You saved me far more that %1500.00. My wife's SE experienced the flashing lights of death. She took it down to the dealer and was told by the owner that the mother board was bad and that Husqvarna no longer stocks them. She then proceeded to try to sell my wife a new $16,000.00 machine. I haven't done any board work in almost 35 years so this 30-40 minute job took me 3 days. Slow but sure I got it done. My wife is thrilled and so is my pocketbook.
I am so grateful to find this hope. I too was dismissed by local repair shops. I love my Designer and when retired, I expected to do a lot of sewing and embroidery. Then the mother board/capacitor died and I grieved the loss. I was not about to buy a new Viking machine. Thank you for teaching how to bring it back to life.
Sooo I scored this machine for $100 bucks with the embroidery arm and yes it was flashing..i ordered this kit..brought it in and had it repaired...I now own a perfectly working Machine! For $250 bucks! Tyty for making these kits avail!!! Now to find me some hoops!
I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge. After buying your repair kit my husband and son repaired my machine without a problem. My son also thanks you for your drawing. Your video was a great help to us when I could not find a repair place to fix my machine.
My husband was able to use your kit to fix my Designer SE. Thank you so much for the step by step instructions and for making the kit available!! I am happy to be sewing again!!
I Ordered the kit, watched the video and successfully repaired a machine for a VERY happy customer! The single most important piece of information comes at around 17:35 in the video. I couldn't figure out why the machine was not working properly mechanically. Electronically, every thing was fine. I re-watched the video and determined I had the polarity backwards. I would have been scratching my head for days trying to figure it out... Thank you for the kit, thank you for the video, and thank you for taking the time to instruct and inform.
Thank you for your video. I followed it and got the boards out for repair. My friend will fix the boards for me since that's what he does. Just a side note, the power supply housing was not broken on my unit. A rarity. I can't wait to get my machine up and going again.
Just a great tutorial all around for this machine. His kit was perfect and their machine is back up and running without costing them an arm and a leg for new boards.
Just fixed my cousins machine. They bought your kit and I did the repair. Works fine so far. Thanks for posting. I wish I could get back into repair work. This was fun!
@@arreglatumaquinadecoser My cousin bought the capacitor kit. I watched 2 videos on this channel to see how to disassemble. I already know how to desolder and solder. I hope this helps.
Dude, you SAVED US! We ordered the capacitors from you and my husband showed me how to solder them in. Thought the machine was broken till I realized I forgot to plug in the motor to the main board - duh! I had carefully marked the wires and photographed them so plugging the cables back in was easy. We turned it on and VOILA !!! SCREEN!!! OK, so now to put it all back together - the front panel is a bit wonky (that little flippy door) and not sure if it can be fixed. Will order another if needed. Husband is good at mechanics and I have the parts list/schematics. Remains to be seen. Hopefully it won't need full calibration but if I have to bring it in to get things adjusted properly, that won't be tragic!! Thank you!
@@arreglatumaquinadecoser Just saw this - He watched the video as well. The one above.He didn't find the diagram until he had mapped out the board himself
I bought your kit and watched your great videos. Followed your instructions and the machine is fixed. Wife and I are very happy. Thanks for saving us the cost of another machine.
Hi I have a husqvarna Viking sewing machine for long time I buying the long time ago I have to take fixed to many times for one o another issue but this time the dealer told me no way to fixed they try to selling me another mother boar for 900 hundred dollar with only 30 days guaranty so I star looking on you tube so I found you Chanel I bought the kit and without envy experience my son and low an my grandson estar taken a par my sewing machine I so scared but no choice I don be wiling to pay 900 hundreds for mother boar for only 30 days guaranty . So they di it and is working , thank you for selling the kit for the video you show up us to learn how fix the designer thank you God bless you
God would love you to make a video of tearing apart a Viking designer diamond embroider unit to replace the Y push button that releases the hoop from the unit. I ordered the part. Wish me luck. Dan
Your video is very comprehensive and it’s great! But there are two trouble caps on the motherboard that most likely affect 75% of designer se people with power problems.
Thanks for the videos and info. I've worked in electronics for over 35 years, and other than some +20 year old radios, I rarely have to replace low voltage capacitors (maybe the odd one that bulges/leaks/explodes). HV must be using the cheapest caps in the world...
Howdy. Well, I took the designer I apart. I got every thing to work. Everything worked in open testing. Got settled in to replace the cover. No screen. I broke the connector on one of the wires.@#$$%&***! Now, going to try my electronics people for a new socket. Wish me luck!
I have a Viking 6000 Series that’s very old, I love this machine and want to have it repaired. I believe that it is an electrical short some where. I tried to replace the plug and while doing this many of the wires came loose from their anchor. I’m 70 and my hands aren’t working as well As they did. Where can I take my machine to have it repaired?
I have the same machine the buttons on the right that raise the foot don't light up is that normal,. I've only had it a few days gifted from a relative.
I have a Husqvarna viking ruby the old grey fron. That keeps overheating and shutting off eventhough I cleaned the dust out of it. Any suggestions? Thankyou
What new parts did you use, and what did you replace? How did the machine turn back on without the power supply that you took out of its housing and put on the table? Very confusing!
We just acquired the exact machine. It works perfectly so probably not a good idea to proactively replace the electrolytic capacitors? Is there a way to determine how old the machine is and hour many hours of usage? Someone told us you need the Service Menu password in which we do not know. We got to the Menu and it does require a password. Love the detail of your videos. Thanks very much.
Hello, my name is Maru from Mexico, I just bought a second hand machine of the same model, but I remembered to clean it internally and I have a wire that doesn't where to connect. Could you please help me?
My machine is identical. Reverse stitch no longer works. I hear a faint click when I depress the back stitch button, but nothing happens. Does back stitch on this machine work simply by reversing the motor direction or is there some sort of transmission linkage that shifts from forward to reverse? I have the machine completely disassembled thanks to this video but I'm not able to see how the reverse mechanism works.
I have a question about the presser feet of the singer machines or in your case the generic pressers can be adapted to the husquevarna 116 smeralda machine? is that the singer 3333 has the same type of Stilt foot than the husquevarna 116. Is that possible or is there a difference?! Greetings and thanks for your videos
We bought the kit and my son (who is an electrical engineer) installed it. No flashing lights, but nothing works. No buttons, no up/down foot, no selections from the LCD screen. Any thoughts very much appreciated.
Hi, do you have any videos showing how to take apart the embroidery arm? I am getting an error message when the machine is turned on and it goes to calibrate the arm that says to remove the hoop. Any ideas greatly appreciated Thanks
Hi this is a great video, so If I buy the capacitors do I need to see an additional video in order to get repaired my machine or just with the instructions coming with capacitors?
I will be in Foley Beach the last week of March. Can I bring my Designer SE to have it repaired? It has the flashing light of death. Thank you for your time.
Good morning from Johannesburg; South Africa Thank You for this video, I have a question though: Do you have any advice for the Husqvarna Viking Designer 1, I recently had mine serviced by a reliable technician who I have been following for the past 2 years. He even sent me photos & videos of how the machine was stitching. When I got my machine back all excited, the technician warned me the Screen of my machine will need replacing as the clip that plugs into the motherboard is aging. I contacted Husqvarna South Africa dealer, and the manager told me she was doubtful that I can replace the screen/ I find that so sad as my machine has worked less than 1000 hours in total. Any advice or if I can perhaps find a screen again?
Can the motherboard on a Designer 1 be fixed in a similar manner? So far mine is fine but considering the age of my machine (2000) I am thinking ahead.
husqvarna viking diamond royale motor over heated and its gear melted so throwed... what can be reason of ovet heats ? it has a problem , smart saving i canceled and it was working without problem...how can care motor , is it needs oiling?it has still have coal ..what s ur advices?
So my designer se is having intermittent flashing light . it will turn on eventually, but that is not good. Is this indicative of the flashing light of death? Do you sell the repair items in a kit??
Great video. I am picking up one of these pretty cheap with a ton of hoops, 2 embroidery arms, CD'S, and books. She showed a picture of it powered up and the display is fine but mentioned when it went in for regular service that the guy said it will need a new board soon. I'm thinking as it warms up it has power failures or glitches. She wasn't clear on symtoms for service trip. I plan on doing the caps but was wondering your thoughts on possibly the mosfet you pointed out overheating. Have you ran accross this issue outside of just the dead display? I figure worst case I'll get my money back parting it out if it can't be repaired reasonably cheap.
Well, I picked up the machine, put it through it's paces, and 10 or so large file designs. I cannot find a single thing wrong with it. Everything seems to work just like new!
Unfortunately when I marked the connector (reference 12:38) I failed to mark the cable… can you help me differentiate? On goes to a motor, the other looks like it’s connected to a switch. Can you help me? Thanks… capacitors have been replaced, I’m anxious to see if this will fix my problem.
I found the answer in a service manual, the bobbin motor (red wire on my machine) goes to the connector on the left side, the switch (blue wire) goes to connector on the right. Thanks!
My Designer SE had a flickering touchscreen that got progressively worse and I was told it was the motherboard and that it was not repairable since they no longer make parts for this machine. Would your kit work to repair this problem?
I as able to find a local independent repair guy that was able to reply he capacitors. It runs like new. H is actually an electrical engineer. Yes the SE is repairable.
Hello. I have a Husqvarna Sewing Designer SE. It was embroiling today and after a sudden power cut, I can not work because my machine. Switch’s on , lights the following buttons STOP, FIX, SCISSORS and REVERSE. After a while pops the logo KEEP THE WORLD SEWING and the SE light get all on and nothing else happens. Silent just keeep the world sewing. Could you help ? I do not have any retailer available, currently in ANGOLA. Thanks
The first machine burned some components on the board. I attempted to repair it, but I don't think the board is salvageable. Had some damage to the internal layers of the board.
I cant believe you put this stuff on youtube....some people will try this and make things alot worse. Nothing like showing someone how to take machines apart and doing someone out of a job. Not impressed dude 😞
