Dave's TV Service and Repair. 938 SW 6th Grants Pass Oregon. (541) 479-3915

Welcome to Dave's TV & Electronics Repair.
Servicing Grants Pass since 1995.
Store hours are 10:30 to 5:30 Monday through Friday.
938 SW 6th street. Grants Pass Oregon
541-479-3915

For those who saw my youtube videos and came here desiring to learn more about do it your self TV repair, Scroll down this page and you will find many links to free instructional videos. Sources for parts, books, and test equipment.
You can also click here to subscribe to my free youtube videos.

Click on these books to sample their contents, or you can read my own summary of them by
clicking here

Mikes TV repair case histories.
This is a yearly paperback publication which has the combined repair histories from over 65 different Television repairmen. In this book the technicians share their records as to which parts or boards they replaced to fix many different symptoms. The latest edition has over 1132 problems and solutions.
Click on book to learn more

Click book to learn more

Satisfaction is assured. (10-day return privilege . Out of 23,900 sold over the last 22 years only Two have been returned.
Click on the book to learn more. Read the testimonials.

Click here to see the Hakko 808 desoldering tool

Scroll down index and click on free video tutorials.
(or)
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How to Solder.
Un-soldering those difficult to remove components.
Understanding AC and DC part 1
Understanding AC and DC Part 2
Diodes and Bridge rectifiers
Electromagnetic Induction
Understanding watts in relation to volts & amps.
Volts, amps and resistance made simple
Isolation Transformers
How to test Diodes
Repairing broken antenna connectors on TVs
Finding a short to ground using this special technique
LCD backlight
POLAROID TV FLM2601 Repair Tip
Astar LTV3001 Repair Tip
Polaroid FLM1911 SVA Computer monitor
SVA 2400W-BD Screen is all White
Sharp LC13SHIU HALF OF SCREEN IS DARK
Emerson EWL20S5C
Vizio LCD TV
Watch norcal715 repair his Vizio mainboard.
Finding a shorted component
Click here to see how one gentleman repaired a
bad LCD display panel
bad LCD display panel part 2
Common LCD Display problems
Plasma TV . Learn from my mistake.
How to test capacitors
Toshiba Plasma TV 50HP16
Samsung Plasma TV PN50A550S1FXZA
RCA MODEL L37WD12YX1 Repair
Polaroid TLX04244B
Salvaged TV parts. warning about some retailers.
LCD TV Backlights overheating transformers on Samsung LN40B550K1F
Is my T-CON board bad or LCD display?

Sources for parts, schematics and more.

Grinding America down.

Parts & Service Manuals.
Digi-Key Corporation.
http://www.digikey.com/
I-800-344-4539

B&D Enterprises, Good source for electronic parts and very helpful staff.
1-800-458-6053

Mouser Electronics
http://www.mouser.com/
1-800-346-6873

Excellent place to find transistors and ICs
http://www.findchips.com

Click here for a good place to buy inverter boards transformers and more for LCD TVs.
1-888-785-7288

CCFL Warehouse Replacement lamps for LCD TV's

Suburban Electronics.1-800-341-5353

Service manuals.net

Freeze spray and tuner cleaner
1-800 655-1675
Tell Camile Dave's TV sent you and save.

Sams Technical Manuals / Schematics

Encompass Parts
1-800-432-8542

http://www.partstore.com/
1-866-925-PART(7278)

NTE cross reference for Semiconductors,
resistors, transformers and more.

Datasheetcatalog has datasheets for many electronic parts.

Acme sales

Union Electronics

TV Repair Kits.

Discussion Forums & Misc
Here is a good Q and A discussion forum for electronics enthusiasts.

Capacitor tester comparison. Caution they are not all created equal. Read this before you purchase one.

SMD Resistor Code Calculator

Color band Resistor Calculator

Disc capacitor codes and conversions

More simple Disc capacitor conversions

John Perher's web site

http://www.repairfaq.org/

Is Television repair a good profession?

Tips on using ESR Capacitor meters

Intripid Video and electronics

http://www.noahtec.com/

http://www.tvhistory.tv/repair-info.html

How long do LCD TVs last ? Check out this Poll

Randy Fromm's youtube chennel. Great channel for those who want to learn more about electronics.

Getting started in electronics by Forest Mims
This is an excellent beginners book on electronics.

OPTO-ISOLATORS
I found this article on testing Opto-isolators very helpful.

Soldering and temperature

Servicetron.com This site has some free training manuals.

Bad Caps Forum

Fun Stuff

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Free Energy From The Air

Plasma TV how it works.

Solar Furnace melts rock.

Invisible driver prank

Watch me open a Coconut with an electric
magnet.

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My magnetic toys

Polarized light demonstration

Home made UFO with my camera on a kite

Television Manufacturing Documentary From The Late 1950's

Grinding down America and other thought provoking videos.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein

Click here to see the Hakko 808 desoldering tool

Scroll down index and click on free video tutorials.(or)Click here to subscribe to my youtube channel.

Sources for parts, schematics and more.Grinding America down.

Fun Stuff

Scroll down index and click on free video tutorials.
(or)
Click here to subscribe to my youtube channel.

Sources for parts, schematics and more.

Grinding America down.