Well done on avoiding the rabbit hole. I fixed a PS5 yesterday that was supposed to be just a simple HDMI port swap. It had 5 different faults that took it to a three hour repair.
I shall probably jinx myself now, but I have an AOC L32W551T 32" CCFL that I bought new in 2007 for £325 that is still going strong. Non SMART (of course) and used just as a slave monitor for a VirginMedia cable tv box.
I have an HP bench multimeter I can't let go of, I think it's the long multi-purpose switches, that's a lot of desoldering, then put it into the ultrasonic cleaner, and back a lot more soldering, I've been putting it off but really want to get it done at the same time.
RE: "we just don't let them go".... I have a handful of things I trot out once a year and give them another GO! I really think it's a sickness. And "let them go" seems like a much better plan. But I do feel there is a chance that at least one of those items still has a chance at working Just saying. Thank you for the video
Ive had a couple of ccfl tvs with no backlight where the problem was bad connection to the lamps , i always take them apart and check the contacts just incase its that and not the lamps themselves, i also keep a few tubes from smashed tvs which has saved a few of these tellies from landfill
Your a good guy trying to save stuff from landfill, it's such a shame that the manufacturers don't make the boards available and say £30 per board . I'm a appliance repair man and I can repair most things but the electronic control boards I can repair some problems but if I have to replace the board's it's very expensive , can be £150 for a bard , totally rediculus. More landfill
I think just swap it with one from your lockup. You can do the LED conversion later, but it looks like it needs a new main board due to its poor condition. You can use it for parts - create a Frankenstein TV.
You need to be careful taking all these to the recycling centre unless you have a licence to carry waste, as business you shouldn't take waste to the general recycling depots. Years ago (30) we had to stop taking the occasional unreparable TV to the local dump as they were tightening up and we had to get a licence for waste carriage. Of course you may have an arrangement in place.
It's nuts. People are giving away TVs and computers on Facebook marketplace. Repair shops are of days gone by. Hobbyist shops I guess will hover around.
You said we all fallen for the led tv con, well I havent, I never bought a new tv. ;#} I am using a 10 yr old asus 24" monitor I bought new for£112 so I think I win that one.
I changed a keyboard in an old Acer laptop that was worth almost nothing - everything had to be removed to get at the thing, some connectors part failing along the way, but I was not going to be beaten by it. Job done... then there was a software problem as it had reset itself and demanded a Windows bootdrive rather than lInux which needed hours on Google to find a way around it. I would not have bothered except I got the keyboard for a tenner from Aliexpress before looking into how much work was involved and felt it was bad luck not to use it. So u did well not to delve too deeply into a TV that was not worth much.
First test tube with known good inverter from other TV. Or test this inverter with known good tube. If tube is OK you will see is there picture on panel. Some older Samsung panels had very bad picture quality that LED conversion will be wasting time
Yes, an LED conversion would be interesting to watch👍
Well done on avoiding the rabbit hole. I fixed a PS5 yesterday that was supposed to be just a simple HDMI port swap. It had 5 different faults that took it to a three hour repair.
A stumbled upon you, I don't know what you are doing, but I find it all fascinating and all presented in a calm and measured way.
@@minijms1 I have no idea what I’m doing either.
LED conversion would be very very interesting to see 🙂
Your not far off, I'm 60.
I shall probably jinx myself now, but I have an AOC L32W551T 32" CCFL that I bought new in 2007 for £325 that is still going strong. Non SMART (of course) and used just as a slave monitor for a VirginMedia cable tv box.
Oh yes please, would luv to see that converted to LED. 👍
I have an HP bench multimeter I can't let go of, I think it's the long multi-purpose switches, that's a lot of desoldering, then put it into the ultrasonic cleaner, and back a lot more soldering, I've been putting it off but really want to get it done at the same time.
RE: "we just don't let them go".... I have a handful of things I trot out once a year and give them another GO! I really think it's a sickness. And "let them go" seems like a much better plan. But I do feel there is a chance that at least one of those items still has a chance at working Just saying. Thank you for the video
Ive had a couple of ccfl tvs with no backlight where the problem was bad connection to the lamps , i always take them apart and check the contacts just incase its that and not the lamps themselves, i also keep a few tubes from smashed tvs which has saved a few of these tellies from landfill
Nice project for leds when you get quieter Allen 😊 thanks for the video 😊
Swap it like you said.
The repair TVs board looks like it should be in landfill.
Your a good guy trying to save stuff from landfill, it's such a shame that the manufacturers don't make the boards available and say £30 per board . I'm a appliance repair man and I can repair most things but the electronic control boards I can repair some problems but if I have to replace the board's it's very expensive , can be £150 for a bard , totally rediculus. More landfill
I think just swap it with one from your lockup. You can do the LED conversion later, but it looks like it needs a new main board due to its poor condition. You can use it for parts - create a Frankenstein TV.
You need to be careful taking all these to the recycling centre unless you have a licence to carry waste, as business you shouldn't take waste to the general recycling depots. Years ago (30) we had to stop taking the occasional unreparable TV to the local dump as they were tightening up and we had to get a licence for waste carriage. Of course you may have an arrangement in place.
Oi mate u got a loicence for that
After working at a recycling centre I can tell you they are a joke and really just a glorified dump.
I live in Australia we can take as much as we like to the recycle centre,we don’t have to have TV licences either
It's nuts. People are giving away TVs and computers on Facebook marketplace. Repair shops are of days gone by. Hobbyist shops I guess will hover around.
You said we all fallen for the led tv con, well I havent, I never bought a new tv.
;#}
I am using a 10 yr old asus 24" monitor I bought new for£112 so I think I win that one.
I changed a keyboard in an old Acer laptop that was worth almost nothing - everything had to be removed to get at the thing, some connectors part failing along the way, but I was not going to be beaten by it. Job done... then there was a software problem as it had reset itself and demanded a Windows bootdrive rather than lInux which needed hours on Google to find a way around it. I would not have bothered except I got the keyboard for a tenner from Aliexpress before looking into how much work was involved and felt it was bad luck not to use it. So u did well not to delve too deeply into a TV that was not worth much.
would love to see a tube to led conversion video.
The pcb looks like something from CRTs 20 or 30 years ago - typically cheap Korean.
If you can earn more per hour stacking shelves you're undercharging.
Like all your kids allen keep em coming thank you
Was the 24V missing (he says, pretending I know anything about TVs)?
Can't you take the CFL panel out and stick a torch behind there just to see if it actually works before you take on a conversion?
@@Comfortzone99 Did you not watch the video ? We showed an image.
@@allenfleckney5969 Woops yes I was only viewing on a small screen.
£50 a days beer money? Good God, how much is a pint in the UK these days? 🍻
First test tube with known good inverter from other TV. Or test this inverter with known good tube. If tube is OK you will see is there picture on panel. Some older Samsung panels had very bad picture quality that LED conversion will be wasting time
Not worth led conversion. More hassle than it's worth.
More E_Waste for your local tip.
👏👏👏👍
Nice video 👍
Bin it