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[@mickyparker3949]

Mate, please don't take any notice of viewers that complain about how you describe any article etc, you will always get them. I understand what you say and I bet most of the rest of us. You do some excellent work Vince. Keep it going mate.

[@MothKeeper]

Shut up you melt.

[@super-malc3105]

Fan will not push more air if it's slipping on spindle, after you made fan tighter it pushed more air

[@patrickcraenen5163]

Hi Vince, The switch worked from the start, you should also look at the display of your multimeter. In position 1 the multimeter indicated almost 0 Ohm and in position 2 your meter indicated 38 Ohm which is clearly a winding of the motor.

[@andymouse]

:)

[@123mikeyd321]

Enjoyed that. Even if you could retune the radio controlled clock from DCF77 (77.5kHz) to MSF (60kHz) it wouldn't work, as the protocol is different. They both send the time by encoding it and transmitting as one binary bit every second over a minute, but the order in which those bits are sent are unfortunately quite different.

[@ovalwingnut]

123, you are a certified "smarty pants"... and we love that! The more I find out the more I don't know. I really need to stop learning before I know absolutely nothing! You RoCk!

[@da_chriss8879]

"i conVINCE myself", best part in the video, 😁keep it up vince

[@shiivoooooo]

Let me differ from the conclusion of the fan solution. In my opinion, the plastic holding the blades may not have been sufficiently attached to the mast (grip), which caused that when turning (whatever the speed) it reached a kinetic equilibrium between the rotating metal and the plastic of the blades, that is why both felt the same; however, when placing the heat-insulating plastic that disappeared, and the plastic blade could be attached to the metal mast and reach the same turning speed.

[@dodgydruid]

I bought thru Aliexpresses "Choice" a 100 connector bag full of single line Wago's, they can be chained together or clamped to a surface using a zip tie, I would rather trust a Wago than a wire nut all year long (did you know the Chinese call them "nipple nuts"? O.o) The other really useful thing from Ali that cost like 45p is a 3-48v voltage tester, has a very long spring cord fitted with a robust croc clip and a thick clear handle of the probe which has a 3 digit voltmeter embedded in the solid plastic with a very long sharp probe, I was using it today on neighbours car as they said their oil light kept staying on when they had max oil, so I hooked the probe to the oil sender and the sender was working fine turning off when got oil pressure so I set it up to test the line between sender and ECU and that was a dead duck, I quickly knocked up a patch wire and grafted it on and the oil light now goes off properly thanks to a 45p tool :D

[@andy2950]

You can check the speed of these fans by timing the oscillations. Faster the fan, the faster the oscillation.

[@Druidus98]

The Manual for the Braun clock says ‘not suitable for the UK and Ireland’ - stupid from Amazon to even list it for selling in the Kingdom. Greetings from Düsseldorf

[@darrenbird2526]

Love all your videos Vince but I thought my younger days of experimenting with LSD had suddenly reoccurred at 4:20. I had to rewind and sit there for a moment staring at the screen. I love your sense of humour. Cheers from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia! An island penitentiary colony, where your ancestors sent us, a couple of hundred years ago!

[@phillipwright6110]

For being safe with electricity. Be safe with compressed air. Never put your finger over compressed air/circuits!!! Always enjoy the fixing videos.

[@marcellipovsky8222]

Hi Vince, now you can blow away the soldering fumes in to the house 😀 Regarding the clock - In the UK, the time signal is broadcast on a frequency of 60 kHz from the Anthorn Radio Station in Cumbria. You can get a UK version and compare them 😀 Kettle - Hahaha for a while I though I am having a Kettle Deja-vu

[@proesterchen]

Nice, a Maxi-sized Vince video 👍👍

[@garethconnett7672]

I look very much to your videos I like repairing and fault finding electronic items as a amateur and I have learnt a lot from yourself. I like to learn on the fly like yourself rather than Googling a problem there isn't much fun in doing that, great video as always Vince 👍👍

[@devttyUSB0]

That was a fun series of fixes, Vince! I enjoyed the stapler thing. In the right hands, everything is a hammer! :D Great job!!

[@Mymatevince]

So true, I could have walked 4m to get a hammer, but the pliers are just so tempting! 😂

[@DJ-SPARKY-REACH-ON-AIR]

Good evening about the three pin plug that's broken if you use a hot paper clip put the one piece in the broken bits and one piece in the other broken bits and let it cool down then Super Glue it and for the clock if you go into the settings it will give you the radio clock settings for UK and around the world it will take you a while to find them

[@andy2950]

Wow. Just what I needed !!! Cheers Vince 🎉

[@poserbob6888]

19:22 I think it was the lose fan blade not gripping.

[@pshq]

That Braun clock - it should have a way to set up time zone. I have many of DCF clocks and only the most primitive ones don't allow you to do that

[@pash7ka]

I've checked user manual for this model... and there is no timezone setting. Crazy...

[@InMeShed247]

I love your videos. I hate the laughing sound effect when things don't work out.Maybe a Doh! Or a Booooo , you are so much better than a Haa ha.

[@midinotes]

That clock reminds me of a weather station that Aldi sold. Same problem the time sync was using the German transmitter so always ended up having to manually change it!

[@brutlern]

For the fan: You noticed that the 2 wires are shorted. My thinking is, there are different 2 resistances on each wire to provide different speeds, but if they are shorted, that the 2 resistances are added together providing an even slower 3rd speed, regardless of which button is pressed. How exactly it got fixed? You'd have to ask Vince.

[@Mymatevince]

Hey Nandi, I don't think it was a short, more like 30-40 Ohms. I think the fault was friction against the casing stopping it from going full speed or maybe the fan blades were so loose it was slipping, again not going full speed. Maybe the heat shrink stopped the slipping allowing me to actually notice the top speed. We'll soon find out from the comments section, I'm probably completely wrong!!!!

[@DobuDobuDobuDot]

@@Mymatevince I think you're right about the slipping of the blades. You had a moment where the casing was not touching the blades and they still weren't spinning any slower or faster. Also, the Amazon-reviews about the "farts being stronger than the fan" would indicate the same problem.

[@CorollaGTSSRX]

I was thinking it had something to do with added torque, so it needed the resistance of the blades to notice the difference

[@rondickson1491]

Another great video! Love all your videos.

[@paulwinstone4825]

The only things I can think of for the clock are any settings to set the time to the central Europe time signal minus 1 hour, or an ability to replace any firmware with UK version and hope it works. If there's nothing like that as an option then I'd say try and sell it to someone in Europe as it's clearly going to be a pain in UK.

[@klaasdebaas007]

Respect to you. I was throuwing the stapler out of the window.

[@DracoMcGuyver]

Vince, If the fan oscillation system is purely mechanical you should be able to see the speed difference by timing the full travel, left to right and back, of say 20 cycles in each speed setting. if this had been a live stream I or somebody else would have suggested a circlet for installing the fan blades. That is the purpose of that coil that you found. At the initial testing the blades were probably slipping.

[@syntheticcheetah]

Vince, with the tire pump, most modern car DC power jacks are only rated for a few amps. Basically that is all that is needed to plug in a standard cellphone charger. The no power situation was likely the original customer burning out the fuse with to much amperage draw, and thinking the product was faulty. Whoever processed the return likely didn't even test it.

[@TerryLawrence001]

I would have loved to see the clock's insides! I believe that the radio setting of the clock is done by a separate module that has the receiver and a micro controller for each protocol. Amazon default is to sell the clock that works where you live, but you can order the other ones as well if you request it. Did someone order the wrong one because it was cheaper, not knowing that it won't work there? There might be a time zone setting jumper inside. More advanced clocks do have a zone option for countries with multiple zones. Here in North America ours is BC!)W-BC for Boulder Colorado (WWVB) There are ~6 zones in the continental US/Canada and WWVB is available to most of these zones.

[@kevinsampson8779]

The blades were slipping on the shaft by adding the heat shrink it shrink you stopped it

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

Broken plastic earthpin bodge I did was use a two plug adaptor. I pushed the broken bit in the earth pin to open the shutter then hot glued the plug in. It made a chunky plug but I wasn't paying £20 for a new Gtec power cord.

[@georgebond6429]

My watch can change from Lisbon to London to others check the manual or is there a utube video on it

[@AndreasTorger]

When I see a video from you that is over one hour.. Then my weekend is compleat ❤️👍

[@audibell]

I like watching your Amazon videos

[@jrbuilds8331]

Telling me you've never in your life took a fan apart vince fgs I've done this a million times 😂😂😂😂

[@NeathVideos]

The kettle had has 2 cutouts -one for cutting power when water boils, and if that one fails then the other one would cut power when it boiled dry, and if that failed as well, the kettle would basically melt and possibly catch fire

[@StevenShaw]

I have the same fan. I modified the blade to get more air to move around. the blades are useless. However I do get different speeds from those buttons.

[@DobuDobuDobuDot]

The problem probably was the lack of friction from the shaft to the blades and Vince fixed that with the heat shrink

[@SWATStrachan]

Regarding the little safe, that's a common method by which to crack the code. I used to collect spare parts from a particular chain of self-storage sites, and they would save up all of their combination padlocks with lost codes for me to collect and crack, I think my record was 18 during a 30 minute lunch break 😁. it was rather relaxing actually, I miss doing that.

[@mikel6989]

"nobody can get into it" lol lockpicking lawyer could get into that in probably less than 10 seconds with his eyes closed

[@DumahBrazorf]

No need to pick the lock, just remove the hinge pin. That's even more ridiculus than the old version lock flaws.

[@KittyOfBorg]

With a shim from a red bull can

[@slaphead2965]

To porcupine head ...from slap head. Great video 👍🙂

[@g.h.190]

Air compressor, customer might have a broken power socket or blown fuse. Never thought about it, but modern cars with extra outlets might have those limited to 5A or so, only suited for chargers. This was 10+A.

[@VampyRagDoll]

McNally’s been real quiet since this video dropped. 😂

[@mrbussey]

So many things to comment on! First, the safe. I'd say it's more to use at home to deter kids or maybe in the car when someone is going for a quick smash and grab. Second, the clock! There is no way to adjust the time zone? Here in the US we have 4 time zones and most radio clocks let you choose between them. I'm surprised you can't just tell it to subtract or add hours to whatever signal it's picking up since it looks like the DCF signal would cover a large part of England.

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

For the staple gun my parents use them and yes you have to get the specific size for the staple gun or it won’t function properly

[@mickyparker3949]

As for the fan Vince I believe it was the fan being lose, and as you put the sleeve on it didn't slip so you got it right.

[@kurtXhecticXpl]

I had such fan. It worked well for 10 seazons. I brought it for like 6$. So yeah, best value ever.

[@slaphead2965]

Hi Vince, I think because the propeller was loose, it was only ever going to get up to a single speed before spinning on the metal shaft regardless of switching to a higher speed. Perhaps by putting heat shrink on to the shaft gave it better grip?

[@marjon1703]

I have one of those fans and as I don't have kids/pets I took the grille off to make it a way more efficient and quieter fan.

[@solveit1304]

18:44 that's smooth shot

[@ashleybignell2366]

We all make mistakes, thats why they put erasers on pencils. Great vid as usual Vince

[@mainecoonman]

It wont be possible to convert the Braun clock to use the British time signal. Even if you could adjust the frequency it works on, the decoding system is completely different and the data bits are not comparable.

[@prymus141]

1:04:17 "Now, let me do this again, so we can see it was not a fluke ":D LPL propably

[@colinboneham7387]

Looks more like an “AliExpress” or “Temu” item, cheap and tacky, like the suppose kinetic car heater which is really just a cheap air freshener. I’d say putting the heat shrink on gave the blades more grip on the shaft so the blades turn better

[@cedley1969]

I think the issue with the fan running at the same speed without the blade fitted is that it reaches the maximum speed that 50hz will allow. With the blade fitted the air resistance slows it down and the two different speeds are due to the resistance in the windings generating different amounts of torque.

[@sg9222]

You could try solvent weld for the plug pin, not sure what plastic it's made of but would be much stronger than glue if it works

[@jamesdye4603]

The circular spring looking thing is to keep the blades on the motor shaft of the fan.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Imagine stealing someone's safe, extracting the hinge and opening it to find instructions. 😮

[@CrudelyMade]

for the fan: I wonder if the speed might be a factor of torque.. meaning the speed might be the same if there isn't a fan being pushed around, but if there is a fan on it, then one winding will spin it faster because there's more torque being provided. mind, I know nothing of how these things work, just applying some general concepts. ;-)

[@misseryguts]

With the clock, there might be a menu in it that selects the time zone, I have a watch that works this way, you select + or - from the transmitted time zone.

[@RandomTorok]

It's a Braun clock. What model? Does it do WiFI? Or is it connecting to a radio signal somewhere?

[@barbaravintson1217]

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[@DougieLawson]

Mainflingen, Germany DCF 77 is broadcasting on LW 77 MHz. Anthorn, Cumbria is on LW 60 MHz. The receivers are usually pre-tuned to 77 MHz or 60 MHz and can't be altered. Have a look at the internet and you'll find how to wire a 77 MHz receiver to an ESP processor card (or any other computer) and decode the radio signal.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I'm confused 1:19:50 If the kettle is off the base, what does it matter if the switch can click and stay down? It's off the base so there is no power, so it's not going to burn your house down. Is this (no offence meant, really) just another example of British safety laws going overboard? Why does it matter what the switch is doing if the kettle has no power ? I'm American so i don't understand. Thanks in advance.

[@mikethedigitaldoctorjarvis]

52:27 where is the lock picking lawyer when you need him !?

[@MrSquidArt]

vince no longer dose fixs things now dose safe cracking watch out lol

[@mikeciavarella316]

Vince, have you any plans to restore a Vespa scooter? You mentioned it when you were fettling the Rolls.

[@megatronskneecap]

"are you bent" 😂😂

[@jensgoerke3819]

The Wikipedia article about "Radio clock" lists the different radio time signals and their frequencies. Links to the different stations/systems reveal more details.

[@PlanetRuncorn]

a simple anemometer would tell you the wind speed or a tachometer for the shaft speed

[@johnburns5783]

For the radio controlled clock, Google is your friend 😉😉

[@squeakmillward]

If in doubt give it a clout!

[@lalmuanpuiamizo]

Sorry to disappoint you, but he fault about the fan, I don't think its the shaft slip. I think the tinned wire is too long, and when they push it in it shorted out the brass bar inside the switch then bypass the two speeds. I think you can notice the hum is more pronounced while its faulty, because one extra coil for lower speed is shunted. If not solved, i think it will also heat up fast. And its normal for speed not to change unloaded in this simple motor, because weaker (slower/longer) coil can push it to max synchronous speed anyway without blade

[@Jeroen_a]

@1:08:57 it sais it on the listing. For European time.... maybe you have a use case for it (even in the UK) also remember we have DST so sometimes the difference is 2 hours.

[@malcellery1538]

They usually have a pin fitted to the central spindle which locates into a slot on the plastic fan to avoid the fan slipping on the spindle. I guess they were saving cost by not drilling a hole in the spindle and inserting a pin.

[@JohnGotts]

Real shame on the atomic clock. I love my atomic clock. It is tuned to WWV, and of course you can adjust the timezone. Rumor has it you can hear WWV in England, so it is possible the clock would be good there, too. 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz AM.

[@waynestyles7916]

Vince, read the VEET reviews 😅

[@R.Daneel]

Does that "reflective" lid go all the way through? It might just be to let light in so the water level is easier to see with the lid closed.

[@jimjones1652]

Maybe you could count the Oscillations of the fan per minutes as it's driven by the motor. Never mind I just got to the part of the video where you can hear the difference.

[@matteo_z]

1:01:01 I was expecting another ad for pcbway the second I saw the paper...

[@ijabbott63]

For the kettle, rather than measuring the voltage on the base, it would be safer to measure continuity between the base and the plug.

[@markcollins999]

I think because you put shrink on the bar. when the higher speed is activated it stops it slipping on higher speed. maybe wrong just my idea

[@Boogie_the_cat]

But then why didn't it turn at different speeds when he tested just the bar spinning without the blades on it ?

[@markcollins999]

@Boogie_the_cat good point ..I didn't think of that

[@CamaroSSMan69]

Normally clocks like that have a way to set the time zone so when they get the signal they auto adjust. Does that one not?

[@gregdowle695]

i liked the staple gun best. I think you should get yourself an electric screw driver Vince.

[@chillenchilla4]

i bet the fan adjusts the frequency like and light dimmer?

[@harrygood4783]

I guess not having the spring tensioner on inside the fan to clamp it onto the spindle, would cause the fan to slip, once secured tightly on the shaft would allow the full rotation energy to be applied and the low speed is what you initial had with no slip, i wonder if all those negative reviews is because of poor assembly of the fan!

[@AcidBURNer666]

I agree with your assessment👍

[@sambuka57]

The shaft could have been spinning inside the fan if the fan blades were catching the guard, it looked quite loose. Adding the shrink seemed to have fixed it.

[@daytona1212]

The fan could also be slipping on the axis before you added the heat shrink, and it could get up to speed that way.

[@mrfooziesfilmclub]

For stainless steel kettles use baby oil to return them to new!

[@bones1225]

Hedgehog code breaking Inc. Skills V. Ps, we might need you for ww3.

[@leewatts1570]

As a casio collector all i know is they use what is called radioceptor for the UK

[@OldMan_PJ]

With that fan I'm betting those 1 star reviews failed to install the spring on the shaft to keep the blades from slipping. You can never trust customers to read instructions or Chinese manufacturers to provide clear instructions.

[@poppydogz]

Yes I spotted the spring clip missing also👍

[@The_Watcher2k3]

Jep. The axle was not properly secured in the rotor. This caused the engine to run unevenly. The rotor was wobbling on the axle or the axle was spinning freely at high speed. Don't ask how I know that... 😀

[@TheReddkatt]

enjoyed that

[@nadussee]

You made a major blunder, now we know your security box code 🤓

[@wyxchari]

The switch was bypassed and was sending power through both wires at the same time. You pulled the wires off the switch and didn't test them until you reassembled the entire fan.

[@matteo_z]

The lock thing, has more than 10k combinations, although I can't remember what the calculation was on top of my head (it's midnight). I think it's 4^10 (9 + digit 0), but don't quote me on that, I might be wrong.

[@GinandTronics]

That thermal paste on the kettle looks like a scary clown face 🤡🤡🤡

[@seankirk333]

👍Ar come on now Vince,. your nearly as old as me surely you remember that good ald brand Belaco with half Union Jack,. Yu know, back from the good old days, remember, not,. Take care excellent video really enjoy watching,.👍

[@samosam2812]

about the fan, grease gets hard ,that is the most common problem and reason for failure a squir of wd40 is a temporary fix.also when yo tested it without shroud you could time the oscilation .i think the switch was to blame

[@steveelkington1720]

I have a Lidl one that use the same signal but you can alter the DCF setting to +/- 1hour maybe you can on this one

[@garryshaw5742]

polly is good at putting the kettle on

[@andymouse]

You sexist misogynistic bigot ! :)

[@mohamadasriabdulazid4784]

Wow they use a refugirator fan as a table fan. 🤣

[@darrenbird2526]

Also used in microwaves.