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Grumpy
Member
Username: Grumpy
Post Number: 91
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 7:43 pm: | 
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Hi I have a grant xl with blue lights they sometimes flicker off and on if i move the channel knob just a tuch they work ok
is this a easy fix for a tech or will it cost me big money to fix |
Moonraker
Intermediate Member
Username: Moonraker
Post Number: 245
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 7:56 pm: |
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I've had a few radios do this. You can flip the switch back and forth over the channel you're having the problem with. Sometimes it helps...sometimes it doesn't. |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1995
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 12:29 am: |
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there may be a cold solder joint on one or more of the LED leads, and the channel selector may need a good cleaning.
both jobs should take a good tech less than an hour.
if its not that, who knows.
i really think its a cold solder joint or a loose connection at the channel selector.
matt |
Grumpy
Member
Username: Grumpy
Post Number: 92
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 9:16 am: |
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so this sounds like a easy fix
thanks |
Hotwire
Senior Member
Username: Hotwire
Post Number: 1674
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 11:27 am: |
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Knobs that cause flickers or pops and static in your radio? KIDS, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! You might think I'm crazy but this has worked for me on several old radios. You must be very careful!!! I have taken off the channel selector knob and attached the shaft to my cordles drill and gave it a few spins in both directions. I used the lowest speed setting and only short bursts to prevent to much heat from friction inside the switch. Might stop the light flicker or might not. Its worked for me in the past for dirty problem causing rotary channel knobs. |
