A VIEWER sent me this FAULTY B&W Z2 Speaker | Can I FIX It?
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Published 2024-04-27
Let's crack this open and see if we can work out what's wrong!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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All Comments (21)
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I think the multimeter was charging the caps, so it saw current flowing and beeped. Once a cap was fully charged, no more current flowed, so it stopped beeping.
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Thanks for looking at it Steve. Shame you weren't more successful. Hope you enjoyed the sweets š
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Hey Steve, I bought one of these Z2 speakers faulty last year from eBay...annoyingly when it arrived it worked. If you want to borrow it for testing/swapping chips/wifi boards let me know and I'll post it up to youš
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There's a reset sequence you never did. Hold play/pause and plug in the power, hold for 10s and see if the light changes colour. I'm not saying it'll work, I'm just saying that's what B&W say do.
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Honest guy who asks for help to show we are all human and learn wish others great !
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Hi Steve, I mentioned before, when you check capacitors for shorts, you have to allow for capacitors to charge, giving the impression of shorts. You need to allow for caps to charge while you check for continuity. The meter is applying voltage, which will charge caps up to the applied voltage from the meter. Just give it a little more time when you think you find a short. Thanks.
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Steve, Steveā¦ Just got back from the pub, watched half your vid earlier thought I would get back to you fixing thisā¦ You gotta follow this one upā¦ You Can Do Itā¦!!!
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love the fresh new devices thank you!
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Whopeee!! Managed to fix my faulty resin UV curing station today. Thank you for inspiring us.
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Thank you David!
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Such a brilliant channel š š
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I love a good mystery! Keep 'em coming! Love your content!
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I find it odd we are assuming the pulsing red LED means some kind of protection mode. Is there some kind of documentation that backs this theory? From my research a pulsing red LED on a Bowers & Wilkins Z2 speaker indicates that the speaker is in standby mode or is not connected to a network. Sounds like you may be chasing a red herring.
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i recently bought two of these from ebay one working one with pulsing red light after checking for shorts etc i swopped the wifi boards around to see if that was the issue and i was so if you have a dodgy wifi board you get pulsing red light also wont work without wifi board
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Love it mate first time I have caught a video close to release haha. Keep it up mate smashing it
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When you said that IC was a thermal protection circuit, I thought that might be the trouble and since it was heating. I learn so much from all that you do! Thanks for the videos!
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Whatās the song at the end called Steve ? āThereās a problem with my speaker ā
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I have fixed many electrical items with the throw at wall technique you'd be surprised how many times it's worked for me.
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Good Video
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Looking on their site, some of their products can take 2 minutes connected to a power source for the capacitors to charge before the device is ready to be connected to an audio source.
