface - not pushed to the bottom of the holes. As an aside, using Duracell batteries is a bit worrying from someone purporting to be a "techie". They are sold using misleading advertising, they are not as good power wise as many other (cheaper) brands, and possibly worst of all is that they're prone to leak, thus damaging equipment that other brands wouldn't. Duracell are banned in my household...
Thanks Will, I always thought Duracell were OK, not heard of power wise. I've seen devices with cheap batteries in them such as Kodak which are more like empty tubes weight wise, and leak as soon as you look at them.
Really, complaining about Duracell? Who do you work for, Eveready? lol
@@BuyitFixit By "Power wise" I meant capacity 🙂. Apart from being comparatively poorly rated for capacity, the leakage issue stops me from using or recommending them. (Not even commented on their price!)
@will_doherty Thanks Will, do you have any recommendations?
@@BuyitFixit I use Aldi or Lidl alkalines (and their rechargeables too) - they are always on a long date as they turn them over so quickly, and they are pretty much equal to anything else on the market. I've never had one leak, and they are likely the best value too. (I don't work for either company, or their suppliers, lol).
The luck of the Irish! I hope it doesn't prevail during their game with Scotland! I would have built up a dry blob of hot glue behind that first battery component, so that, when you jammed it in, it was pushed forward by the rubber "bung". Well done again!
Thanks 👍
At least I now know who keeps out bidding me lol. Karl
Lol😂😂😂
I'd have pushed a plastic shim in to push the battery terminal forward, & then hot glued it in place.
Not a bad idea👍
I ordered a “slightly used” flir camera not long ago for 275$ instead of the 350$ new. But the damn thing came to me with no guts inside. They took every bit of electronic out of it along with the display and the put a small glass square in its place.. luckily i was able to return it but almost got stuck. With a 300$ piece of plastic. Some people get away with that crap too much.
Wow that sucks. Glad it all came good in the end 🙂
Hello, thank you for this video. I don't like to throw things away if they can be repaired (im a postie and have had to throw a hoard of stuff i found unfortunately - wife's orders Lol) . Can i ask if you repair/upgrade stuff from your viewers. I have some relatively small items that as i say i really don't want to throw out that need some tlc. Thanks again
Hi, I do at times it depends on the items, but as you can imagine I get quite a number of requests! You can drop me an email at the channel's name at out look dot com.
I am curious did someone inadvertently swap parts around as
a repair attempt, and in doing so completely botched the two
up ?
I am asking because I would think the recording one would
require a lot more energy, ergo the extra battery capacity.
It could be that one has a more powerful IR emitter as that the rest of the circuit would be pretty much the same apart from a few buttons and a SD slot.
@13:14 - Many times Prudence The Safety Goat will bleat about pokey-bits, but I can almost guarantee that anyone who works on stuff has a selection of pokey-bits to choose from in their arsenal.
Yes, I've probably got plenty of scars on my hands and fingers to go with the selection too 😂😂😂😂
That battery compartment on the second set isn't the best of designs. It's no surprise the spring came off
Totally agree, it's quite difficult to get the batteries in and out. I bet it's a common cause of failure 👍
Its a really stupid design. You'd expect that on a cheap plastic toy but not on an expensive night vision device. The springs should be on the same side for both battery positions. Lack of thought and attention to detail.
JL3235 chip. I'm curious if my eyeclops night vision goggles has this same chip inside and if it's as simple as adding a video out to the correct pin on the chip or if there is additional circuitry needed.
I've got a couple of Bresser NV to look at so we'll see what chips they contain. Unfortunately I couldn't find much data on this particular chip 🙁
@@BuyitFixit My device doesn't seem to use anything digital because it's very responsive and I. Hoping there is a way to add a composite video out to it. I've had mine apart several times but nothing obvious stuck out at me.
Perhaps it might be the other type that uses a photo multiplier tube, where all you pretty much have is the tube and a HV power supply. If that's the case then unfortunately you can't 🙁
@@BuyitFixit No. My NV goggles look like they have a regular camera inside but with sensitivity turned up and then filtered somehow. And then it all goes to a regular LCD screen by ribbon cable. I will have a look inside again and take a video of the chips.
Hi mick, I'd like to ask, what's the name of the rectangular eyepiece? I can't seem to find it myself. Thanks.
Hi mate, I'm not too sure what you mean?
@@BuyitFixit sorry if my comment was unclear. I was referring to the piece of plastic lens in front of the Lcd screen. Can't seem to find something like that online.
@Ethan_is_me I thought that's what you meant but I wasn't 100% it's all part of the same unit. It was a plastic lens and a rubber shroud, not sure if it's something you'd be able to get separately.
@@BuyitFixit I see, thank you for your reply. My search continues
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We’re the horses responding to an IR emitter?
I don't think so, I think they were more responding to noise or perhaps there eyesight is better in the dark than mine.
Yes it probably is. Horses have huge eyes compared to human eyes. Their eyesight, not there.
My eyesight is getting a lot worse with age. I can't focus properly now on anything less than arms length now 🙁
Yess best content
Thanks 👍
@@BuyitFixit I am jest telling the truth
always work away from you with sharp pointy things :)
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Faulty widescreen. Night. Vision. Can. I. Fix. Them ?
You use light and lamps to repair night visions???... how dare you.😱
It must be dark 🤪🤪 when you work on it .
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The previous owner probably tried to use rechargeable batteries in the first one, they are slightly larger and will put strain on poor quality battery terminals. Chinese manufacturing strikes again!
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Your price....
One week without youtube or electronic gadges.
@@Lightrunner. nooooooooo