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Fleischer Electronics Service
Zits © Zits Partnership, Distributed by King Features Syndicate;
licensed to Robert Fleischer, dba Fleischer Electronics Service
Info@FleischerElectronicsService.com
The owner & electronics repairman/technician, with the weird sense of humor, is:
Robert (Bob) Fleischer
PLEASE
DO NOT show up without an appointment. You may be interrupting my work for others. If you show up without an appointment, I may be grumpy; and you may be turned away.
https://fleischerelectronicsservice.com/businessforsale.htm
| Please read carefully! I work on modern & vintage items. That means I work on newer items, and also work on antique and old radios, phonos, etc. It is not unusual to find me working on items from the 1930's; or, just a few months old. I work on all sorts of radios, HiFi's, stereos, phonographs, turntables, musicians electronics, and general electronics. I work on both vacuum tube & transistorized ('solid state') items, both analog and digital. I do a lot of repair work on musician's electronics, and quite a lot of work on seventies/eighties hifi. Besides repairs, I do occasional soldering jobs for folks; analysis of various problems on all sorts of electronics items; and do a bit of electronics engineering. I supply electronics parts (I stock a large amount of common and branded parts), and sometimes I work on odd or strange electronics items.
I am well-known for quality and careful repair work; and, my repair shop is popular. I've had to restrict my working hours and take 'rest breaks', due to age (87); medical problems; and, need for an occasional life outside the repair shop. To be put on the WaitList, either phone me or send me an e-mail. I would like to have your name, phone number, brand name, model & the problem/complaint. I will respond by providing you a WaitList number. PLEASE write down that WaitList number, and attach it to a tag on your item ...because I will ask for the number if you telephone or send me an E-mail inquiring about your WaitList status. It's OK to phone to inquire about your Wait List status 8am to 4pm, 7 days a week; or send me an E-mail (NO texting) at any time. DO supply your WaitList number! info@FleischerElectronicsService.com NOTE! Beginning 1 June, 2024, I will be, more and more, enforcing a Minimum/Diagnostic Fee. This is a Fee that you MUST pay, out front, in cash, if you wish to leave your item(s) for work. If you do not allow for this, and arrive without the ability to pay, even if you drive a long distance, YOU MAY BE TURNED-AWAY! Presently, my WaitList is MUCH longer than in previous years, and repair work will take longer. NEW POLICY NOTE! Customers have sometimes been allowed to add one or two items to their ALREADY listed item on my WaitList. This has been part of the cause for longer and longer WaitList times. I have decided to discourage this sort of thing, because it is not fair to those already on the WaitList....and, it has been abused, making things even worse.
Status of the WaitList, as of October 21st, 2024: I have been sick. I don't expect to return to shop work until November 1st, at which time I will finish up any remaining June WaitListed items. My phone system does NOT ACCEPT NOR DOES IT DISPLAY texting! Some people screen their phone calls and don't recognize my number, so they don't answer the phone …. and some have never set up voice mail messaging. I can't leave them a message. Sometimes I hear "voice mail box is full and can not take messages". |
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NO work on: TV's...I NO LONGER work on them AT ALL.
This INCLUDES not working on any other video equipment including recorders/players. I do have a couple of small portable TV's for sale, or give-away, but they are the end of my TV work. See my Bargain Basement page. I NO LONGER WORK ON BLU-RAY PLAYERS; OR VIDEO EQUIPMENT IN WHICH A TV IS NEEDED FOR TESTING/ANALYSIS/REPAIR. I SIMPLY NO LONGER HAVE BLU-RAY TESTING EQUIPMENT, NOR DO I HAVE TV TESTING EQUIPMENT.
NO home or business service calls at this time. For various reasons I do NOT work on: DO NOT ship repairs to me without prior-arrangement! In general, such will not be worked on, nor will the item be accepted. Usually, I refuse the shipment. I WILL NOT accept 'bribes' to put your proposed work ahead of other folks. However, I may prioritize gigging musicians equipment. If you try to 'fool me' by claiming you are a gigging musician, be prepared to explain and have your information checked. We accept cash. In our 48+ years at So. Lake Tahoe, and 5 now in Carson City, we've never had cash bounce. I DO NOT; and have NEVER; accepted credit or debit cards, and I am not happy about checks. If you insist of paying by check, and your check bounces, the results will be VERY unpleasant for you. NOTE that I do NOT accept out of State checks. NO restroom is available without two chaperones, of which one is me. The other chaperone's name is Waldo. I am restricted by my doctors regarding lifting heavy items. I'm turning down working on big heavy items. ASK!....your item MAY still be accepted for work, but, I am trying to restrict items to below 40 pounds.
All these policies increase my repairs efficiency, decrease my blood pressure, and do a lot to allow me to keep prices low. |
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Electronics' usually contains at least some "electrolytic capacitors". These, and sometimes other parts, may be damaged, if you plug your item into a wall socket and power it on, if it has been sitting UNpowered, for a long time. My advice is to not power it, unless you have something like a Variac, that enables starting at a very low voltage; and, over a goodly number of hours, slowly increase the voltage (monitoring the current flow too, is what we do); or, if no Variac, you know and understand using other progressive voltage methods that I can describe to you...some is quite simple and easy to do!
Wrong initial powering-up can occasionally cause capacitor bursting, and thus may spray a corrosive substance ....that substance is baaad for your item. Done properly, my method often 'repairs' the capacitors and saves you $$$. I have the proper equipment, and usually do not charge for capacitor reforming work during regular diagnostics and or repairs. I can describe over the telephone how to reform your capacitors safely, if you wish to do it yourself. TAKE MY ADVICE! Note: Further information on capacitor testing, replacement, 'caps'...hype versus truth, ...etc., will be found on my HINTS page! |
So, you finally have an appointment day & time to drop off (or, pick up) your item; ...now what?
(You might want to keep in mind that we DO NOT accept credit or debit cards and dislike checks)
I may see you arriving if you use Gambrel Drive and I am in my office; so, give me a minute to open the garage door.
After a full minute, I suggest you call 1-(775) 461-3530 to let me know that you are here. The shop garage door is typically closed, ESPECIALLY SO IN WINTER, OR HOT SUMMER DAYS, OR WINDY DAYS. If you can't phone, you may knock loudly onto the shop garage door. NOTE that I LIKELY WILL NOT hear ringing of the front door bell.Some maps and GPS's are WRONG! Follow directions and map below!
The electronics repair shop is located in my garage, located inside "Quail Run",
a 55+ gated community, a long-ago part of Heritage Park.
A small building with letters HP still exists at the corner of Saliman & Fairview.
My address is 1903 Teal Drive, located where Gambrel Drive meets Teal Drive, see below map.
DO NOT use what seems, on some maps and GPS, to be an entrance to this area from Saliman Rd.
DO USE the Bobwhite Drive entrance from Fairview Drive, see map, below.
From the mid-block corner of Bobwhite Drive and Fairview Drive, A FEW FEET after passing through the big open gate
on Bobwhite Drive, turn RIGHT onto Bandtail Drive; or,
better, go one block further and turn RIGHT onto Gambrel Drive. See the map below.
Parking areas:
The most convenient place to park is on my driveway, RIGHT SIDE. RIGHT means RIGHT, not middle, not left. We offer instruction on what right and left are, if you are not sure, or just got here from the UK. If you see a lot of snow because I haven't yet shoveled your parking spot, and/or you need exercise, you can park at the parking area on Teal Dr. at the curve (at the postal boxes area); OR, for nearly the same amount of exercise, you can park at the parking area just barely past Gambrel Dr, on the West side of Teal Dr, 100 feet feet or so from my garage. Parking on the street is frowned-upon by the fire department and homeowners regulations, but is OK for temporary drop-off and pickup.
Please drive slowly and carefully. You may be exposed to old folks who possibly should not be driving. Some old folks here will be using not just cars and pickup trucks, but mobility machines, golf-carts, walkers, canes, camels, dogs, etc. We may have youngsters here, visiting their parents or Grandma and Grandpa. At dusk, we may have deer (we've seen herds of 7 inside the compound). The deer have figured out how to jump fences or go through open gates and regularly teach their offspring during their excursions into this area. Please don't speed; there is no reason to exceed 10 mph, and our community is posted for 15 mph. You might be amazed at the damage deer, or an eighty year old person in a mobility machine, can make to your car, let alone what your car does to them; and, you should consider your upcoming car insurance premium increases. You could kill or injure someone. Please SLOW DOWN!
If I do not see your arrival and open the garage door within one full minute, then phone me at 1-(775) 461-3530 (NO texting!). No phone? Knock on the garage door. Driving into the garage door is greatly frowned-upon and will be very expensive for you...but, heck, you get to meet one of our friendly members of the Sheriff's Department and probably get your picture into the local newspaper.
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Some of our test gear at one of our 4 messy workbenches at our prior So. Lake Tahoe address. We have even
more test
equipment now, such as more analyzers, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, Etc.
I sold my Leblond Regal lathe and tooling, and my Mill;....just no room anyplace in the Carson City garage.
The motorcycle and the sidecar rig are also gone, boo-hoo!
The main workbench, not the old one below!, is a lot neater these days.
Below are photos of the new Carson City shop
The branded parts storage............and..........the separate storage building for mostly generic common parts:
Professional 4 track cassette recorder. I've done
a number of these; and, always successfully.
Many repair shops won't work on them after
'trying' to fix one (often resulting in damage!).
Want to know about Nipper? see: https://www.rca.com/us_en/nipper-chipper-1720-us-en
The wind-up type of 78 RPM record player was very popular, long ago. RCA and others produced Tulip versions besides the horn type in the photo. No electricity involved! I see these quite rarely, they are from an earlier era than what I usually work on.
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For decades we did in & out of warranty service for Fender and many other brands. Warranty work is time-consuming; and, with paperwork, handling, & possibly receiving-shipping, it was a PIA, and warranty work was often a money loser. Doing it now would cause price increases, so I do not. ******************************************** Our HINTS page covers speaker phasing, etc. I have added to that page now & then with things for musician's & HiFi/Stereo/HomeTheatre owners. If you have a subject you would like covered on the HINTS page, let me know! ********************************************
I DO NOT 'try to sell you' parts nor service that I think are a waste of your money. It is not terribly unusual for me to recommend that I do not repair an item you have brought to me. This may happen if I think you will have continuing problems in the future due to extreme aging or other reasons such as if I think a repair is not worth the cost. Sometimes, such customers want me to do the repair anyway. ******************************************** I am not a retailer although I usually have some repaired items for sale, and I do supply parts to hobbyists, particularly so now that Radio Shack has mostly disappeared. Here is a link to our page of repaired & other items for sale or trade, and I often have some FREE things there too! THE PAGE DOES NOT COVER ALL WE HAVE FOR SALE (or TRADE, or for FREE) I SERVICE, Modify, Design, & REPAIR. I DO NOT DO FRETWORK & NECK WORK on guitars. There are nearby places that do, such as Legacy Music. I DO work on the electronics inside of many guitars. Sometimes I teach/instruct wanna-be technicians on how to work on electronics. I do this in hopes that they will want to purchase my business; or, get started in a business that has been good to me for many decades, and which needs younger blood....more often, the reason is just plain old-fashioned friendliness. MANY stores send their repairs to me; especially the more difficult repairs. https://fleischerelectronicsservice.com/businessforsale.htm Few knowledgeable/qualified technicians now work on older (or newer!) audio equipment, and I am often swamped with work, with a backlog (Wait List). I'm 86 y.o., and it's long past time that I should sell and retire. I'm not going to be around for more than maybe another few years due to cancer and heart problems. The business is for sale. Parts, test gear, and all other assets. If you are knowledgeable/experienced, and want to work part time (or even full time), this might be for you. You will need between $10,000 and $18,000 for everything (and there is a WHOLE LOT of 'everything'). Price depends on how much 'help' you need to get established, and how much of the test equipment, tools, thousands of parts, workbenches, machinery, etc., that you actually take. Contact me if you, or someone you know, is interested in purchasing the business which includes extensive test equipment, parts, tools, all my customer files, etc. Some or even considerable training, if needed, can be included. Here's more: My wife, Penny, was a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate for children) in the SLT area for a long time. Member of Friends of the Library. Until mid-2019 we were actively volunteering our help for Bread & Broth at St. Theresa's; ....& Penny was volunteering for Meals on Wheels. Director of Bringing Art To Schools program (BATS). Volunteer at the Juvenile Treatment Center. Charter Member of the Lake Tahoe Ukulelians way back to when it was called the Tahoe Aunties! She tried to get a ukulele group going in the Carson City area, & has played/sung at several senior's places, & was volunteering at the Fremont school to help children with reading problems ...until the pandemic. She got involved again, with the now defunct School of Rock. She is still trying to start or join a ukulele group in the Carson City area. She sometimes goes to South Lake Tahoe and plays with the large Ukulelians group which meets in the upstairs big room at the American Legion. Lately, she's doing some free gigs at seniors' places; and, ringing handbells with a group doing the same, at the Methodist Church, on some Sundays. Penny was one of the original organizers of the Muscle-Powered bicycling & hiking group here in CC. Due to my age and physical problems I have given up backpacking & downhill skiing, and gave away my last pair of downhill skis, boots, most of my ski clothes, etc. We still have XC skiing gear. We like Ballroom Dancing, concerts, travel, events. We don't manage nearly often enough to do these things...hopefully in 2024-5....and maybe some XC skiing and very mild hiking. I've had a long life, many experiences, have a great wife; and, some friends I am very thankful for. More on Charitable & other organizations we've been associated with: Sons In Retirement (SIRS): ....I was also their Webmaster.
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I owned a part-time electronics repair business since my mid-teens when I was still in school, and later, college. My shop was on Pico Blvd, near Sepulveda. Later, I sold that shop to my chief technician. I then began my career employed as an electronics technician, and later as an electronics engineer for several company's. I obtained my MSEE, & prior to moving to Lake Tahoe, I was the Chief Engineer of Linear Corp. It was the position I always dreamed of. But, after a few years, I left Los Angeles to better enjoy outdoors life at Lake Tahoe, where I initially serviced TV's for two major resorts and did stereo & hi-fi repairs for local stores as a sub-contractor. I sometimes did electronics design work. BSEE (UCLA). MSEE (Stanford). Many decades working in electronics. Patents in electronics. Published in industry magazines. Member IEE (now IEEE). Lots more boring-to-you stuff. Worked for other companies besides Linear? Yes... Douglas; Hughes Systems & Malibu Labs; BMW (motorcycles); RadioPlane; Telemeter Magnetics; Stoddart Aircraft Radio and Stoddart Electro-Systems; Medical Measurements Corp. Who designed, wrote the old HTML code, & maintains this lousy, trashy, messy, verbose antique of a website? ME Grumpy? Seldom; unless you show up without an appointment!...or phone after hours. Amazing how many DIScourteous people call me at dinnertime. Probably more amazing is how many NEVER look at MY website...that you are reading, right now. Pricing & Policies: Licensed: State, City; FCC; etc. Served in the Military? I have had many hobbies & involvements ...photography, back-packing, flying, hot rods. I restored, rode & raced old motorcycles ....and sidecar rigs. I authored & still maintain a massive BMW m/c technical repairs website that is known all over the world. I was the traveling tech/fixer for BMW motorcycles (dealer level) on the West Coast. My BMW repairs site is: https://bmwmotorcycletech.info/. I am a well-known 'guru' for BMW bike repairs, had my own shop for many years. Earlier, I was the head of the shop at a dealership. Most of my motorcycling was on 2 wheels, not 3. Photo below was one of my sidecar rigs that I built; and, yes, I've driven it to ski resorts. I have over 650,000 miles on BMW motorcycles, maybe 850K on all brands of bikes. I stopped riding in 2019 when my health problems increased. I greatly miss the fun/sport.
I was a pilot, and hold certificates (licenses) for a variety of aircraft types; and, for flight and ground instruction, ETC. WHEW! I try to play classical, jazz, and rock music on my piano. I used to be good at it. Penny plays the ukulele. I do not have room for large machines in my present garage, so have given up being an amateur machinist. Gave up riding motorcycles due to health problems and no room. I very rarely fly airplanes now. It's too expensive. Once in awhile I have a customer who owns an airplane, and we go flying; I may even give instruction. Don't tell Penny.
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I may make suggestions to you based on your proposed usage of your item. I typically tell you IN DEPTH what I found when checking out your item. I may suggest you do NOT have us repair the item (yes, that happens). I may decline to work on your item. I will NOT try to sell you services, parts, etc., that I think are a waste of your $, considering your proposed usage. I will make recommendations, taking aging (of the item, not you!) into account. If, after reading this entire verbose article, you think that I have a particularly old-fashioned set of morals and ways of doing business, you ARE correct. Heck, try this: If you cannot take the time to read this web article, you may not be my type of customer. If you can't laugh, I don't want your business. If you can't read, I have no idea what to say.
Last check/edit: Monday, October 21, 2024
