Pure Electronics Repair. Learn Methodical Fault Finding Techniques / Methods To Fix Almost Anything

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  • LER #221 In this video I show you how to diagnose and repair just about anything, At the day it is all just electronics, yeah? Learn how to apply your knowledge of electronics in a step by step structured METHODICAL way.
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  • @andrewdoherty737
    @andrewdoherty737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1070

    Having spent the majority of my life in electronics ( Radio Rentals, Colourvision, Chandos to name a few) and having attained two degrees I still revert to basics when fault finding. This is a skill that never leaves you, don't forget that just because you find one fault doesn't mean there are not others! Keep up the good work, we need more younger people in the industry to combat the throw away society we have built.

    • @LearnElectronicsRepair
      @LearnElectronicsRepair  2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Andrew Doherty I totally agree. Radio Rentals eh? I actually thought about 10 years ago, that these skills would die out with the last of my generation. Fortunately thanks to the internet, increased awareness of environmental issues (we all understand now that we have to change our ways) and a lot of good guys out there on forums and elsewhere sharing old school knowledge, I'm now sure that is not the case. It feels like there is a whole renaissance going on with younger people getting interested in repair now 😁

    • @iorant2558
      @iorant2558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      As long as there are teachers
      there will be students....

    • @kevinslattery5748
      @kevinslattery5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      War and supply chain issues will increase pressure for repair over replacement.

    • @noteStream
      @noteStream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Andrew ,,,,
      ( MY man ) ... This is an extraordinary time. Interactive communications for the people ! Thank you for adding to the mindset of repair, not junk, the gear that got us here. We need a massive influx of workers to undo all the waste that is overwhelming the planet.
      Your comment is very helpful to me and other readers.
      I have gear that I refuse to let go ... hopefully I'll bring back to the second life that is well deserved. Thanks again Sir.

    • @DirectStart
      @DirectStart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah

  • @RingZero
    @RingZero ปีที่แล้ว +475

    This is a great electronics repair refresher. Just last week I was able to repair a $5k KitchenAid refrigerator's main board with a broken fuse caused by a shorted rectifier. I had no access to circuit diagram nor does the manufacturer provides it. The board is $650 brand new with a 3 month wait and $500 of factory repair labor, and I was able to fix it with $3 in parts and knowledge in electronics repair.

    • @wdunn06
      @wdunn06 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Unbelievable

    • @waltercruz9651
      @waltercruz9651 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Looking to do the same with an Air conditioner pcb board. Wont turn on

    • @emilnilsson4320
      @emilnilsson4320 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Slow clap

    • @jimmyzhao2673
      @jimmyzhao2673 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Good work. Right to Repair !

    • @smellthecoffee5314
      @smellthecoffee5314 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@emilnilsson4320 ?

  • @davematthews414
    @davematthews414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I really appreciate you the way you explain this stuff. Showing how to troubleshoot a problem on a board you know very little about is one of, if not the biggest, missing links for many people trying to learn these skills. Watching you walk us through how to figure out what might be expected from the components on an unknown board 'in the real world' is what seems to be missing from many similar channels that I've seen. Looking at your list of videos, there's many more useful and educational videos to keep us busy for some time! Subscribed. Thank you.

  • @RussellTeapot
    @RussellTeapot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    26:00 Italian here! Let me translate some words for you:
    Macina -> Grinder
    Pompa -> Pump (pretty self explanatory)
    Motore -> Motor
    Sonda Flusso -> Flow Probe
    By the way, great video! Very easy to follow even for a beginner like me, I actually guessed some things right as you were going along the board

    • @SwapPartLLC
      @SwapPartLLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The direct English translation of motore is motor, not engine. They're often used interchangeably, but are actually very different things.

    • @RussellTeapot
      @RussellTeapot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SwapPartLLC Ah yes! I always mix them up, I'll fix that.. In this instance "motor" is more appropriate

    • @hoofie2002
      @hoofie2002 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like its from a commercial Battista machine - especially if it's Italian!

  • @rx1834
    @rx1834 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really helpful stuff, Richard. Thank you. It's great that you take your time with the board and explain things outside what is strictly necessary for the repair, which makes for a very interesting video.

  • @vincistradivarius7381
    @vincistradivarius7381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The detailed step by step explanations on the various components and their working aided me a tonne. Cheers mate.

  • @Umtree
    @Umtree ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As a 43 year old learning electronics repair.
    Your videos are perfect for me.
    I am so interested from start to finish.
    Your teaching is very good.

  • @theoloutlaw
    @theoloutlaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for the video. Really enjoyed the signal flow, explaining the parts in further detail, how they work, and then finding the fault and testing. Look forward to the next one!

  • @Qcorner1
    @Qcorner1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Excellent content (as usual) Richard! I appreciate the common sense approach to troubleshooting this. Great reminder at the end (on your summary) that you’ve repaired the board but now one needs to determine what caused the issue. If a person absently minded reinstalled the board and put power to it…out comes the magic smoke again.😡. Great work mate. I again learned from this video. Darrell - 🇨🇦

  • @owenprince4823
    @owenprince4823 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My brother is an Electrician and asked me how can you fix a board if you do not have the schematic for it. This is how to do it just like you did. I make my own schematic and my brother was impressed that i can do that as I have never taken any course on electronics.

    • @showkatamran5749
      @showkatamran5749 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      please refer to some English videos where I can learn basic electronics and also this type of solution.

  • @MetalHeartGunner
    @MetalHeartGunner ปีที่แล้ว

    It's always good to watch an experienced technician/engineer work. The short rant at the end is very sound advice, i started learning about electronics out of pure curiosity and ended up coming up with a great side hustle just repairing small stuff, especially heaters, old game consoles and lcd monitors/tvs with basic knowledge of electronics.

  • @nickyross7127
    @nickyross7127 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just stumbled across the channel, I started working in an electronics repair company repairing PCB's very much like these (domestic appliance) at 16. I'm now 30, diverted into automotive electronics and machine maintenance. Very nice to see some of my old trade on TH-cam especially now knowing what I've learned over the years!

  • @ThalesRossiter
    @ThalesRossiter ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The way you explain all of what you're doing during the repair is just awesome. Another thing that made me happy about this video was seeing you took a few minutes to explain - or refresh - what is a TRIAC and how it works. It helped me a lot on understanding how it operates on the board and how it is related to the failure (short), since I've studied TRIACs some time ago.
    You've got a new subscriber.

  • @markhonea2461
    @markhonea2461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not to mention the satisfaction of a successful repair using your mind as the main tool.👍

  • @RichardRoy2
    @RichardRoy2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was fascinating from a person who knows little to nothing about electronics. Love watching someone explore something in a way that explains a lot. Definitely subbed. I like the bit of advice toward the end as well.

  • @Gorkilein
    @Gorkilein 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That comonent tester you showed off is genius.
    Until now I didn't knew something specific like that existed.

  • @therealb888
    @therealb888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good that you're making these in detail videos. Most of the laptop or macbook repair channels have very poor understanding of electronics.
    Thank you, this will be very helpful.

  • @subzilow
    @subzilow ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! If everybody can have some tools and skills like yours, there would be so much lesser electronic waste in the world. Things are being manufactured at such a high speed and low cost, making repairing cost comparatively more expensive. Please keep the videos going!

  • @mike-yp1uk
    @mike-yp1uk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe this is my second time watching this one. It's actually very interesting how easy Richard makes it look.

  • @mamadubalde6
    @mamadubalde6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved the lesson mate, great work !!!! Keep going for us please !!!!!

  • @LearnElectronicsRepair
    @LearnElectronicsRepair  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    For anyone interested... Handy Andy took the PCB back to the client yesterday afternoon, with strict instructions to check for a short circuit heater element before trying it. This morning before I got up out of bed, I was just thinking about that negative 5V regulator (79M05) and what it may have been doing. I often think about stuff like that, I guess I'm electronically minded through and through LOL.
    So anyway, here is my take on it, though I no longer have the PCB to check this.
    I think the 79M05 is connected like this: The PIC18 needs a positive 5V supply and yet the Vcc (power in) of the PIC18 micro-controller will be connected to 12V from the transformer and bridge rectifier. The 79M05 minus 5V regulator then holds the 'ground' pin of the PIC18 at exactly 5V less (more negative) than the +12V supply.
    This means the PIC18 has a +5V supply but it is referenced from +12V.
    Now why? Well there are two relays on the PCB with 12V coils and the PIC needs to switch them on or off. There are two little transistors and diodes near the relays (I checked the diodes). I think the transistors are probably P Channel MOSFETS and switch power to the relay coils, so the P Channel MOSFET connects from +12V, to the relay coil positive end, and the other end of the coil connects to ground. This means the MOSFET can supply the 12V the relay needs to turn on.
    To switch the MOSFET off, the PIC18 has to put 12V on the Gate and to switch it on is has to put *less than* 12V on the gate. Because the circuit designer connected the +5V Vcc pin of the PIC18 to +12V it can easily send +12V or less to the P-MOSFET gate and therefore switch the 12V relays with the minimum of components. Simples ehh?
    PS the diodes by the MOSFETS will be to stop back EMF when the relay coils turns off 😉

    • @LearnElectronicsRepair
      @LearnElectronicsRepair  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Mr Guru Bear in mind I am not 100% sure that the circuit works this way, it's just me picturing in my mind why it would have a 7905 negative regulator on a positive 12V supply. And the above is my best guess, would you go along with this being the likely circuit design for the reason I thought (ease of driving 12V relay coils). I don't suppose it is any more or less reliable than a 7805 or even a buck converter, as you mention. 🙂

    • @ralphj4012
      @ralphj4012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good fault diagnosis but something odd / bizarre. You can use a negative supply on a PIC to invert signal states but if you put 12V on Vdd and -5V on Vss (or reference any of the GPIO pins to +5V with -5V on Vss) then it's bye-bye PIC. I suspect the -5V is being used for something else as well, because they could have easily used a positive 5V regulator to power the PIC and then the PIC drives n-channel MOSFETs to turn on the 12V relays.

    • @LearnElectronicsRepair
      @LearnElectronicsRepair  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ralphj4012 See my pinned comment for my detailed thoughts on this.
      I believe the PIC Vcc is connected to 12V and PIC Vdd is connected to the output of the 79M05 to set the voltage at that point to Vcc less 5V which would be +7V with reference to the negative end of the bridge rectifier. So the PIC still has a stable +5V supply between Vdd And Vcc, just not with reference to the negative end of the bridge. Although the 7905 is a negative 5V regulator, it doesn't to have output -5V with respect to ground, it could be -5V with respect to +12V 🙂

    • @ralphj4012
      @ralphj4012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LearnElectronicsRepair Indeed, but onnecting the common and output of a linear regulator together to create a voltage subtractor is odd (unless they were intending originally to create a current source circuit then chaged their mind). Maybe they had a load of 79M05's to get rid of.

    • @SwapPartLLC
      @SwapPartLLC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LearnElectronicsRepair +7V is still higher than the (2.0V to 5.5V) input voltage of the PIC. Too bad we'll never know for certain what's going on.

  • @geoffjames2875
    @geoffjames2875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very Good... Well explained and far better and thorough examination than most i have seen online, Well done. Look forward to viewing more of your work in the future

  • @julescircuits845
    @julescircuits845 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You Sir, just bought yourself another subscriber. I'm a qualified electrical Eng that used to work in office automation repair here in New Zealand, been a long time since though so your channel is now integral to my brushing up on PCB faultfinding! for that I sincerely thank you :)
    brilliant delivery and diagnostic skills that make a seasoned man green with envy!

    • @midjehunt7424
      @midjehunt7424 ปีที่แล้ว

      wait up a while, electrical and electronics are different animals here.
      Electronics tends to be any voltage but mainly below 5v electrical tends to be specific to 240v , 120v in some countries, but generally known as main voltage.
      Electronics would normally cover anything up to and including a mains input...... I have a great story on that where I covered my arse well with 3 or 4 colleagues and 2 group managers when a display unit went up in a cosmic blue smokey haze, like I warned them it could, and was assured it did not matter as no one else would ever need to mess with the guts. .
      Not sure what I liked more, probably having all the emails where I pre warned them and they responded it was not an issue and they decided to escalate it to their group manager and my group manager .
      Forwarding those lies they told was a choice they made when questioning my honesty I guess, . they all new I kept very good notes on everything, covering my arse was never an exception.

  • @brucewilliams6292
    @brucewilliams6292 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I love learning about electronics and you do a great job of explaining what it going on and your process for finding faults.

  • @citizengkar7824
    @citizengkar7824 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    As a latecomer to hobbyist electronics, I'm dumbfounded why TH-cam have never presented your channel before.
    Your diagnostics explanation is second to none. Great video. Thanks. I will subscribe, & check out some of your other efforts.

  • @imcrow6674
    @imcrow6674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    from a 17 year old dude fixing tape players, this is a very good skill to have and a really informative video

  • @carlosmascarenhas4905
    @carlosmascarenhas4905 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My background is in chemical engineering, but I dabble in some electronics repair / upgrade work for cars as a hobby! This video was very inspiring, I really appreciate it. It has given me some great food for thought for the next potential side hustle! Thank you :)

  • @davidh7636
    @davidh7636 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoyed seeing your troubleshooting approach. I am amazed that there as so many circuit boards that are tossed in the trash, and replaced with an entirely new one, when there is only a small part needed. I am new to electronics, but I find it interesting. I looked into a course online, but it was geared toward people who work inhouse for companies. It required a lot of expensive testing equipment. I really just want to diagnose problems quickly and fix them. Thank you for making this video!

  • @MikeGillett58
    @MikeGillett58 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad, you mentioned the possibility of short to ground. Because some people will miss this obviously dangerous situation. Thanks for fixing "anything."

  • @MrForcat
    @MrForcat 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a lesson! Graduating as a mechanical engineer, now close to retirement have found the world of circuits and electronic components which is plenty of fun.

  • @guitarplayinman100
    @guitarplayinman100 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love these videos, im a service tech 30 years and do a lot of fault finding, everyday is a school day when it comes to electronics repairs.

  • @reacey
    @reacey ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could watch your videos all day mate , love to be a fly on the wall in there , id be like a sponge soaking up everything . Did my first ever laptop motherboard repair tonight , shorted cap on main power rail, laptops worth about 500 quid , its such a good feeling when your passion starts paying off

  • @krishnaswamy3841
    @krishnaswamy3841 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfully explained the approach to the faulty stage applying the basic electronics,
    even an amateur can grasp the way you have explained

  • @JobsonGabriel
    @JobsonGabriel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks man, that was a lot of things to process to a newbie like me. Keep up with the awesome work!

  • @davidsolomon9085
    @davidsolomon9085 ปีที่แล้ว

    I truly enjoy listening and watching your knowledge , the passion .thank you for showing how to troubleshoot , a lovely way to save money and learn how to not be wasteful. Excellent job 👏

  • @castlecodersltd
    @castlecodersltd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A really good video, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I really enjoyed the description of the Triac

  • @NicestGuyOnYouTube
    @NicestGuyOnYouTube ปีที่แล้ว

    I have learned a lot from your videos.
    I always wanted to dabble into the world of electronics as I was always interested in repairing circuit boards and other board appliances myself.
    I tip my hat to you, sir

  • @jamesbond0004
    @jamesbond0004 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for taking so much care in making this vid. everything from the position of the camera, the data sheet cross ref, was important to me ..

  • @alirezarouhafza1226
    @alirezarouhafza1226 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is great information! As a graduate student of electrical engineering who also does repair as hobby, this really adds to my knowledge.

  • @My6stringer
    @My6stringer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a newby to this field of work. Your vid really expanded my perspective on elec. diagnostics & repair .
    Thank-you and I'm looking forward to watching more of your vids !!!

  • @mistaecco
    @mistaecco ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is absolutely amazing. I've been doing hobby soldering since I was a child. I've been watching teardowns and repair videos on TH-cam for around 10 years as well, but aside from knowing that there's a thing called "the one wire circuit" and what a "capacitive dropper" circuit does, I've never felt any more equipped to actually diagnose a piece of electronics that's hit my desk. This was extremely enlightening, and is honestly getting me really excited to try and look back at my many many many "backlog" project boards. I'm definitely not anywhere near being able to truly diagnose things on your level, but this is one of the first times the process has actually made sense to me as a methodology. Thank you!

  • @onlycryptofans
    @onlycryptofans ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant educational content Richard! Thank you!

  • @isonlynameleft
    @isonlynameleft ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a beginner and this is absolutely amazing!!!

  • @davidcross30
    @davidcross30 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your “quick rant” is bang on Rich. It’s also about reducing electronics waste too.
    Now the coffee shop is back up and running with the machine and coffee drinkers can get their espresso fix too.
    Like you say too it’s easily worth $100 to them. And it would take less than an hour and hardly anything on the components and consumables.
    I just replaced a rectifier diode (in a bridge rectifier) on someone es welding machine wire motor. Part was less than £2 and he was over the moon as it is his favourite and best machine.
    Loving your videos Rich thanks. I have you playing in the background whilst I’m tinkering in the workshop.

  • @jaileal8806
    @jaileal8806 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding. I'm still very new at this and found your tutorial amazingly helpful. Subscribed:)

  • @speedbeagle6498
    @speedbeagle6498 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just happened to find this video and I have to tell you how you've inspired me. I'm an industrial electrician in my late 40's and have always had fun poking around circuit boards since I was a little guy. I never considered doing this for money. I'm not terribly knowledgeable about circuit board troubleshooting but I've had all the training, I just need to apply it and remember. We have a recycle bin for electronics where I work and I make daily trips to it to find cool stuff to investigate. I also build retro-arcade cabinets from old CRT televisions I get from there. This video just made me think that maybe there's a reason for all my electronics hording if I just apply myself further. Maybe this will be my little money maker when I get too old to turn wrenches. Thanks!

  • @reklaw3603
    @reklaw3603 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent diagnostics! well worth the time watching your videos, well put forward! thanks! Pity there are hardly any engineers left in the trades now, all just fitters! the way commerce wants it, more money in their pockets for the complete boards!

  • @chrisbrodbeck1961
    @chrisbrodbeck1961 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I have to watch all that you have...wonderful loads of stuff to repair, very happy about that! cheers

  • @aries6776
    @aries6776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is fascinating stuff. I have a bit of basic electronic knowledge and I always wondered how you could fix circuitry with no schematic, and now I know.

  • @weldandcutdotcom
    @weldandcutdotcom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done. I am glad that I stumbled on to your video.

  • @howitstartsmm
    @howitstartsmm ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for sharing your time and considerable knowledge.
    you have a great style of teaching.

  • @Umski
    @Umski ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for this - very insightful. I’ve done my fair share of casual repairs for myself and at Repair Cafés but don’t really have a method as such, it usually takes me ages to figure stuff out - doing it ‘blind’ like this is challenging as there’s no way to test it - this one seemed simple however, I imagine others may have multiple failures. If gives me a bit more confidence that my random methodology does have some merit albeit time and mind consuming 😂

  • @damo4370
    @damo4370 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woh, your knowledge is fantastic.
    Came across this video a second time and had to comment.
    The fist time I saw it was 24hrs late; I’d just thrown out a tv which was dead and I reckon i might have had a chance to fault find using your method and past knowledge. Second time watching was just in awe of how you did it.

  • @paulc9139
    @paulc9139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How nice to see, the way I was taught in a TV repair shop, even though you had a good idea where the fault was, the engineer who taught me insisted I went through the whole process, which became second nature, lovely video.

  • @francismannion7075
    @francismannion7075 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was very interesting and informative your advice is spot on!

  • @pauloost59
    @pauloost59 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks a lot! As a mobility aid repair tech trained up in the field, but having no background in electronics, this is very useful getting my head around the deduction process in fault finding...
    I think I'll have a snoop around your channel to find more of these gems...
    Gr.
    P

  • @NomadUrpagi
    @NomadUrpagi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good sir, thank you do much for your wisdom and knowledge. Being many years junior to you, i really appreciate your expertise in the field. As an EE, you definetly made me decide on starting electronics repair as a side job. All the good to you from Kazakhstan.

  • @surfcoasttech8147
    @surfcoasttech8147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    excellent video! i especially like the chat about its easier to make money doing this type of repair than trying to repair gpu's. i have found that gas ignition and control pcb repair is quite lucrative in australia. there arent many aussie manufacturers so you can bet you can make it worth while for both you and the customer to repair it rather than. replace it.
    nice work

  • @billpowell5931
    @billpowell5931 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice presentation of techniques. Thank you for sharing.

  • @yawdmandiys3059
    @yawdmandiys3059 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ur inspiring dear sir! I’ll use you as my guide and mentor in chasing my dream in becoming an electric engineer 🙏🏿

  • @sparky150875
    @sparky150875 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loving watching your content. Very informative. Thank you

  • @BayouRepairGuy
    @BayouRepairGuy ปีที่แล้ว

    I appreciate the time you took to explain this, I repair appliances and want to offer board level repairs

  • @stevew3226
    @stevew3226 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou very much for this.. one of the nicest tutorials on electronics I have seen and one which actually makes it interesting :)

  • @elviscaragea4433
    @elviscaragea4433 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating, like a mystery solver

  • @jamesmurphy7442
    @jamesmurphy7442 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was so nice to follow you through the process, and yes most of us had worked out the that heating circuit was the likely culprit 😁. But still nice to see.

  • @fatsolutions
    @fatsolutions ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found your channel and it is brilliant, I’m self taught in electronics repairs and got pretty good at swapnostics. This has been a great help

  • @RepairRenovateRenew
    @RepairRenovateRenew ปีที่แล้ว

    good god this is amazing, ive been looking for material like this for years.

  • @samerqari3442
    @samerqari3442 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you for improving my knowledge

  • @fabianoabate
    @fabianoabate ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video. I pretty like your explanation. I need to repair a pcb that looks simple bit I haven't got enough knowledge to fix it. Your video encourages me to go into the eletronics field so I one day I can learn how to repair eletronic equipments. Great video

  • @steveo44
    @steveo44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great channel. Really interesting. Subscribed. Thanks for taking the time

  • @Starchface
    @Starchface 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the first video I've seen on the channel. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Greetings from Canada.

    • @LearnElectronicsRepair
      @LearnElectronicsRepair  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome aboard. Also take a look at Learn Electronics Repair Discord server, I think you will like it 😉
      Learn Electronics Repair is now on Discord! Come and join the fun and let's fix stuff together, it's free and a nice place to be.
      discord.gg/vam6YC8vwU

  • @vbarr67
    @vbarr67 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating and entertaining, thanks for sharing ! I hope they're enjoying coffee again thanks to you :) Greetings from France

  • @rajeshbhutani483
    @rajeshbhutani483 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge. Really invaluable for newbies like me.

  • @Lyndalewinder
    @Lyndalewinder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant - again! Can't remember whether I mentioned it but this week - thanks to your videos - I fixed an old function generator. The fault was not one of the thirty or so solid state components but two short circuit tantalum capacitors shorting the positive and negative rails to earth.

  • @karlwalker1771
    @karlwalker1771 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant Channel Mate Watching This Before I Build My Own Harlequin ZX Spectrum Kit
    Thank you :)

  • @petersvideofile
    @petersvideofile 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think your "rant" about how to be intelligent operating an electronics repair business and targeting industrial equipment was very valuable and not a rant at all. :) Thank you for all you do!

  • @celicablues
    @celicablues 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As someone who repairs electronics as a hobby. It's always the thingy on the heatsink

  • @stephennidds565
    @stephennidds565 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, I am a commercial coffee machine engineer in the Uk, The electronic fault finding nd repairs of boards. is currently not something I would consider.
    but after seeing your video plus ordering a triac tester. I hope to develop, not just for coffee machines. Im looking forward to learning more from your videos. Thank you.

  • @bariscosmaz
    @bariscosmaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    You just took the card and drew a schematic for it. This is very impressive. This is much easier to do with consumer electronics. I totally agree with that. The power circuits are much more easier to track because they are simpler. Most of them are low power electronics and they don't need lots of components or control circuits like one would find in a computer part. I love your videos because you don't go like "This shows this symptom so this component is faulty." You start by doing a visual inspection and then check the connections. After this, you draw the circuit and think about what might go wrong and why it might go wrong. You don't just teach how to repair something. You try to teach it with the basics. Even though this makes the videos long, every second is worth it. You used to upload PSU videos and I hope I will see some more of them in the future. Great job.

    • @LearnElectronicsRepair
      @LearnElectronicsRepair  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks. I will certainly do some more PSU tutorials in the future, don't worry.

    • @patrickbuick5459
      @patrickbuick5459 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LearnElectronicsRepair Yay. My switching power supply let out the magic smoke when it overheated. I replaced the transistors, but the protection circuit is still activated and I'm stumped. I left board electronics in the 80s and admit, I've lost it since. Stupid dark side (I.T.).

  • @bmanofrocketleague522
    @bmanofrocketleague522 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your teaching!

  • @apb311
    @apb311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video on repairing circuit boards with no schematic. This is how I learned back in the '70s. However, your phone's notification sound was driving me crazy because it was the same as mine.

  • @manwithagun5339
    @manwithagun5339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Great video! I have been in electronics for 16 years now. It definitely comes down to the fundamentals. There may be different principles when dealing with different types of electronics (AC, DC, RF, etc.), but all electronic components are made of the same basic parts. Even if you know nothing about what you are looking at, you can learn a lot by looking up datasheets and just banging out various components with a DMM. Even better if you have a good, working example to compare measurements with!

    • @executorarktanis2323
      @executorarktanis2323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi i really want to learn more about electronics and its fundamentals with practical knowledge any tip can I get because I am almost 16 year old, thanks for the help.

    • @paradiselost9946
      @paradiselost9946 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and occasionally luck?
      years ago, had one of the chinese TIG welders fry itself. never actually fixed it mostly as my lab pup at the time chose to chew the main board up... but i did figure out it was the h bridge driving the AC inverter section (AC/DC for ali) having issues.
      um, but as i cannabilised various other parts, i found a relay wasnt working... something involved in the HF start...
      fast forward to a month or two ago. plasma cutter, HF starts playing up.
      took me all of two seconds to diagnose... relay. default is to close when powered up, open once an arc is formed and current starts flowing... wasnt closing.
      see how long the replacement holds up. if it misbehaves i got the answer for it... mercury wetted!

  • @ziggyironic
    @ziggyironic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very interesting, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  • @tj-yb1pc
    @tj-yb1pc ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your analysis, great job. You got a new sub off the first watch

  • @MikeyMack303
    @MikeyMack303 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the refresher course. It's been a while>

  • @ianfletcher5694
    @ianfletcher5694 ปีที่แล้ว

    good man Richard....lay mans explanations cant wait to see the rest of your channel...Cheers Ian

  • @nexstar718
    @nexstar718 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video a well worth 50min of my day❤

  • @tatianaafonskaya6731
    @tatianaafonskaya6731 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very useful video. Simple and clear. Thank you.

  • @bronjames8713
    @bronjames8713 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Time to deep dive into the archives.

  • @mforrest85
    @mforrest85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job explaining all that!

  • @ClownWhisper
    @ClownWhisper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really enjoyed this video this is the first time that I saw your channel and I clicked on it and I enjoyed it. I'm an older guy I'm 57 years old I can't believe that but it's true I worked in robotics repair but mostly management for a great deal of my adult life but I never really got into board repair or even was interested in components or board level troubleshooting it just cost too much because I worked in the biotech sector pharmaceutical drug Discovery things like that and they needed machines repaired yesterday so it was pick and place mostly. Sometimes boards were repaired back it whatever manufacturing facility the robotics platform came from but that was up to each facility. I have recently gotten into Arduino designs because there was a couple of projects that I've wanted to do and I discovered I kind of have a knack for it I've been learning for a couple of weeks and I've already made some pretty complex board level designs and products that I could actually sell if I wanted to surprise the hell out of me that's for sure.
    My first project was simple controlling LED strips using an infrared motion detector predicated on a light dependent diode value but so basically if it was dark enough in the room the rest of the software would be considered and powered these led strips based on a value returned indicating the relative lightness or darkness and brightness or dimness of the strip so pretty simple but I hate to figure out how to control 5 volts from a 12 volt supply so I had to learn about how to properly integrate voltage regulator with the proper capacitors Etc I'm also an amateur chemist so I built heating mantles based on this triac circuit to control variable amperage for the coils and it worked quite well. I think I missed my calling LOL I know these are simple things but I've only been doing it for a couple of weeks and I understand how to program and upload my finished program to a small Ic for deployment. I don't think I'll be throwing as many things away I'll try in trouble shoot them and I have subscribe to your channel so thank you very much

  • @MikeDX2
    @MikeDX2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really interesting, learned a lot from this! Thanks for sharing :)

  • @BlueStefProductin
    @BlueStefProductin ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video sir! Really enjoyed watching it!

  • @Gitarzysta88
    @Gitarzysta88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are master! I repair my Keyless Entry Receiver in my Jeep thank your clip! Electronics is black magic to me. but according to the methodical fault finding I checked the paths from the connector through the board one by one and found breaks! I soldered the corroded elements and it worked!

  • @gabrielgaby5840
    @gabrielgaby5840 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much, Uncle Rick for your explanation on how to look for fault on Catering/other Business Repairable Machines... Utility Machines..

  • @SonicOrbStudios
    @SonicOrbStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TH-cam recommended your video to me, I'm now a subscriber

  • @MrBoothdude
    @MrBoothdude ปีที่แล้ว

    I now understand Triacs. Great explanation.

  • @behari5
    @behari5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting video. Reminded me of the good old days when i repaired industrial and Marine Navigation and communication electronic equipment.
    3570 is a date code, meaning it was manufactured in the 35th week of 1970
    Looks like an old board.
    It would help a great deal if you could get hold of the circuit diagram.

  • @frankkante7850
    @frankkante7850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic ! i want to see more of that, please

  • @Aengus42
    @Aengus42 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A mate of mine is a gas fitter & he says it breakd his heart judy throwing boards away because his firm just send him in with replacement boards and he told me how much they cost even for just refurbished PCBs.
    After I picked myself up off the floor he rummaged in the van & I've now got a box full of faulty PCBs.
    So I'm after learning. Step by step is ideal for me (Asperger's lends itself to methodicalness) snd I've just discovered your channel.
    To say "I'm all ears!" would be a massive understatement.
    😀☮️
    Edit: Loved it! Absolutely blindin' mate! That Peak Atlas would pay for itself on day one.
    I was looking at a cheaper one but the Atlas didn't invent 2 resistors. That sort of thing could throw you off at the start.
    Ok, off to watch another. Subbed with a head full of ideas! Nice one! 😜