Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

[Agent24]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

It is called "Item# SMRK1" there are no spec's I can find but it is supposed to be a direct replacement for the VX2235WM....... so i bought it. $29.99

Maybe I messed up, I don't know......

Oh right, this: http://www.ccflwarehouse.com/stmorekit.html ? I guess they look up your screen model and send you what you need.

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

I carefully disassembled the ccfl's, removed the wires and measured them.....

But ccfl warehouse wanted $9.95 each for the 2.6 x 485mm ccfl,s so I bought the kit.


It was a learning experience...... I broke one of the good ones

Of course the burnt one survived the learning curve, but so did the two good ones


I also hunted up the four E-Waste places here in town and I'm going to try to pick up a few dead monitors to gut the ccfl connectors out of...... I want to make three more test lights.

Thanks Again

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

9.95 for a tube?
fuck they are expensive.

the place i use charges about 15$ for a pack of 5!
they are also charging $50 for 50tubes!

and about 15$ for the led conversion kits.

[bammbammfran]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

9.95 for a tube?
fuck they are expensive.

the place i use charges about 15$ for a pack of 5!
they are also charging $50 for 50tubes!

and about 15$ for the led conversion kits.

we are in the US so we can't get the 2dollar chinese bulbs
shipping across oceans makes a difference in total costs !
I use to have a florida supplier that bulk bought from China and resold at better costs, but he is not doing it anymore

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

shipping is included in that price.

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

shipping is included in that price.

I did check that site but couldn't find the right size bulbs.

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

should have aimed for the led kit - they use a third of the power!

i'll be putting another one in a 24inch tv once it arrives.

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

I suppose I should......

But since this is my first monitor repair I opted to do it old school for the experience

Maybe after I get this one working I'll try the led kit on the next one, at this point a few extra dollars doesn't mean all that much to me......

I just want the satisfaction that all I have learned means something when I put my monitor back together and it works like it did when I brought it home new four years ago.


If not, so be it...... A round for the house at my watering hole costs three or four times what I have spent on parts


Cheers!

[Agent24]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

the 2.6 x 485mm ccfl,s

Thanks for the dimension details. I've got a monitor that I suspect has dodgy lamps. Problem is I don't think it's worth it at the prices CCFLWarehouse want, and I can't see any other sellers.

9.95 for a tube?
fuck they are expensive.

the place i use charges about 15$ for a pack of 5!

Who do you buy from, then? If they ship to NZ for a decent price I'd be right on that...

I also hunted up the four E-Waste places here in town and I'm going to try to pick up a few dead monitors to gut the ccfl connectors out of...... I want to make three more test lights.

By the way you can get those on eBay. eg: http://www.ebay.com/itm/5PCS-5-0-inc...-/190845136324

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

Who do you buy from, then? If they ship to NZ for a decent price I'd be right on that...

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[Agent24]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

post #27

Thanks, must have missed that somehow...

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

My poor old sears analog meter died

It served me well for many years.......


Time to step up to a Fluke Digital


Which one should I buy? You guys are the experts.......


I leave it up to you my friends, pick me out a nice one




A moment of silence for my old friend........

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

personally i'd skip the fluke.
a friend has one and the build quality isnt all that special.

when my meter dies i'm going to look at the Uni-T ones.
they look very good for the price.
i want auto-ranging, a backlight and a bargraph.
preferably for under £50 / 75$
i cant spend more than that incase i break it!

like this one
http://www.rapidonline.com/test-meas...timeter-400413

only i want it direct from china.

[Agent24]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

Probably more info than you need here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/

Also, Dave Jones seems to have a personal hate on for cheap multimeters, anything he recommends should be pretty good.

I'd try to get one that has an analogue response function (not sure what it's called) - the realtime action of analogue meters or the digital emulation of it can be quite useful at times.

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

I found a nice meter but it seems like I can't get one here in the states

I ...... oh here it is, Brymen TMB-867 or BM-867...... I don't know what to buy,


I just want a nice one, I wanted a Fluke but they seem overpriced and read about some supercapacitor that craps out on the good ones.......

Maybe I read too much, but if I'm going to spend that much money I want a DMM that is going to last me a few years.


It's like going on a safari hunt for a high end DMM.......


I have watched so many reviews, listened to the good and the bad..... watched them taken apart and picked over for this and that,



I honestly have no idea what to buy


The only one I would buy right now is the one I can't........ The Brymen TMB-867, it seems just right for me right now.



I don't know......

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

what's you price range,
what do you need it to do?

and dont underestimate how good a serial port can be.
because you can run software like this!
http://www.ultradmm.com/

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

Hell,

I could go for anything I want too.... that is not the point.....


I just want a nice DMM that I can do all my testing that I know and learn all the things that I don't know and want to learn........


Problem is there is so many meters out there,


I really wanted that Brymen876........


Looked like`nice`machine.

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

Oh!

It's been a week and nothing from ccflwarehouse....... that damn FEXTRUCK rolls by my house every day and never stops

lol, guess I was a dumb ass ordering that kit from them, lesson learned.......

[stj]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

http://www.tme.eu/en/

Brymen dealer.
they have it for 176$
i dont know if that's cheap or not.

[Robert Ashton]

Re: Viewsonic VX2235WM........ 10 Seconds to black

http://www.tme.eu/en/

Brymen dealer.
they have it for 176$
i dont know if that's cheap or not.

Thanks my friend, that's about what I want to pay for such a DMM.......

Haven't checked what the shipping costs, but I willl



Oh..... I looked into tracking my ccflwarehouse order and found a email from them.


I never read my email because it's always spam and crap like that...... they sent me a email asking for the diagonal and horizontal measurement of my screen........ about a week ago

I measured the damn thing and sent them the numbers, 18 7/8 horizontal and 22 3/8 diagonal.


They say they will get my order out when they receive the numbers....


Don't know why they can't get those numbers off the kit they sell for my Viewsonic VX2235WM


Thanks for the help my friend