Hackaday1d ago

Repairing a Mercedes EQC 300 BEV Battery

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/repairing-a-mercedes-eqc-300-bev-battery/

Repairing A Mercedes EQC 300 BEV Battery

When [OGS Mechanics] got a Mercedes EQC 300 battery-electric car in for repair, it was found to have a bit of a weird issue: after sitting in a garage for a while, its range on battery had suddenly…

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131d ago
Repairing a Mercedes EQC 300 BEV Battery https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/repairing-a-mercedes-eqc-300-bev-battery/
#Carhacks #RepairHacks #Batterymanagementsystem #Bev #Bms #Electriccar #Mercedes
Repairing A Mercedes EQC 300 BEV Battery

When [OGS Mechanics] got a Mercedes EQC 300 battery-electric car in for repair, it was found to have a bit of a weird issue: after sitting in a garage for a while, its range on battery had suddenly…

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Hackaday5d ago

Fixing a GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/fixing-a-gamecubes-dodgy-optical-drive-with-fresh-capacitors/

135d ago
Fixing a GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/fixing-a-gamecubes-dodgy-optical-drive-with-fresh-capacitors/
#NintendoHacks #RepairHacks #Gamecube #Nintendogamecube
Fixing A GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors

Generally when a game console with an optical drive stops reading discs the first thing that people do is crank on the potentiometer that controls the power to the laser diode to ramp up its output…

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13Apr 4
Heathkit Tuner Saved from Junk Pile https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/heathkit-tuner-saved-from-junk-pile/
#Homeentertainmenthacks #RepairHacks #Teardown #Heathkit #Stereo
Heathkit Tuner Saved From Junk Pile

We miss the old Heathkit. You could build equipment that rivaled or even surpassed commercial devices. The cost was usually reasonable and, even if you could get by with less, the satisfaction of u…

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HackadayApr 4

Heathkit Tuner Saved from Junk Pile

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/heathkit-tuner-saved-from-junk-pile/

Heathkit Tuner Saved From Junk Pile

We miss the old Heathkit. You could build equipment that rivaled or even surpassed commercial devices. The cost was usually reasonable and, even if you could get by with less, the satisfaction of u…

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13Apr 4
Fixing an E-Waste ASUS P5A-B Socket 7 Mainboard https://hackaday.com/2026/04/03/fixing-an-e-waste-asus-p5a-b-socket-7-mainboard/
#RepairHacks #Retrocomputing #Pentium #Socket7
Fixing An E-Waste ASUS P5A-B Socket 7 Mainboard

A fun part of retro computing is saving ‘e-waste’ that was headed for certain destruction. These boards can have any number of defects, modifications and more that have to be remedied p…

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HackadayMar 21

Resin Injection CRT Cataract Surgery On Macintosh Monitor

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/resin-injection-crt-cataract-surgery-on-macintosh-monitor/

13Mar 21
Resin Injection CRT Cataract Surgery On Macintosh Monitor https://hackaday.com/2026/03/21/resin-injection-crt-cataract-surgery-on-macintosh-monitor/
#RepairHacks #Retrocomputing #Cataract #Crt #Photopolymerresin #Restoration
Resin Injection CRT Cataract Surgery On Macintosh Monitor

Nothing lasts forever, but you’d think the leaded-glass face of a CRT would not be a place you’re likely to see Father Time causing failures. Alas, the particle accelerators we all lovi…

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HackadayMar 20

User Repair of a Not User-Repairable Victron CCGX Issue

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/user-repair-of-a-not-user-repairable-victron-ccgx-issue/