Repair LCD display by cleaning zebra stripes - 148

[@pafufnik]

Thanks for the video. It gave me the confidence I needed to repair an old Radio Shack inside-outside thermometer with a poor LCD screen. It works! 100% success.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi pafufnik Awesome,,Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@johncrosley1]

Acetone!!! Great for dissolving plastics and removing nail varnish.Use isopropyl alcohol if you don’t want to ruin your stuff.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi jay cee Thank You very much! I did not have any. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@carla1492]

Thanks for the video. It helped me restore my 1995 handheld Yathzee game which suffered from an exploded battery and needed cleaning.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi carla1492 Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@user-kw1sx8nc6d]

I would have used pure Isopropyl alcohol instead of acetone, but so long as it works, each to their own!

[@MyPlayHouse]

That will work too 🤗

[@roidroid]

"It's also an Alarm clock..." "if i break it i break it, i'm not going to lose any *SLEEP* over this." haha.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi roidroid Thank You very much! I´ll get even more sleep :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@etot1145]

Hpw to fix line screen samsung a1

[@buzoff4642]

Found flux in my microwave circuitry also. "Made in China", same experience with initial "Made in Japan" decades back. Iterative learning curve, as they keep moving production to new places.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Buz Off Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@jorensminats5605]

I was gone fot a while but i am back i will watch every video i missed!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Jorens Minats I actually thought yesterday, that it was a long time since I had seen you here in the comments. as always - Thank you for watching! :-)

[@jorensminats5605]

Hi Morten Hjorth i was gone but i'm back for ever! :-)

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Jorens Minats From a land far far away, now and forever we present Jorens Minats,, :-) Where have you been? Thank you for watching! :-)

[@IceTurf]

The original fluke was better quality - that is why it still worked even when so dirty.

[@MyPlayHouse]

HI It is a cool old meter! Thank you for watching! :-)

[@turkalpkucur]

perfect work!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Türkalp Kucur Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@mrmonza9512]

What adhesive do you use for this? I am trying to reattach the little strip in my Casio calculator watch and all I have is super glue.

[@MyPlayHouse]

I do not believe I used glue, with my little project here.

[@saturn5tony]

Already mentioned the word strips back in your video 144, thanks again.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi +saturn5tony Yes it's a full time job, keeping up with my mistakes. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi saturn5tony He He "gray zebra's" i am sure Animal Planet will have great difficulty finding those :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@saturn5tony]

+My PlayHouse (Morten Hjorth) - HAHA!! Im sure there is one Zebra out there saying.. "What the heck happened to meee..Oh noo" hehe!

[@olliadhd]

Great vid! Keep it up! Could using isopropyl alcohol be better than acetone?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Olli Paloheimo Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@buzoff4642]

Alcohol does also work, but acetone is stronger. Old flux can be a bit difficult to get off.

[@umarsantosoo]

work on my lovely Baby G watch, thanks sir.....

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi SUME Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@NiNjaTurtLe697]

I'm curious how the rubber strip comes into play to push display on LCD? Is there light shining through the rubber strip? Does the rubber strip have to be perfectly aligned with slots/holes on the strip and PCB? etc

[@MyPlayHouse]

The zebra stripes has layers of conductive and non conductive layers,, and put in strage it should power the right spot.

[@jorensminats5605]

And congrats on 500 subs!!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Jorens Minats Yes i got like 500 subs and 100.000 on almost on the same day. I am thinking of a 1000 subs competition.... :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@jeromegsam]

With what you cleaned ? Is it something like surgical spirit ?

[@MyPlayHouse]

I only had ACITONE...

[@boris9331]

I've heard of these being cleaned only for them to last 2 years. How do they last 8 years or so to begin with then have to be cleaned every couple of years. Is there some coating you can put on them to contact better, or will a good clean fix it for a long time? Just wondering really what the cause of the problem is, I don't see how these can corrode if not really exposed to much water or moisture at all. I'm thinking has anybody used some sort of conductive coating that you can apply individually to every contact/segment. Thanks.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi +V LT I do not know of anything. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@buzoff4642]

When they relocate electronics factories, it's usually for cheaper production, and cheaper comes from inexperience - as in no cleanup of flux on the soldered circuits. And flux is corrosive. It shouldn't need repeated cleaning. It should've been done at the factory, and if it wasn't, once should do it.

[@gaboaaa23]

can these zebra stripes bought sepparetely for watches?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi gabrielwhite They probably can,, I did just do a search for zebra stripes,, but that was nowhere near what we were really looking for. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@gaboaaa23]

@@MyPlayHouse did that too! But i think that would be an neverending search journey

[@buzoff4642]

Look on AdaFruit's web site.

[@tysonmodestus8520]

Can this work on a washing machine pc board

[@MyPlayHouse]

I really do not know,, there is a chance,, but make sure you can get replacement parts :-/

[@budhihart8161]

U put the front glass backward....reverse it

[@MyPlayHouse]

I know,, and was to lazy to ever fix it,, this clock was thrown out ½ a year ago :-/

[@budhihart8161]

@@MyPlayHouse ,😅😅😅

[@Ciprian-Amarandei]

Acetone around plastic? No, thanks !!!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Ciprian Amarandei Well it is rubber,, and I do beleave that our Acetone comes in plastic bottles. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@richardf911]

Total fail.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi How? Thank you for watching! :-)

[@arvindpal4310]

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