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Mattress: What to do if y mattress spring ia bulging out

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:40:49 -0700

my sleepwell's mattress spring is bulging out from the centre .

Hoe to fix it?

⟐ Answered July 02, 2026 at 17:40 MST

Dyson AM07 Tower Fan: faulty fan now board dead

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:51:16 -0700

So i have just replaced the oscillating motor and the x2 cap to fix the side to side movement and stop it happening when it's off! the main fan motor was a bit noisy, so i decided to take the impeller off the motor and clean and lube the bearings...bad idea! the impeller ended up breaking the locating lugs off the bottom of it, and after all the messing around, when i turned it all back on, the motor was really unhappy, causing surges and then cutting out completely. tested the fan from a known good machine and it worked for half an hour continuously at 10 without any issue...

I managed to source a second hand unit from a dyson repair shop nearby, and it arrived today - plugged it in, the display came on, motor did nothing...seconds later the screen went dark and nothing worked since. i've since tested the motor, and it seems to have a short/very low resistance between the case and W1 phase wire - obviously it's sent 300v upstream and done some damage!

I've checked the fuse, all the 0ohm resistors i can find, and run through a load of testing with the help of AI to prove the buck regulator, the mosfets and the driver ICs all seem to be behaving as expected. however, after tracing U2 (5v regulator), it seems to have a direct short to ground on 2 pins. from what i can find, it appears pin 1 is output (apart from anywhere else, it supplied voltage to the screen), pin 2 gnd and ping 3 input - which appears to have a direct connection to the buck regulator IC output. thinking the 5v regulator had gone short, i pulled it.....and still have the short. then i removed cap c7 to make sure that wasn't shorting....it wasn't either.

Literally tearing my hair out now (shop said they wouldn't replace the damaged board, but have agreed a 50/50 split on a new board if i have to; but I would rather fix this.

Can anyone offer any advice? any common failures when the motors go short?

Thanks all!

⟐ Commented July 02, 2026 at 3:51 MST

Anki Cozmo: My Cozmo's screen shows snow when I try to use it.

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:09:21 -0700

Instead of a password, I see snow on Cozmo's screen when he's on the charger. His head is also tilted up. How can I try to troubleshoot?

Midea Air Conditioner: Why the electricity doesn’t rich the ac?

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:48:17 -0700

Why the electricity doesn’t rich the ac?

⟐ Commented June 30, 2026 at 22:48 MST

Toy: Como consertar motinha elétrica infantil

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:52:37 -0700

Conserto mortinho

FirsTime Wall Clock: Why my clock is not working?

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:12:02 -0700

My clock minute, second and hours scales are not moving

⟐ Commented June 30, 2026 at 6:12 MST

Beko BKK 1600P Stand Fan: My fan's mortar runs very slowly and heats up very quickly.

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:39:51 -0700

My fan's mortar runs very slowly and heats up very quickly.

⟐ Answered June 30, 2026 at 5:39 MST

LG LWHD1006R: Why is the cooling water not falling and it’s not also cooling.

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:22:10 -0700

Making noise, not cooling and the outdoor not dropping water.

⟐ Commented June 30, 2026 at 4:22 MST

Dyson am09 hot cool heater fan: Fan Wont power on - part blown

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:16:47 -0700

Hi There!
My fan is no longer powering on and from taking it apart as best I can it looks like one of the chips has blown although i'm struggling to identify the part to attempt replacement, does anyone know what this part may be?

⟐ Answered June 29, 2026 at 14:16 MST

Intertek Clip Fan 0610: How to open my fan from motor and blade

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:15:19 -0700

How to open my fan from motor

⟐ Answered June 29, 2026 at 1:15 MST

HexBright FLEX LED Flashlight: What can a Hexbright flashlight be programed to do?

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:42:37 -0700

Who has done what with it so far? I have no idea how its set up but off the top of my head I came up with a few possible uses; sleep timer, battery life/ energy saving script, SOS beacon. I guess if a person had two units, they could replicate the CERN project with more favorable results? In all seriousness what did they have in mind here?

⟐ Commented June 29, 2026 at 0:42 MST

Nerf Recon CS-6: The spring needs to kinda pop out to work. Why?

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:37:13 -0700

I found this amazing rifle (imo) and I love it. But it's had seem problems I've mostly fixed. My current issue is the fact that the spring kinda has to push out a bit for it to fully pull back. I haven't reallyyy had this issue much up until recently. I have no clue why it started NOW. I need some guidance

ChiliPad ChiliCube: Anyone know thermistor part details?

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:18:28 -0700

Does anyone know the specs or replacement part on the thermistor? Mine went bad and I've currently just wired in a resistor to keep it working, but I'd like to be able to control the temperature again with a working thermistor.

Tech support on their end wasn't helpful. :(

⟐ Commented June 28, 2026 at 12:18 MST

Teddy Ruxpin: Servo motor not responding to battery.

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:21:51 -0700

I have a version 1 teddy I am trying to restore. I’ve got his eyes and lower jaw to respond when hooked up to a battery, but the upper jaw isn’t responding at all. Gears are rotating freely by hand. Any suggestions on what to do next?

Home Construction: Replace a concrete sidewalk

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:23:42 -0700

Can you explain how to replace my crumbling sudewalk

Air Conditioning: Trying to source a suitable air-con

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:11:13 -0700

Last year, during the heatwave, I invested in an air conditioner unit, which gave me about 2 weeks of blissful cool conditions until the electrics burnt out. I was able to send the unit back to Amazon and get a replacement under warranty.

Sadly, the replacement packed up after 2 weeks. This time I was unable to get it replaced under warranty, because it was deemed to have been used in an unsuitable way, with the exhaust pipe having to have both a steep rise and a sharp turn to get out of the window. This left me out of pocket to the order of about £600.

It turns out that the geometry of the window in my flat could not have been made any more air-con unfriendly, even if it had been deliberately designed as such!

The height of the window, and the fact that the window is hinged at the top, makes it virtually impossible to have an exhaust pipe that will work without overloading the air-conditioner.

My question is what advise would you give to provide a solution that would suit my window?

Toule Sauna Heater: Sauna wouldn’t engage after temperature is set

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:02:30 -0700

Why the sauna keep going back in a loop after the desired temperature and time is set and wouldn’t start heating.

⟐ Commented June 25, 2026 at 16:02 MST

Home Construction: How to fix a squeaky hickory floor.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:47:54 -0700

How do I fix a squeaky hickory floor?

Toloco EM26: Where is the video to replace the battery?

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:33:56 -0700

My battery needs replacing

⟐ Answered June 25, 2026 at 10:33 MST

Tiger Furby 1998: 1998 Furby Motor / Gears Seizing (?) after jump, anybody know a fix?

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:51:22 -0700

Hey! I recently purchased a NIB 1998 Snow Leopard Furby (WT code), which did not work out of the box. I anticipated a relatively simple jumpstart (the typical methods of whacking the battery compartment or skinning it & spinning the black horizontal gear with a screwdriver, if the first thing didn't work). While spinning the gear did eventually wake it up, it seems like something's causing either the gears or the motor to get stuck at random, particularly when it's flipped upside down. I dabbed a very small amount of 3-in-1 all-temp silicone lubricant (which shouldn't damage the plastic) on the teeth of the gears (not the shafts, since one of the very few sources I could find said not to do this) with a cotton swab, and that didn't seem to have an effect on the seizing (though I'm not sure if I used enough). I noticed when I was initially spinning the gear, it would catch and become hard to spin for a moment, then return to normal once slightly adjusted. Could the issue be that one of the gears is defective, is the motor the problem, or could it be something like a corroded wire / some other kind of disconnect? I know these guys are prone to motor issues, especially after being dormant for as long as this one, but to me it sounds like that's working fine (everything else functions as intended when it's not frozen). I took care not to deform or otherwise damage the gear, so I don't think that could have caused it. I couldn't find this issue talked about anywhere, and I'm not very familiar with Furbys or small hardware as a whole, so I figured I'd give iFixit a shot. Any advice is appreciated! :]

Here's a video with an example of the sound it makes when it gets stuck:

I don't let it do this for longer than about 20 seconds at a time, for fear of it overheating; nothing stops it except for removing the batteries.

⟐ Answered June 25, 2026 at 8:51 MST