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EEVblog 1602 – Sony Amplifier REPAIR ADVENTURE

Repair of a Sony HCD-SBT20B Bluetooth Stereo. What it’s like to nail the repair and then, well come-a-gutsa and have to go down the rabbit hole to fix the fix all whilst battling bad design info. How VFD displays work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZIRPJt69sM Mud run video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAahT8_P-_E Tektronix autopsy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZCokbsTwmQ Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1603-sony-amplifier-repair/ …

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EEVblog 1600 – Rouute: Road Based Energy BUSTED

ouute: Road Based Energy! Harvest kinestic energy from cars using speed bumps. Will this decarbonise and save the planet? Do the numbers add up? https://www.rouute.com/road-based-energy Discount Morgan Freeman promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGw2lcTS1gs Introducing Rouute test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxnksdL5nx8 https://www.electricaltimes.co.uk/worlds-first-road-based-energy-recovery-system-set-to-launch-to-market-to-help-drive-net-zero-agenda/ https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/grimsby-start-up-could-generate-26824298 https://www.facebook.com/rouutetechnologies/ Kinetic Energy Calculator: https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/physics/kinetic.php Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1600-rouute-road-based-energy-busted/ 00:00 – Rouute Road Based …

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EEVblog 1599 – TOP 5 Jellybean Bipolar Transistors

The TOP 5 Jellybean Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) 00:00 – What is a Jellybean Component? 01:30 – Low Power BJT: 2N3904 / 3906, SMD Marking 1A 06:49 – 2N2222 08:52 – BC547 fanboys 09:28 – Medium Power BJT: FMMT617-619 / 717-719 12:27 – SS8050 / 8550 15:08 – High Power …

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EEVblog 1598 – ANENG AC11 Socket Tester TEARDOWN + SCHEMATIC Reverse Eng

Teardown and reverse engineering of the ANENG AC11 Smart Mains Socket Tester + DaveCAD schematic. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1598-aneng-ac11-socket-tester-teardown-schematic-reverse-eng/ 00:00 – ANENG AC11 Mains socket wiring tester 00:59 – Simple mains passive socket tester with neon bulbs 03:33 – Fluke ST240+ RCD Socket Tester 06:06 – Testing 07:14 – Teardown 10:54 – …

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