My Mate Vince Advent Christmas Fixathon Challenge - Day 13

[@ohnaww]

I’ve been watching Vince for quite some time, and this has to be the funniest video to me. The smoke filling the screen and the fire alarms going off is so fitting for a trying-to-fix video. 😂

[@0ButterBall]

And of all things, it was actually just a smoke machine working as intended.

[@mickyparker3949]

Vince you done it again, If it wasn't for your shower unit with water everywhere, and now with this smoke you made my guts ache, wow Vince just keep them coming. What guy you are. Thank you. 10/10

[@canalboating]

Thanks Vince wish you had filmed Mrs Vinces reaction I can just imagine the look she gave you when you set that off in the house, made me spit my beer 🤣👍

[@GadgetUK164]

LMFAO @ 15:35 🤣 Brilliant job Vince =D If anyone sends you a flame thrower to fix, please just bin it! (Presses the secret button that is begging to be pressed)

[@Nuttyprofesser-p4v]

A puff of smoke and he's gone. Well done Vincent.😊

[@HooperDJ]

I own one of these. The XLR is a bad design, it has live 240v going to one of the pins for the controller. But with it being around audio equipment, someone could easily plug in a normal XLR cable such as a microphone and get a deadly shock or fry other equipment. XLR was such a bad choice of socket

[@matthewalliston1534]

I don't normally comment but you deserve this one. I love your videos and this gave me such a hearty laugh at your misfortune. I've been there with my repairs in the past. It was so familiar and genuine. Bless you Vince.

[@El-Ritmo]

🎶Puff the My Mate Vincent, fixed this with glee But panicked in the autumn mist he released then had to flee All we KZbin viewers love watching Vince hang tough Whether smoke machines or staple guns or random broken stuff...🎶

[@cwinter1182]

Couldn't wait for today's episode! Most exciting series on youtube.

[@Phr3d13]

I feel like I would have made the same mistake. I love that you're not afraid to show that you're human and make mistakes.

[@calzonemoto4651]

Thank you for all the hard work. Thoroughly enjoying all of the videos.

[@greamepenney5947]

The next minute he was gone up in smoke. Holy smoke, great video Vince.

[@tubereactor7393]

Thanks for putting back in the intro jingle. I dunno what it is... Just makes me all warm and fuzzy and puts me in the perfect mood to watch a MMV vid! 😎

[@TerryLawrence001]

I was waiting for the smoke detector to set the alarm. Thanks for delivering a big laugh! Careful, you might get hooked on vaping! The smoke fluid is very similar.

[@paultasker7788]

You managed to do a test procedure on your smoke alarms at the same time. Definitely work given alarms from a different room were even activated😂😂

[@2009numan]

you obviously had power on the 3 pins because it worked

[@brendanhull8858]

Hey Vince. I needed to test a key fob once and read that a germanium diode across your meter probes should read a few millivolts when you press the button and it worked great. Don't know if it works on all of them. The smoke and alarms had me in stitches and the comment about wife 😅😅 Funniest repair video ever

[@clarkington_uk1567]

This made me chuckle when the smoke happened and your fire alarms went off 😂😂😂😂

[@Sir_Simon]

Love the smell of that smoke. Brings me back to the school discos

[@DAGGERS8879]

I must say - smoking the house out made me belly laugh THEN the alarms sounded too! 😂😂

[@mickcooper3070]

Absolutely brilliant Vince still got tears in me eyes 🤣 love the advent content a great start to Christmas cheers keep it coming.

[@mlight6275]

those remotes are ten a penny on ebay as a remote and pcb in black or wood, and with 2,3, or 4 buttons. they usually have NO, NC, momomentary and latching contacts . I use one for knight rider lights in my car grille to switch on and off, and change rgb colour of leds. coil of aerial wire on pcb can be doy if altered, affecting range dramatically. coil is 12v on relay, as marked on the pvb. contacts arerated up to 240vac quite often for home use on lights etc.

[@andrewmullen4003]

Statement of the week, whilst testing a smoke machine-"there's smoke everywhere!!"

[@johnburns5783]

I’ve never laughed so much Vince. Smoke, then your smoke alarm went off. 😂😂😂😂

[@jacqueschaillet7913]

The same product that can be found in the electrical puff. Alarm is well qualibrated. 🤩😄😂

[@Fleelex]

Absolutely Priceless Vince!!!!

[@Foxx_69]

Lol. Smoke alarms was excellent!

[@uselesseater5916]

Thanks for doing this Vince! It is nice to see the different items.

[@ericanderson9664]

Great reactions. Very exciting.

[@Timothycan]

It makes a change to do a repair where you actually WANT to see smoke! I've found that with some batteries, they can read full voltage off-load, but as soon as any load is applied, the voltage immediately drops right down. Interestingly, those little 12v batteries are made up of a stack of little button cells! But I found that they are an unusual type number, so unfortunately don't fit anything that runs on button cells. My doorbell uses that 12v battery.

[@ColinDH12345]

Love it !!! I wish you could get to 1 million subs before Christmas 🙂

[@CubbyTech]

Always check the battery! Setting off the fire alarms was a highlight though to your wife's dismay :D Fog juice is just a mix of PG / VG - like a giant vape cartridge.

[@jonathaningram4672]

Adding one of these plus a strobe to a burglar alarm and watch the fools trying to get out never mind nicking anything tee hee

[@KorAllRBare]

*TIP* By placing yo multimeter into diode mode, and having a probe connected to ground test Diodes, Transistors and IC pins for a reading that is more than 0.2 to less than 1.9 if any pins other than no connect or ground is out of the above range the Component could be a prime suspect for an equivalent or better replacement, once removed passive components can be tested, and some IC's also can be tested by popular logical IC testers. Also, this would have been a perfect job to use yo oscilloscope to, 1/. Check Cystal's to see if they are operating around the remote controls stated frequency. 2/. Check Remote Controls output at antenna for signals or pulses when actioning buttons and check if output frequency is near to crystals, beware that some circuits may halve or double or even triple or more the frequency. 3/. Check receiver WiFi or Bluetooth Board is in fact switching when remote control buttons are pressed. All redundant for this here lil unit, but if it had not been the corrosion, I am extremely confident you should now be able to fix most electronic circuits simply by knowing the above professional routines in electronic repair. APU 👁👍

[@relaxcrochet6515]

Made laugh so much! Thank you, great video

[@davidmelbourne5480]

The receiver board says 337MHZ & the remote controller sticker says 315MHz, so the case is likely wrong as you pointed out. Good fix Vince. Love the series!

[@Coaesy]

Going into the video I've guessed it would be the remote! The fault finding process with the light switch was brilliant though

[@dany-ps2my]

I learned the hard way, worked on one for a dj friend of mine in the house, got it working set all my smoke alarms off for a while, took it outside after that

[@CasualSpud]

When I was a dj in the 90's, I had one of those foggers... and they'll fill up a gym in no time... a small room would take seconds lol. I don't think I ever tripped a fire alarm tho. 😉

[@SirSmilie]

the smoke coming out and the fire alarms going off had me rolling!

[@ScottShields-t4e]

Blake will be after his gold Vince.

[@andygardiner6526]

Make a big air-zooker out of a dustbin, use this to fill it with smoke and you can fire smoke rings for really long distances in still environments 🙂

[@1970sSupertramp]

There's a kind of hush = Herman's Hermits.

[@geirendre]

You should put this at the back of your Rolls Royce. Then drive around town and fill the streets with smoke. Imagine setting off all the firealarms in the neighbourhood.😂

[@SWATStrachan]

Basically it's a giant vape. When you activate it, the pump feeds a small amount of the fog liquid (a mix of water and propylene glycol, possibly vegetable glycerine too) in to the aluminium heater block (same as in an electric shower) where it is instantly vapourised producing a plume of white 'smoke'. I have one of those too 😁.

[@FiveStringCommando]

You _know_ you’re having fun when the smoke alarms go off… 🤣

[@The-Weekend-Warrior]

I'm probably still laughing at the smoke alarms :D:D:D:D:D:D:D It could not be a My Mate Vince video without something like this happening :D:D:D I LOVE IT :D

[@andygardiner6526]

the smoke is a variety of propylene glycol (various ones depending on the "thickness" effect required) and is regarded as non-toxic. If the nozzle clogs up run some vinegar through it.

[@Jimmyspangle]

I think you MIST a bit there Vince. Have you got brain FOG? I'm getting the coat, yes!

[@DuggleBogey]

Finally a video where you want to let the smoke out.

[@handyman683]

Propylene Glycol is great fun 😂😂

[@paultasker7788]

Had something similar. Small remote that lights up red but did nothing. Turned out also to be a flat battery. It takes very little voltage to light the LED versus sending the signal. Though I thought you'd have another issue because frequency on the remote was not the same as on the crystal in main unit.

[@watercreator]

lmao, this was funny to watch. Great job.

[@harrygood4783]

Peter noone "There`s a kinda hush" , he was also part of Herman`s Hermit`s! also by the Carpenters, if you would have had access to Freq Counter or analyer then the fob would have given a clue, but appreciate these are test equipments not used everyday, I think prior to storage it would be good practice to remove the battery to prevent corrosion & battery drain through circuit via any corrosion.

[@dazer123]

Vince you need to get a SDR dongle they are only £20 so you could listen to see if the transmitter is working just enter the frequency that is marked on the crystal next to the black coil wire antenna

[@-Deena.]

I have one, with a manual switch and the fogging liquid is just glycerine, sometimes scented. So basically it's a *HUGR* vape. ❤

[@keithnsearle7393]

Nice to know that Vince is still puffing out fixes.

[@gusbert]

On the relay that symbol of a rectangular box with a diagonal line through it means the coil.

[@mattigins]

Fog juice is usually just vegetable glycerine. Perfectly fine to breathe (in a ventilated area)

[@Karthor.]

Oh thanks for reminding me about Nine Violets again really liked the 24/7 song you played some time ago from them :D yeah i can't either hear any similarities between there's a kind of hush and the on christmas day

[@antonybuck2126]

I'm compelled to ask... Why would you not try the secret button to see what it did?? I was waiting to see 😭😭😭

[@paulmoore6019]

Same lol

[@alunjones4427]

Smoke machines use a liquid made of distilled water and a glycol-based solution like glycerine or propylene glycol very similar to vapes totally harmless otherwise they would not be able to be used in confined spaces like a nightclub.

[@snafu2350]

I remember Eucalyptus oil being a main ingredient up until at least v recently, if not ongoing (pleasant smell too, IMO). Certainly not toxic in any meaningful way, for the reasons you state. Big Clive would know more about these stage FX machines, so check him for the full skinny

[@jamesjesterng7659]

John Carpenters "The Fog"

[@Vermilicious]

I kinda suspected that would happen. Classic!

[@xzibit1978]

Hahahaha brilliant video bud 😂😂

[@nelsin1925]

I used to work in a music store that sold DJ gear. We banned all smoke machine demos due to MASSIVE fines from the fire department.

[@skeelo69]

Weller Weller Weller Weller.... oooH...tell me more .. tell me more...😂😂😂😂

[@markwhitfield5412]

smoke everywhere, who would of thought.

[@markshellard5894]

Smoke alarms work 😂

[@garytatum]

what a great video very funny

[@jrsc01.]

15:29 Thats what a vaper's house must be like...

[@joopidema]

Vince smoking up the house. It was the shower incident all over again 😂

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Let's go MMV ! I kind of love fog machines. But can't justify the price for home \ cat use. 3:10 "I'm going to put this on the floor so i don't knock it over" Clearly Vince does not own a cat, as that is prime cat antics. Every time my cat climbs up the chair to look at my table, she scopes out everything on it, for new things to knock off. Anything i put on the floor is immediately knocked over. She loves scattering my RC tools and screws, so now i have a hinged box to put little things in. I can't tell you how many little bits I've had to buy spares of due to her.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

They were brilliant in the '90s to get boys and girls on the dance floor in clubs.

[@ghosttown66]

now i am wondering, did that third button have a function or was it "just" there?

[@colinboneham7387]

Blimey that thick fog came in effing fast hahaha

[@ktaragorn]

Did you try to clean and reuse the old battery? The voltage seemed fine right?

[@snafu2350]

My guess is that it'd be fine: the corrosion was prolly due to liquid ingress rather than battery leakage

[@Hounddoggy33]

Herman's Hermits did the original of "There's A Kind Of Hush". edit: Actually, it was done before them by The New Vaudeville Band. Not familiar with that one, though. Cheers!

[@markpronk26]

What about the secret switch 😅

[@ERROR-vg1wq]

Yeah Christmas Day 13 let’s go 🎅🎄🤶🍪🥛🧝🧝‍♀🧝‍♂⛄☃❄🛎🔔🥶

[@DjRobEntertainment]

The 3 pins are for dmx to control the machine

[@chipmunks1965]

Thanks Vince

[@UnCoolDad]

Looks like a bog standard 315/433 MHz remote. Available on Ali for very little money.

[@bakingsteele]

Big Live Clive has taken lots of these apart.

[@marcgriffo]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Loved it!

[@DodgyFPV]

Fog machine is basically a big vape pen

[@DjRobEntertainment]

You do know that the heating elemet has to be hot before the switch works

[@adrianwilliams717]

Smokey Vince!!

[@solistheonegod]

😂 never change Vince

[@Drew-Dastardly]

PMSL at the smoke alarms. They are murder when they go off just because you are frying a steak.

[@Martyn-ey9lw]

That smoke is actually water vapour.

[@henryschilling1120]

Kind of hush is Herman’s Hermits.

[@eugene4086]

"Can't believe how much smoke there is." You've just used a smoke machine, Vince! 😆

[@daytona1212]

Water doesn't make smoke. It's steam. 😉 You should have tested it in the dark, the lights would be more visible with the steam. Would have looked great. 😁

[@Martyn-ey9lw]

It is water vapour not steam

[@Tibberous]

One of the few times smoking electronics is a good thing...

[@greasemonkey5637]

Does the secret button do anything?

[@robpegs]

There is no way on earth I wouldn't have not pressed the 3rd button. It could have opened the 5th dimension

[@YoshMaster]

I laughed way too much at that hahaha

[@Balthazare69]

Friday 13th = Vince 13th 😄😄😄

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

lol i remember fixing one of those, it filled my room full of smoke in a few secs...

[@Butchey24]

Good way to test your smoking alarm