Electronics repair channels on YouTube - recommendations?

[SolderSucker]

Besides EEVBlog of course, do you have any favorite electronics repair channels on YouTube? For example:

Mend It Mark - only recently found this guy and love his channel - he's informative, entertaining and does some really nice work (https://www.youtube.com/@MendItMark )

Uncle Doug - always a pleasure to watch this guy work (https://www.youtube.com/@UncleDoug/ )

Mr Carlson's Lab - takes his time and goes into great detail (https://www.youtube.com/@MrCarlsonsLab )

and that's just three off the top of my head.

What are some of your favorites?

[alm]

CuriousMarc. Does some quite in-depth repairs in collaboration with others. Mostly vintage computers, NASA hardware and HP equipment.

The Signal Path (Shahriar), forum user Hugoneus. Repairs test equipment, and will usually go in into the theory of operations of the equipment he's repairing.

[Bud]

I can say which ones cannot recommend. Those youtubers who play overexcitement, make grimaces on the camera, do not mute the audio when aligning receivers with RF signal gen, who riducule the old equipment they are restoring and who do not clean dust from it before poking it with their magic screwdriver.

[themadhippy]

whilst not 100% repair ,big clive  for the trashier  side of things

[TERRA Operative]

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[Black Phoenix]

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That is shameless promotion, you know? 

[wilfred]

Jerry Walker does excellent videos mostly on older computer gear. He's doing an HP9845B computer at the moment. Has good educational content about machine operation.

Branchus Creations might be worth a look if older Macintoshes are your thing.

[artag]

I've enjoyed many of the streams listed above, especially Curious Marc (and Applied Science, though that's not so much repair).

However, recently I've been watching shango066, who mostly works on old TVs and radio receivers. They're not something I've looked at for years and don't really want to start on again, but his perspective on them - he's mostly doing a fast debug to find out if theyre worth properly restoring - and the history he knows make the videos interesting.

[Faranight]

NorthridgeFix

[AVGresponding]

12voltvids is pretty good for AV stuff

[Sredni]

Micheal Dranfield has a few interesting videos. IIRC he wrote articles for one of those tree-killing paper magazines.
@michealdranfield7140

[TERRA Operative]

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That is shameless promotion, you know? 

I know, but I do think it is a very good channel that everyone should watch, if I say so myself..... 

[HwAoRrDk]

IanScottJohnston - repairs a lot of test equipment, also frequents this forum.

Marco Reps - also repairs test equipment from time to time, some metrology stuff too.

FeedbackLoop - mostly A/V and test equipment repairs.

JoulesperCoulomb - a good back-catalogue of videos repairing 8-bit computers, and some test and audio gear. Hasn't posted any videos in a few years, though. His presentation style reminds me of 1980s Open University programs, if anyone knows what I mean.

Adrian's Digital Basement - 8/16-bit computer repair.

[TomKatt]

I'll probably get some crap for this, but I find Shango066's channel very entertaining.  The focus is primarily on getting old tube televisions, radios and hifi systems that have been sitting out in the weather for decades running well enough to watch or listen (as opposed to restoration).  He does this with a bare minimum of equipment, and often tests capacitors by running an audio signal through them and judging their health by the frequency filtering listening to the amplified signal.

Will you learn electronic theory? No.  Will you be entertained? Yes    That said, I did pick up a few things watching him work on transistorized radios.

EDIT - seconding Mr. Carlson, CuriousMarc and Adrian's Digital Basement.  +12voltvids 

AvE is also a hysterical smart guy, tends to deal with the mechanical side of electrical stuff.

[AndyC_772]

https://www.youtube.com/@TheCod3r/videos

Fixes games consoles commercially. He's knowledgeable, methodical, uses the proper tools for the job, and workmanship is to a high standard.

[TomKatt]

Just noticed - nobody has mentioned Louis Rossmann?  Granted he's become a bit more social/political commentary than just Macbook repairs, but still pretty good and an advocate for Right To Repair.

[TERRA Operative]

AvE is also a hysterical smart guy, tends to deal with the mechanical side of electrical stuff.

He was good until he went into the anti vax, covid conspiracy rubbish.

[TomKatt]

AvE is also a hysterical smart guy, tends to deal with the mechanical side of electrical stuff.

He was good until he went into the anti vax, covid conspiracy rubbish.

Yeah, I've not watched him recently.  That's too bad.  You never really know people you don't know.

Next thing you know, Scott Adams will say something offensive 

[TERRA Operative]

I'm waiting for the day the scandal breaks were we discover that Dave actually uses a teleprompter.

Now that would be something... 

[Black Phoenix]

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That is shameless promotion, you know? 

I know, but I do think it is a very good channel that everyone should watch, if I say so myself..... 

And you keep going... You really have no shame as a person you know...

[MathWizard]

I can't remember how much repair John does, but he does some nice audio hobby stuff and more,
https://www.youtube.com/@JohnAudioTech/videos

[Black Phoenix]

There is one who is starting basically but owns a ton of good equipment:

https://youtube.com/@pitushi




 

[Vovk_Z]

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I'm subscribed yet, btw. 

[edpalmer42]

This needs to be a sticky!!!!

To add to the list:

Kerry Wong - Reviews, Projects, and Repairs
Glasslinger - Mostly vintage repairs, high voltage, build your own nixies and tubes (!!).  A bit eccentric  , but interesting

.... and in a class by himself ....
PhotonicInduction  Yeah, I know, but c'mon, you know you want to ... 

[SolderSucker]

This needs to be a sticky!!!!

I fully agree. Who can we contact to make such a request?

Also, another channel that I like:

Buy it Fix it:

https://www.youtube.com/@BuyitFixit

He does assorted consumer electronics repairs and sometimes other things (such as a mechanical issue in his tumble dryer).