Toshiba SA7150 No Sound Left Channel

The beast is back with a new problem

[@SiCkDiAbLo]

To think how many went to the landfill, with a simple resistor repair...Great Job!

[@Pyridox]

You can't beat some of these old receivers from the 70's & 80's. I still have my old Marantz.

[@afzaalkhan.m]

Very Nicely diagnosed .

[@MrTopsoil911]

Great work as usual. I watched every vid u have. And watched over and over. Keep em coming

[@kennethrichter24]

I could have used your knowledge back when I worked in consumer electronics. You are the best!

[@Zone1242]

Nice fix! Love this older kit - fully agree nothing is like it these days. Cheers, John

[@robinsattahip2376]

Nice repair, what an optimist, reassembling it almost completely before testing. Thanks

[@frankscarano4708]

That receiver is beautiful! Awesome amp section!!!!

[@12voltvids]

It is alright. Wish it was mine. I have an equally nice receiver, perhaps even nicer. A sansui 9090Db with Dolby FM! That is a rare beast, that goes for about 1,300.00 these days on the used market. I will overhaul it some day. I'm putting it off as I don't want a hernia lifting the beast! (that and the fact that it works fine except for noisy switches and controls)

[@mistermarcel22]

Beautiefull receiver just a pleasure to watch and listen..

[@donald1056]

45 years old and still playing - amazing !!!!

[@12voltvids]

+Donald Ellett My McIntosh is over 50 and it still works. Has developed an intermittent popping sound in 1 channel, I guess one of the old tubes is starting to go, or a capacitor is going south. One of these days I will put it up on the bench. Not a super high priority right now as I am not using it. I have a modern tube amp that sounds superior for music to the old one just due to better, higher tolerance resistors and capacitors, so I use that amp (A Yaquin FYI) for my CD player and turn table.

[@magnushederstjerna5975]

Many thanks for the video! As soon as you mentioned the little preamp jumper jumper on the back i knew that was why my amp didnt have any left channel! :)

[@TwoGunz2008]

Really love your videos. I have watched loads of them and I am amazed how you can just identify circuits so fast, also I shit myself when the bang happened then laughed. Keep up the nice videos there amazing.

[@MrTopsoil911]

That receiver is a huge beast!!!

[@jmcgatkinson]

A fine presentation there. It seems sometimes high value carbon film resistors go much higher in value after much use.. In the days of tubes, there may be a 1 Megohm resistor going to, say, 50 Megohm, which has a significant effect.. With faults of this type, you have the benefit of reading the color code to ascertain the correct value.. I like the idea of a link from the 'tone and volume' stage to the power stage... The Akai AM UO3 stereo amplifier has this too... I use it to connect a remote control Digital radio, with Bluetooth directly to the power stage...

[@affzaal]

superb diagnostics .and explaination of faults.

[@resynthesizer4565]

Nice troubleshooting. And the unit itself is a beast. That toroidal and the caps are huge. Love the modularity.

[@12voltvids]

Been trying to buy that unit for years from its owner. He got it for free but won't sell, and the kicker is he's definitely one here so he can't even hear stereo.

[@jcarlson2727]

My dad, now 80, had an old receiver sitting at home - one day it stopped working so he replaced it with newer tech, but couldn't bring himself to toss it, so it just sat, for years. I found it and using videos like these was able to repair it... lucky me, a G9000 in mint shape 😁. Turns out he was a Sansui dealer back in the day. My aunt has a 9090 that I hope will find its way to me at some point also.

[@12voltvids]

My dad had a mcintosh 1600. Mine now. I also have a sansui 9090

[@jcarlson2727]

@@12voltvids classic!

[@3dmaxuser]

Even if some of it is as old as me I do love this old kit :) great videos , thanks for posting

[@davidgriffin79]

Excellent problem solving; well done.

[@nickv4073]

Vintage Toshiba units are very under rated. I have two that are practically bullet proof.

[@campfire53]

Wow. Great job! You sure do know your stuff.

[@Manny2211]

That’s an awesome receiver I used have the smaller one and restored and sold it on eBay I being repairing and restoring vintage audio equipment

[@VintageElectronicsGeek]

Great job as always!

[@jefferyeng8615]

Very clear explanation. Thanks.

[@DavidSmith-dm8ew]

When I heard that loud crash i looked for smoke! LOL

[@afzaalkhan.m]

Another excellent diagnoses .fault Nicely elaborated

[@jimmytonog4252]

Very good job! You have fixed it well! I hope i can also find somebody to repair my Sansui AU-D33 Integrated Amplifier. Mostly of the electronics products now are made in China and are all disposable.

[@mango3586]

love your videos my friend .

[@stephanwerick5495]

Terrific Demo ..Great work.

[@adrieanphillip2620]

l have noticed you are a good technician you quickly identify the problem. l have also a Toshiba SY330 /SC330 and the left channel makes a bad sound when you lower the volume. The is like an old tele that has lost a signal

[@12voltvids]

+Adriean Phillip Scratching sound? Perhaps your volume control is dirty. Of you could have a noisy transistor.

[@adrieanphillip2620]

Thanks for the the quick response and are you in the uk so that l can forward my toshiba for servicing

[@12voltvids]

+Adriean Phillip Oh I am just across the pond in Canada.

[@mlbabineaux]

Man.. .That Toshiba is a beast !

[@12voltvids]

Well you will get to see it again as it just came in today for a tuner memory problem.

[@koffibanan3099]

Another cool repair! It would've taken me hours before I would be going after that resistor, I just always assume they will be fine. (I'm 23 and just starting to fix electronic equipment, I really enjoy watching a skilled and very knowledgeable person do these 'uneconomical' repairs. Absolutely hate the throwaway mentality, let's hope things will change!

[@12voltvids]

+Koffi Banan That resistor was the second part I tested after removing the board. It wasn't just luck either, as soon as I determined that the repay coil was not open (as that happens) I checked the transistor array (that black part that looked like a SIP IC, but what makes it different it that it is only a transistor array without internal resistors and other circuitry) for shorts. None found I started looking at the support componets.

[@itbsection8980]

Thank you so much for the laughs on the scare situation!... LOLOLOlololol

[@shackob.9607]

Al chingazo.. great video.

[@Hi-Tech-Ray]

Panasonic PV1100 and PV1200 were great VCRs back in the day!

[@toomanyprojectstx]

i love these videos !

[@extremelocura]

Very informative video. thank you

[@johnschroeder6288]

You make it look SO easy! Tnx.

[@12voltvids]

+John Schroeder When you have been working on electronics as long as I have, it is simple. At least this stuff is. 32+ years as an electronics tech. 20 at a warranty depot for Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Mitsubishi and RCA. Its a dying industry, but a few of us dinosaurs stick with it, but not to making a living today. Couldn't if I wanted to. Throw away society, but some good old pieces such as this are still being serviced.

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

And exactly this is what makes me angry.Today you are not buying electronic stuff but you are paying just to rent them for a specific period with a preset expiration date.And in the effort for even lower prices in the appliances they dont have even spare parts to use to the so called authorized service centers and find cheaper just to replace the appliance as long the warranty period is being valid.

[@stevew3978]

Great video, 18:36 was icing on the cake.

[@Jason-wc3fh]

I sold this same unit for $150 years ago. It had a faulty channel. It was quite a monster in its day. I believe it was a $1200 receiver in the 70's. At 150w rms, it was something.

[@service1956]

I have seen that the amplifier still had the original "Marcon" filter capacitors that are working on borrowed time. And yes, all audio equipment were made very good back then. Especially the Sansui, Pioneer, and Marantz brands in my opinion and in that order were the best made in Japan.

[@12voltvids]

+service1956 If it was mine I would be re-capping it, but it isn't. When I gave him the bill for this repair he whined and complained, I can't imagine the whining and complaining I would have git if I even suggested he spend a dollar more on it.

[@moses1202]

I’ve purchased some old Marcon capacitors in Ishikawacho, I thought nos parts are also good especially made in Japan. But I didn’t realize what I bought was “capacitor”, it leaks really hard when charged even within spec. I took me very very long dealing with strange volume curve on pot until found that it was failed capacitor.

[@yeuamnhaclichsu.4579]

Very good. TKS YOU!

[@kwils6685]

I like to get the service manual for whatever it is you're fixing and follow along or maybe try and figure out what might be wrong. I must say the service manual for this Toshiba is probably the best I've ever seen. Now I'll have to get one for your Sansui. Was just on eBay and someone is parting out a 9090 so if you needed any switches or controls maybe take a look. Another great fix! Thanks

[@12voltvids]

Mine is. 9090D and it is fully functional other than light bulbs on the radio dial.

[@kwils6685]

@@12voltvids Thanks I was wondering which one you might have after I saw service manuals for 9090, 9090D and 9090DB. Glad to hear your Sansui is ready to rock. Can I ask if we will see the LuxKit A3400 again, or maybe I shouldn't ask? Have a good day.

[@12voltvids]

@@kwils6685 mine is the 9090db Dolby FM. Yes the luxkit will be featured again when I get off my ass and work on it. Been very busy and have still don't have a schematics.

[@tough213]

What a beauty they definetly dont make them like this you must have a warehouse of great and vintage gear enjoy be safe and careful out there and thank you for the great videos

[@12voltvids]

This isn't mine. I have a few pieces but nothing like this.

[@tough213]

@@12voltvids well you always surprise me every time you post a new video everything is great and everything you touch turns to gold and is brand new I am still trying to fix my teac a1200u it had been redesigned on the power board no fuses as well as only one switch for the break solenoid my e is [e-mail] if you dont mind corresponding I would really appreciate it thank you for your time and be safe aand love the videos

[@michaelscott2379]

Your neighbors must love you

[@geojor]

thank you for this...

[@gordonwinje1978]

great video i have an old receiver from that same time frame mine is the old hitachi sr 2004 very heavy it still works have it hooked up to 2 sony grand 7 speackers from the same time frame with a new onkyo and a sony cd player the only thing that i would like to do is clean the volume control and the other controls they are just staticy thats all but she still has lots of power and you are right sir they dont make them like they used to i also have 3 older sony receivers as well still work once again thank you for a great video i watch them all the time that one with the water main that broke was really good but that happens once again thank you

[@12voltvids]

Just did 2 old Marantz receivers today. Videos soon.

[@EastAngliaUK]

that a big beast there.

[@Mikeywil0003]

18:35 I thought some component of the receiver failed violently.

[@area51junkyard]

Mikey ROFL. That was too funny

[@faithless8888]

Lucky nothing fell on the unit!! :-)

[@markmarkofkane8167]

I thought he got shocked.

[@jonneville2287]

The worst time for that to happen - just when you switch on a mega amp after fiddling around, hoping you don't hear a pop, with lots of smoke. I'd jump through the roof if it was me.

[@Cheezwizzz]

Awesome 😎

[@navpers4764]

I noticed the relay pin didn't have any solder on it....lol I was screaming .....that pin needs solder :) Your video`s crack me up .....lol scared the bejesus out of me when you were cranking on the volume and something fell.....lol Awesome job as always .

[@12voltvids]

+Navpers 47 Yes I know I left it open to see how many would catch it.My but set fell off the shelf about 9 feet in the air and whacked me on the head on the way down. Have a nice shiner today.

[@navpers4764]

+12voltvidsSorry so long getting back to ya . Glad your okay .....lol

[@12voltvids]

+Navpers 47 Next video I will shoot it with my motorcycle helmet on!

[@electronicshelpcare]

nice video

[@cmj20002]

I think these were made by Technics and those were made by Panasonic. Kinda strange the way they had a brand that made many different units for other companies. I remember MCS, I really liked their components. I believe they were Technics as well. Nice to see a nice old beast of a receiver back up and running again. As you said they were made to last.

[@fgtujhxf85]

Can't wait to see betamax videos!

[@patrickdube6844]

Nice video! Always impressive to see people knowing good old electronics like you! I have a 1977 Toshiba SA-320 in pretty good condition except for the right channel. It's lower than left channel and it making noise... Probably a recap job but I didn't found any information or video about it. Do you have an hint for me? Thanks a lot!

[@gyrgrls]

What a rats-nest wiring job inside that Toshiba!

[@arthurhazar3150]

Thx Sir it was realy helpful

[@DLiberator78]

Those capacitors are huge! Did they require discharging? A great video and very informative. That amplifier was well built, they certainly knew how to make robust electronics back in the 70's even if they did weigh a ton. Well done getting this working again glad that it was only a resistor that needed replacement and nothing too major.

[@12voltvids]

+DLiberator78 Those caps can hold a good charge, but the voltage is not that high. 45 - 55 volts each, so 90-110 volta DC potential difference between the + and - rails. Saying that, they store enough energy to blow the tip off a screw driver if you discharge them with a dead short. They do discharge relatively quickly though after power is shut off, because the circuits are still powered by them, and this will discharge them within a few seconds. If they were isolated from the load by a relay that cut power to the circuit when AC was removed they would hold their charge for quite awhile, but that isn't the case. The relays cut the speakers, and let the caps discharge through the circuitry. That is the reason for the speaker relays, so that as the caps discharge there wouldn't be DC voltage sent to the speakers caused by voltage imbalance between the + and - supplies as the power supplies discharged.

[@DLiberator78]

Thank you for such a detailed response. You are a fountain of knowledge and I have learned a lot about electronic repairs from your channel. Keep up the great work. I love your videos.

[@Dan79istheman]

Good job!

[@tomaszstarling]

I still use a Panasonic RE-7644 am fm stereo 4ch amp to power my new Sony speakers, I think I was like four years old when it was made lol

[@Luke-12V]

Very good

[@ducklandwikeno]

Good job man

[@orkooliva1895]

Exelent.

[@umajunkcollector]

I had a Toshiba beta vcr, very nice. I used to wonder if Sanyo was Toshiba's cheap line? Either Sanyo or Toshiba made stuff for Fisher in the 80s. I've liked all the MIJ Toshiba stuff I've had through the years, including a very nice turntable and I still have a pair of 12" 3 way speaker systems. My led flat screen is T, no problems for many years. I think T was rebadged for some of Sears too. So you probably had to charge the customer at least one hour for a 2 cent resistor! My brother paid a tech about 300$ to recap and an IC chip in his T 36 CRT TV set. He said it was well worth it to him, although it was about 40$ for parts, that know how and labor was worthwhile to him, he really likes that 10+ year old TV set that weighs about 300#. I have a more basic model 36" T CRT set that I got at a junk store very cheap, fantastik TV. Many feel that Technics, Sony, JVC, etc. are better Jap rigs, but Toshiba is also better quality stuff, and often overlooked.

[@12voltvids]

+umajunkcollector Fisher used to be a quality American made brand. Then Sanyo bought the name, and things were never the same. Toshiba and Sanyo 2 completely different companies. Sanyo made a lot of semiconductors as did Toshiba. The top tier Japanese companies were Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi and Toshiba. Sanyo was a second tier (cheap) brand, and they made products for Sears, as did RCA.Panasonic used to make VCRs for RCA and then RCA changed to Hitachi.

[@MrTopsoil911]

i just brought back a Toshiba sa520 receiver back to life. replaced & restored caps and deox all the controls. was not working for 23yrs!!

[@clintmack2346]

Good video buddy. I need some help with a Sherwood S-32 Stereo Tuner. No output sound at all.

[@joeygonzo]

what a monster

[@desmondmooreart]

Great video. I'm having some issues with my not so spectacular Yamaha R-3 receiver the right speaker channel cuts in and out randomly. Any idea on how to I would go about fixing that? I tried cleaning all the pots with contact clearer still on luck. Reply

[@Elfnetdesigns]

I wish youtube existed 20 plus years ago and service people recorded their work so the customer could go back and watch the repair and know they were not being scammed. So many repair shops scammed people back then for hundreds of dollars over something simple like a line fuse blown.. The biggest scams were and are still today the automobile repair shops though..

[@12voltvids]

+ElfNet Gaming When I was in the business many would have called me a crook for charging 125 to re-solder the ground connections in all those Sony tuners., however the good offset the bad. There were many times when a tough dog would take hours and hours. I remember struggling with a Pioneer 70" projection set for about 9 hours the first time to find 1 cracked solder connection buried deep in the chassis. Now there is not way I could charge the customer for 9 hours @ 80.00 an hour. That would have been 720.00 in labour. So they were charged 150 for the repair, as was the next 30 or 40 of those sets I saw in the next year an a half that they were all failing. It only took 15 minutes to fix the fault once it was identified. Same went for all those Sony tuner failures. They took about 15 minutes to fix, but in the early days, before the fault was figured out, it was replace the tuner at a cost of 110 for the part and 80 for the labour.I even had one smart ass customer that wanted a break down on the cost because he got a bill for 150 to fix his TV. He went to the media, and they tried to set me up with a simple blown fuse. Of course the blown fuse trouble generated a 29.00 labour charge, the shop minimum. But when asked about the 150.00 for a broken solder connection, it was broken down as follows.Re-solder broken solder connection $5.00. Knowing which connection to reflow $145.00! There was no comeback for that. Also back when I made a living repairing electronics I did not share my knowledge with anyone, especially the guys that worked in the shop with me.Electronic service engineers, which is what we technically were, a technician would be what I would call my assistants, the guy that took the back off, and did minor things like replace belts and clean controls. I was working at an engineers capacity. I was the one that could read, and understand the schematic, and knew how the circuit worked. That is what put food on the table, and I wasn't about to show some noob the tricks of the trade, that had taken me so many years to learn. So we had to charge enough to earn a comfortable living, and pay the expenses of running a retail establishment.I am not in the business now, at least not as my main source of income. I work in a totally different industry now, but I still live in the same community that the shop was in, so many people know me, and still bring me stuff to fix.The purpose of these videos is to hopefully get people interested in this field, as they certainly don't teach it in school anymore, and the post secondary courses just don't exist anymore. At least they don't for consumer electronics.The little bit of beer money I make from KZbin doesn't hurt either.

[@Elfnetdesigns]

I work in IT and communications so most of my repair work is done out in the field at tower sites, I get the occasional radio in for repair here and there and I usually charge a flat rate plus parts. But the other radio shop across town just flat out gets away with highway robbery, charging $150 for a battery pack that costs $10 at dealer cost.. I understand mark-up but that is just insane.

[@12voltvids]

+ElfNet Gaming You want to talk rip off? Monster cables. That is a rip off.The shop I used to work for made a killing from monster cables, and the sales dept would convince people that a 150.00 cable that cost 14.00 dealer cost was going to make a difference in picture quality.I locked horns with the owner by telling a customer that their 3,500.00 DV cameras needed a new 600.00 digital board because the DV connector was ripped off the board from using one of those stiff monster cables as opposed to the 40.00 Sony cable. The customer cam storming in demanding the shop refund hos 150.00 for the cable and fix the camera for free. The boss was not happy with me for telling the truth, as he made a killing selling those stiff cables. Had a bunch of TVs get their HDMI connectors snapped off by those stiff boutique cables too. To this day people get ripped off on headphones, batteries and connection cables.

[@infinitecanadian]

Those capacitors are monstrously huge! Strange to have the transformer covered like that. You have 2 workshops? That's one in the garage, but where's the other one?

[@Inflec]

+infinitecanadian - The "cover" is for magnetic shielding--prevents 60 Hz hum from getting into the preamps and is an earmark of a well built unit.

[@WaybackTECH]

This Toshiba is like pornography for vintage audio lovers. Damn sweet receiver. Gotta keep the ol' girl running. I personally would have replaced the matching resistor on the other amp as well just for good measure since it also has the same amount of time on it. And yes, nothing today is made anywhere near this good, sound or build quality.

[@12voltvids]

+WaybackTECH If it was mine I probably would have, but this is owned by the cheapest SOB.I charged him 50 bucks for the repair and he whined and complained.Any shop that he would have gone to, it would have been minimum 90 just to take the top off it.

[@WaybackTECH]

12voltvids well I totally understand that, and those kinds of wonderful customers.

[@WaybackTECH]

***** I have no idea how you arrived to that conclusion but, ok whatever man.

[@WaybackTECH]

***** that I keep going and going with a when it is not economical to do so

[@WaybackTECH]

***** oh! ok ya i could have read into that wrong. I think there is a lot of these units that would qualify as being worth fixing if they were not technically worth the same amount, after all even if you got another one, it probably would eventually have the same problem anyway, and this older stuff just goes up in value too

[@Musicradio77Network]

This is the same exact model that “Shango066” did about a week ago and it was in poor shape, and it got busted since he first got it. One of the knobs are broken, and it has no power to come on. Great to see this bestie model back to like.

[@davemcdonald4267]

Not every unit I look at is a success. I just condemned a Marantz

[@maccoolmac5191]

If that resister was open there would be a burn mark. The relay coil lead was not soldered causing the problem.

[@2nd_Channel]

The right meter moves alittle when you power it on, like there are some DC or noise on the output?

[@janchristensen9858]

At 18:35 you made me for first time to laugh so much. You thought it blow 😂

[@janchristensen9858]

Is that some one laughing in the background? Sound like you not are alone 😂it must be funny to see you face when it happens

[@oliverlison]

Just out of curisosity: Do you also repair digital amps? Are they more difficult to repair? It seems so easy for you.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Whoever owns these behemoths are lucky.

[@JesemanuelRamirez]

I have a stereo amp that has one channel that is really quiet. I believe it's the left channel also. Could it be a similar problem as this one?

[@mendejakimoski6950]

Great video , Like very muchhhhhhhhhh , hahahah

[@emacadar1]

great video, I m in Boca Raton Florida, I have a Pionner stereo receiver ( 25 y/o) , love the sound but the left channel has no sound, do you know any local repair center or tech that can look at it,?let me know , thank you

[@karlyaz]

I have an AS -400 that I bought from a guy. I listened to it a lot, then one night while listening to an album, i heard kind of a loud POP! then nothing. I checked out the fuses, they were good I visually exclaimed the caps. Any ideas? No sound. The dial lights up. there is power. But no sound. Any Thoughts?

[@gio048]

Great video. I sent you a comment on my Sony STRDG510 reciever. Please answer if you can thanks. Gio.

[@dioniciobelmarezjr.3312]

Let see your Sansui 9090 please. Id like to see the proper way to clean your controls switches.

[@umajunkcollector]

THAT WAS SANSUI, NOT SAMSUNG, LOL! I have an old 70s Sony integrated amplifier rated at 100w/ch that I admittedly abused most of the time in the past 35+ years that I've owned it, and I bought it used. I have an old Fisher quad amp that I like alot too. I like Harmon Kardon, you get a lot of bang for the buck. Don

[@alexasamoah2131]

You do a very excellent job figuring out the problem and i have always loved fixing things like electronics. Any tips on how to go about fixing things? Expecially finding the problem?

[@ZaheerKhan-jt6ve]

Vs-sp -57. (Model number )Hi i am an electrician getting problem with left side input playing very low but right side playing loud and ok, also interchange the input audio signals same result.It has 4 output transister (c5198) all test ok and 4 small transister 2 (c945) and 2 (c733 not too sure if it's correct number) is these small ones the driver ? it test ok.When volume turns right up, left audio input barely plays (very low).Sir can you please help me out.Thank you very much.

[@sheltondebysingh360]

your videos are great i can't get a circuit diagram for an sx220c Toshiba stereo receiver is there any way you can help me

[@anthonycoleman3019]

I have a 1992 Sony Str-d2090 no power ..Where are you located and what do you charge ?

[@tiimtarzwell5494]

bought a toshiba SA-5000 from a guy, it was working (according to him) 10 years ago.....i plugged it in and it powers on but it has no sound coming out of it. Any advice would help, Thanks

[@gabrielguadarrama8701]

18:37 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laugh so hard I wetted my pants

[@dries74marocben8]

me tooo:)

[@mryamaha100]

HI love you video I am wondering if you can help I have 2 sharp vertical record players 80s retro which play both sides of the record or LP with turning over they have no amps in them I am not getting any sound from the LEFT CHANNEL on both decks and a humming sound there is a relay the only one for side A & B which clicks when changing sides could this still be a bad relay even know side A COMES OUT 2 SPEAKERS

[@marcdich9066]

optonica model s-501 i bet thats what wrong with mine something in the driver board , outputs are ok ,unfortunatly it would cost me 200 to ship it all the way from ohio to you but would love to have you work on it

[@xmenken1]

This Toshiba power amplifier was very expensive in 1980s.

[@mikekeller491]

can anybody recoment who to take my vintage stereo for service and repair. got and old pioner that has a cheannel down and a MCS 3275 that need deoxidized and possible cap upgrades ????

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

just wondering how you got your education did you sign up for a course from the Popular Mechanics magazine or did you actually go to a tech school to learn what you know appreciate if you could answer I know you're busy

[@12voltvids]

zorroon milkavitch Actually I went to bcit and studied television production. I had worked at a TV shop when I was in school. I knew owner from when I was about 10. He had been a radar engineer during ww2. I went to the shop for about 3 hours every day from about grade 7 through to 12 and learned enough to take the journeyman red seal challenge test which I passed easily. I then finished school and decided I didn't want to work on electronics and wanted to get into TV. Studied that but there was no steady work local. Worked for a community station, did an internship and summer relief work. Saw an ad for Sony looking for junior technicians. Applied for the job got it. Sony put me through the VCR factory training course. Sure it was betamax but same principle just different mechanism. Did that for a year and they wanted me to relocate to other side of country. Left Sony and ended up in a small warranty depot. Over the 20 years I was there took constant manufacture courses for new tech. I forget how many buy between 50 and 100 I would think. 5 or 6 courses in classroom a year. I filmed one of them and put it on the channel. A super beta course. That day I filmed was the theory day. The balance of the week it was hands on taking the machines apart and finding planted faults that the instructor put in. I left the electronics service business in 2003 and retrained in the telecom industry where I work today. A few years ago I got the idea to start the KZbin channel. I had, during the time I worked in the repair business started a video production company and produced hundreds of high end multi camera shots of weddings, live performances, theater, TV commercial and infomercial and corporate videos. When my business partner died in 2007 I wound down the production business. Then I got the idea for the KZbin channel and put my production skills back to work, except now I do everything myself. I used to just be the guy running the camera and editor. I hired the talent, voice over talent, additional camera people ext. Now it is just me. Instructor, camera operator, editor and voice over.

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

@@12voltvids wow impressive!

[@shawnjewell777]

WOW. Judt wow.

[@johnbedell2376]

But what caused the resistor to open?

[@nekelly123]

Probably climate change 😄

[@SylvainBOSSON-og8fi]

Nice, it was quite nothing, just this resistor.

[@Thanson199415]

when you were talking about how the owner wants to stick with that receiver because he knows if he gets a new receiver, it just wont come to the quality that old legend is made of, its the same thing that im doing with my hunter original ceiling fan, its an absolute tank of a ceiling fan, made of about 45 lbs of cast iron, and I know that any of these ceiling fans of todays market is absolutely garbage if I were to get one of them, things back in the day were built to last and its so sad that you just dont see quality in todays world anymore. :\

[@12voltvids]

+Tyler Hanson Absolutely I have an old washer, a Kenmore, made in Canada and it is at least 40 years old. Was left in the house when I bought it in 93. Dates back to the 70's. My wife keeps wanting to get a new one, and I refuse. This thing is built like a tank, and uses about as much energy to run, but it never stops. My sister on the other hand wanted those new designer "red" front loading washer and dryer made by the little girl company. Barelt 5 years old and it is broken. She has been bringing her laundry over to use our old washer and dryer here because her fancy one in on the blink. I think a lot has to do with the country where products are made. Get a domestic made appliance, or electronic equipment, and there is a sence of pride by the well paid workers that built it, and they put in quality well made parts. You pay a premium for this though. Then there is the churn out 10,000 units a day from some mega factory over in China, where everything is plastic, and you are lucky if it lasts past the warranty. Who is to blame? We are. We demanded cheaper products, and manufactures looking to keep their profit margin just off shored the production to the land of cheap labour, and we end up with shoddy products.

[@JuanCarlos-zd5th]

I have an amplifier that when you turn it on there’s no sound from the right channel. You have to wait for about one minute for the sound to slowly come up from that channel. What could be wrong ?

[@joeygonzo]

bad capacitor

[@zloben9000]

you could adjust the right channel needle pointer ... its off to the right

[@12voltvids]

Actually the meter is stuck there..

[@zloben9000]

there is a set screw

[@12voltvids]

@@zloben9000 Assuming that the meter isn't damaged, but in this case the meter is damaged. There is a piece of metal inside the meter stuck to the magnet and jamming the voice coil on the meter, so it won't go down all the way. I wasn't going to take the meter apart. The owned didn't care and wasn't aout to pay to replace the meter or attempt to fix it. Guess what, most people don't care about little things like that. The guy that owns this uses it in his garage!

[@donald1056]

Wires galore!!!