Just love the info on what's going on there. Comparing electrical price to south african prices...were payin about 3 times more than you over there. And the best is we're on rolling blackouts for up to 11 hours a day. As for the truck drivers...over here they don't fool around...usually they take out multiple cars and sadly it causes several fatalities. Keep safe and thanks for all the videos.
Really interesting topics today Dave. Here too in Ireland, heat pumps and geothermal solutions were put into lot's of homes, hotels etc. Heat pumps only work really well once the house is completely sealed... Well this wasn't done in lots of cases. So people are paying huge bills now while regretting the install and realising they need to reinsulate their house. Not as bad as UK where power companies were, literally, breaking into poor peoples houses if they couldnt afford the bill, so that a coin pay device could be installed.
Just started watching and I already know you fixed it well, after your description of the problem. I've seen how you do with the relays. I bet you pulled it off the board and cleaned it and possilbly bent some metal back to form. Well - there is only one way to find out. Cool, cool.
Slick fix Dave. I am surprised that the small can caps went bad but none of the caps on the other boards bombed out. Here in Texas, I subscribed to Green Mountain Energy and am on a program which provides free electric on weekends....Fri eve at 8PM till Sunday night. Naturally, I do most of my cooking, cleaning and air conditioning after 8 PM Friday.....party time. Drive safe fellow cycle motorhead.
30’s a bit high for May, but I recall last year it was wet for moths and a slow ride out of winter- then heatwave! We couldn’t wait for the rain to come. This is UK, much of the Forrest in southern Europe burned, not fun. DAT MACHINE- I ve never had one. Something else I bet I end up purchasing off eBay. Thanks Dave!
Hi. Great video. I have the same problem on my 57ES, a european version, and this board have 6 capasitors. 5 pcs with 22 6.3v and one 4.7 35 v. So replace them all ? Best regards Esben Denmark
Hi, what is supposed to change if you adjusted those two variable resistors on the RF board? On a similar model, DTC-A7, I twisted mine way to the left and the right. I didn't hear any change, but I didn't have a scope hooked up. Still get the nagging feeling that I should not have touched them for the sake of it.
I think energy bills are going mental everywhere. Here in the UK I'm paying about the same as you £550 - £600 per month for gas and elec and we don't have air con and that cost is with government help and capping by the regulation bodies we have. It's set to rise again in June when the government assistance ends. I'm not saying the UK has it as bad as many other countries but it's up there. Our diesel and petrol (gas) prices seem to be falling a little. It was £1.80 a litre for diesel but now it's coming down averaging £1.58 a litre, some garages are cheaper. I would have an electric car but the cost to buy one and then find places to charge it put me off at the moment. Eagle pictures looked good with the crow buzzing it. I wasn't expecting that in the middle of a DAT repair LOL 🤣
Gas price is 1.88 litre as of today. Not as crazy as it was last year when it hit 2.50/l. Diesel is higher. I pay little attention these days though unitil my bike is on the road. Harley's pass everything except for gas stations.
Here in Finland in my town 10-day forecast shows peak temperature 16 degrees. I pay about 38euro/month from electricity troughout the year. In Finland you can select from large variety of electrical companies, ask them an offer, they each have their own pricing system/systems/options.
Here the electric supplier is government owned. Prior government came up with this plan to encourage conservation. They brought in this unfair 2 step pricing.
@@joannebattye263 No. Cable TV and telephone service was far cheaper when each company operated independently. I worked for the cable co back in 1981. I remember the owner going on tv to explain the costs and why deregulation was bad. 1 company has 100% of customer base. 2 companies, roughly 50% will jump ship. The fixed costs for each company being the same revenue is 50% with each company. To maintain a profit margin that will allow the company to operate each company needs to charge a higher fee. When cell phones first came out there were 2 companies in Canada. One was owned by local exchange carrier (LEC) and the other a private company. People cried for more competition. Now we have 4 national carriers and 6 5 or 6 sub brands. Did our rates go down? No they went up. Fewer customers with the same fixed costs to operate network means higher pervsibscriber cost. Our power costs were far lower before the previous government started allowing private power producers build small hydro and wind farms and sell to the grid. It costs the government (us) more to buy this power than to generate at our own facilities but now that the private power generators were built and previous government signed a 30 year purchase deal we are stuck buying power at over double the cost to produce it on the government's own infrastructure so guess who pays for it. That's right rate payers. Before all this private power came on line we had the cheapest electricity in the world. Its still pretty cheap compared to most places but it was dirt cheap till about 15 years ago. How cheap? 0.06 per kwh flat rate. At that price people left things running 24/7. Here it is all hydroelectric so costs to produce is very low. If only the bc liberals had not approved the private power producers 20 years ago. That was one of the biggest drivers of the higher costs. So much for competition.
Why I won't live in Canada. My power bill is 130 bucks/month. And I live in Florida. It's hot. And never snows. My central heat and air unit runs 24/7 dude.
Our power here is actually cheaper per kwh than pretty much anywhere in north America. I use alot if power. Big house and everything is electric. Heat, ac, hot water. 2 electric cars. Our rates went up after the Enron scandal where they bought a bunch of power and they didn't pay for it so it was spread out among rate payers. Once the time of day billing comes into effect my bill will probably be 150 a month because the bulk of my power will be at .03 per kwh where as now it is .14 thanks to the previous government that brought in private power producers and paid them 3x what the public system was charging. They were so bloody corrupt it isn't funny.
@@che1602 it used to be the cheapest in the world. 0.06kwh. Even at the 0.084 it is today at the first tier it's good but that is only for first 1300kwh used over 2 month billing cycle. Then it jumos to 0.145 per kwh for the balance of the month. In a 2500 sq ft house with 2 electric cars, electric heat/ac, electric hit water and a hot tub in the back yard (that is currently turned off due to the cost to run it) the bill gets out of hand during heat waves and cold snaps. Now remember I am not wasting 500 a month buying gas for the car as many are. I just filled my work truck up. 78 litres was 150.00. My 2 cars contribute about 50 s month maximum to the power bill as I charge at home. Once time of day pricing cones into effect I will be charging my cars at 0.03 per kwh as opposed to 0.145 which is what it costs more for the bulk of the billing cycle.
Hindsight is 20/20 (The old cliche') People don't think far into the future. And throw away things and regret it later. Nice machine. Never had a DAT machine, I am fascinated by "less common" electronics. I mean, I don't know anyone personally that had one.
My neighbour is an old music artist with lots of back catalogue stuff that he's resurrecting.... 90% of his DAT collection has become corrupted in storage. Apparently it just happens. Countless hours of work over decades, disappeared. All his 1/4" reels are pretty much perfect.
@@peterlarkin762 none of my DAT tapes have failed. Perhaps his dat recorder failed. Not saying the tapes can't fail, they can as they are metal like 8mm and BETACAM SP tapes. They can go moldy if stored incorrectly. As to 1/4" most of mine have gone SSS and are unplayable. Sure I can bake them to get a single play to digitize but there is nothing important enough to go through the hassle. Just old music my dad recorded back in the 60s and 70s.
AC in spring and summer should be a good reason to install some solar panels. At least during daytime you can reduce your bill quite a lot - even in Canada.. Oh, and 1kWh here is about 35 cents...
@@12voltvids Well, prices have come down in the last few years. If you don't spend money on a battery - which is still very expensive - and actually use the electricity your solar panel produces (either by running lots of computers or air conditioning, etc.), then solar panels can pay for themselves in 3-5 years - at least here in Europe, with a very high cost per kWh. But it for sure depends on local regulations (about feed into the grid etc.) and the price per kWh. Simple mini systems (~800Wp with 2 panels) became quite cheap and can reduce the bill during the day - if you actually consume the power your panels produce and don't just send the power to the grid. Systems with a battery are still totally overpriced, but new technologies (with eg. sodium based batteries) may help in the near future.
In the Netherlands we have one of the coolest/coldest spring in years, so our warm air is hiding in western canada 😁 Energy prices are awfully high in europe due to the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Electricity here is relatively cheap however when you have a relatively large house and everything is electric, the consumption is high. Average consumption here is 100KWh per day! Average small house usage might be about 1350 / month. Mone more like 5000/month. 2 Electric cars and a bunch of electronic devices here like heat and AC, Hot tub, hot water heater ect. Now I don't spend much of gasoline for the car because 99% or my driving is electric. My car is a plug in hybrid and I can go an entire year on 30 litres of liquid fire.
@@martijnappeldoorn8686 when the AC gets going it will probably be 130 a day! Remember I am charging 2 EVs at home. They will use an average 25 between the 2 for commuting.
Well here it is not uncommon to use 100KWh a day. Yesterday was a 100.4KWh day and the air conditioning has not even been turned on yet. 8c per KWH is acceptable, but when it goes to .14 2 weeks into an 8 week billing cycle it gets expensive. Time of day billing when it goes down to 4c will be a godsend. Can't wait.
Just love the info on what's going on there. Comparing electrical price to south african prices...were payin about 3 times more than you over there. And the best is we're on rolling blackouts for up to 11 hours a day. As for the truck drivers...over here they don't fool around...usually they take out multiple cars and sadly it causes several fatalities. Keep safe and thanks for all the videos.
Really interesting topics today Dave. Here too in Ireland, heat pumps and geothermal solutions were put into lot's of homes, hotels etc. Heat pumps only work really well once the house is completely sealed... Well this wasn't done in lots of cases. So people are paying huge bills now while regretting the install and realising they need to reinsulate their house. Not as bad as UK where power companies were, literally, breaking into poor peoples houses if they couldnt afford the bill, so that a coin pay device could be installed.
Just started watching and I already know you fixed it well, after your description of the problem. I've seen how you do with the relays. I bet you pulled it off the board and cleaned it and possilbly bent some metal back to form. Well - there is only one way to find out. Cool, cool.
No, I changed the 2 capacitors that create the problem.
@@12voltvids Juuuuust finished the video right now. Indeed! Nice!
Slick fix Dave. I am surprised that the small can caps went bad but none of the caps on the other boards bombed out. Here in Texas, I subscribed to Green Mountain Energy and am on a program which provides free electric on weekends....Fri eve at 8PM till Sunday night. Naturally, I do most of my cooking, cleaning and air conditioning after 8 PM Friday.....party time. Drive safe fellow cycle motorhead.
Believe me I am hopeful this time time of day billing gets approved. Previous government scared the seniors telling them their coats would go up.
30’s a bit high for May, but I recall last year it was wet for moths and a slow ride out of winter- then heatwave! We couldn’t wait for the rain to come. This is UK, much of the Forrest in southern Europe burned, not fun. DAT MACHINE- I ve never had one. Something else I bet I end up purchasing off eBay. Thanks Dave!
My personal audio nightmare. After a few trips to the shop, I gave it away. Sony messed up big time here. RIP
Hi. Great video. I have the same problem on my 57ES, a european version, and this board have 6 capasitors. 5 pcs with 22 6.3v and one 4.7 35 v. So replace them all ? Best regards Esben Denmark
Had one 75ES with the exact problem and sold it for $50…. Too bad this video wasn’t there by then…
Hi, what is supposed to change if you adjusted those two variable resistors on the RF board? On a similar model, DTC-A7, I twisted mine way to the left and the right. I didn't hear any change, but I didn't have a scope hooked up. Still get the nagging feeling that I should not have touched them for the sake of it.
I think energy bills are going mental everywhere. Here in the UK I'm paying about the same as you £550 - £600 per month for gas and elec and we don't have air con and that cost is with government help and capping by the regulation bodies we have. It's set to rise again in June when the government assistance ends. I'm not saying the UK has it as bad as many other countries but it's up there. Our diesel and petrol (gas) prices seem to be falling a little. It was £1.80 a litre for diesel but now it's coming down averaging £1.58 a litre, some garages are cheaper. I would have an electric car but the cost to buy one and then find places to charge it put me off at the moment. Eagle pictures looked good with the crow buzzing it. I wasn't expecting that in the middle of a DAT repair LOL 🤣
Gas price is 1.88 litre as of today. Not as crazy as it was last year when it hit 2.50/l. Diesel is higher. I pay little attention these days though unitil my bike is on the road. Harley's pass everything except for gas stations.
Here in Finland in my town 10-day forecast shows peak temperature 16 degrees. I pay about 38euro/month from electricity troughout the year. In Finland you can select from large variety of electrical companies, ask them an offer, they each have their own pricing system/systems/options.
Here the electric supplier is government owned. Prior government came up with this plan to encourage conservation. They brought in this unfair 2 step pricing.
@@12voltvids Also known as a monopoly. Bad for the people.
@@joannebattye263
No. Cable TV and telephone service was far cheaper when each company operated independently. I worked for the cable co back in 1981. I remember the owner going on tv to explain the costs and why deregulation was bad. 1 company has 100% of customer base. 2 companies, roughly 50% will jump ship. The fixed costs for each company being the same revenue is 50% with each company. To maintain a profit margin that will allow the company to operate each company needs to charge a higher fee.
When cell phones first came out there were 2 companies in Canada. One was owned by local exchange carrier (LEC) and the other a private company. People cried for more competition. Now we have 4 national carriers and 6 5 or 6 sub brands. Did our rates go down? No they went up. Fewer customers with the same fixed costs to operate network means higher pervsibscriber cost.
Our power costs were far lower before the previous government started allowing private power producers build small hydro and wind farms and sell to the grid. It costs the government (us) more to buy this power than to generate at our own facilities but now that the private power generators were built and previous government signed a 30 year purchase deal we are stuck buying power at over double the cost to produce it on the government's own infrastructure so guess who pays for it. That's right rate payers. Before all this private power came on line we had the cheapest electricity in the world. Its still pretty cheap compared to most places but it was dirt cheap till about 15 years ago. How cheap? 0.06 per kwh flat rate. At that price people left things running 24/7. Here it is all hydroelectric so costs to produce is very low. If only the bc liberals had not approved the private power producers 20 years ago. That was one of the biggest drivers of the higher costs. So much for competition.
Two questions: Shouldn't the electrolite that leaked on the board be cleaned off? Have truck drivers gotten worse or were they always as reckless?
It's dry now. Not going to hurt anything. Wetting the board to clean is asking for trouble.
Seems that lately they have gotten worse.
You're level 11!!! :) I just appreciate it, if you understand well enough.
Hi nice repair :) What was the music you tested after repair ?
Musicbakery.com
Hi, I have an 57ES same issue, changed the caps with no result, music is cutting with relay clicking, is there something I can check next?
Why I won't live in Canada. My power bill is 130 bucks/month. And I live in Florida. It's hot. And never snows. My central heat and air unit runs 24/7 dude.
Our power here is actually cheaper per kwh than pretty much anywhere in north America.
I use alot if power. Big house and everything is electric. Heat, ac, hot water. 2 electric cars. Our rates went up after the Enron scandal where they bought a bunch of power and they didn't pay for it so it was spread out among rate payers. Once the time of day billing comes into effect my bill will probably be 150 a month because the bulk of my power will be at .03 per kwh where as now it is .14 thanks to the previous government that brought in private power producers and paid them 3x what the public system was charging. They were so bloody corrupt it isn't funny.
As a european, power would actually be cheaper in Canada. Regardless, I’d choose Canada any day, anyway.
@@che1602 it used to be the cheapest in the world. 0.06kwh. Even at the 0.084 it is today at the first tier it's good but that is only for first 1300kwh used over 2 month billing cycle. Then it jumos to 0.145 per kwh for the balance of the month. In a 2500 sq ft house with 2 electric cars, electric heat/ac, electric hit water and a hot tub in the back yard (that is currently turned off due to the cost to run it) the bill gets out of hand during heat waves and cold snaps. Now remember I am not wasting 500 a month buying gas for the car as many are. I just filled my work truck up. 78 litres was 150.00. My 2 cars contribute about 50 s month maximum to the power bill as I charge at home. Once time of day pricing cones into effect I will be charging my cars at 0.03 per kwh as opposed to 0.145 which is what it costs more for the bulk of the billing cycle.
Great work Dave
Which roll of wick you using Dave?
Just saw it, thanks.
Nice videos. Do you have also some recommendation how to check correct back tension on supply reel in DAT without a meter? Thanks in advance
Nope need backtension tape. Good luck finding one. I don't have one, they were redoncoulously expensive
Hindsight is 20/20 (The old cliche')
People don't think far into the future. And throw away things and regret it later.
Nice machine. Never had a DAT machine, I am fascinated by "less common" electronics. I mean, I don't know anyone personally that had one.
I simply love the dat format myself. Have hundreds of tapes and no fewer than 9 dat decks plus 2 more that i gave away.
My neighbour is an old music artist with lots of back catalogue stuff that he's resurrecting.... 90% of his DAT collection has become corrupted in storage. Apparently it just happens. Countless hours of work over decades, disappeared. All his 1/4" reels are pretty much perfect.
@@peterlarkin762 none of my DAT tapes have failed. Perhaps his dat recorder failed. Not saying the tapes can't fail, they can as they are metal like 8mm and BETACAM SP tapes. They can go moldy if stored incorrectly. As to 1/4" most of mine have gone SSS and are unplayable. Sure I can bake them to get a single play to digitize but there is nothing important enough to go through the hassle. Just old music my dad recorded back in the 60s and 70s.
In Arkansas turned my air conditioner on last night...didn't work... bought a windows unit today just for my bedroom.
AC in spring and summer should be a good reason to install some solar panels. At least during daytime you can reduce your bill quite a lot - even in Canada.. Oh, and 1kWh here is about 35 cents...
A 30,000 panel would save me about 5.00 a day in full sun. That's a long payback. Now if the 30,000 panel was free then sign me up.
@@12voltvids Well, prices have come down in the last few years. If you don't spend money on a battery - which is still very expensive - and actually use the electricity your solar panel produces (either by running lots of computers or air conditioning, etc.), then solar panels can pay for themselves in 3-5 years - at least here in Europe, with a very high cost per kWh.
But it for sure depends on local regulations (about feed into the grid etc.) and the price per kWh. Simple mini systems (~800Wp with 2 panels) became quite cheap and can reduce the bill during the day - if you actually consume the power your panels produce and don't just send the power to the grid.
Systems with a battery are still totally overpriced, but new technologies (with eg. sodium based batteries) may help in the near future.
@@hermannschaefer4777 I'm not talking about batteries, just grid tie. Payback here is estimated 20 years which is the life of the system.
In the Netherlands we have one of the coolest/coldest spring in years, so our warm air is hiding in western canada 😁
Energy prices are awfully high in europe due to the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Electricity here is relatively cheap however when you have a relatively large house and everything is electric, the consumption is high. Average consumption here is 100KWh per day!
Average small house usage might be about 1350 / month. Mone more like 5000/month. 2 Electric cars and a bunch of electronic devices here like heat and AC, Hot tub, hot water heater ect.
Now I don't spend much of gasoline for the car because 99% or my driving is electric. My car is a plug in hybrid and I can go an entire year on 30 litres of liquid fire.
@@12voltvids
100kwh a day?, i used 213kwh in a month (last month) but live in small appartement
@@martijnappeldoorn8686 when the AC gets going it will probably be 130 a day! Remember I am charging 2 EVs at home. They will use an average 25 between the 2 for commuting.
I have one...hell I might wind up sending it to you for repair.
Lol moaning about 8c per kWh, if only 😂, in the U.K. it’s 50c per kWh, people having to choose between heating and eating
Well here it is not uncommon to use 100KWh a day.
Yesterday was a 100.4KWh day and the air conditioning has not even been turned on yet.
8c per KWH is acceptable, but when it goes to .14 2 weeks into an 8 week billing cycle it gets expensive. Time of day billing when it goes down to 4c will be a godsend. Can't wait.