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Old 05-05-2016, 16:33   #479
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Re: What have you fixed lately?

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
My favourite Braun electric razor (1508) The battery was getting very low on capacity and then it suddenly stopped altogether and no charge/cord operation either. I had previously replaced the battery a few years ago and had modified the internal latch mechanism on the case for easy re-opening by fitting a much less agressive spring and drilling a tiny 1mm hole to that a paperclip can be used to operate the catch rather than forcing the case open at one end to be able to get a screwdriver onto it.

I found that one end of the battery had come unsoldered and that had blown the charging circuit. I needed to replace several transistors, a resistor and the indicator LED plus soldering* in a new freshly charged 2500mHr NiMh battery.

Works a treat now.

I had sourced another motor off ebay just in case as this had failed a few years ago and was replaced. It can go on the spares shelf for when it's needed.

*Not good for batteries but a very hot iron and quickly seems to get away with it.
Now that's the sort of job I'd love to be able to do but I never got to grips with electronics, I'm more mechanical.

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Osem and Heero yuy clever or what?
You charmer you!
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