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licensed to Robert Fleischer, dba Fleischer Electronics Service
Fleischer Electronics Service...
an old-fashioned service business, locally serving the greater Lake Tahoe to Carson City & Reno areas....and far beyond ....since 1972.
After 48 years at So. Lake Tahoe, I moved the repair shop
to
Carson City in November 2019.
You are looking at: https://FleischerElectronicsService.com
Info@FleischerElectronicsService.com
DO NOT show up without an appointment. You may be interrupting my work for others...
and I can be grumpy & grouchy, even downright obnoxious, if you have no appointment. I WILL NOT accept your job.
https://fleischerelectronicsservice.com/businessforsale.htm Scan way down for section on that subject
| Please read carefully! Items I DO NOT work on are in a red box, below.
I work on modern & vintage items: As I get close to your number on the WaitList, I will telephone you to set a date and time to bring your item. If no answer, or you don't have an answering machine, I will use E-mail if I have your E address. I DO NOT sell, give out, spam, etc., anyone's E-address or phone numbers. 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, so I cannot leave them a message. Sometimes I hear "voice mail box is full and can not take messages". After you are notified of your repair being completed, I appreciate you promptly picking up your item, due to my limited storage area. |
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN SO VERY PATIENT!
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NO work on: In general I do not work on consoles due to lack of space. I occasionally will do look-see's of consoles. This may happen if brought to me in a pickup truck, with advance notice and an appointment. I may remove, or instruct you, regarding how to remove the phono or radio chassis for service.
DO NOT make assumptions....do NOT bring consoles unless YOU KNOW I agreed to look at or otherwise work on your item. For various reasons I do NOT work on: WARNING!! DO NOT ship repairs to me without prior-arrangement! We accept cash. In our 48+ years at So. Lake Tahoe, and 4 now in Carson City, we've never had cash bounce. I DO NOT; and have NEVER accepted credit or debit cards, and I am quite UNhappy about checks. If you insist of paying by check, and your check bounces, the results will be unpleasant for you. NOTE that I do NOT accept out of State checks.
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Electronics usually contain "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 period of a number of hours, slowly increase the voltage; or, if no Variac, you know and understand using other progressive voltage methods that I can describe to you. Done properly, my methods often 'reform' the capacitors and save you $$. I have the proper equipment, and usually do not charge for capacitor reforming work during regular repairs. |
Telephone hours: 7 days a week 10:00am to 4:00pm;
(775) 461-3530 (NO texting!)
You must have a specific day and time appointment to be here!
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, AND WINDY DAYS. If you can not phone, you may knock loudly onto the shop garage door. NOTE that I MAY NOT hear the ringing of the front door bell...so, don't bother using it.Some maps and GPS's are WRONG! Follow directions 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, immediately turn RIGHT onto Bandtail Drive. You could also use Gambrel or Partridge 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. If 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 left 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. Street-Parkers are also exposed to old folks who possibly should not be driving. Some old folks here will be using golf-carts, walkers, canes, etc. We may even have youngsters here, visiting Grandma and Grandpa. At dusk, we may have deer (we've seen up to 7 at a time, in herd formation). They 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 in this area; there is no reason to exceed 10mph. You might be amazed at the damage deer, or an eighty year old person in a mobility machine, can make to your car.
If I do not see your arrival and open the garage door in one full minute, then phone me at 1-(775) 461-3530 (NO texting!)
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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
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 this garage.
Below are photos of the new Carson City shop
Inside the shop branded parts storage............and..........the outside storage building for mostly generic common parts:
A professional 4 track cassette recorder.
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
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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, & any receiving-shipping, it was always a PIA, so 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 to you. ******************************************** 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 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, 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, huge amount of 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 School of Rock, and is still trying to start 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 big room at the American Legion. 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 like Ballroom Dancing, concerts, travel, events. We don't manage nearly often enough to do many of these things...hopefully in 2024....and maybe some XC skiing and 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. Early-on I was employed as an electronics technician, and later as an electronics engineer. Upon receiving my BSEE and then 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 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, etc. 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, way-overly-wordy antique of a website? ME Grumpy? Seldom; unless you show up without an appointment!...or phone after hours (I close promptly at 4PM)...amazing how many DIScourteous people call me while I'm cooking, and at dinnertime. If I've had a bad day, ...well...you can guess! 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. I worked for two Agencies of the Government. 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 ask if you plan to sell the item you are bringing to me for repairs, or even just a checkout. I may ask other questions on your usage of the item. I typically tell you what I found when checking out your item. The information is often in-depth. I may suggest you do NOT repair the item (yes, that happens). I may decline to work on your item, for a variety of reasons. I may make suggestions to to you based on your proposed usage of the item. I will NOT try to sell you services, parts, etc., that I think are a waste of your $$, considering your usage or plan to sell. I generally do NOT gloss over things. If your item is aging quite badly, I will make recommendations, taking aging into account.
If, after reading this entire verbose article, you think that I have a particularly old-fashioned set of morals and way of doing business, you ARE correct.
IF you cannot take the time to read this entire web article, you may not be my type of customer.
Last check/edit: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
