Hair Straighteners NOT HEATING UP - Can they be FIXED?

[@stevefox3763]

For anyone with dead GHB hair straighteners, check the big surface mount resistor in the PCB, almost always that which dies on them.

[@tsunami6082]

For when the Drugs Don't Work😉

[@AltonTRU]

vince, i just passed greater depth in my sats thanks to you, been watching you since i was, idk 4?

[@APSuk2]

Being a double insulated device as there is no earth wire inside the device all wires must be double insulated to comply, this is why the insulation is thicker on the factory wires. To make your wire compliant a layer of heat shrink around the wire end to end would suffice. The heat shrink would also help with the chaffing / bending causing the wire to break in the first place. Like you said it is also important to get the same cross sectional area in regards to the conductor when replacing wires as a smaller cross sectional area will reduce the current carrying capacity of the wire & it could melt or catch fire due to being under sized for the load.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Adam

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

Your patience is amazing.Crazy how many fixes involve wires.

[@d2d2505]

Well it made total sense to support Liverpool or Arsenal at that particular era.

[@UnCoolDad]

That connector which allows it to swivel and still apply power is called a slip ring.

[@cheapasstech]

Unlike in a car, where it’s a reel of ribbon cables inside the steering wheel - and a ‘slip disc’ exists as well.

[@ashleybignell2366]

Great fix. My only thought as its a double insulated appliance, the cable you replaced may well have been reinforced or double insulated which is why it had a thicker insulation on it.

[@azmoz1321]

Great video Vince , I was disappointed you didn’t straighten your hair to prove they worked :-))))) I repaired my daughters GHDs fixing them made me nervous ( I used a reputable website for the spare parts and avoided eBay ! ). But it’s the thought of high voltage , high heat and invariably wet hands / hair in the hands of a loved female that worries me . I got my wife to test the ones I’d repaired while she was in the bath :-) That was a joke !!! Personally I’d be reluctant to repair unless your competent , done all your homework and purchased components from a reputable source that guaranteed to meet the specs manufacturer specs. I think with my GHDs some eBay sellers were offering a higher than original spec thermal fuse ! They would obviously have worked but if they developed a fault the fuse may not have blown and may if made them dangerous, also just because it states a value on the component doesn’t mean the component isn’t fake.

[@elegri]

Nice fix. Thermofuses are used in the event that a failure in the control system or a short circuit keeps heating the ceramic elements. When a limit temperature is reached, they blow open shutting off the power to everything.

[@AcornElectron]

Keep up the attempts to prevent landfill fella and, as always, stay safe!

[@BuyitFixit]

Nice little fix Vince👍. Cable fatigue caused by opening and closing over time. Just a thought you could have used your thermal camera to show it working instead of the temperature probe 🙂 Great job and keep up the fantastic work.

[@Mymatevince]

Good idea Mick👍

[@stefanl3681]

Nothing to do with the fix (which are always great and very enjoyable 👍😎), but I really love the Golden Things tune! ❤

[@AcornElectron]

0:50 Panini Football sticker album ‘86 …. Had about 100 Mike Phelans… but when you got that shiny club badge before school…. What a day. Even if it was Sheffield Wednesday.

[@Mymatevince]

🤣 From memory the shiny FA cup sticker was worth 8 other stickers in my school...Got, got, got, need... every playtime 😂

[@Mark_C1]

Really good fix, Vince. Nicely done. Great decision not to just pull the brown wire tighter and solder it up at the break point. Always make the join away from the pivot point as the solder will not flex like the cable can, found that out being the second person in on a car door shut loom repair. Also I find usually if there is any strand damage in the same area, often I can feel it with my thumb nail as a dip in the wire or changes to the colour of the cable sheath (lightening of colour). Hopefully they’ll give many more years of service to someone. No good for me, haven’t got much hair left 😂

[@wisher21uk]

Excellent fix Vince, lucky you found that wire, loving the tea break fixes 😊

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Gary👍

[@PhilipBryden]

Wires and hinges are never a good idea. Ribbon cables and hinges are even worse! At least it wasn't the usual GHD resistor fault. Another fix, well done.

[@Mymatevince]

😂Very true! Cheers Philip😎👍

[@wisher21uk]

So true Phil 😊

[@electrickal1]

I repair loads of GHD's and it's not always the 50 or 100 ohm resistors, there are loads of different faults in them across the various models.

[@bradmarthafocker4285]

Great video as always. I am very much looking forward to watching the RR series.

[@Do_Odles]

Another great vid, thanks! Also: it was a blast from the past with the 80s Liverpool squad lol - am from Merseyside and similarly supported them as a kid, knew the squad of players you menioned lol :D

[@fosterb247]

Well done Vince! 190°c will also cook a Rib Eye beef steak medium rare for 8 minutes - Medium rare hair in under 10 minutes 🤓

[@Mymatevince]

😂

[@ClarkeZor]

I recommend getting a roll of self amalgamating tape for doing connections like that, it's awesome.

[@MrFujack103]

When I repair car boot looms I replace the wire with a join either side of the part that flex’s and then use silicon lubricant in the loom to take the stress off the wires. When new these looms have like a talcum powder inside but it drys up after a while and assists in snapping the cable that’s been work hardens with all the bending.

[@digihorse6730]

I agree with all the double insulated comments. Plus is it possible the brown wire insulation was also a more heat tolerant type?

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

Like all plugged items the break is normally 6 inches from a plug or 1 inch where it goes into device.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Damn you Vince, for making me excited for a video on hair straighteners!

[@Mymatevince]

😂

[@lavix5]

It's amperage than matters for wire gauges, not voltage, as heat losses in resistor equal I^2*R.

[@GadgetUK164]

=D Really good idea to replace the wire away from the point it bends! Wire thickness is key here as it will be pulling a lot of current and the last thing you want is that wire melting...

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Gadget👍

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Nice fix. If you can see the break it's so good.

[@ventrue6516]

I got an idea for your next fix/tea break fix videos. You can try to fix broken solder guns of solder irons what don't heat up. Soldering irons are easy to break and I already broke few of them in the past.

[@newCrysis]

Really enjoyed the music. Well done.

[@kotm3]

Your killing me Vince. Where’s the roller!? 😂😂😂

[@Mymatevince]

Been slacking recently and also the next stage involves lots of money (insurance, road tax, respray) There is still a couple of videos before that stage so I will get back on it before the weather turns nasty again 👍

[@CTCTraining1]

Well done Vince - I noticed a bandaged finger... was that from a while back or fresh damage? Take care 😀👍

[@Mymatevince]

Luckily that was the original damage (phew) 😂

[@denniswillson5990]

What is the temperature rating on the liquid tape? How will it perform over time in a hot environment?

[@TechGorilla1987]

@5:56 - I am really shocked that your poking your fingers around those two line-level capacitors here. Of all the caps that could bounce you out of a chair....these would be them.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks for letting me know 👍

[@Mogipbob]

Nice repair - pretty 'straight' forward :). Also, I wonder if you could reheat a beverage with one of these?

[@yourallpoo]

I love watching you your always so good

[@marcellipovsky8222]

Hi Vince, you might do a test - Hotair vs liquid rubber. How heat resistant is it ;-) And regarding the wire continuity - as I know you, you would do the continuity check at some early point and would find the broken wire.

[@Mymatevince]

Hey Marcel, I'm not sure how heat resistant it is. I sometimes use heat to make it set a little faster, but once set I haven't tampered with it...yet😂👍👍👍

[@marcellipovsky8222]

@@Mymatevince I am looking forward to the proper scientific test 😀

[@Mymatevince]

@@marcellipovsky8222 😂👍

[@42Hertzer]

Good reason to get a Flir camera? :) Useful to find hot components on boards too!

[@0prisonpriest0]

Would silicon insulated wire be better to withstand the heat?

[@DEmma1972]

Ive had 3 or 4 hair straighteners, some cheap some not so cheap. Wasnt happy with any as they pulled on my hair. Got a pair of GHDs and would never use anything else. They did break after about 8 years with a light flashing and beeping every few seconds. Found the fault watching youtube videos. Parts to fix it were not so cheap as had to order multiple in a pack. Sent it off to a GHD repair person. Put them in the post at 17:10. Next day I got an email at 09:40 saying they had received them and another email at 10:35 that they were repaired and posted out. Got them back the next day. That is service and it cost only £25 plus £4.95 postage. Bargain IMO. was a full service with 3 or 4 bits replaced and a new cable.

[@Mymatevince]

That is great service!👍

[@andygardiner6526]

@@Mymatevince I don't touch GHD stuff. Years ago I had a pair for repair with a broken cable at the rotary connector. GHD refused to supply me with the cable but were happy to charge full whack for the repair ...

[@lonesuk]

Love all your fixes with all you buy do you have a big wear house to store it all in 😂

[@devttyUSB0]

What a great fix! Awesome!

[@rhinox3474]

I always hate when I leave my heat shrinks in my Rolls-Royce. I deal with that myself all the time 😂

[@Mymatevince]

😂🤣

[@Mobin92]

Why didn't you just use the liquid rubber instead of the heat shrink, and solder it ad you originally planned?

[@eak125]

Next time on My Mate Vince: "This is my work table. This is my work bench. That's my Rolls Royce. And here is where I keep various lengths of wire."

[@jonnymorgan8385]

That wire is most likely tined copper not aluminium, if it were aluminium you wouldn't be able to solder to it, nice fix.

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

Thanks

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you so much👍👍

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

@@Mymatevince your are very welcome

[@luckywetland]

Simply brilliant. I Love your work, Vince

[@thorbennielsen3845]

What camera are you using?

[@niaimack]

I really doubt they used aluminium wire in the hinge, you sure it wasn't nickel plated copper?

[@6581punk]

Just tinned copper perhaps, stops the oxidisation of the copper.

[@gkimble90]

Check out the thermal fuse 😊

[@slaphead2965]

I can't see myself fixing or using one of these. 😐👎🇬🇧 Great fix though Vince 🙂

[@Mymatevince]

😂

[@DarrenPeet]

Ntc maybe negative temperature coefficient? Maybe

[@TerraWolf_Teratio]

Keep the work up vince, great work as always 👍

[@yourallpoo]

Iv got a xbox one that has no power it was working fine it has be taken apart but just to clean could you fix it

[@maxz8807]

nice, easy fix!

[@CLC-1000]

Your videos are great entertainment Vince. 👍

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you 👍

[@dazer123]

Have you noticed every time you solder your multimeter beeps

[@sp523]

It is his soldering station beeping to indicate that his iron is up to temperature.

[@GarthBeagle]

Nice fix!

[@mbob4337]

When it comes to devices with hinges. I always check that going in first. Doesn't matter how good. Cables will go bad there. My HMC-150 camera's LCD screen failed after 10 years of opening and closing the screen thousands of times. No fault to Panasonic. Age got to it. The screen still works. But the backlight cable is broken. It's why I don't want a foldable phone. That screen will wear out. You will have no real repair options with those.

[@MaxOrford]

Great Vid Vince

[@Unknown__1819]

My hair Braun Hair Satin 7 Not heating and Show Triangle Alert After 1 minute 😢😢 What to do .. Where the problem Occur please help😢😢

[@jonabitstream]

head's up Vince: I will never watch you video if you start it with TWO 15 second commercials

[@coyle102]

Please tell me that the bandage on your finger is because this is an older video and you haven't managed to hurt it again haha

[@NatureOkie]

over heard at Country Club: "Vince? ... you're bandaged, Darling." "I was getting a mint, in the Rolls...and the Altoids tin lid fell.." 😂

[@Windows95-likes-old-tech]

​@@NatureOkieyou didn't actually did you? If you did stop being nosey.......😅

[@Mymatevince]

Noooo, this is an old video😂 I did however come across a door yesterday which could have easily taken a finger off. I'm seeing them all the time now since my mishap!!!!!

[@Windows95-likes-old-tech]

@@Mymatevince thank goodness you weren't hurt!

[@user-qq3nz9gh6m]

Can you fix my flat iron? Im in the USA 🤣🤣

[@genfix]

Everyone's mate, Vince!

[@uwailaoviahon2172]

Why is my straightener showing Err and its not heating up

[@ghostcat8244]

Ahh i remember those I use to use that when I had my emo phase hair style 😂 as a teen.

[@kennybacchus1488]

Hair. Straighteners. Not. Heating. Up. Can. They. Be. Fixing

[@Old_Man_Pete]

Sorry Vince but this is the 1st time you have annoyed me to the point I have to respond, it's really triggered my OCD, it's called Liquid TAPE not liquid rubber, apart from that, Nice fix.

[@NeathVideos]

He packed them well didnt he 😂

[@susmabasnet7]

😊

[@youtubeviewer7077]

Is "in my rolls royce" a British euphemism for not having what you need at hand or do you literally store 90% of your tools and supplies in a car you can't open?

[@TobiEstosWorld]

Transform it in to a soldering Iron xD

[@bobsbits5357]

hi little joke the older men don't need this as we are losing the hair on top the hard man next door has no hair and alot of the older one's take it of is it to posh just to have it at the back and sides like the jeeves man

[@Jojo_repairs_stuff]

Great job! I enjoyed that Video a lot. I have a faulty camera surveillance system. Are you interested? What is the address of your Post box?

[@zincmann]

This has got to be an older video hes still got the finger bandage on....

[@mqziee]

mince

[@ralphramirez7815]

Another finger injury. Be careful.

[@unkn1wn-with-1]

First

[@TerraWolf_Teratio]

You aint lol

[@unkn1wn-with-1]

I am

[@maxz8807]

@@unkn1wn-with-1 sorry lad, sort by new. You aren't first.

[@unkn1wn-with-1]

First to like

[@audibell]

😂

[@josephnealescratchcards]

nice got 1st