Had enough for today. Some of my black-handled tools are almost too hot to hold without gloves.
Got a gravel base down for flagstone. I'm experimenting with "urbanite" as well. Looking rather good I think. I thought it would look more junky mixed among the real stones. Some judicious sledge-hammer shaping involved.
It's really cool that Rotel provides a full service manual, complete with schematics, test points, and bias adjustment instructions. I don't know if they still do it for newer stuff.
I don't think I would have been able to do it without the service manual.
#audiophile #DIY #electronics #electronicsrepair
The left channel also had a blown fuse and some heat-stressed resistors (a few were shorted). I swapped them all, upgrading the stressed ones to higher-wattage versions so they run cooler. Finished by adjusting the bias as per the service manual. It’s been running fine for the past hour… We’ll see if it survives the next few days!
Managed to bring a Rotel RA-02 back to life! Picked it up with a dead left channel and decided to fix it myself. Took me much longer than someone who knows what they’re doing, but I learned a lot. The culprit: a shorted output transistor (2SB817/2SD1047). Originals are discontinued, so I used FB group-recommended replacements (2SA1962/2SC5242) and replaced both channels for a match.
Gotta do some landscaping work this morning.
It's going to be on the Chernobyl work plan - go do one quick task, then run away to safety (to the air conditioning to recover).
Guten Morgen zusammen. Um 11:00 Uhr starte ich wieder den #KintsugiAtHome-#Livestream. Ich werde an @abuerkl.s Tellerchen weiterarbeiten, am Deckel von @vanion@chaos.social.s Teegefäß und natürlich an der Katze. Vielleicht hole ich dann noch ein viertes Stück hervor, mal schauen.
I liked this rotating fringe thing - saw it somehwere a few months ago - and thought about giving it a try. It's fun and I like how it turned out. Mixed leathers for the quirk and textures.
Tip: The top heart is vachetta and it can work as essential oil diffuser - or you can spray your favorite perfume and hang it from your rearview mirror.
Avoid your ex's, unless you want your car to smell like heartbreak
The Ritual Wedding Chapel video is now on Peertube
Enjoy https://makertube.net/w/i4peouk6u42o7kKDPu72zR