Can I Fix Viewers Random Broken items? 

Female here. I've started fixing things around the house because of watching you and a few other RU-vidrs. A few weeks ago, I fixed a cheap toaster. It was really interesting. LOL Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Vince, my friend works as a technician at Apple in Cupertino and he told me that they have watched a lot of your fixing MacBook videos in the labs there and they get a real kick out of them. Tim Cook even came down and watched a few with them! I know people won’t believe this but I promise you it is true. They think you are wonderful and you have a standing invitation for a personal tour of the “Spaceship”and the labs if you ever find your way to California. Family included. 🍻🍻🍻

I am female and I watch. I have repaired, cars, farm equipment, industrial machines, welders, watches and clocks. All kinds of stuff that malfunction or break. Made my money doing it. I just watch on my TV and today is first time dragged out my phone to leave a comment. Happy Holidays to all.

Those Rolls Royce videos are actually surprisingly good. People are missing out.

I don’t understand why the Rolls Royce films don’t attract more viewers, I really enjoy them, as much as I enjoy watching you fix these things… it’s all very inspiring and entertaining

Hi Vince to glue heat seal displays back on put a strip of Kapton tape across the connector and then you can move the iron slower and go upto about 300 degrees. cheers

Time stamps: 1:01 Honeywell 7 day Programmer 5:45 SPONSOR 6:58 Apple AirTag 21:27 Satellite Dish Monitor 36:45 MMV Massive 41:42 Dancing Christmas Tree 51:28 End talk 51:52 MMV Massive

I'm not a car person, but have found the Rolls Royce videos very interesting, and can't wait for the next one, i can't believe they are'nt doing so good.

I am a female viewer, and have watched all your Rolls Royce videos, and maybe 50% or more of your fix it videos. Thoroughly enjoying and learning along the way.

Vince. That Airtag. One of those times when you took 1 step too far...then another 3 to prove the 1. Best lesson for me is to know where/when to Stop.

Your Rolls Royce videos are my favourite thing on RU-vid.

I started watching your videos and started working my way backwards through the older ones. Honestly, I skipped the RR ones because I'm not really interested in car stuff but I think you talked me into at least checking out one. I know it's not really "car" stuff like you're working on the engine or something. Just didn't think I'd enjoy them but maybe I will!

Such a shame the RR videos don't get all that many views. Hopefully fixing bits yourself on it still gives you plenty of satisfaction to carry on with it. I'll be watching them all as long as you make them. Merry xmas to you and yours Vince!

I was never a fan of those plastic ribbon style connectors on displays. I've seen one with a zebra strip and it had it's own chamber that the strip sat in and then the board went over it and it's screwed down and there is a solid connection from the board to the display.

I don't normally comment on RU-vid videos but you sir are a class act, thanks for another year of entertainment and content merry Christmas pal

Shame to hear about the rolls royce vids not doing so well as there is always something different in those vids, and you can always learn something new.

this video was very satisfying calm and serene for me, i jet a different type of feelign when something comes back to life . (in short repairing thigns and bringing them back working) . Randomly landed on your video thanks to some random YT algo. THanks for this one and good luck for future ones. Your video made me feel happy and smile.

Hi Vince the motor head on the satelite dish rotator you worked on is almost identical to the rotator we worked on that swivels an array of solar panels, they keep the panels facing the sun. The timer controller nudges the motor so many degrees every 30mins then resets to the start position at dusk.

There are heat plates you can get for soldering without using air or an iron. You may find them useful for things like airtags where the components are difficult to replace without disturbing others.

@40:25 - Quick! Someone tell Vince that they make home nickle plating that's easy as pie. He could re-plate those contacts like a pro! :D

Your videos over years have inspired me I bought a tablet on Android 12 it wasent working so got new one sent out so thought I'd open it up all it was that the ribbon cable wasent connected

Your content has been on fie lately love your videos Vince been supporting by 2014

Merry Christmas to you all.

My kind of house, Christmas trees everywhere you look! Happy Christmas!

Vince, I was new to your channel this year. I subscribed almost immediately. You have an extremely clear and pleasant way of presenting. I especially love your Rolls Royce fix-up. I am a technical guy myself, but your skill is at least two notches above mine. I salute you! I hope you have a very happy Christmas and an excellent New Year :)

Vince, I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas.

I wish you and all your family a merry Christmas. I live in Australia 🇦🇺 and today is going to be 40c thanks for all your videos

Hard to believe people don´t watch the RR. It´s my favorite part of your channel.

@8:22 - Very clever return address on that letter.

I've got a couple of the Honeywell thermostats that will be getting fixed, thank you Vince👍🏽

With the airtag, that's brilliant resoldering of the BGA. I've been soldering electronics for 50 years, and I would have done a worse job!

Brilliant last fix, have sutch a soft spot for cute Christmas things that sings 😀 marry Christmas and take care of your family!

I can't believe the RR videos are failures. I've been watching you since before covid and during covid when I was sick and stuck in one room for 3 days I watched every watch video on your channel. These days the RR videos are my favorite on your channel right now.

Merry Christmas to the Vince Family and all his friends and subs. Thanks for another great year of DIY vids. 🎄🎅🎄 🐨🦘

Would be lost without your videos, Vince. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas 🎄

Merry Christmas Vince and family.

Merry Christmas from Finland 🎅🏼

I'll remember that ribbon cable technique. I've always been afraid of going near one with a soldering iron.

Another great videos Vince thanks for the hours of entertainment you have provided me this year FYI I love the rolls videos have a great Christmas and a happy new year

Nice fix video, Vince :) I enjoyed the Rolls-Royce videos, too, as many of my friends worldwide, who subbed to your channel. We really don't understand why your car videos are not popular.

merry Christmas to you and your fam buddy. great vid

Start fixing lady’s products like hairdryers straighteners washing machines and men’s attitudes! That will get the ladies watching!!! Great episode Vince happy fixmas.

i love your series on the Rolls Royce... Merry Christmas ❤

Was reading an interesting article recently about the discovery that copper wire has been seen to convey water molecules under certain circumstances. Incredible thing, its like the electrons pump water molecules along the strands, then stop, the water corrodes and the process restarts again further along hence why copper strand wire turns black over time.

The ending music was excellent. What a wonderful version of a timeless classic! Thanks for your efforts, mate. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Love the red mat! Easier on the eyes. I know the good ol' blue mat is a staple, but I wouldn't mind seeing more of the red one

Another great video Vince. I hope you and the family have a fantastic Christmas 🎄 ❤

Merry Christmas Vince, family, and subscribers! Thanks again for another wonderful year of entertaining content. Seeing a new video posted by you always makes my day.

Merry Christmas and best wishes to you and your loved ones Vince!

Some feed back .. coming from an electronic engineering career, your channel is obedient of my top 3 entertaining and informative and funny. But you mention the RR videos not doing well, for me and I guess most of your viewers car fixing is interesting but there are so many channels out there doing that you are up against some slick content. Also, can’t relate to a RR, yes it quality engineering but it’s a RR and your target audience for RR fixing is very small. Concentrate on house hold fixing, more relatable to your target audience and you are excellent at it. Keep it up and merry Christmas Vince

19:34 they might need programming, so not sure if they would work straight from Mouser, but not 100% sure because there seems to be a flash IC on the device

Hi Vince, I relay you this message - Merry Christmas :-D I hope your finger is better now. Those tiny wounds can hurt and take a while to heal.

Such a nice variety of fixes.

Off topic on the fix but something about thermostats. There's a thing that many thermostats have called "Swing" or "Deadband". Not sure about that one in the video, but if it doesn't have it, I'd have tossed it in the trash. Lack of swing is infuriating. From "Lux" (I have a Lux) WHAT IS SWING, AND HOW DO I SET IT? A thermostat works by turning your heating or cooling system on and off whenever the room temperature varies a certain number of degrees from the set-point. This variation is called “swing.” We recommend setting #1 which provides maximum comfort. This is also the default value that the thermostat already has in it when it is shipped. Setting it to a wider value will result in less frequent cycles, and may save energy. I have oil heat with an oil burner. I put in a Honeywell in the summer. As the weather got colder, the oil heat would come on occasionally. More and more as it got towards winter. When completely in winter, is when I first noticed. Every 10 minutes at night in the winter. It was on for 10, off for a minute or so, on for 10, off for a minute or so..... Once you become aware of that, you can't, not notice. I was afraid the burner was going to burn out from the cycling. Think of it like a car coasting without your foot on the pedal. Obviously Honeywell is a huge name in thermostats and people buy them all the time, but I couldn't take it. I put the Lux in and the change in burner operation was instantaneous. I wasn't concerned about energy savings, I was concerned about the burner and my sanity. It took me days of looking online to figure out that I wanted swing. Didn't know the word and had to search by the symptoms.

Merry Christmas Mate and Fam.

Have I been missing RR video’s ? I enjoy and watch all I can find !

Nice fixes! Shame you couldn't get the AirTag working, but then again, I reckon the damage had already been done, and as it is a very compact product made by Apple it is clearly not designed to be repaired or serviced.

Satellite actuator the one you have there are two eras thats why the gear is different also would like to add some info when you manage to move it fully to the west and to the east will automatically stop as there are micro switches around the main actuator and there are three in total two must be made for it to move secondly when you moved the worm wheel for tha actuator by hand now the actuator lost the center point zero position you need to reset again ( pressing left and right button same time for 10 seconds) otherwise no satellite position can be stored, in your case the limit has not been set per your video the limit is to stop the dish hitting the wall or obstacles therefore need to be reset when connected to the satellite receiver. The interesting thing which i find is how the unit module between the movement or to pass signal from the LNB in the old days we use 4 wires ? Merry christmas

Merry christmas to you Vince and your family! This is my favourite channel on RU-vid, keep the good times rolling in 2024! Cheers from Finland! :)

I like your white Christmas tree it looks very festive for the season.

Quite surprised to hear the Roller series isn’t doing as well as anticipated Vince. Personally I can’t click on a new video fast enough! Hope you and yours had a great Christmas and happy new year!

I love the Rolls series!!

That is unfortunate about the Rolls-Royce videos. I have absolutely enjoyed every one of them. It is so satisfying to see older vehicles restored.

Enjoyed them all. Tree was probably the best as it had multiple simple faults even I could try. Merry fixmas to you and your family Vince and ty for the videos this year. Seasons greetings to your viewers

All the best Vic. Hope you and the family have a great Christmas. Looking forward to your videos next year.

Merry Christmas Vince. Youre one of my influences in startng my journey of repairing. So far I've swapped wishbone suspension, repaired my Italian espresso machine, a screen, battery and camera in iphone.. oh and just recently a dryer (replacement of defective sensor) and sump pump float (diagnostics fault finding). Knowledge is power and my wife thinks I'm a God. Thanks Vince!

Merry Christmas Vince.

Love your videos. The Rolls Royce ones are some of my favorites. Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas and a happy prosperous new year. Love from the USA!!

I enjoy the RR vids Vince please keep em coming even if they don't get many veiws

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your family Thank you

Watch Alex at Northridgefix micro-solder. He uses a very short-tip iron and supports his hands/forearms on a surface when he's working to reduce hand movement. I used to work with a tv engineer (in the days of CRTs) who had tremors due to Parkinson's disease and he still soldered fine so it's possible to work around having shaky hands! In addition, the satellite controllers counted rotations off the actuators to know how the dish had moved after initial setup.

Merry Christmas Vince 🎉

I always like it when Vince gets the serial killer gloves on

As one of those who doesn’t watch the Rolls Royce videos, I am not that interested in watching small individual repairs and rather watch a 30 minute video of a start to finish.

I do love these kinds of videos. Lots of little things to fix or investigate. Happy holidays and thanks for all you do!

Bud sitting on the couch like "Ello love" 😂 Good video👍

Hello Vince, Your videos are great. At minute 16:57 a capacitor has slipped. Maybe it was because the air tag wasn't working.

Merry Christmas from Germany, Vince. Love your vids 🎅

Merry Christmas Vince

Merry Christmas vince and family and a happy New year

Happy Christmas Vince, from one of your 5% female viewers. Brilliant viewing as always.

Excellent video Vince and Merry Christmas to you and your family.🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄

Nice items and great fixes 👍 Love the Rolls-Royce video series, sad to hear they don't get too many views. I find repair videos the most constructive and positive content in RU-vid. Maybe I'm in minority and most people like to see things getting destroyed instead?

I need to get one of those motorised pliers holders.

Lovely Christmas tree and lights. Merry Christmas to you and your family hope you have a nice holidays .

How mad. I’ve watched your video for years and didn’t realise we are literally neighbours 😂

Great one Vince. Merry Xmas to you and your family😀👍🎄🎁

Lovely purple mat!

Merry Christmas you you and yours Vince.

For the screen, would a hot air gun not be safer? You could set it to heat to about 180 which should melt your glue safely.

Nice one Vince shame about the AirTag 😊 Can’t wait for the next instalment

Merry Christmate Vince

Hi Vince been watching your videos for awhile. I think they’re fantastic. Keep up the good work and the ones with the Rolls-Royce hope they get more views. Merry Christmas

Merry Xmas, have a great new year. Looking forward to a great 2024 of fix it videos!

Hey Vince, keep up the good work. Good bumping into you on your short stroll the other week. Have a merry Xmas and a great new year. Brad

Hi Vince the RR vidios are the best if you ask me . all the the best Mate keep up yhr good work.

That blanket is so funny Vince, really nice gift from your sponsor

Vincent, thanks for all the cracking videos u done this year . I've watched the majority of them and enjoyed them all. Happy Xmas to u and the family

Hope you have a merry Christmas Vince!

happy Christmas too you too :)