A Problem With The Welding Inverter Repaired. Model Handy Stick 180

welding machine repair

My brother brought his welding machine for repair. He explained the problem; as he was powering up the welder the earth leakage keeps tripping.

trip welder

He had this machine for almost 15 years and although it looks beat up and old it is still doing what is supposed to do.

I powered up the machine and as I pushed the power button, the earth leakage in my shop was tripped as my brother explained earlier. I did not do any welding with it, just plug in the power cord and push the power button on.

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A Dead Digital Soldering Iron Bought Back To Life

digital soldering iron repair

A computer technician who has a store nearby brought this digital soldering iron for repair. He said that it suddenly went dead. He opened it to see if something was wrong but he could not find anything according to him.

digital soldering iron repair

The guy bought this on the net for cheap and he was not willing to spend any money on it because he could buy another one and will cost less than the actual repair. Read More

Doorbell Repaired

doorbell repair

After reaching home I have pushed my door bell switch but no one is opening the door as I can hear some children’s playing noise from inside I waited outside but there is no response from inside. So I knocked door from outside and after waiting for some time they opened the door after entering in the home and just for confirm again I have ring a bell but it is not ringing.

So first I have refreshed myself and after some time of relaxing I have started troubleshooting the bell. First I have checked doorbell switch for working found ok so I removed the doorbell from the wall for the diagnosis. Read More

ACER Laptop Power Adapter Repaired

ACER Laptop Power Adapter Repaired

Received Laptop adapter for repair stating problem that laptop battery is not charging through this adapter but using another laptop’s adapter it is working.

Initial visual inspection stating me that someone has opened the unit earlier also because I found electrical tape wounded on it and also plastic was damaged on edges so I have opened the adapter for inspection.

Opening the adapter I found someone has made some improvement in the adapter yes this adapter does not comes with LED indicator in it and someone has fixed the SMD LED indicator using one SMD resistor on 19V Dc output section to get visual indication for adapter working. Read More

A Shorted Bike Battery Charger Repaired. Model: SSLG084V42

A bus driver and a friend of mine brought me this charger for repair. When I powered up the charger, the stand by light did not come on for some reason. I decided to open the charger and find out why it was not working. Let us begin.

power supply repair

It was very clear that it was repaired before because of the outside electrical tape wrapped around the charger.

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