I Bought A Faulty Radio For £5 (To Fix) From A Car Boot... It Didn't End Well!

[@TheCod3r]

Hey everyone, i used my thermal camera in this video, so heres a link to it: s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DE9oktR

[@cheapasstech]

They’re half off atm!

[@brianparker5228]

What a true statement "I don't really know what I am doing "😂😂

[@REVERSE_BIAS]

Hey Phil! Thanks for all your uploads mate. I love your channel but to be honest, personally was getting bored with PS 5 fixes...so I LOVE what you're doing now. Great stuff mate. Obviously it's your channel for you to choose what you post so good luck for the future whatever vids you post.

[@ajaks7636]

Phil and the Magic Smoke, a Cod3r production. Great effort! Thank you for the entertainment. 🧙‍♂

[@MikeGervasi]

The trans said 3.3 right on it. You fed it quite a bit more than that.

[@joseph_donovan]

I enjoyed watching that video repair, smoke and all. I would love to see the radio repaired to its former refulgent self again one day! Thanks for sharing.

[@RGD-Games]

I did this a couple years back, See an old Workzone radio on ebay for £5, so i bought it... It requried 4x D cell batteries to power it, SO i just fitted a DC to DC buck converter, and bolted on a Milwaukee m18 battery adaptor :) Been running flawless on a m18 battery, for quite some time now :)

[@Azhen1]

The end was gold. Make a compilation of stuff you broke and keep fixing stuff you dont normally work on please!

[@apoco_lips9957]

I enjoy the variety, im sure some of these variety fix videos will also be useful to people who havent found the channel yet

[@ronny332]

Love to see you fixing something different!

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you 😊

[@Nebbia_affaraccimiei]

"fixing" XD

[@DracoMcGuyver]

Welcome back Phil. I hope that you and your family had an enjoyable holiday.

[@nordtendo]

Phil that was very entertaining, laughed out loud when you smoked it !!!! sort of a Tommy Cooper moment... love it... :0)

[@neddy1287]

You want to make sure the voltage for the charging port is correct as it could be positive in the middle or negative that the first mistake he made. Just gut the internal parts and get a bluetooth board with amplifier and battery and you have a portable speaker box as it not that hard to make as well you can add usb charging ability to that box or turn that into a battery powered light box for emergency or camping the possibilities is endless. That what I did to a e-scooter that was far gone with the controller and parts of it broken. So I converted the 36v battery to connect to 12v to 80v switchable led lights and volia have myself a portable lights that lasted more than 24 hours of light at night

[@sicknote28]

Well done bud enjoying your tool fixes bud

[@Justtramsuk]

Wheres my laptop still waiting were nearly at a year you've had it?

[@EmArgh]

Yo wat?

[@SymbolTech21]

The transistor you desoldered is not a transistor is 3.3v voltage regulator

[@HoussemHmila]

am1117 is 3.3v regulator .apparently it is getting hot becuse the main controller have a short that explain why the lcd no showing number or letter and making those sound .

[@tyronenelson9124]

No the 3.3 volt regulator was bad.

[@dfear]

AMS1117 are a very common voltage regulator. Most transistors are 3 pins devices. This one has 4. The tab is usually connected to the middle pin.

[@tyronenelson9124]

So it has three connections then.

[@joeroney3825]

Ooops there went the magic smoke done that myself Phil lol

[@Unsocial200]

I was working on my washing machine pcbs and a similar voltage regulator LD33 was getting boiling hot. Turned out it was the microcontroller sorting to ground (Vss with Vdd) however the chip itself wasn't getting warm at all. When I removed the microcontroller sort was gone.

[@tyronenelson9124]

When a DC jack is plugged into the DC socket the actual DC sockets internal terminals disconnects the ground from the battery and engages the ground on the dc jack, and by the looks of things, that mosfet is triggered when the DC jack is plugged in which then automatically dis-engages the battery.

[@martinhammerton8157]

Great video Phil

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate

[@paul2k2b21]

Ever heard of a jxd 7800b? It's a retro gaming tablet. I'm struggling to get mjen working and was wondering if that's something you'd repair?

[@mistermikeanson]

Never mind mate. If you never make mistakes, you don't learn! By that logic, I should be brilliant. I wonder what went wrong?🤣

[@kblectronix]

Thermal cam from the start I think. Then inject the right power at the right places, then more thermal. Should have pinpointed what it was.

[@game_master_rukia]

time to consult vince on this one

[@jediknight2350]

great video when the sound started i thought someone turned it into a Geiger counter lol made me laugh hard you can fix tis easy come on get the bits and do it.

[@justNotSure]

Kingfisher owns B&Q as well as Screwfix, Erbauer is their own brand.

[@kurthuber7639]

Buy another one and make it into a quad speaker setup!

[@maskrtnik01]

Hello, Like people pointed out, 1117 is an LDO regulator. Maybe if you had injected 3.3V, you could have diagnosed this further. Now I am afraid you totalled the board. Anyway, I assume that square chip, which was getting hot, may be MCU - if so, just replacing would not work, because MCU needs firmware, typically in integrated flash memory.

[@perkulant4629]

Sometimes it's fun to have a blunder. Nice vid.

[@patzik1910]

Those ams1117 ic’s are voltage regulators, so that’s why it was getting hot, it’s normal. They are used very often, so you will definitely see them more often in future repairs. This one said 3.3 so it’s a 3.3v regulator. Putting 12v on it’s output will definitely let out the magic smoke. Oh well, this is how we learn😂

[@tyronenelson9124]

They are not meant to be getting that hot.

[@andrewhenderson3593]

Hahah magical Phil lol 😂

[@JonnyFix]

Test the transistor with diode mode or component tester if you have one. Thermal camera shows heat but you didn't say how hot they were getting so it will look hotter than the surroundings for any temp higher but that doesn't mean bad and some things run warm normally. Transistor likely being used as a voltage regulator feeding the capacitor above it check resistance to ground there. Don't give up yet!

[@apalua]

That transistor was a 3.3 volt regulator. I am sure of that😢

[@Nebbia_affaraccimiei]

LoL my dude put 12v on a 3.3v rail. what a legend!

[@ikke242]

I think its not a mosfet its a voltage regulator

[@yadabub]

Those power jacks are only 1 pound for 50. When I find a corroded jack, I replace it. It isn't worth the hassle of trying to figure out if it is, or isn't the corroded jack.

[@emilalexander8292]

Ahh, the classic. Fix it until it breaks. How many of us have been there....

[@tyronenelson9124]

That transistor is or was a 3.3volt linear voltage regulator and you CANNOT inject more than 3.3 volts to its output, So you basically fed 12 volts into the 3.3 volt rail of the radio and fried the man mcu! I thought you knew all about this lol?

[@craigtheobald]

Are you interested in a 65" Lg Nanocell 4k TV that fully works but has a few white lines coming from the bottom, easy fix for you mate...

[@TheCod3r]

I wouldn't have any space for it to be honest buddy

[@jayfowler4747]

I often enjoy watching you do repairs... but this not so much... I just don't know how you can fix xboxs and switches but get lost on this simple junker..??

[@PunkTiger]

I think that transistor you pulled out said 3.3 (volts) on it, so shoving 12v in that circuit was a bit much. Oopsie!

[@cobblersgarage256]

I want to say the same lol

[@JonnyFix]

Good spotting. I've not yet seen a reg have its voltage stamped on it. Normally only know via datasheet.

[@johnburns5783]

Well, it is an Erbauer 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheCod3r]

Lol that's true 🤣

[@Falco45able]

You were right you haven’t a clue! 🙄

[@rickchowsr2532]

Time for the trash can

[@hentienel]

Give that engine some gas it will start

[@calculonx36]

Makes your bycicle sound like a dirt bike.

[@audibell]

A laptop

[@Buggerall83]

Stick to consoles😂

[@johnwilliams2646]

tough, but at least you tried.Taylor Swift?, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Foxx_69]

XBOX SERIES X FAST BEEP ON BEEP OFF

[@Irilia_neko]

1117 is a voltage regulator not a Transistor, always look at the Datasheet when you don't know a component 😉

[@Irilia_neko]

By injecting 12 Volt in this line you have basically burn every Chip in this radio 😅😹

[@waifuowner911]

thanks for the video even if u fail we'd like to see and learn together