Faulty Milwaukee Area Light | Another Fault? | Can I Fix It?

[@allenrusselljr]

Thank you, i hope you and your wife feel better soon. Happy new years

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Happy new year to you too!

[@andymouse]

Glad you and yours are feeling a bit better ! Oh..a lovely farmers driveway, not a street lamp to be seen !

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

Eek is mr Squeak

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Andymouse 👍

[@generaldisarray]

Never go to hospital Mick, it's where all the sick people are... Hope you are both feeling better soon. Belated merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and new year...🎅🏿🎅🏿🎅🏿☃☃☃🎄🎄🎄 Many thanks for all the outstanding and entertaining videos in 2024, I look forward to watching many, many more in 2025.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍Yes we're doing ok now. Hope you have a great 2025 too!

[@roneckler9937]

Good to see you're doing better. I hope the wife is doing better as well. Great repair as usual.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Ron 👍Hope you have a great 2025!

[@harkbelial]

That was the most precise flux application I've ever seen!

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@BruceBoschek]

Hi Mick! Great to see you back. Going to enjoy this right after dinner (leftover Christmas goose).

[@BruceBoschek]

Yep, goose was good and your video made an excellent second dessert (after apple pie with vanilla ice cream). Those naughty mosfets, just when you think it might be another capacitor. Thanks for taking us along. I have to admit I was not able to fully follow your logic through this one, but this isn't the first time that was the case. Excellent fix, in any case.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Bruce! Happy new year!

[@dalee.mccombs8571]

I always enjoy your troubleshooting and repair videos. Keep em coming and get well soon. Jacksonville, Florida 🌞

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍🙂

[@kalpat5753]

Glad yours and your wife's health issues are improving and nice to have another fix.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@smbrob]

Once you stop screwing around, you really did fix it 😄Good work Mick

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂😂👍

[@VorlonFrog]

So good to see you feeling better. Also admiring your amazing ability to trace/troubleshoot those tiny surface-mounted components. That's something for which I just don't have the dexterity/patience.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍Yes, you have a to have a steady hand. My Neighbour brought over his TV a couple days ago (didn't do a video on it) but he managed to rip off all 3 HDMI ports, and sent me a text asking if he should "Glue them back on" I sent one back saying NOOOOOOOOO! anyway I managed to sort it for him 🙂

[@jonathaningram4672]

A tricky one, was wondering if a thermal camera would have picked up the mosfet? Good to hear your on the mend and your wife. All the best for the New Year!

[@zaprodk]

An open MOSFET would not get hot, so I don't think so.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Happy new year. No, the thermal camera wouldn't have shown this as there was no short. It was more of partially open.

[@BuyitFixit]

Correct 🙂👍

[@kareno8634]

HI! *Thanks for Class.* Good to hear everyone's on the mend. *Great Life without Street lights,* vs Hazards of City populations: Prepare before entering, as may require alternate Fix.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 🙂👍

[@mrsp709]

HAI, thank you for the positive feedback, hope everything works out well for both of you. Merry Christmas and a happy new year! All the best from Germany.

[@BuyitFixit]

All the best to you too! Have a great 2025!

[@cajuncoinhunter]

Get better Mon Ami and your wife as well ........ Great diagnosis and repair ...... When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's it was 1 switch technology , on or off ...... easy fixes back then change the 6 volt light bulb or change the battery to a fresh one ...... Take Care Mon Ami .......

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Cajun 👍

[@chrissmith7655]

HI, Mick ,'THE MAN' wins again. Hope wife and yourself get to 100% soon. Happy New Year from Nr Chester.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Chris, hope you have a great 2025 too!

[@happychappy2b252]

Glad you are feeling well enough to record again. How your wife is well again too.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Yes we're both doing fine, still got a few sniffles but we can cope with that 🙂

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Hope you're both feeling better. Nice solve!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@wisher21uk]

Hi Mick glad you’re back and feeling a little better, nice fix and it lives again not a bad bit of kit that, thanks for the video 😊

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Gary, hope you have a great 2025! 👍

[@fredwooding599]

Many prayers for you and your wife. Be well my friend.

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Fred 👍

[@luckywetland]

Mick is back yaay...🤩 I hope you and your wife are feeling well now. I wish you and your family a happy new year, Mick.

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Mate. Happy new year to you too!

[@brianwood5220]

Another great fix, Mick. I do hope you and your wife are feeling top notch soon. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all the very best for 2025. Thanks for sharing and take care of yourself and your family.

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Brian 👍Hope you have a great 2025 too!

[@iNireus]

Great fixes, you, the Mrs, the light

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Thanks 👍

[@M52328i]

Thank you for all that you share. I really enjoy your videos and hope to see more. Take care.

[@BuyitFixit]

@@M52328i Thank you very much 👍🙂

[@devttyUSB0]

Nice 'wide' light from that unit. Good to light a larger area instead of just a spot. Nice fix! On to a beautiful 2025, Mick! All the best!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍All the best to you too. Hope you have a great 2025 too 🙂

[@Jesselovespinball]

Happy to see your feeling better Mick , hope your wife is on the mend as well . Happy New Year to you and yours !

[@BuyitFixit]

Happy new year to you too Jesse 👍

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

Another Milwaukee LOL Awesome. Thanks for making my Saturday better!

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers mate 👍

[@terrym1065]

Happy New Year! Hoping full health is coming along and will be with you all soon. Another awesome fix and diagnostic video, a MOSFET this time and no capacitor...wow. I,m thinking you could fix this in your sleep now😊 Great job Mick as always. See you next time, enjoy!

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Terry. Happy new year to you too!

[@pauldery7875]

Mick, thank God you are back. I was getting so bored watching JDT repair PS5's and Nintendo Switches. I hope all is well with the family, and your wife has healed from the encounter with the cat, to which I had a similar incident with a cat 40 years ago, scary. Great video as always, Have a Great New Year! Paul, USA!!!

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Paul 👍

[@gadgetmind]

Well done on finding that one.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@johnHAMMOND-l3u]

welcome back hope you and your wife are getting better do take care

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks John 👍

[@andyrichardson842]

Like everyone else, I am glad you and Mrs Fix it 😁 are on the mend - I was worried when Saturday came and went without a repair video. Anyway, looking forward to a 2025 filled with videos where all your subs wait with bated breath to find out if it was the capacitor wot dunnit!. I wonder if the MOSFET will replace the electrolytic as chief suspect?

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Andy 👍Hope you have a great 2025!

[@mikecass8306]

Brilliant fix as usual Mick, hope you and your wife are on the mend and best wishes for the new year 😀

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Mike 👍Happy new year to you too!

[@overboss3152]

another good job ! i hope your wife feel beter today and you too ! i wish you all the best for that new year mike for you and your family,see you soon

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍Have a great new year too!

[@ISquishWorms]

Wow just ready your community post, I hope you are both feeling much better soon, no worries about the video I had just put it down to you taking some deserved time out with the family over Christmas but sounds like you didn't even get to enjoy that. That light is so bright the ducks or chickens thought it was morning I could hear them all. 😄 Nice fix as usual and some helpful information esp the pinout of that chip for others attemping to fix one of these items.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍. Hope you have a great 2025!

[@ISquishWorms]

@@BuyitFixit Happy New Year 2025, hope you have a good one.

[@pwapwap]

What a whopping great heatsinc. So good.

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes 😂😂👍

[@paulvale2985]

Hope you and your wife are well again Mick. We have a saying here; don't go to the Hospital they'll give you something!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍Yes ain't that the truth!

[@darrenwardell3079]

I am also glad to see you back Mick. I will also be watching a little later when i know i will be undisturbed …. 1 or 2am at this rate🎄😂

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Darren 👍Hope you have a great new year!

[@Dinkleberg96]

Hope u both recovered well

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes, thanks mate 👍

[@MikeyMack303]

Great work, Mick!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Mikey 👍

[@johndergarabedian640]

Thanks for another GREAT video. Glad you're both feeling better.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks John 👍

[@222inverter]

Great fix..!..well done, hope you and the wife get well soon...and happy new year!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

Glad you both got over it ok, stanta came back in the evening and gave me and my old mum a covid-19 like experience for two. Only it did not light up the test strip we got on friday.

[@BuyitFixit]

Damn, hope you are both feeling better, and hope you have a great new year!

[@ibrahimkocaalioglu]

I wish you and your family a Happy New Year 🎄

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@keithnsearle7393]

A good fix there. Hope all goes well with you both health wise.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍

[@joelkist6493]

Experience leads the way on this one... nice work!

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@technik-3dnerd]

nice work and thank you for your effort, I think you have the best repair channel, happy new Year

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 😊👍

[@Gazzyb2071]

Great fix again, mate. Well done 👏

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍

[@allan4923]

Ya should have asked me Mick I knew it was the MOSFET..😅 another cracking vid mate 👍 MOSFET fettling at it's finest.

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Thanks 👍🙂

[@vandracorrek]

I wish your wife a fast recovery :)

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍Yes we're all on the mend now. Have a great 2025!

[@peterferguson2344]

Great to catch another video from you 🙂 and yet another interesting fix 👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks Peter 👍

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, nice repair yes after a while more commonents could brake

[@BuyitFixit]

🙂👍Hope you have a great 2025!

[@robertmjr7996]

Happy to hear that you are both doing better. A Healthy New Year to you and your family.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you👍Happy new year to you too!

[@ElektroTechNL]

Nice one not easy to find. Happy New Year 😊

[@BuyitFixit]

Happy new year to you too 👍

[@smtsoftwaresolutions1966]

Great fix. Hope you feel better soon. Merry Christmas

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍Hope you have a great 2025!

[@VoeViking]

Cheers, and have a happy new year.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍Have a great 2025 too!

[@neiltheplayer]

Thanks for posting Mick. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers Neil 👍Hope you have a great new year too!

[@Lightrunner.]

Happy new year 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@BuyitFixit]

Happy new year to you too 🙂

[@johnburns5783]

Glad you’re recovering Mick and hope your wife is well on the way to recovery 👍👍👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks John 👍

[@lucymc0191]

GLAD YOU AND THE MISSES ARE AWL REET NOW ..GREAT VIDEO AS EVER ,,BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR MATE TO YOU AND ALL YOUR FAMILY ...EX PAT NORTH EAST UK NOW IN PHILIPPINES ..

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍Happy new year to you too!

[@richardtaylor7199]

Happy New Year keep off the Brown Ale,

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂Thanks 👍

[@georgeholme612]

Fantastic video hope you good Christmas and wishing you a happy new year

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks George 👍Hope you have a great 2025 too!

[@georgeholme612]

@BuyitFixit thank you but it's been a lonely Christmas because I lost my wife in July to cancer 30 years together it's lonely without her take care

[@BuyitFixit]

@georgeholme612 Aww really sorry to hear 😢

[@davidu4758]

Kudos to Milwaukee - like having to take apart a stairway to fix the handrail.

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Yes, bit of a nightmare to get into this one..

[@bills6946]

That light must come in handy checking the flock. I hope the wife is recovering. They are the glue that keeps everything functioning.

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍yes we're all doing a lot better now 🙂

[@malcey12]

Happy New Year mate

[@BuyitFixit]

Cheers mate 👍Hope you have a good one too 🙂

[@AIexanderHartdegen]

hi sir, i have ONE QUESTION, where did you get all those SKILLS?????

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Just practice and things I've picked up over the years. Thing is, if you have a go, and you make mistakes at least you've still leaned something and gained experience 🙂

[@AIexanderHartdegen]

@@BuyitFixit man, you are one of the most terrifing repair guy on youtube. It's breathtaking. Wish you the million susbscriber soon.

[@ibewatchinu]

Splendid

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks 👍

[@njakts]

Its amazing one product can fail 2 times

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes, although two completely unrelated faults and different components.

[@tubeDude48]

👍

[@BuyitFixit]

🙂👍

[@gorky_vk]

Lower voltage on the power rail was obvious clue, where else can voltage disappear than over input mosfet? Any other thing that could be the reason for the 10V drop across the mosfet input protection would also mean that 100-150A of current going somewhere and there is no way you would miss something like that, not only with the eyes but probably with the nose too :)

[@BuyitFixit]

😊👍

[@AmirKhan-qx2lr]

has someone just dumped a sink at 27:42 to your left against the wall?

[@BuyitFixit]

No, the wife got it ages ago to use as a planter ot something 😂

[@erniecamhan]

Just watched your bread maker video, early on in the process, why did you not just swap out the L and R wires and see what happened to the fault, I was always taught to keep it simple

[@BuyitFixit]

Good shout. I probably didn't think of it at the time..

[@lemmykilmister450]

Hey Mick are you familiar with 80s car stereos. I've got 2 for my Sierra, one draws no amps. The other lights up but doesn't have anything on the display. I had a fiddle today, but I need to stay in my lane 😅

[@BuyitFixit]

Interesting. I do remember those old "ford" radios although I don't think I've ever looked at one. Drop me an email at the name of the channel at out look dot com

[@lemmykilmister450]

@BuyitFixit I've dropped you a email Mick

[@phildxyz]

How complicated can you make a torch!

[@BuyitFixit]

Yes 😂😂Modern LED's need a lot more to make them work. The 18V has to be boosted and current controlled, also the temperature is monitored to prevent overheating. The microcontroller also allows the brightness to be changed via PWM, and also does some of the battery management by switching it off if the power is below a certain threshold.

[@Dr_Mario2007]

The 3.3 Volts on one of the pin on microcontroller could be for CPU power rail, so if the battery voltage sense's broken in your case, check either amplifier chip or voltage divider resistor arrays - since battery management system software portion wants to see voltage at the ADC input that it SHOULD agree with that ADC reading on the battery pack itself via built-in smart battery management system inside the pack across SPI or I2C bus communication (very rarely, Dallas / Analog Devices 1-wire communication), so it can proceed that it's within safe limit. Lithium-ion cell tend to be temperament especially when you abuse it. All that's for context. Of course there's always extra layers of safety in recent decent quality power tools, especially of brushless DC drill flavors, where there's two computers involved in handshakes and voltage readouts that they both agree with, and cut right out on low battery charge so we're not damaging the packs despite torturing the battery packs hard. Also, of course don't discount the DC-DC converters either since occasionally they have weird failure modes - diode and transistor is usually easy to check with diode settings on your DMM. Of course you can also check the driver output with any oscilloscopes you have, even a cheapo Zoyi ZT703S oscilloscope (I have it, it's almost as good as expensive HP computerized oscilloscopes as far back as 90s and 00s). Capacitors are a bit tough to check so I would recommend to have LCR meter in this case (I may have to look at getting my own at some point anyhow). If the LED driver in question pumps out 300 Volts or in case of a rather large TV, 1,000 Volts, of course you would want x100 oscilloscope probe for that so you don't fry the ADC chip, or worse, ADC on microcontroller processor die, something I also plan on doing so for my Zoyi ZT703S oscilloscope so I don't blow it (I wish there's a custom third-party firmware so I can use whatever I need easily).

[@coondogtheman]

Way too much electronics for just a light. What happened to just having a simple on off switch, light bulb and battery? I like how you were able to bridge those two pins on that chip to light the LEDs. Could just add a switch there and bypass it.

[@BuyitFixit]

LED's require a lot more to work properly than just a switch unfortunately. The LED driver regulates the current, and it may need to boost the voltage from the battery too. You could add a switch and bypass the mosfet like I did with the test meter, although you would not have any brightness control, and the other problem would be is that you could drain the battery below the voltage where the charger would not charge it. Part of the circuit disconnects the battery when the voltage gets too low to prevent damage to the battery.

[@599miata]

👍👍👍👍🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄🎅🎅Happy New Year, mate. The best in 2025

[@BuyitFixit]

Thanks mate 👍Hope you have a great 2025 too!

[@mahmuthasan4704]

Can I please ask I have looked at all your content for help and idea how to go about repairing a Yamaha rav370 remote control which has battery leak damage to few of the which my terminology lanes are corroded took it to a local repair shop he quoted me £200 to repair it I have since managed to find and purchase luckily replace it as I don’t have the expertise or understanding of circuit boards the unless it’s mechanical and thanks to your content and my mate Vince I am learning a lot very very much enjoy watching the point is not the cost but being able to repair something from going to waste and giving another chance gives us all a great satisfaction and pleasure so hopefully you will cover one with such issue Regards M hasan

[@BuyitFixit]

I'm not sure what the damage is like but this is what I would probably do. I'd first clean all of the board with IPA and a toothbrush, and then inspect it with a microscope / magnifier to see what tracks are affected / look bad. Then test the tracks for continuity with the test meter if they look suspect. If they have no continuity, repair with solder / fine wire, and put UV mask or nail varnish on the wires / solder.

[@mahmuthasan4704]

@ thank you very much for your help and advice and wish you and your family a healthy start to 2025

[@Sydney268]

It's never just the fuse 🤣😜

[@BuyitFixit]

Unless you're buying something... "It's probably just a fuse" 😂😂😂

[@oefzdegoeggl]

🤔 Your property looks a bit spooky, maybe fix some ghost detector next time?

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Yes it can be very bleak / dark / cold and windy in the winter.

[@oefzdegoeggl]

@@BuyitFixit Happy new year and many interesting fixes by the way 🥳

[@carltonlane8931]

Good health to you all ,happy 2025 ,thanks for the vidio

[@BuyitFixit]

Thank you 👍Hope you have a great 2025 too!

[@smithers139]

Why so much electronics for a light ?

[@BuyitFixit]

Modern high power LED's need a bit of driving. They have to have the current limited to stop the from burning out and the voltage might need stepped up from the battery to drive them also. Also the temperature is monitored to stop them overheating and burning out. The microcontroller does part of the battery management (disconnects the battery at low power) but it also does the press buttons, and controls the brightness by providing a PWM signal to the LED driver. Hope that explains it 🙂

[@peacebeuntoyou8934]

That light looks like it can melt cheese on a burger.

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂👍

[@barthanes1]

I guess Milwaukee tools are the best tools for you. Because you like fixing electronics, and they're prone to failure. Endless content.

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Most of the stuff I've bought broken and repaired has been fine 🙂

[@Enjoymentboy]

Maybe you should offer a 3 year warranty. This way you wouldn't have had to fix it until late 2025. By yourself a little time. 😅

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂👍

[@barthanes1]

The problem with Milwaukee tools is planned obsolescence.

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂

[@Tech-Nobby]

Main lesson learned from these vidoes?? Keep away from Milwaukee gear 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BuyitFixit]

😂😂😂Some of the stuff is great. I really like the grinders etc. There's a lot of Milwaukee stuff on the channel because I was looking for it, as that's the stuff I had. If I had started with Dewalt for instance, there would probably be a load if Dewalt repairs on the channel 🙂