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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:01:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog" /><item><title>Repair of a CNG boiler control board</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/repair-of-a-cng-boiler-control-board</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:01:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d5f2957d-7854-4247-8890-f59af3eff094</guid><dc:creator>koudelad</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=4074</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/repair-of-a-cng-boiler-control-board#comments</comments><description>Hello,&amp;nbsp;(Note: I know I am posting this a month after a deadline, but I thought it is worth mentioning as I am very happy about it.)&amp;nbsp;Previous month&amp;#39;s theme was Simple Electronic Repairs &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/w/documents/3162/project14-earn-a-100-shopping-cart-for-your-simple-electronic-repairs"&gt; Project14 | Earn a $100 Shopping Cart for Your Simple ...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/repair-of-a-cng-boiler-control-board"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4074&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/boiler_5F00_control">boiler_control</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/boiler">boiler</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/boiler%2brepair">boiler repair</category></item><item><title>1970's Sears 8 Track Repair</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/1970-s-sears-8-track-repair</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ec62f335-2460-4fb0-a185-e90363e8a0fd</guid><dc:creator>gam3t3ch</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3925</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/1970-s-sears-8-track-repair#comments</comments><description>
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Since I got my first one in so quickly on this one I thought I would post this one for fun.&amp;nbsp; Still lots of time guys get them projects in!(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/1970-s-sears-8-track-repair"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3925&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/backtoanalogch">backtoanalogch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/restorerepairch">restorerepairch</category></item><item><title>Fixing R2D2's Brains</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/fixing-r2d2-s-brains</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:51ac0ed0-f2d3-4561-a5f9-82873f6a6152</guid><dc:creator>Sean_Miller</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3899</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/fixing-r2d2-s-brains#comments</comments><description>
One of our household items is an R2D2!
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He&amp;#39;s movie screen ready and has an autonomous dome.&amp;nbsp; We built him with the help of the gang at Astromech.net.&amp;nbsp; It is a forum for droid building enthusiasts.&amp;nbsp; (Between that forum and the Be...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/fixing-r2d2-s-brains"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3899&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/restorerepairch">restorerepairch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/holidayspecialch">holidayspecialch</category></item><item><title>Repair of tone control circuit in old transistor radio</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/repair-of-tone-control-circuit-in-old-transistor-radio</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:12:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:031819e2-8854-410e-ba50-33721c88c94c</guid><dc:creator>kk99</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3806</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/repair-of-tone-control-circuit-in-old-transistor-radio#comments</comments><description>&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/"&gt;Simple Electronic Repairs&lt;/a&gt;Monthly project competitions, chances to earn prizes, you decide project themes, your ideas, your projects, turn ideas into projects.&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Back to The Project14 homepage &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challengesprojects/project14/"&gt;Project14 Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/2891/project14-current-upcoming-and-previous-contests"&gt;Monthly Themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/w/documents/20670/project14-you-decide-the-next-monthly-project-competition"&gt;Monthly Theme Poll&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have an...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/repair-of-tone-control-circuit-in-old-transistor-radio"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3806&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/backtoanalogch">backtoanalogch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/restorerepairch">restorerepairch</category></item><item><title>Train Repair</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/train-repair</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:8f07ce7c-ab17-4fc9-9d19-0ab109bb0bfc</guid><dc:creator>Workshopshed</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3792</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/train-repair#comments</comments><description>
This fix is from a few years back.
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One day, a train arrived outside
One day my wife turned up with a large bag of train track and asked me to pop out to the car to get the rest. I also found a small ride on train in the boot of the car. &amp;quot;I pi...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/train-repair"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3792&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category></item><item><title>Potentiometer Repair</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/potentiometer-repair</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:cb37ad99-104c-4787-b748-c2bb547c0106</guid><dc:creator>rsc</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3742</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/potentiometer-repair#comments</comments><description>
I published this on Instructables.com a while ago, but it&amp;#39;s a good one.
&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" title="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Clean-The-Controls-On-Your-Amplifier/" href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Clean-The-Controls-On-Your-Amplifier/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;How to Clean the Controls on Your &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" title="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Clean-The-Controls-On-Your-Amplifier/" href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Clean-The-Controls-On-Your-Amplifier/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Amplifier: 10 Steps (with Pictures)&lt;/a&gt;
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Is that crackling and popping when you turn the controls on your amp driving you crazy?&amp;nbsp; 
Here&amp;#39;...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/potentiometer-repair"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3742&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category></item><item><title>Non-Electrical to Electrial issue: Battery booster pack repair.</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/non-electrical-to-electrial-issue-battery-booster-pack-repair</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:290d104f-73fa-4c1b-9eb2-b5c7995093ee</guid><dc:creator>gam3t3ch</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=3732</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/non-electrical-to-electrial-issue-battery-booster-pack-repair#comments</comments><description>
&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://youtu.be/1Wed7BHhM_c" rel="nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;(Please click here for the Audio version of this document)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;------If you don&amp;#39;t feel like reading click to the left.
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So I have had this booster pack sitting around my shop I use it all the time and even use the air compressor ...(&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/posts/non-electrical-to-electrial-issue-battery-booster-pack-repair"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3732&amp;AppID=184&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/simpleelectronicch">simpleelectronicch</category><category domain="https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/project14/simpleelectronicrepairs/b/blog/archive/tags/restorerepairch">restorerepairch</category></item></channel></rss>