Tag Archives: parts

Building a Better Voltage Regulator

Posted on February 17, 2016 by jwk

Glancing through my feeds, I stumbled across a note on The Paleotechnologist describing a new replacement for the venerable LM7805 linear regulator IC. It turns up in a ton of devices, pretty much anything with a medium-current 5V rail including … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Band Switch Rocker Arm Lever from Grundig 5399 or 8000-series Radio [Repair]

Posted on July 9, 2012 by jwk

I’m having trouble coming up with a replacement part necessary to bring my client’s Grundig 5399U/S back to life, so I turn to the Internet to help. Part of the band switch assembly is a rocker arm which spans the … Continue reading →

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