[GTALUG] ot: headphone jac replacement?

[Karen Lewellen]

actually, this particular edition of the machine  is about 5 years old.
While Xerox introduced the reading edge in the mid 1990s, they kept 
producing them for years, passing production onto another company.
This is not a casual piece of electronics  certainly.  I  feel sure if 
those people were using this to access the printed page, and run their 
computer, it wold not be just tossed smiles.
Besides, the thing I am using right now sounds like it is congested and is 
not pronouncing things well..which is no way to get any work done.
Kare



On Wed, 21 Apr 2021, Don Tai wrote:

> Audio jacks do wear out given enough use. They have a built-in spring and
> are coated with chrome, which wears down, and then can oxidize. You also
> can't get in there and clean the contacts with a pencil eraser, as it is
> too small. The audio jack is really a wear item, and would only take a
> couple of minutes to replace, even if soldering is required. Your machine
> is ancient and needs to be treated with the utmost care, but you knew that
> already.
>
> Maintenance on an electronic product are now pretty rare. People just throw
> the old one away and buy new. Therefore shops that specialize in reuse of
> electronic items are almost extinct. Thankfully you only have an issue with
> the audio jack, which is easily fixed.
>
> Don
>
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 14:14, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Will seek out a handyman then.
>> As explained, this is the equal to my computer monitor, with the machine
>> very difficult to replace.
>> Since the headphone jack gets allot of  activity, and extends out of the
>> hod of the machine, after several years of my moving the headphones
>> several times  a day, I am not surprised.
>> happened once before  in 2015 or 16.
>> My personal engineer just tightened it, no chemical smell recalled, which
>> is why I thought a small wrench could tighten the nut itself.
>> It sits beside a comparative jack which, if one uses an audio patch chord
>> allows one to record the  information onto external audio media like a
>> cassette tape.
>> Thanks,
>> Karen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2021, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:14 PM James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2021-04-20 9:38 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
>>>>> what is loosekite?
>>>>
>>>> Loctite is a type of adhesive that is placed on screws or nuts to keep
>>>> them from loosening.  You put it on after the screw or nut is tightend,
>>>> so that it will not loosen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry - - - if you put locktight on AFTER assembly you will NOT get
>>> positive results. What you need is one drop on the threads, but only
>>> on the threads and then insert socket from the backside and
>>> tighten on the nut from the front side, wait a bit and bob's your
>>> uncle - - - - I like the waiting before stressing as it takes a few
>>> minutes to do the anaerobic set as I remember.
>>>
>>> For parts like this I might even recommend using red locktite but
>>> that is only designed to come apart with heat. The blue version
>>> should be sufficient.
>>>
>>> As to getting this done - - - - I'm some 2500 km away or I'd offer to
>>> do this - - - - even if soldering a new end on is required this is a
>>> very easy and very very short fix.
>>>
>>> Miss Karen - - - - any decent handyman should be able to effect this
>>> fix - - - - so if you number one of those in your circle ask them.
>>> Locktite is much easier to find today than when I first ran into it.
>>> Would suggest that you ask to have all such nuts removed and
>>> daubed and retighted. I'm finding it unusual that such a nut would
>>> ever loosen - - - - but there you are.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Great product with lots of alternative formats for lots of uses - - -
>>> good company.
>>>
>>> HTH
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