I recently acquired a 1960's era Heathkit VTVM. It has the Burgess C size battery that came with the kit, and someone taped the date on as 3/66. The shocker is that it wasn't leaking, and it is still putting out 1.4 volts!!
Im surprised you do not have a 3d printer to reproduce parts. Seems like something you would be able to do considering how good you are with thingamajigs and whizzywoos.
There is a lot of talent out there in UA-cam land. Love Shango's videos and yours as well. Indeed, 2 different styles all together, but you both get the same results and follow the same paths.. and, those are the correct paths to actually diagnose the problem, not just swap parts. Big difference. Thank you for passing all of your knowledge along in these videos!
I just repaired a GE portable cassette recorder from the early 1980s that had a low volume hum to it and no audio when you played a tape and it turned out it had two purple Matsushita capacitors in it that were bad (one of them actually “peed” on the board but thankfully it didn’t damage the board too badly), and replaced those caps and the tape player works now.
I've seen these same sets with many brands on the front. The Japanese and especially later Hong Kong sets loved using British sounding names, like Viscount, Kensington, Westminster, etc. Guess they felt it gave it some prestige!
That's a odd little radio, dead cap city. You are not the only one to think those trannys were capacitors. yep me. Your esr tester is a god send, even shango broke down and bought one lol. Oh yes, i do watch shango, he is a sarcastic git but i like his humor. 😀 Oow and he is ok ish at repairing things as well :-D Amazon are everywhere, the uk has been invaded too :)
I recently acquired a 1960's era Heathkit VTVM. It has the Burgess C size battery that came with the kit, and someone taped the date on as 3/66. The shocker is that it wasn't leaking, and it is still putting out 1.4 volts!!
Nice quick fix. I quite like the look of it. The alligator wants his coin purse back.
Im surprised you do not have a 3d printer to reproduce parts. Seems like something you would be able to do considering how good you are with thingamajigs and whizzywoos.
That was referred to as a traveler's clock radio, for obvious reasons.
It looks like something James Bond would have or use. Great little video!
Definately Sean Connery Bond era.
Very cool! I thought those transistors were caps too. Never saw them wrapped up like a cap. So, the alarm works?
4:33...I'd replace every one of the electrolytic capacitors-!!!
Cool a little set and it looks to be a great condition. Dare I say near mint? For some reason I really really like this one.
What don't you get into? Awesome and thanks for sharing!
Hong Koidial. Hanging out with Shango066 much?
Probably one of the best vintage electronics troubleshooters out there.
There is a lot of talent out there in UA-cam land. Love Shango's videos and yours as well. Indeed, 2 different styles all together, but you both get the same results and follow the same paths.. and, those are the correct paths to actually diagnose the problem, not just swap parts. Big difference. Thank you for passing all of your knowledge along in these videos!
I just repaired a GE portable cassette recorder from the early 1980s that had a low volume hum to it and no audio when you played a tape and it turned out it had two purple Matsushita capacitors in it that were bad (one of them actually “peed” on the board but thankfully it didn’t damage the board too badly), and replaced those caps and the tape player works now.
I've seen these same sets with many brands on the front. The Japanese and especially later Hong Kong sets loved using British sounding names, like Viscount, Kensington, Westminster, etc. Guess they felt it gave it some prestige!
Pretty cool! Amazing what they build back in the days!
Thanks
I never comment but thanks for all the cool videos. I do enjoy them, mostly. :)
Bad repairing
Do good repairing transistor bulb fix snd cakle noyz capacitader
Rather pretty little radio
That's a odd little radio, dead cap city.
You are not the only one to think those trannys were capacitors. yep me.
Your esr tester is a god send, even shango broke down and bought one lol.
Oh yes, i do watch shango, he is a sarcastic git but i like his humor. 😀
Oow and he is ok ish at repairing things as well :-D
Amazon are everywhere, the uk has been invaded too :)
Boa recorações, comecei eletrônica com esses rádios , saudades . Coloca mais vídeos desse , sou do Brasil
Sure. I have plenty of these style of radios to fix. Also check out shango066. He repairs many of these transistors radios
It's a pretty cool set. I like the mechanical clock that triggers the radio too. Definitely worth fixing and keeping.
That was a cool vid!
I'm curious how much did you charge for all that
This was my own unit I purchased strictly for entertainment. This would be about 60-80 bucks if it was on shop time
@@JordanPier thank you I was thinking it was about $100
Carbon zinc batteries rarely leak. I've never had a heavy duty battery leak in my stuff.