Ye olde technical skills and my transistor radio

Did you have any success with the contact cleaner? Does anyone have any 2014 updates on who might still do work like this in Canberra?

Yep Anden is closed… Dennis, the boss there is now my teacher at tech 😉

Last time I went past, Anden Electronics had gone away – which is a shame.

Happy to have a look at it for you – not a problem – My traineeship was as an electronics tech.

So many options…I might even open up the radio myself, and see if I can fix it!

Thanks to all of you. I knew if there was an answer, I’d find it here.

Go to Jaycar for a spraycan of contact cleaner (Servisol electrical clean and lube- $11.50). If you need guidance on accessing the volume control potentiometer, have a look at the sci.electronics.repair faq pages at http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_Repair.html
Cleaner should fix it as long as the resistance track in the volume pot has not worn out, but if it’s as old as you suggest, this is what may have happened, and replacement is needed.

But if you’re not confident about getting inside the radio without causing collateral damage, take it to Anden electronics in Colbee Court.

wd40 in a pot will encourage dust into it… you can get a spray for cleaning pots that leaves no residue. Failing all else, take it to an electronics joint and get them to solder a new pot on there, easy.

Orrite madjimi, ill play that, but I would recommend a compressed air product before any kind of liquid sprayed into electrical components….

it is all going to go digital soon anyway, innit? so will this technology be obsolete? very sad – knew a bloke once who had a fantastic collection of old bakelite radios – many wee very beautiful object d’art…

try a compressed air product called compuclens, it also has other products in the range that allow you to clean a computer or radio safely, without damaging them. i use it for cleaning up old clock radios after they have been “kidded”. also have a soldering iron for the easier repairs. Anything that is beyond me, around to colbee court for a bit of assistance.

Isn’t WD40 supposed to prevent corrosion Danman ?? That’s what it says on the can.