Tag Archives: repair

Westinghouse LCD Repair

Posted on August 28, 2011 by retrovoltage

After seeing the repair I made on the Samsung LCD monitor, a friend gave me a few-years-old Westinghouse LCD/TV that had quit working – it wouldn’t power on anymore. It’s a Westinghouse SK-19H210S, 19″ LCD accepting VGA or HDMI up … Continue reading →

Posted in Electronics, Photos, Projects, Television | Tagged capacitor replacement, cost engineering, fried electronics, HDTV, LCD, Monitor, power supply, recycling, repair, SK-19H210S, soldering, Westinghouse | 6 Comments

Dumpster Diving: Samsung 225BW LCD Repair

Posted on August 22, 2011 by retrovoltage

I found a Samsung 225BW LCD sitting on top of my apartment’s dumpster, and figured I’d drag it upstairs. It’s a few year old model but it’s better than the current older Dell LCD that I’ve been using (1680×1050 versus 1440×900). … Continue reading →

Posted in Electronics, Hardware, Projects | Tagged capacitor replacement, cost engineering, desoldering, dumpster diving, fried electronics, Hakko 472D, power supply, recycling, repair, salvage, Samsung 225BW, soldering | 6 Comments

Repairing an Antique Radio from Start to Finish [7 – Conclusion] – Grunow 589

Posted on June 26, 2011 by retrovoltage

And we’re done! The saga of restoring the Grunow 589 is coming to a close, as I’ve sorted the last issue, performed the final set of adjustments and verified correct operation of all its features. Update: The series is complete. … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, grunow, grunow 589, grunow chassis 5-U, grunow radio restoration, repair, restoration, tube radio | 17 Comments

Repairing an Antique Radio from Start to Finish [6.5] – Grunow 589

Posted on June 21, 2011 by retrovoltage

Update: The series is complete. For more articles and information, visit these other posts. This dates back to 2011, when I was pretty new to this hobby – I’d probably do a few things differently now! Part 1: Identification and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, EICO 324, EICO 460, grunow 589, grunow chassis 5-U, grunow radio restoration, HP 200CD, oscilloscope, repair, restoration, tube radio | 14 Comments

Repairing an Antique Radio from Start to Finish (6) – Grunow 589

Posted on June 5, 2011 by retrovoltage

Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, grunow, grunow 586, grunow 589, grunow chassis 5-U, grunow radio restoration, repair, restoration, tube radio | 16 Comments

Before and After: GE Musaphonic T-210B Radio

Posted on May 31, 2011 by retrovoltage

I recently got around to fixing up my GE Musaphonic T-210B, a relatively nice tabletop tube radio from 1963. It has two medium-sized speakers, AM and FM with automatic frequency correction with 8 tubes. When I was a very young … Continue reading →