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  • tcv
    New Member
    • Oct 2013
    • 1
    • USA

    #4281
    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

    Hi, I am starting out playing with electronics and am dabbling in projects and troubleshooting. Admittedly, I am here to ask about a particular power supply, but I plan to stick around as a lurker.

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    • Hellinabox
      New Member
      • Nov 2013
      • 1
      • United States

      #4282
      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

      Hello, I'm a tinkerer in the mid US who messes with just about any electronic component that comes my way. I have an associates in database management but my interests are all over the place. I know a bit of Java and am currently performing electronics refurbishment for a recycling company (minimal stuff, no soldering). I have fixed a few items with my own soldering and pride myself on the cleanliness of the jobs I have done.
      Recently I swapped the CCFLs and inverter board in my viewera 20.5" for a couple of LED strips I grabbed off ebay (5060 leds if I recall correctly). I would like to make some improvements to it seeing as it currently operates by switch (I couldn't find a 12V lead that turned off with the monitor) but I figure I would have to learn alot more about transistors to do so.

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      • wawona@juno.com
        New Member
        • Nov 2013
        • 1
        • United States

        #4283
        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

        Hi, New to the post. Trying to fix emerson lcde.

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        • Hopeful
          New Member
          • Nov 2013
          • 1
          • United States

          #4284
          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

          Hello to all from the great northwest, I have a background in electronics but much to learn. I love to tinker with things. currently I'm trying to repair a vx2035 monitor. Hopefully I can learn something here.

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          • iamnotanumber
            New Member
            • Nov 2013
            • 1
            • USA

            #4285
            Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

            You guys seem like a good crew. There is a good body of info here.

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            • shakshooka
              New Member
              • Nov 2013
              • 4
              • israel

              #4286
              Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

              Hi,

              i've visited this site a number of times for its very useful info, but now i find myself in need of more. I can just about wield a soldering gun without hurting myself and others, although that hasn't stopped me from attempting to cobble together various hardware projects along the way.

              i'm a control systems engineering nomad, currently residing in the middle east.

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              • snipersquad100
                Badcaps Veteran
                • Nov 2013
                • 297
                • uk

                #4287
                Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                Hi everyone, im glad to be part of this forum.

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                • apelly
                  Electro Tourist
                  • Nov 2013
                  • 1
                  • New Zealand

                  #4288
                  Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                  A geek, not a bot!

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                  • tum015
                    New Member
                    • Nov 2013
                    • 1
                    • Thailand

                    #4289
                    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                    Hi everyone, I'm glad to be join this forum. Many information in this forums are helpful for me. Thank you.

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                    • ICE_T
                      New Member
                      • Nov 2013
                      • 1
                      • Netherlands

                      #4290
                      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                      Hi everyone, I did find some good advice but need more input.
                      This way other who have the same issue(s) can search for it even faster.

                      Thanks

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                      • lennoxgomes
                        New Member
                        • Nov 2013
                        • 3
                        • Canada

                        #4291
                        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                        Hi,
                        I'm Lennox form Chestermere Alberta Canada... I'm an Electrical Engineer.. though all my life I've working in the Office Automation field fixing copiers, printers, etc...

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                        • BigG
                          New Member
                          • Nov 2013
                          • 1
                          • United States

                          #4292
                          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                          Just registered, although I've used info here to recap a Toshiba TV twice, once just one cap; the second time I completely re-capped it. Also re-capped a HP LCD monitor for my wife. Oh yeah, and before that an LCD backlight repair.

                          I played with electronics since youth - a while ago. My first big project was assembling a 'pocket' calculator from Popular Electronics (I think it was) in high school. But career wise, I went with mechanical engineering. Got the computer bug with Fortran IV in college. A couple of years after graduation, the Commodore PET came along and I just had to have one. Wrote a program to calculate pressure drop in piping - in 8K RAM. Built an 8K memory expansion, but never got it to work. Went through Osborne (who'll ever need more than 64K RAM?), Leading Edge PC clone, 286 clone, etc. Now trying to extend Windows XP as long as possible.

                          My current needs are to repair backlight on AOC 22LVWk and maybe an undercounter radio/CD. I really appreciate folks who devote their effort to this forum.

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                          • deanparkr
                            New Member
                            • Nov 2012
                            • 2
                            • UK

                            #4293
                            Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                            Hi,

                            My Asus A8N motherboard appears to have a bad cap issue.. so I thought i'd post about it and get some opinions!

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                            • francini
                              New Member
                              • Nov 2013
                              • 1
                              • USA

                              #4294
                              Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                              Hi!

                              First time here, but not first time dealing with electronics. I recapped a friend's older Samsung which had bad caps, and it's been running strong for two years since. Been involved with computers since 1974, and fascinated by most anything electromechanical or electronic. Not quite a tinkerer but more a 'necessity is the mother of gaining knowledge' type.

                              Coming here to ask about weird red fringing on our own newer Samsung LED-LCD TV.

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                              • runormal
                                New Member
                                • Nov 2013
                                • 7
                                • Canada

                                #4295
                                Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                Hey all

                                My Samsung LNT4061FX/XAC has vertical lines, I am currently at school but I am hoping to get the parts needed to fix before i go home for christmas... Hopefully its not the panel.



                                Cheers,

                                Eric

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                                • Paul-G
                                  Member
                                  • Nov 2013
                                  • 28
                                  • UK

                                  #4296
                                  Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                  Hi all,

                                  Currently viewing on an old 26" CRT TV. My wife is pestering me to get a flat screen. Money is tight so 'I had a cunning plan'.

                                  I have just bought a cheap, not working, Samsung PS-50C96HD for £50 hoping for a quick fix. I was told it had sound but no picture and threads here made it look like a not too hard fix. Now I have it, I am not so sure where the fault is.

                                  I guess I will have to open a new thread and ask for help diagnosing/fixing. Only after a further search for existing solutions ;-)

                                  Paul.

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                                  • mike28086
                                    New Member
                                    • Nov 2013
                                    • 1
                                    • USA

                                    #4297
                                    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                    Name: Mike Lowery
                                    Location: USA
                                    Married 23 years, no children, I was a NICET Certified Fire Protection Engineer until I became disabled. Now, I try to find things to occupy my time with the limited mobility that I have.

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                                    • e42b
                                      New Member
                                      • Nov 2013
                                      • 1
                                      • Germany

                                      #4298
                                      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                      Hi,

                                      i'm from Germany, and i'm glad having found this great forum. Although i'm not new in repairing electronics i still have to learn since the technology changed a lot over the last years.
                                      So, hopefully i find hints here, and when i'll be able to i'll give some.

                                      Cheers to all

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                                      • hanks424
                                        New Member
                                        • Nov 2013
                                        • 8
                                        • usa

                                        #4299
                                        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                        Hello all - Looks like a great asset for TV repair! Trying to find a SM for my Vizio E371VL (totally dead, no 12v, 5 v only when disconnected)
                                        Looked at Toms - no joy. Plan to lurk a while before uploading pics

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                                        • rammel22
                                          New Member
                                          • Nov 2013
                                          • 1
                                          • philippines

                                          #4300
                                          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                          hello!im rammel22.im a newbie here in this helpful forum.i live in the philippines.i have no knowledge in electronics world,but im willing to gain electronics idea through this forum. thank you very much for accepting me as one of your member in this helpful forum.

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