electronics

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Torch repair

Alan Liefting

August 13, 2023

This small LED torch came in for recycling. The batteries were stuffed. Cleaned the battery…
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Too far gone

Alan Liefting

January 16, 2021

I couldn’t save this calculator. It was too far gone! The leaky battery corroded a…
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Conductive glue

Alan Liefting

January 16, 2021

Some manufacturers are just not learning from past manufacturing mistakes. Or they just don’t care…
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Handy reference chart for plug pinouts

Alan Liefting

January 6, 2021

<humour> This is a reference chart for plug pinouts. We can rely on xkcd to…
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Rubbish manufacturing

Alan Liefting

April 23, 2020

Had a no name brand battery charger come in for recycling. I set it up…
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Spare parts suppliers

Alan Liefting

April 24, 2017

The electronics repair industry in New Zealand has been in decline for the past two…
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A missing screw

Alan Liefting

January 14, 2017

A Philips 42TA2800 LCD TV came in for recycling. “It works” the customer said, “It…
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It would be irresponsible not to!

Alan Liefting

December 11, 2016

I was reading the sales blurb for the ASUS Vivobook X556UQ and one of the…
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Ubuntu and laptops

Alan Liefting

July 15, 2016

For a few years now I have been running Ubuntu 14.0.0 on an old Toshiba…
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Brexit and green electronics

Alan Liefting

July 4, 2016

In a referendum on 23 June 2016 the voting public of the UK chose to…