1.250" dia speaker

[JR North]

So, my Uniden cordless handsets are 5 years old, been dropped TMT. The
ringer speakers are kaput. They are regular cone type, 1.250" dia. Any
Suggestions for source? Rat Shack-no go. Google is worthless.
JR
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[William Sommerwerck]

Uniden is legally obliged to provide service parts. If they refuse, there's
nothing much you can do about it, but I'd at least bend their ear. Hard.

You might ask Uniden if a current model uses the same speaker.

 

[David Nebenzahl]

On 3/10/2011 2:16 PM JR North spake thus:

So, my Uniden cordless handsets are 5 years old, been dropped TMT. The
ringer speakers are kaput. They are regular cone type, 1.250" dia. Any
Suggestions for source? Rat Shack-no go. Google is worthless.

Radio Shack? You must be joking! Try a real electronics vendor.

Digi-Key, f'rinstance, shows a bunch of little bitty speakers in their
catalog. Like a "miniature monitor speaker", 32mm square, p/n
102-1302-ND. (Dunno if this'll work, being square instead of round, but
they may have others of that size. You can search their online catalog
at http://www.digikey.com.)


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[Evan Platt]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:40:56 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

Uniden is legally obliged to provide service parts.

Since when? Certainly if they are, there's a time limit - ie 1 year
after model is discontinued.

If they refuse, there's nothing much you can do about it, but I'd at least bend their ear. Hard.

So wait - they're legally obliged but there's nothing you can do if
they don't? Doesn't make sense.
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[Evan Platt]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:16:10 -0800, JR North
<junkjasonrnorth@bigfoot.com> wrote:

So, my Uniden cordless handsets are 5 years old, been dropped TMT. The
ringer speakers are kaput. They are regular cone type, 1.250" dia. Any
Suggestions for source? Rat Shack-no go. Google is worthless.
JR

Try mouser.com .
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[William Sommerwerck]

Uniden is legally obliged to provide service parts.

Since when? Certainly if they are, there's a time limit --
eg, 1 year after a model is discontinued.

Since a long time ago. It used to be 3 years for cosmetic/trim parts, 5
years for mechanical parts, 10 years for electrical/electronic components.
The laws appear to have been weakened, and no one seems interested in
enforcing them.

If they refuse, there's nothing much you can do about it,
but I'd at least bend their ear. Hard.

So wait - they're legally obliged but there's nothing you can
do if they don't? Doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense, if it costs too much money to drag them into court.

Laws are effective only to the extent that people or businesses are willing
to obey them, and governments to enforce them.

Call Uniden. Tell them that if they don't supply a replacement at a
reasonable cost, you'll toss the phones in the trash, and will never buy
Uniden products again.

 

[isw]

In article <ilgp0o$u3j$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

Uniden is legally obliged to provide service parts.

Since when? Certainly if they are, there's a time limit --
eg, 1 year after a model is discontinued.

Since a long time ago. It used to be 3 years for cosmetic/trim parts, 5
years for mechanical parts, 10 years for electrical/electronic components.
The laws appear to have been weakened, and no one seems interested in
enforcing them.


If they refuse, there's nothing much you can do about it,
but I'd at least bend their ear. Hard.

So wait - they're legally obliged but there's nothing you can
do if they don't? Doesn't make sense.

It makes perfect sense, if it costs too much money to drag them into court.

Laws are effective only to the extent that people or businesses are willing
to obey them, and governments to enforce them.

Call Uniden. Tell them that if they don't supply a replacement at a
reasonable cost, you'll toss the phones in the trash, and will never buy
Uniden products again.

And they will say "Fine with us, but you should know that disposing of
electronic items that way is illegal in some locales".

Isaac

 

[martinmarty]

On Mar 10, 5:16 pm, JR North <junkjasonrno...@bigfoot.com> wrote:

So, my Uniden cordless handsets are 5 years old, been dropped TMT. The
ringer speakers are kaput. They are regular cone type, 1.250" dia. Any
Suggestions for source? Rat Shack-no go. Google is worthless.
JR
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How about eBay for same/similar handsets? If you get lucky it could be
less $$ than the parts!

 

[William Sommerwerck]

Call Uniden. Tell them that if they don't supply a replacement
at a reasonable cost, you'll toss the phones in the trash, and
will never buy Uniden products again.

And they will say "Fine with us, but you should know that disposing
of electronic items that way is illegal in some locales".

Then you say, "If you provided service parts, as the law requires, I
wouldn't be obliged to dump them."