Here you’ll find a collection of things that I do, make, say and think. A collection of projects I publshare on other sites online. Including; custom built and designed guitar or Hi-Fi amplifiers and effects, custom PC servers, and rescued, upcycled hardware. Simply a central place to collect what I’m doing with some of my a creative rest at any given time.
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Random Posts
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Guitar rebuild: 1. onboard preamps & hardware
From 70’s hard rock, to a credible metal guitar this one started its life 1982 in Japan, built in the great Matsumoku shop. Known for […]
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Restomod Car: Engine 1
With an old, regular, car like this, it is usually abandoned for a crusher, or parts hunter, however restoring and rebuilding it better than stock […]
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Dumble ODS: 2. Mods
Doing a copy of an amp can be a good learning experience, modifying it to suit your needs and taste, however, can be the really […]
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Easy Naim Hifi poweramp upgrades
Why these mods work is quite simple, even very expensive hifi-gear tend to use cheap sonically bad components where size is an issue. With some […]
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25 Year old computer as a firewall: 60Mbps throughput!
If you have spend some time around a computer interested individual you may at one time or another have come across the suggestion that a […]
Saving monitors: leaky capacitors
A common issue with electronics are when small insignificant components fail. Fixes then usually only depend on 1) Knowledge/problem solving and 2) 1-2 $/€/£ in replacements.
In this case a very common issue, leaky electrolytic capacitors. While most parts in a computer monitor should be fine for a couple decades these little parts can start to leak their electrolytic fluid or dry up and thus loose their capacitance. As their job is to store electricity, this usually lead to wierd issues. Happily Its usually very easy to diagnose. Here the tops of the parts was bulging, a clear indication.
Switching them out and no more issues and these old screens can continue living a happy life another ten or so years.
Don’t discard what can be easily fixed and given another life, there are always someone you know for whom such a thing is an upgrade. Even if you have decided to change out the old, consider giving your old things to charity or help someone out, no need to increase the landfill. (and fixing what’s broken can be a good in itself)